Directed by Orson Welles • 1958 • United States
Starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles
Orson Welles’s sublimely sordid noir masterpiece opens with the most explosive tracking shot in all of cinema and ends with one of the medium’s most immortal lines (delivered, unforgettably, by Marlene Dietrich as a shady madam). In between is a cascade of pulp pleasures as a Mexican prosecutor (Charlton Heston) and his American wife (Janet Leigh) find themselves caught up in a murder investigation while on their honeymoon in a sleazy border town. At the center of it all is Welles’s towering performance as the monstrously corrupt cop Hank Quinlan—“some kind of a man” if ever there was one.
Directed by Blake Edwards • 1962 • United States
Starring Jack Lemmon, Lee Remick, Charles Bickford
Blake Edwards’s powerful adaptation of J. P. Miller’s heartrending teleplay broke startling new ground in its unsparing, bare-knuckled look at an ordinary family torn apart by alcoholism. Cast aga...
Directed by Blake Edwards • 1962 • United States
Starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford
Following the success of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S, producer-director Blake Edwards took a detour into noir territory with this ultra-stylish, mood-drenched thriller. Lee Remick plays a San Francisco bank clerk who is ...
Directed by Henry Koster • 1962 • United States
Starring James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Fabian
This high-spirited family favorite comedy will have you reconsidering your vacation plans for the summer. Exhausted by his busy life in the city, stressed-out banker Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) would l...
