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Hume Cronyn
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Santa And Pete
(1999)
Starring: Hume Cronyn, Flex Alexander, Tempestt Bledsoe
Director: Duwayne Dunham
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This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols (James Earl Jones) who is spending his first Christmas alone as a widower. His grandson Pete (Flex Alexander from SHE'S ALL THAT) is riveted by his grandfather's story of St. Nick, and Pete decides that it is his desire to do all he ..read more »
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53%
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Marvin's Room
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton
Director: Jerry Zaks
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Upon receiving a call from her leukemia-stricken sister after not speaking with her for two decades, a devil-may-care single mother packs up her two sons--one, a rebellious teen who has spent time in a mental institution--and heads to Florida to reunite with her ailing sibling and their bedridden ..read more »
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61%
from 1,487 member
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The Pelican Brief
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Julia Roberts (ERIN BROCKOVICH) stars in THE PELICAN BRIEF as sharp law student Darby Shaw whose querying mind gets her into trouble. A faithful adaptation of John Grisham's (THE FIRM) best-selling novel, this taut thriller follows the travails that beset Shaw when her theory on the cause of the ..read more »
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66%
from 7,342 members
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Hiroshima
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Michael Tucker, Hal Holbrook
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Chronicling America's top-secret Manhattan Project, this made-for-TV drama follows the two-year storm of scientific rivalry, intrigue, disappointment, and triumph in the quest to build the ultimate weapon of mass destruction--the atomic bomb. The all-star cast includes Brian Dennehy, David ..read more »
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57%
from 54 members
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Cocoon The Return
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Don Ameche, Courteney Cox, Wilford Brimley
Director: Daniel Petrie
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When the space travellers return to Earth on a special rescue mission, they are reunited with their own families and friends who they left behind when they were offered the gift of eternal youth by benevolent aliens. To their delight they soon realise that Earth isn't the worst planet in the galaxy.
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58%
from 1,811 member
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Batteries Not Included
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae
Director: Matthew Robbins
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Set in New York's Lower East Side, this amusing story tells of a group of poor tenants with nothing more than determination to stop the destruction of their building, who are more than delighted when a few friends from outer space drop in to help out...
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69%
from 3,758 members
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Cocoon
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn
Director: Ron Howard
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A group of senior citizens residing in a rest home find their lives turned upside down after they are offered the gift of eternal youth by benevolent aliens in Ron Howard's wonderful tribute to the human spirit. Brian Dennehy is Walter, an alien who returns to earth to rescue 20 of his friends now ..read more »
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63%
from 4,560 members
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Honky Tonk Freeway
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Beau Bridges, Teri Garr, Beverly D'Angelo
Director: John Schlesinger
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Merchants and residents of a small Florida hamlet called Ticlaw are up in arms over the construction of a major freeway that's scheduled to bypass their town, funnelling much needed tourism thirty-two miles up the road to the freeway's nearest exit. Mayor Kirby T. Calo attempts to bribe highway ..read more »
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52%
from 79 members
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Rollover
(1981)
Starring: Jane Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, Hume Cronyn
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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A political-romantic thriller by Alan J. Pakula and replete with favorite themes of large-scale conspiracy and paranoia, ROLLOVER is perfectly in tune with the director's previous work, although this time set in the world of international high finance. Jane Fonda, who appeared in Pakula's KLUTE as ..read more »
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38%
from 6 members
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The Parallax View
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn
Director: Alan J. Pakula
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Watch now: £2.49
Of the three films that make up director Alan J. Pakula's 'paranoid trilogy' (KLUTE, ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, and THE PARALLAX VIEW), the latter most strongly conveys paranoia. A stylish suspense-thriller, THE PARALLAX VIEW mirrors the political distrust Americans began to feel during the period ..read more »
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69%
from 1,587 member
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People Will Talk
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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A lovely movie featuring Cary Grant in one of his more inscrutable roles as an angel of mercy to the sick, recalling his work in THE BISHOP'S WIFE. PEOPLE WILL TALK focuses on Dr. Praetorius, a non-traditional doctor whose patients and medical students love him, while his success spurs the jealousy ..read more »
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63%
from 371 members
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Brute Force
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford
Director: Jules Dassin
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Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He's intent on reaching his love, who does not know he's in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation until he's at her side. The escape plan goes awry when Capt. Munsey, the prison guard and Joe's enemy, ..read more »
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62%
from 25 members
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
Director: Tay Garnett
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Set during the Depression, this story concerns an older man and his attractive young wife, who take on drifter Frank Chambers as an employee at their roadside cafe. Cora, the unhappy wife (Lana Turner), is searching for a way out of her drab day-to-day existence. Soon she and Frank develop lustful ..read more »
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67%
from 1,151 member
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The Phantom Of The Opera
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains
Director: Arthur Lubin
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The masked phantom of the Paris Opera House schemes to make a beautiful young soprano the star of the opera company and wreak revenge on those who stole his music. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best (Color) Cinematography.
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The Parallax View
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(1974)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, Paula Prentiss
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Run time: 102 minutes
The Parallax View, a superb drama about one man's paranoia that turns out to be total, incredible fact, ranks among the best political thrillers. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in "..read more »
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72%
from 15 members
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A Neglected Classic 3 November 2005
...hodox Dr Noah Praetorius who is hounded by the jealous Professor Rodney Elwell (Hume Cronyn)who hopes to find a dark secret in his past. The secret involves Praetorius's m...
