Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (
1982) | IMDb:
6.8
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Directed by:
Carl Reiner
In Cold Blood (
1967) | IMDb:
7.9
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Starring:
Robert Blake
,
Scott Wilson
,
John Forsythe
,
Paul Stewart
,
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
,
Jeff Corey
Produced by:
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (
1963) | IMDb:
7.5
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
The Birds (
1963) | IMDb:
7.6
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Starring:
Tippi Hedren
,
Rod Taylor
,
Jessica Tandy
,
Suzanne Pleshette
,
Veronica Cartwright
,
Ethel Griffies
Spartacus (
1960) | IMDb:
7.9
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Starring:
Kirk Douglas
,
Laurence Olivier
,
Jean Simmons
,
Charles Laughton
,
Peter Ustinov
,
John Gavin
One Minute to Zero (
1952) | IMDb:
5.8
An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation of civilians. As hostilities escalate, the officer and his small detachment are left to hold the line until allied forces can be brought into action.
Starring:
Robert Mitchum
,
Ann Blyth
,
William Talman
,
Charles McGraw
,
Margaret Sheridan
,
Richard Egan
The Narrow Margin (
1952) | IMDb:
7.7
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Starring:
Charles McGraw
,
Marie Windsor
,
Jacqueline White
,
Gordon Gebert
,
Queenie Leonard
,
David Clarke
Produced by:
Stanley Rubin