Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
The Drowning Pool
Call Number: VHS00279
by Ross Macdonald; Paul Newman; Joanne Woodward; Tony Franciosa; First Artists Production Company.; Coleytown Productions.; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, ©1984.
Notes: Originally released in 1975 (109 mins.); Based on the novel by Ross MacDonald;
Summary: A nervous and neurotic oil heiress, Iris Devereaux, lands her ex-flame Harper in hot water when she hires him to get to the bottom of an anonymous blackmail threat.
OCLC #: 10987243
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Stuart Rosenberg
Posted in Mystery, Thriller | Comments Closed
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Southern Comfort
Call Number: VHS00278
by Keith Carradine; Powers Boothe;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : dist. by Embassy Home Entertainment, ©1983.
Notes: Originally released in 1981 (105 mins.);
Summary: A weekend of maneuvers for nine National Guardsmen inadvertently violates the rights of the Cajun natives. A practical joke escalates into an uncontrollable full-scale skirmish between the untrained civilians and the bayou’s inhabitants
OCLC #: 81691632
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Walter Hill
Posted in Drama, Thriller, War | Comments Closed
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Kasarmu Ce: This Land is Ours
Call Number: VHS00244
by Saddik Balewa; Matthew Rose; National Film and Television School (England); National Council for Arts and Culture (Nigeria);
Format: VHS
Language: Hausa with English subtitles
Publisher: [Los Angeles, CA] : Inter Image Video, 1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1991 (84 mins.);
Summary: A boy attempts to avenge the death of his grandfather.
OCLC #: 28302101
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Foreign Film, Saddik Balewa
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
A Walk in the Night
Call Number: VHS00162
by Mickey Madoda Dube;
Language: In English and Afrikaans with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [1999?]
Notes: Originally released in 1998 (78 mins.); Adaptation of Alex La Guma’s 1962 novella;
Summary: A Walk in the Night recounts a single terrible night during which the fragile world of Mikey Adonis, a young Coloured steel worker, disintergrates. As the pressures on Mikey build, we see a decent man driven to an act of brutality by a racist society which humiliates him at every turn.
OCLC #: 43210809
Added: October 21, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Crime, Foreign Film, Mickey Madoda Dube
Posted in Drama, Thriller | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Body Heat
Call Number: VHS00151
by Lawrence Kasdan; William Hurt; Kathleen Turner; Richard Crenna; Warner Bros.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Warner Home Video, ©1981.
Notes: Originally released in 1981 (113 mins.);
Summary: Ned Racine is a lawyer until he meets Matty Walker. They plot the murder of Matty’s husband
OCLC #: 43043177
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Crime, Lawrence Kasdan
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
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Notorious
Call Number: VHS00150
by Cary Grant; Ingrid Bergman; Claude Rains; Louis Calhern; David O Selznick; Alfred Hitchcock; CBS Fox Video.; ABC Video Enterprises.; Fox Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : CBS Fox Video : ABC Video Enterprises, ©1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1946 (103 mins.); Nominated for two 1947 Academy Awards;
Summary: Working undercover for the U.S. government in Rio, the daughter of a convicted Nazi traitor marries a ruthless Nazi spy, but then begins a love affair with her American contact. Torn between passion and patriotism, they must sacrifice their feelings or risk destruction.
OCLC #: 28370122
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Alfred Hitchcock, Award, Black and White
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
No Way Out
Call Number: VHS00149
by Kevin Costner; Gene Hackman; Roger Donaldson; HBO Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : HBO Video, ©1987.
Notes: Originally released in 1987 (114 mins.); Based on the book by Kenneth Fearing;
Summary: A powerful tale of intrigue set in the political whirl of Washington and the inner corridors of the Pentagon
OCLC #: 17429714
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Roger Donaldson
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
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36 Hours
Call Number: VHS00126
by James Garner; Eva Marie Saint; Rod Taylor; Werner Peters; George Seaton; William Perlberg; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm); Turner Entertainment Co.;
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1965 (115 mins); Based on the short story: Beware of the dog by Roald Dahl;
Summary: The clock is ticking for the Nazis trying to dupe Jefferson Pike (James Garner) into giving up war secrets. They pose as U.S. physicians to convince the supposedly amnesiac Pike to unlock his memory by recalling his last assignment: planning for D-Day.
OCLC #: 35101160
Added: October 17, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Eva Marie Saint, George Seaton
Posted in Thriller, War | Comments Closed
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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The 39 Steps
Call Number: VHS00100 Copy 1
VHS00100 Copy 2
by Alfred Hitchcock; Robert Donat; Madeleine Carroll; Lucie Mannheim; Godfrey Tearle; Peggy Ashcroft, Dame.; Charles Bennett; John Buchan; Gaumont British Picture Corp.; GoodTimes Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Goodtimes Home Video, 1984.
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (81 mins.); From the novel by John Buchan;
Summary: Accused of the death of a woman murdered in his apartment, Hannay goes to Ireland to find those responsible.
OCLC #: 28240881
Also: DVD format of this title can be found in the Alfred Hitchcock collection DVD00009.
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Alfred Hitchcock, Black and White, Books on Film
Posted in Film Catalog, Mystery, Thriller | Comments Closed
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
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Purple Noon
Call Number: VHS00096 Copy 1
VHS00096 Copy 2
by Martin Scorsese; René Clément; Robert Hakim; Raymond Hakim; Alain Delon; Marie Laforêt; Maurice Ronet; Patricia Highsmith; Miramax Films.; Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997]
Notes: Originally released in 1960 (118 mins.); Based on the novel The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; Edition dubbed in English; Originally recorded in French;
Summary: A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend, the finest things money can buy, and an envious friend who schemes to murder him and assume his identity.
OCLC #: 36455749
Added: October 16, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Crime, Foreign Film, René Clément
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