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Two years after Jimmy Stewart chased a very special firearm, 1952 brought a flick that followed a similar concept. Springfield Rifle features Gary Cooper in a Western that involves another amazing weapon.
Set during the Civil War, Union Major Lex Kearny (Cooper) gets a dishonorable discharge related to cowardice in battle. This disrupts his life in a mix of ways, especially when his family feels shame.Read More »
Austrian Film Museum writes:
Bewitchedis an audaciously stylized psychodrama that marked the keenly anticipated directorial debut of Arch Oboler, a brilliant enfant terrible of radio drama whose popular horror series Lights Out and scandalous Adam and Eve parody – with none other than Charlie McCarthy and Mae West in the biblical roles -earned him regular comparison with Orson Welles. Obolian accepted the inevitable invitation to Hollywood where he worked successfully as a screenwriter before directing this striking adaptation of his own celebrated radio play Alter Ego. Bewitched.Read More »
Plot: Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan charters his boat. Due to strained finances, he is none too careful as to whom he does business with. Real trouble erupts when Harry hires out his boat to transport four men who turn out to be criminals on the lam from a racetrack heist. Written by Jim BeaverRead More »