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Ben-Hur - was released on: 10 December 1959.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Charlton Heston… - played the character of: Judah Ben-Hur
- Jack Hawkins… - played the character of: Quintus Arrius
- Haya Harareet… - played the character of: Esther
- Stephen Boyd… - played the character of: Messala
- Hugh Griffith… - played the character of: Sheik Ilderim
- Martha Scott… - played the character of: Miriam
- Cathy O’Donnell… - played the character of: Tirzah
- Sam Jaffe… - played the character of: Simonides
- Finlay Currie… - played the character of: Balthasar / Narrator in pre-credits sequence
- Frank Thring… - played the character of: Pontius Pilate
- Terence Longdon… - played the character of: Drusus
- George Relph… - played the character of: Tiberius Caesar
- André Morell… - played the character of: Sextus

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Judah Ben-Hur lives as a rich Jewish prince and merchant in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st century. Together with the new governor his old friend Messala arrives as commanding officer of the Roman legions. At first they are happy to meet after a long time but their different politic views separate them. During the welcome parade a brick falls down from Judah’s house and barely misses the governor. Although Messala knows that they are not guilty he sends Judah to the galleys and throws his mother and sister into prison. But Judah swears to come back and take revenge. Written by Matthias Scheler {tron@lyssa.owl.de}

Citizen Kane - was released on: 1 May 1941.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Joseph Cotten… - played the character of: Jedediah Leland
- Dorothy Comingore… - played the character of: Susan Alexander Kane
- Agnes Moorehead… - played the character of: Mary Kane
- Ruth Warrick… - played the character of: Emily Monroe Norton Kane
- Ray Collins… - played the character of: James W. Gettys
- Erskine Sanford… - played the character of: Herbert Carter
- Everett Sloane… - played the character of: Mr. Bernstein
- William Alland… - played the character of: Jerry Thompson
- Paul Stewart… - played the character of: Raymond
- George Coulouris… - played the character of: Walter Parks Thatcher
- Fortunio Bonanova… Signor Matiste
- Gus Schilling… The Headwaiter
- Philip Van Zandt… Mr. Rawlston
- Georgia Backus… Bertha Anderson
- Harry Shannon… Kane’s Father

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane” is widely considered to be the greatest film to ever come out of Hollywood. The film is basically about a group of reporters who are trying to decipher the last word ever spoke by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: “Rosebud.” The film begins with a news reel detailing Kane’s life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane’s life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man’s rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the “top of the world.” Written by Zack H.

The French Connection - was released on: 9 October 1971.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Gene Hackman… Jimmy Doyle
- Fernando Rey… - played the character of: Alain Charnier
- Roy Scheider… Det. Buddy Russo
- Tony Lo Bianco… Sal Boca
- Marcel Bozzuffi… Pierre Nicoli
- Frédéric de Pasquale… Devereaux (as Frederic De Pasquale)
- Bill Hickman… Mulderig
- Ann Rebbot… Marie Charnier
- Harold Gary… Weinstock
- Arlene Farber… Angie Boca
- Eddie Egan… Simonson
- André Ernotte… La Valle (as Andre Ernotte)
- Sonny Grosso… Klein
- Benny Marino… Lou Boca
- Patrick McDermott… Chemist (as Pat McDermott)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

William Friedkin’s gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between ‘Popeye’ Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. Written by Tad Dibbern {DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu}

Ángel exterminador, El - was released on: 21 August 1967.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Silvia Pinal… Leticia ‘La Valkiria’
- Enrique Rambal… Edmundo Nobile
- Claudio Brook… Julio, Mayordomo; Steward
- José Baviera… Leandro Gomez
- Augusto Benedico… Carlos Conde; Doctor
- Antonio Bravo… Sergio Russell
- Jacqueline Andere… Alicia de Roc
- César del Campo… Alvaro, Coronel; Colonel
- Rosa Elena Durgel… Silvia
- Lucy Gallardo… Lucía de Nobile
- Enrique García Álvarez… Alberto Roc
- Ofelia Guilmáin… Juana Avila
- Nadia Haro Oliva… Ana Maynar
- Tito Junco… Raúl
- Xavier Loya… Francisco Avila

