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6.6

♡ 3

33%

William Dieterle Director

Sam Jaffe as Dr. Francis Hunter

John Roy as Police Officer

Nestor Paiva as Ship's Captain

Peter Lorre as Toady

Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.

The Spies

1957

French

6.7

♡ 5

Henri-Georges Clouzot Director

Curd Jürgens as Alex

Patrick Dewaere as Le petit Moynet

Daniel Emilfork as Peterson

Sam Jaffe as Sam Cooper

A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.

The Accused

1949

6.8

♡ 2

William Dieterle Director

Harry Harvey as Dr. Odolard

Sam Jaffe as Dr. Romley

Wendell Corey as Lt. Ted Dorgan

John Indrisano as Referee

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

The Scarlet Empress

1934

7.5

♡ 9

86%

85%

Josef von Sternberg Director

Sam Jaffe as Grand Duke Peter

Edward Van Sloan as Herr Wagner

Olive Tell as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Marlene Dietrich as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.

The Dunwich Horror

1970

5.4

♡ 15

29%

Daniel Haller Director

Lloyd Bochner as Dr. Cory

Talia Shire as Nurse Cora

Sam Jaffe as Old Whateley

Dean Stockwell as Wilbur Whateley

Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

live action and animation

7.1

♡ 39

66%

Robert Stevenson Director

Sam Jaffe as Bookman

John Ericson as Col. Heller

Roddy McDowall as Mr. Jelk

Hank Worden as Old Home Guardsman

Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.

The Barbarian and the Geisha

1958

5.7

♡ 9

40%

John Huston Director

Kodayû Ichikawa as Daimyo

Sô Yamamura as Governor Tamura

Sam Jaffe as Henry Heusken

John Wayne as Townsend Harris

Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

6.6

♡ 4

44%

Gene Kelly Director

Virginia Wood as Bubbles

Paul Sorensen as Detective

Eve Brent as Joe X's Blowsy Blonde

Sam Jaffe as Technical Adviser

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

Guns for San Sebastian

1968

6.6

♡ 6

52%

Adventure

Henri Verneuil Director

Sam Jaffe as Father Joseph

Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Felipe Cayetano

Charles Bronson as Teclo

Leon Askin as Vicar General

Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

7.8

♡ 25

98%

87%

John Huston Director

Brad Dexter as Bob Brannom

George Lynn as Detective at Ciavelli's Apartment

Sam Jaffe as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

Thomas Browne Henry as James X. Connery

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Gentleman's Agreement

1947

7.2

♡ 4

82%

78%

anti-semitism

antisemitism

Elia Kazan Director

Celeste Holm as Anne Dettrey

John Newland as Bill

Amzie Strickland as Guest at Anne's Party

Sam Jaffe as Prof. Fred Lieberman

A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.

Ben-Hur

1959

8.1

♡ 138

87%

89%

Adventure

William Wyler Director

John Le Mesurier as Doctor

Duncan Lamont as Marius

Maxwell Shaw as Rower No. 43

Sam Jaffe as Simonides

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

7.7

♡ 36

95%

Robert Wise Director

Louis Jean Heydt as Airforce Captain looking perplexed

Carleton Young as Colonel in Jeep

Sam Jaffe as Professor Jacob Barnhardt

Harry Harvey as Taxi Driver

An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.

Battle Beyond the Stars

1980

5.5

♡ 25

50%

Roger Corman Director

Sam Jaffe as Dr. Hephaestus

Julia Duffy as Mol

Lynn Carlin as Nell

Richard Thomas as Shad

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

Gunga Din

1939