440. Campanadas a medianoche/Chimes at Midnight (1965)

Running Time: 111 minutesDirected By: Orson WellesWritten By: Orson Welles from plays of William Shakespeare and book by Raphael HolinshedMain Cast: Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret RutherfordWELLES WEEK: THE FINAL ACTWell what do you know - I was actually able to keep "Welles Week" confined to just one week, instead of the normal run over that I usually get into, with other director themed weeks. However, little...

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Double Anderson - COMING SOON

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330. Touch of Evil (1958)

Running Time: 111 minutesDirected By: Orson WellesWritten By: Orson Welles, from the novel Badge of Evil by Whit MastersonMain Cast: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim TamiroffClick here to view the trailerWELLES WEEK: ACT IVWell, "Touch of Evil" finally arrived in the mail today, after the long three day weekend and thus, I was able to continue on with "Welles Week". Unfortunately, "Touch of Evil" didn't impress me...

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959. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Running Time: 127 minutesDirected By: Baz LuhrmannWritten By: Baz Luhrmann, Craig PearceMain Cast: Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh, John LeguizamoClick here to view the trailerELTON JOHN, NIRVANA and RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN MASHED TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONYFor the curious, "Welles Week" will commence tomorrow and conclude this week, but for now, since I'm still waiting on "Touch of Evil" to arrive from Netflix, we...

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161. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

Running Time: 69 minutesDirected By: Jacques TourneurWritten By: Inez Wallace, Curt SiodmakMain Cast: Tom Conway, Frances Dee, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, Christine GordonClick here to view the trailerI'D RATHER TAKE A WALK WITH A GOOD MOVIE!I've been dreading the final two, Val Lewton produced movies, ever since I watched "Cat People" a couple of Halloween's ago and hated it. Last night I proved that my dread was, indeed warranted.The film is...

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221. The Third Man (1949)

Running Time: 104 minutesDirected By: Carol ReedWritten By: Graham Greene, Alexander KordaMain Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, Bernard LeeClick here to view the trailerWELLES WEEK: BONUS ACT"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance....

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209. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)

Running Time: 87 minutesDirected By: Orson WellesWritten By: Orson Welles, from the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood KingMain Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de CorsiaClick here to view the trailerWELLES WEEK: ACT III"Once, off the hump of Brazil I saw the ocean so darkened with blood it was black and the sun fainting away over the lip of the sky.We'd put in at Fortaleza, and a few of us had lines out...

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187. The Stranger (1946)

Running Time: 95 minutesDirected By: Orson WellesWritten By: Anthony Veiller, Victor Trivas, Decia DunningMain Cast: Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale, Richard LongClick here to view the trailerWELLES WEEK: ACT II"Murder can be a chain, Mary, one link leading to another until it circles your neck."Now we're cooking with gas oil! This is the type of expertise that I expect to see in a motion picture directed by and starring...

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155. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Running Time: 88 minutesDirected By: Orson WellesWritten By: Orson Welles, from novel by Booth TarkingtonMain Cast: Joseph Cotten, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Agnes MooreheadWELLES WEEK: ACT II recorded "The Magnificent Ambersons" off television, about six months after I started my journey through the pages of the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" text. For over two years it has been waiting for my eyes and today it got them,...

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444. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

Running Time: 83 minutesDirected By: Russ MeyerWritten By: Russ Meyer, Jack MoranMain Cast: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart LancasterClick here to view the trailerVIOLENT, VOLUPTUOUS VIXENSToday I bring you, yet another YouTube post, as another "unfound" film bites the dust and I drag myself one step closer to my short-term goal of the halfway mark and my next TOP 20. Because this movie is available on YouTube, it means you...

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589. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Running Time: 112 minutesDirected By: Sam PeckinpahWritten By: Gordon T. Dawson, Frank Kowalski, Sam PeckinpahMain Cast: Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut DantineClick here to view the trailerBLOODY SAM AND THE SEVERED HEAD"Bloody" Sam Peckinpah finally makes his appearance on this blog, as I watch my first Peckinpah film for THE BOOK - "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia". This is the first of (if I'm not mistaken) four...

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