Greatest Movies, Clips and Segments of all time (150-01)

Pre 1970





Wages Of Fear (1952,1977)

  • Drifters on a suicide mission attempt to drive two trucks full of dynamite through a South American jungle
  • A truely breath-taking thriller, highly suspenseful, probably more so than Jaws, and most of the Hitchcock films.
  • Director Henri-Georges Clouzot won the 1953 Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for this masterpiece.
  • Re-made in 1977 as Sorcerer, with Roy Schieder, directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist). Probably the only remake of a movie where the remake is better than the original. Be sure to see it (Sorcerer), well worth your time!
  • Incredible music score (Sorcerer) by Tangerine Dream

H.G.Wells', War of the Worlds (1953)

  • Gene Berry
  • Ann Robinson

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

  • Burl Ives
  • Paul Newman
  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Based on the play by Tennessee Williams
  • "There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity...You can smell it. It smells like death."

H.G.Wells', The Time Machine (1960)

  • Rod Taylor
  • Yvette Mimieux
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To Kill a Mocking Bird (1962)

  • A southern layer defends a falsely accused black man during the depression era.
  • Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck (1916-2003).
  • Arthur 'Boo' Radley (a non-speaking part), played by Robert Duvall (his first film).
  • Prosecutor Gilmer, played by William Windom.
  • Gregory Peck once said in an interview late in his life, that this was his favorite role.
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Dr. Strangelove (1964)

  • Goverment satire, about living in an era of nuclear weapons, and de taunt.
  • Dr. Strangelove, Group Captian Mandrake, President Muffley, all played by Peter Sellers
  • General Buck, played by George C. Scott
  • Major Kong, played by Slim Pickens
  • Famous Line: Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!
  • THE top selling film of actor Scott
  • Directed by Stanley Kubrick
  • Shown here is Major Kong, riding the nuclear warhead on down to the Russian homeland
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Fate Is The Hunter (1964)

  • An airline executive/former pilot investigates a fatal crash blamed on pilot error by a friend.
  • Glenn Ford
  • Rod Taylor
  • Suzanne Pleshette
  • Jane Russell
  • Wally Cox

The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

  • Tony Randall
  • Barbara Eden
  • Author O'Connell
  • "The strangest show on earth"
  • "All the world is a circus..."
  • Oscar winner for special effects
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  • The Abominable Snowman, Merlin the Magician, the Blind Seer, Medusa, Pan, the Giant Serpent, and Dr. Lao himself, are all played by the versatile and brilliant Randall.
  • Movie Info

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

  • Don Knotts
  • Jack Weston
  • Partly live and partly animated film, beloved by many.
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Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

  • A true movie classic, about a plane that goes down during a sandstorm in the Sahara desert. Survivors attempt to assemble an aeroplane out of the wreckage, and fly themselves to salvation.
  • James Stewart
  • Richard Attenborough
  • Ernest Borgnine
  • George Kennedy
  • Stunt-pilot Paul Mantz was killed while filming the take-off sequence of the new aircraft. As such, Flight of the Phoenix is dediticated to him.
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The President's Analyst (1967)

  • Government satire, the US President's shrink is targeted by many governments, including his own. A movie way ahead of its time.
  • James Coburn
  • Godfrey Cambridge
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Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Fahrenheit 451 (1967)

  • In this society, all text material is banned. "Firemen" are groups of enforment personnel that burn newly discovered secret books and reading facilities.
  • (Consequently, all the movie credits are spoken. Books and newspapers only show pictures. Only at the end of the movie is the movie veiwer able to read any text, "the end".)
  • Oskar Werner (Montag)
  • Julie Christie
  • Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury
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  • Movie Info

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1969)

  • Eric Braeden (Dr. Forbin)
  • Susan Clark
  • Marion Ross
  • Second only to 2001:A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, (1968, Stanley Kubrik), probably the best sci-fi thriller of computer intelligence
  • "We built a super computer with a mind of its own and now we must fight it for the world! This is the dawning of the age of Colossus"
  • "The choice is yours; obey me and live, or disobey me and die"
  • This is the voice of Colossus... "..."
  • Movie info link



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