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves mysteriously unable to leave the room… and over the next few days all the elaborate pretenses and facades that they’ve built up by virtue of their position in society collapse completely as they become reduced to living like animals… Written by Michael Brooke {michael@everyman.demon.co.uk}

Seance on a Wet Afternoon - was released on: 5 November 1964.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Kim Stanley… Myra Savage
- Margaret Lacey… Woman at first Seance
- Marie Burke… Woman at first Seance
- Maria Kazan… Woman at first Seance
- Lionel Gamlin… Man at Seances
- Marian Spencer… Mrs. Wintry
- Richard Attenborough… Billy Savage
- Godfrey James… Mrs. Clayton’s Chauffeur
- Judith Donner… Amanda Clayton
- Ronald Hines… Policeman outside Clayton’s
- Hajni Biro… Maid at Clayton’s
- Mark Eden… Charles Clayton
- Nanette Newman… Mrs. Clayton
- Diana Lambert… Sheila - Mr. Clayton’s Secretary
- Frank Singuineau… Bus Conductor

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Myra, a self-styled psychic in London, concocts a scheme to gain celebrity. She convinces Billy, her weak-willed husband, to kidnap the young daughter of wealthy parents. She and Billy will demand money, and then she will go to the parents with extra-sensory messages that will help the police find the child and the ransom. The plan unfolds beautifully, except that after her first visit to the parents, the police want to check her out. He’s scared. As her delusions worsen, Bill realizes Myra may not want the child found alive. Behind it all is also the death at birth, years before, of their only child, whom they’ve named Arthur and who is Myra’s contact with the beyond. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

The Trespasser - was released on: 11 November 1929.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Gloria Swanson… Marion Donnell
- Robert Ames… Jack Merrick
- Purnell Pratt… Hector Ferguson
- Henry B. Walthall… Fuller
- Wally Albright… Jack Merrick (as Wally Albright Jr.)
- William Holden… John Merrick, Sr.
- Blanche Friderici… Miss Potter (as Blanche Frederici)
- Kay Hammond… Catherine ‘Flip’ Merrick
- Mary Forbes… Mrs. Ferguson
- Marcelle Corday… Blanche
- Henry Armetta… Barber
- Brooks Benedict… Reporter
- Billy Bevan… Reporter
- Ed Brady… Moving man
- Allan Cavan… Doctor
- Richard Cramer… Reporter (as Dick Cramer)
- Stuart Erwin… Reporter
- William H. O’Brien… Butler (as Bill O’Brien)
- Lloyd Whitlock… Board member

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child’s welfare, which starts gossip that she is a “kept woman.” Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com

The Love of Sunya - was released on: 11 March 1927.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Gloria Swanson… - played the character of: Sunya Ashling
- John Boles… - played the character of: Paul Judson
- Pauline Garon… - played the character of: Anna Hagan
- Ian Keith… - played the character of: Louis Anthony
- Andrés de Segurola… - played the character of: Paolo deSalvo
- Anders Randolf… - played the character of: Robert Goring
- Hugh Miller… - played the character of: The Outcast
- Robert Schable… Henri Picard
- Ivan Lebedeff… - played the character of: Ted Morgan (as Ivan B. Lebedeff)
- John Miltern… - played the character of: Asa Ashling
- Raymond Hackett… - played the character of: Kenneth Ashling
- Florence Fair… - played the character of: Rita Ashling (as Flobelle Fairbanks)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

In ancient Egypt, an evil priest drove a pure maiden to suicide. In today’s reincarnation, to free himself the priest must find and help the maiden…now a young American singing student, Sunya Ashling, who is torn between pursuing a career in European opera, going to South America with fiancée Paul, or saving her father from financial ruin by marrying wealthy Robert Goring. The ancient priest, reincarnated as a gypsy vagabond, grants her visions of her future life if she should follow each of the three roads. Does each have a fatal drawback? Written by Rod Crawford {puffinus@u.washington.edu}

