Howard Negley

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North by Northwest (1959)

ClassicThrillingFast pacedSuspenseful

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  James Mason  •  Jessie Royce Landis

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  James Mason  •  Jessie Royce Landis

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Baggage handlers Bud and Lou accidentally stumble upon Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Bela Lugosi

Baggage handlers Bud and Lou accidentally stumble upon Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula and the Wolf Man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Bela Lugosi

He Walked by Night (1949)

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Richard Basehart  •  Scott Brady  •  Roy Roberts  •  Whit Bissell

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Richard Basehart  •  Scott Brady  •  Roy Roberts  •  Whit Bissell

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  John Payne  •  Coleen Gray  •  Preston Foster  •  Neville Brand

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  John Payne  •  Coleen Gray  •  Preston Foster  •  Neville Brand

Notorious (1946)

RomanticCuteEmotionalEpic

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Claude Rains  •  Louis Calhern

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Claude Rains  •  Louis Calhern

Roadblock (1951)

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Daniels
CAST:  Charles McGraw  •  Joan Dixon  •  Lowell Gilmore  •  Louis Jean Heydt

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Daniels
CAST:  Charles McGraw  •  Joan Dixon  •  Lowell Gilmore  •  Louis Jean Heydt

Shane (1953)

Charming

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Jean Arthur  •  Van Heflin  •  Brandon De Wilde

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Jean Arthur  •  Van Heflin  •  Brandon De Wilde

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

ClassicDarkBrilliantDramatic

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  William Holden  •  Gloria Swanson  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Nancy Olson

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  William Holden  •  Gloria Swanson  •  Erich von Stroheim  •  Nancy Olson

The Killers (1946)

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Albert Dekker

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Albert Dekker

Union Station (1950)

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

Whirlpool (1950)

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Richard Conte  •  José Ferrer  •  Charles Bickford

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Richard Conte  •  José Ferrer  •  Charles Bickford

Retreat, Hell! (1952)

During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Frank Lovejoy  •  Richard Carlson  •  Anita Louise  •  Russ Tamblyn

During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph H. Lewis
CAST:  Frank Lovejoy  •  Richard Carlson  •  Anita Louise  •  Russ Tamblyn

Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Louis Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Louise Allbritton  •  Carl Esmond

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Louis Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Louise Allbritton  •  Carl Esmond

A Man Alone (1955)

A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Milland
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Mary Murphy  •  Ward Bond  •  Raymond Burr

A gunfighter, stranded in the desert, comes across the aftermath of a stage robbery, in which all the passengers were killed. He takes one of the horses to ride to town to report the massacre, but finds himself accused of it. He also finds himself accused of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Milland
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Mary Murphy  •  Ward Bond  •  Raymond Burr

The Trap (1946)

When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Sidney Toler  •  Mantan Moreland  •  Victor Sen Yung  •  Tanis Chandler

When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Bretherton
CAST:  Sidney Toler  •  Mantan Moreland  •  Victor Sen Yung  •  Tanis Chandler

Everything But the Truth (1956)

Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Madison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Hopper
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  John Forsythe  •  Tim Hovey  •  Frank Faylen

Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Madison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Hopper
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  John Forsythe  •  Tim Hovey  •  Frank Faylen

Silver City (1951)

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Richard Arlen

Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Richard Arlen

The Missourians (1950)

In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword of prejudice; his foreign birth and also the fact that his brother, Nick Kovacs, is the leader of an outlaw gang ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Monte Hale  •  Paul Hurst  •  Roy Barcroft  •  Lyn Thomas

In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword of prejudice; his foreign birth and also the fact that his brother, Nick Kovacs, is the leader of an outlaw gang ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Monte Hale  •  Paul Hurst  •  Roy Barcroft  •  Lyn Thomas

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  Dale Robertson  •  Thelma Ritter  •  John Carroll

Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-horse driver Dan Harrow and the inevitable triangle develops (complicated by Dan's desire to farm and Molly's to boat) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Levin
CAST:  Betty Grable  •  Dale Robertson  •  Thelma Ritter  •  John Carroll

California Passage (1950)

A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Forrest Tucker  •  Adele Mara  •  Estelita Rodriguez  •  Jim Davis

A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure an acquittal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Forrest Tucker  •  Adele Mara  •  Estelita Rodriguez  •  Jim Davis
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