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1.A Summer Place starring: Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Arthur Kennedy, Troy Donahue directed by: Delmer Daves January 27, 1993
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Young love is always special. This is a real tear jerker with a happy ending. I was glad that I ordered this movie. Thanks again. Peace and Blessings, Karen E. Sams

2.Champion (1949) (Aniv) starring: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman directed by: Mark Robson April 23, 2002
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The film follows Michael `Midge' Kelly, and his brother Connie (Kirk Douglas and Arthur Kennedy)- who walks with a cane throughout the film, although why is never answered, who bum across the country to L.A., after they buy into a scam. They are forced to work as hashslingers at a diner. Midge screws around with the owner's daughter, Emma, then dumps her after a shotgun wedding. Connie, however, is unrequitedly in love with Emma Bryce (Ruth Roman), but sticks with Midge when he tries to become a boxer, by tracking down a trainer/manager, Tommy Haley (Paul Stewart), they'd met on the way. Thus begins his career as an up and coming middleweight, all the while keeping his marriage a secret.... While the film's cinematography, and use of black and white shadows is first rate, the script is laden ... Read More

3.Fantastic Voyage starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell directed by: Richard Fleischer February 11, 1997
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Sci-fi fans will, more than likely, consider two films from 1968 as being the best of the genre: "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Planet of the Apes. To that duo, however, I would like to add "Fantastic Voyage," from two years earlier and also from Twentieth Century Fox, the studio that released "Planet" and its seguels. As fans and film buffs know, "Voyage" tells the tale of a special team miniaturized in order the save a dying scientist from a life-threatening blood clot, the result of an assassination attempt on his life. The film boasts then-state-of-the art special effects, an Oscar-worthy score from Leonard Rosenman, and the anatomical assets, appropriately for a film about biology, of Raquel Welch. So impressive are the sets that they were reused many times for Irwin Allen TV shows. ... Read More

4.Elmer Gantry starring: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones directed by: Richard Brooks December 21, 1994
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Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster--bringing his genius to the role of Elmer Gantry as no one else in Hollywood could. A master at the art being a silver-tongued devil on the silver screen, if there ever were one. All of the players are right on in their characterizations, but Burt is over the top and we are mesmerised by him. A great study in revival religion and what has now become the electronic church. Oratory that gives you goose bumps.

5.Air Force (1943) starring: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake directed by: Howard Hawks September 01, 1998
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Who could go wrong with Howard Hawks? A fanciful propagandistic tale set in the days surrounding the Pearl Harbor attack. The "Mary Ann" goes more places in a few days and even leads a counterattack on the entire Japanese fleet only a few days later. Still, it is one of my favorites, I dig the B-17C/D and the cast, featuring a lot of second-line Warner Brothers actors for the time, except Harry Carey, is tight. Commentary would have made this even better.

6.Desperate Journey starring: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale directed by: Raoul Walsh December 07, 1994
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Of all the actors of the 40s who made WWII-themed films, Errol Flynn was second only to John Wayne in raising critics' ire for 'winning the war single-handed'. His civilian status was ridiculed, although Flynn HAD in fact, attempted to enlist, but had been rejected (despite his robust appearance, it was discovered he had an 'athlete's heart', plus traces of malaria and TB he had contracted in his youth). Even with the negative press, Flynn's unique status as an Australian who was also an American movie star made him ideal as a morale booster for not only wartime American audiences, but audiences overseas, as well. "Desperate Journey" was certainly the most incredible of his war films, with it's 'over-the-top' action, and wildly improbable plot (downed fliers reap havoc on moronic Nazis, then safely return ... Read More

7.Some Came Running starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy directed by: Vincente Minnelli September 01, 1998
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Wide Screen Color Bonanaza, Vincente Minnelli, Judy's hubby, known for lavish Hollywood Musicals, does a very theatrical late 1950's melodrama, almost Douglas Sirk like. Oh, the repressed sexuality and hypocracy. It's not a 50's Hitchcock masterpiece like Vertigo or To Catch a Thief, but the film's from a pot-boiler James Jones novel, takes itself pretty seriously, slicing away that exotic Indiana underbelly with Shirley MacLaine doin the cupie doll stereotype. Arthur Kennedy does not look like Frank Sinatra's brother, but he is slimey. Frank and Dean play, ah, Frank and Dean. Look, there's good scenes, despite some hokey steamy stuff. The real meat of this film, the Sinatra-MacLaine insult and love me scenes, nice work and Dean comes in for a mean-turn that's kind of believable. But the best, the Director's carnival-at ... Read More

8.Cheyenne Autumn starring: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo, Dolores del Rio directed by: John Ford July 22, 1994
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Well, there's good cheese and there's bad cheese--this was Cheeze Whiz. Sitting through it was an ordeal. The intent may have been good--i.e., John Ford's "apology" to the Indians--but other than that it was one bad Hollywood cliche after another. Richard Widmark, who can't act to save his life, plays a sort of prototype Oskar Schindler who risks his army career to go to bat for the Indians. Karl Malden plays a Prussian authoritarian sociopath, an easy villain. The Cheyenne themselves might have been humanized here if their leaders hadn't been played by stodgy, middle-aged white men with pointy noses and mall bangs. Ricardo Montalban is in mediocre form as usual, and Sal Mineo is, also as usual, an Italian-American version of Elvis. The only Indians with any dignity are the extras, who appear to be real Indians but probably not Cheyenne. And on top of ... Read More

9.The Window starring: Barbara Hale, Bobby Driscoll, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart directed by: Ted Tetzlaff October 16, 1991
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I have seen this terrific film on tv several times in past years and it is one of the best movies ever made. Bobby Driscoll is terrific in this movies among other movies that he has done. This movie may be old (1949) but it is a great movie compared to a lot of junkie movies that are made today. The whole cast are great and you sit on the edge of your seat. This movie should be put on DVD. Like so many other good movies they are on VHS but are not on DVD and who knows whether this film will ever be released on DVD, I hope so. Like the saying it's a oldie but a goodie.

10.Attack and Retreat starring: Arthur Kennedy, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Raffaele Pisu, Tatyana Samojlova, Andrea Checchi directed by: Giuseppe De Santis October 19, 1999
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i remember watching this movie with my father WAY back in the early 1960,s and i never forgot it. 35 years later i found it was available on the web and bought it immediatley. this film contains some of the most incredible images of the war in russia that youll ever see. im not talking about heavy bloody war scenes like saving private ryan or stalingrad. im talking about an italian soldier who gets shot down in an endless field of sunflowers that seeemed to go on forever as he tries to get close to a russian woman. a scene where two huge armies are facing each other about to go in to battle, a rabbit suddenly runs out on the snowy russian plains between the armies . a russian soldier and an italian soldier chase the rabbit to see who will grab it after it is shot. both armies are cheering theire soldiers on like its a footbal match and suddenly an italian soldier ... Read More

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