Batman Begins - was released on: 15 June 2005.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Christian Bale… - played the character of: Bruce Wayne / - played the character of: Batman
- Michael Caine… - played the character of: Alfred
- Liam Neeson… - played the character of: Henri Ducard
- Katie Holmes… - played the character of: Rachel Dawes
- Gary Oldman… - played the character of: Jim Gordon
- Cillian Murphy… - played the character of: Dr. Jonathan Crane
- Tom Wilkinson… - played the character of: Carmine Falcone
- Rutger Hauer… - played the character of: Earle
- Ken Watanabe… - played the character of: Ra’s Al Ghul
- Mark Boone Junior… - played the character of: Flass
- Linus Roache… - played the character of: Thomas Wayne
- Morgan Freeman… - played the character of: Lucius Fox
- Larry Holden… - played the character of: Finch
- Gerard Murphy… - played the character of: Judge Faden
- Colin McFarlane… - played the character of: Loeb

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Eight-year-old Bruce Wayne falls into a cave where he encounters a swarm of bats. Bruce develops a fear of bats, and later urges his parents to leave an opera featuring bat-like creatures. Outside the theater, Bruce Wayne’s parents are both killed in a robbery by mugger Joe Chill. Bruce blames himself for his parents’ murder: had he not been frightened, the Waynes would not have encountered Chill. He is taken in by a mysterious instructor named Ducard and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is strangling it. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

Annie Hall - was released on: 20 April 1977.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Woody Allen… - played the character of: Alvy Singer
- Diane Keaton… - played the character of: Annie Hall
- Tony Roberts… - played the character of: Rob
- Carol Kane… - played the character of: Allison
- Paul Simon… Tony Lacey
- Shelley Duvall… - played the character of: Pam
- Janet Margolin… - played the character of: Robin
- Colleen Dewhurst… - played the character of: Mrs. Hall
- Christopher Walken… - played the character of: Duane Hall (as Christopher Wlaken)
- Donald Symington… - played the character of: Mr. Hall
- Helen Ludlam… Grammy Hall
- Mordecai Lawner… Mr. Singer
- Joan Neuman… Mrs. Singer (as Joan Newman)
- Jonathan Munk… Alvy Singer - Age 9
- Ruth Volner… Alvy’s Aunt

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Romantic adventures of neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer and his equally neurotic girlfriend Annie Hall. The film traces the course of their relationship from their first meeting, and serves as an interesting historical document about love in the 1970s. Written by Scott Renshaw {as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu}

Soy Cuba - was released on: December 1995.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Sergio Corrieri… Alberto
- Salvador Wood
- José Gallardo… Pedro
- Raúl García… Enrique
- Luz María Collazo… Maria / Betty
- Jean Bouise… Jim (in Cuban version) (as Jean Bouisse)
- Alberto Morgan
- Celia Rodriguez… Gloria (in Cuban version) (as Zilia Rodríguez)
- Fausto Mirabal
- Roberto García York… American activist
- María de las Mercedes Díez
- Bárbara Domínguez
- Jesús del Monte(as Isis del Monte)
- Luisa María Jiménez… Teresa
- Mario González Broche… Pablo (in Cuban version) (as Mario González)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Four vignettes in Batista’s Cuba dramatize the need for revolution; long, mobile shots tell almost wordless stories. In Havana, Maria faces shame when a man who fancies her discovers how she earns her living. Pedro, an aging peasant, is summarily told that the land he farms has been sold to United Fruit. A university student faces down a crowd of swaggering U.S. sailors and then watches friends shot by police when they try to distribute a pro-Castro leaflet. The war arrives on the doorstep of peasants Mariano, Amelia, and their four children when Batista’s forces bomb the hills. Mariano wants peace, so he seeks out the guerrillas to join the fight. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}