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1. My Side of the Mountain (1969)
directed by James B. Clark
featuring Ted Eccles, Theodore Bikel, Tudi WigginsThirteen-year old Teddy Eccles is a devotee of Thoreau, as most everybody else was in 1969. Eccles decides to spend a one-year sabbatical in the ... More
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2. The African Queen (1951)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore BikelAfter years of wooing director John Huston via good reviews, film critic James Agee was given a chance to write the screenplay for a Huston picture. ... More
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3. The Enemy Below (1957)
directed by Dick Powell
featuring Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Russell CollinsThe Enemy Below is a study of submarine warfare from the vantage point of both sides. Robert Mitchum plays the captain of an American destroyer, who ... More
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4. The Pride and the Passion (1957)
directed by Frank Kramer, Stanley Kramer
featuring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, John WengrafAs was his custom, producer/director Stanley Kramer made some iconoclastic casting decisions when mounting his $5 million production The Pride and ... More
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5. A Dog of Flanders (1959)
directed by James B. Clark
featuring David Ladd, Donald Crisp, Theodore Bikel, Max Croiset, Monique AhrensBased on a novel written in 1872, this charming tale of a young boy and his dog is leisurely and heart-warming. Nello (David Ladd) and his ... More
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6. Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
directed by Cy Raker Endfield
featuring Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York, Harry Andrews, Theodore BikelStranded in the African wilds by a plane crash, a disparate group of passengers' worst enemy isn't weather or wild animals but a fellow traveler. A ... More
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7. I Want to Live! (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley LauGrim, almost unbearably intense, I Want To Live is the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar ... More
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8. Fraulein (1958)
directed by Henry Koster
featuring Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer, Dolores Michaels, Maggie Hayes, Theodore BikelAbout the only perils that heroine Dana Wynter avoids in Fraulein are being tied to the buzzsaw and chased across the ice by bloodhouds. Wynter plays ... More
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9. I Bury the Living (1958)
directed by Albert Band
featuring Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Howard I. SmithUnjustly ignored by many books on the horror film, I Bury the Living is a bone-chilling little mood piece, almost completed dominated by Richard ... More
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10. Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
directed by George Pan Cosmatos
featuring Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Theodore BikelPresidential advisor Bobby Bishop (Charlie Sheen) is hunted by an unknown assailant in this political thriller. With the help of Chief-of-Staff Jake ... More
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11. The Dybbuk (1960)
directed by Sidney Lumet
featuring Carol Lawrence, Theodore Bikel, Ludwig Donath, Michael Tolan, Milton SelzerList of all editionsDirecting legend Sidney Lumet, of course, began his career in the Golden Age of American television, with a number of live broadcasts that featured ... More
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12. The Assassination Game (1992)
directed by Jonathan A. Winfrey
featuring Robert Rusler, Theodore Bikel, Denise Bixler, Doug WertList of all editionsIn this political espionage thriller, a rookie CIA agent is unofficially assigned to keep a fanatical Lithuanian assassin from vengefully killing ... More
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13. The Defiant Ones (1958)
directed by Stanley Kramer
featuring Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw, Cara Williams, Lon Chaney, Jr.List of all editionsConvicts Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier escape from a chain gang. Curtis' character, John "Joker" Jackson, hates blacks, while Poitier's character, ... More
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14. Sweet November (1968)
directed by Robert Ellis Miller
featuring Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel, Burr de Benning, Sandy BaronList of all editionsSarah Deever (Sandy Dennis) is an idealistic young woman living in Brooklyn. Her altruistic nature finds her taking in visitors for a month at a time ... More
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15. 200 Motels (1971)
directed by Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer
featuring The Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Janet Ferguson, Lucy OfferallLess a movie than a purposely crude series of musical vignettes and inside jokes for die-hard fans, Frank Zappa informs viewers in the opening scene ... More







