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Saturday, September 3, 2011

The Desperate Hours (1955)

Starring Humphrey Bogart, Frederic March, Robert Middleton, Martha Scott, Gig Young, Dewey Martin, Arthur Kennedy, Alan Reed, Whit Bissell, Ray Teal, Beverly Garland, and Helen Kleeb. Directed by William Wyler. A convicted murderer escapes from prison with his brother and a ruthless thug and they invade a suburbasn home using it as an unsuspected resting place while a police manhunt scours the city for them.

Soldier of Fortune (1955)

Starring Susan Hayward, Clark Gable, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Jack Kruschen, and Tom Tully. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the local authorities, she is introduced to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists who agrees to help her find her husband.

Seven Days in May (1964)

Starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, Andrew Duggan, Hugh Marlowe, George Macready, and Helen Kleeb. Directed by John Frankenheimer. An Army general who is convinced that the liberal president is soft on America's enemies plots a military takeover of the United States.

The Burning Hills (1956)

Starring Natalie Wood, Tab Hunter, Earl Holliman, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier, Ray Teal, John Doucette, and Eduard Franz. Directed by Stuart Heisler.A young cattleman seeks revenge for the murder of his brother and confronts the cattle baron responsible for his brother's death.

Rawhide (1951)

Starring Susan Hayward, Tyrone Power, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Jeff Corey, and George Tobias. Directed by Henry Hathaway. A gang of bandits descends on a stage station and holds the people there hostage while waiting to ambush an incoming treasure-laden stagecoach.

Caught in the Draft (1941)

Starring Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken, Irving Bacon, Dave Willock, and Clarence Kolb. Directed by David Butler.At the beginning of World War II, a Hollywood film star attempts to evade military service following his enlistment by mistake in a confused attempt to court a colonel's daughter.

Way. . .Way Out (1966)

Starring Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Dennis Weaver, Brian Keith, Howard Morris, Dick Shawn, James Brolin, Robert Morley, Anita Ekberg, and Milton Frome. Directed by Gordon Douglas. The United States has decided to send a married couple to live on the moon and operate a weather station. When they arrive, they discover two Russians living nearby at a Soviet lunar station. When the American couple declare their intentions to have a "moon baby", the race is on between the two couples to see who will become parents first.

Three on a Couch (1966)

Starring Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Mary Ann Mobley, James Best, Kathleen Freeman, Leslie Parrish, Scatman Crothers, and Buddy Lester. Directed by Jerry Lewis.

Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)

Starring Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley, Dean Jones, Paul Lynde, Imogene Coca, Bill Bixby, Edie Adams, James Milhollin, Robert Lansing, and Army Archerd. Directed by David Swift. A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiance and give him a chance.