William A. Wellman
Track Of The Cat
Western with Robert Mitchum. In 1880s northern California, an isolated, dysfunctional family find their lives changed forever when a mountain lion starts prowling around their ranch.
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Samfunnets fiende
James Cagney skapte sin karriere-definerende rolle i William Wellmans klassike gangsterfilm, også med Jean Harlow, Mae Clarke og Hoan Blondell i hovedrollene. Filmen, som ble nominert til en Oscar for beste manus, skildrer opp- og nedturen til forbudstidens gangster Tom Powers. Fra hans barndom, som ble ødelagt av ølhaller, biljardhaller og falske venner, til hans voksenliv som håndlanger for den nådeløse, men anstendige spritsmugleren Paddy Ryan, stiger Tom til toppen, med alt som hører til suksess: skreddersydde dresser, fancye biler og flotte jenter. Men skjebnen tar snart Tom ned en annen vei. Tommys degenerering fra tøff gutt til ond kjeltring vises tydelig i en berømt scene der han knuser en grapefrukt i ansiktet til sin siste elskerinne (Mae Clarke).
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Det blodige sundet
John Wayne og Lauren Bacall har hovedrollene som beinhard handelsskipkaptein og kvinnen som smelter hjertet hans og overbeviser ham om å risikere livet på et vågalt oppdrag med å føre en båtlast med flyktninger gjennom Blood Alley. Stredet som skiller Kinas fastland fra Hong Kong, kjent som Blood Alley, er en uoverstigelig barriere for flyktninger fra kommunistiske Kina. Men Cathy Grainger (Bacall), datter av en misjonær myrdet av den røde armé, bryter ned kaptein Tom Wilders instinkt for personlig overlevelse. Nå må Wilder bruke alle sine ferdigheter og villighet for å lede spissrotgangen av våpenskip og krigsfly som patruljerer passasjen til Hong Kong.
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Fryktens arena
The famed Clyde Beatty Circus becomes a terrifying entertainment venue as it suffers a series of apparent accidents - mishaps that are actually the deadly acts of a determined saboteur. Circus impresario and famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty plays himself in this whodunit set under the Big Top. Celebrated mystery writer Mickey Spillane (as himself) arrives on the scene and attempts to solve the baffling case.
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Ingen vei tilbake
When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely.
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Øya i himmelhavet
The call goes out: "Dooley's down!" The frozen, unforgiving terrain of subarctic Canada is the setting as screen giant John Wayne heads an all-star cast in this meticulously restored adventure drama. Set after World War II, Wayne plays Dooley, a former Army pilot flying transport missions, who is forced to crash-land his fuel-starved plane on a frozen lake after it strays from its course.
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De var alene
Dette hardtslående dramaet følger en gruppe krigstrøtte andre verdenskrig-infanterister fanget bak tyske linjer under Ardennerslaget. Med hjemlengsel og skjelvende i snødekte revehull må soldatene gjennomgå elendighet, smerte og sorg med ukuelig humor og dristig hånlighet. Ingen har til hensikt å være en helt, men enhver av dem står opp til heltemotet påkrevd av dem.
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It has the same tough mood Sam Fuller utilized in The Big Red One, where the horrors of the killing fields were openly shown. Wellman took the grunt's point of view, showing how the war was mostly a meaningless exercise of trying to survive and not a matter of heroics or flag-waving as often presented in Hollywood films. Pyle tags along with the infantry unit showing the citizen soldiers' baptism under fire, their loneliness and fears, and the chaos of war. By sending back touching dispatches, the citizens back home can read about their loved ones and defenders of their country to get an idea of what the soldier was thinking and how the war was really going. This competently made, slow paced, convincing war drama managed to convey the GI humor and portray them in a sympathetic light. It avoided banality by striking a poignant note in regards to the tragedy of war also it captured in a natural way the soldiers' lingo and concerns. One of the better war films.
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Wings
Wings is the first film to win the Academy Award® for Best Picture. Featuring a meticulous restoration and a newly recorded soundtrack based on the original score. This timeless story of love and loss follows two men who go to war and the girl they leave behind. Popular Twenties “It” girl Clara Bow stars with Richard Arlen, Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Gary Cooper in a legendary cameo appearance.
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