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Saturday, March 22, 2008
“On the Beach” (1959)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner
Directed by: Stanley KramerIn this 1959 doomsday classic, a U.S. submarine led by Capt. Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) surfaces near Melbourne, where the passengers learn that nuclear war has wiped out most of humanity. And it won't be long before radiation kills the Australians as well. The tense drama features standout performances by Peck, Ava Gardner as Towers' lover, Fred Astaire as a guilt-wracked scientist and Anthony Perkins and Donna Anderson as newlyweds.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
“One, Two, Three” (1961)Starring: James Cagney
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Director Billy Wilder’s Cold War farce comes off at a breakneck pace that will leave your head spinning. C.J. McNamara (James Cagney) is a Coca-Cola executive who travels to Berlin to promote the product on the other side of the Iron Curtain. But he soon learns that his real job is baby-sitting his boss's teenage daughter, Scarlett (Pamela Tiffin), who has secretly married volatile Communist Otto Piffl (Horst Bucholz).
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