BASIC INSTINCT (1992)

 




















Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Wayne Knight, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Daniel von Bargen, Stephen Tobolowsky, Benjamin Mouton, Dorothy Malone, Jack McGee, Bill Cable, James Rebhorn, Mitch Pileggi

128 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, violence, brief graphic nudity)

PLOT:
A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

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THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1947)

 

Directed by: Henry Koster

Based on the novel by: Robert Nathan

Starring: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Karolyn Grimes, Tito Vuolo, Regis Toomey, Sarah Edwards, Margaret McWade, Anne O'Neal, Ben Erway, Erville Alderson, Robert J. Anderson, Teddy Infuhr, Eugene Borden, Almira Sessions, Claire Du Brey, Florence Auer, Margaret Wells, Kitty O'Neil, Isabel Jewell, David Leonard, Dorothy Vaughan, Edgar Dearing, The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir

109 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.

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DRAGNET (1987)

 




















Directed by: Tom Mankiewicz
Based on the television series created by: Jack Webb
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan, Alexandra Paul, Dabney Coleman, Jack O'Halloran, Elizabeth Ashley

106 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
The equally strait-laced and "by-the-book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.

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FORTY THIEVES (1944)

 




















Directed by: Lesley Selander
Based on characters created by: Clarence E. Mulford
Starring: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jimmy Rogers, Kirk Alyn, Louise Currie, Douglas Dumbrille, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Frazer, Glenn Strange, Hal Taliaferro, Jack Rockwell, Bob Kortman

60 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Hoppy's pivot to politics is stalled when he loses the sheriff's election to gutless wonder Jerry Doyle, who tellingly seems to have the support of every crook in town. 

UNINVITED (1987)

 

Directed by: Greydon Clark

Starring: George Kennedy, Clu Gulager, Alex Cord, Toni Hudson, Eric Larson, Clare Carey, Beau Dremann, Rob Estes, Shari Shattuck, Michael Holden, Austin Stoker, Cecile Callan, Jack Heller, Gina Schinasi, Ron Presson

92 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:

A bunch of young people are invited to a Caribbean cruise on a gangster's yacht, to distract the attention of the authorities. Unfortunately, a mutant cat which escaped from a test laboratory also gets on board, and kills most of the passengers.

CHARADE (1963)

 

Directed by: Stanley Donen

Based on the short story "The Unsuspecting Wife" by: Peter Stone, Marc Behm

Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, Jacques Marin, Paul Bonifas, Thomas Chelimsky

113 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Dragged into a white-knuckle, cat-and-mouse game to unearth $250,000 allegedly stolen by her estranged and recently deceased husband Charles, Regina Lampert, an elegant American interpreter living in France, crosses paths with dashing perfect stranger Peter Joshua. And as if the terrible sense of loss weren't enough, a trio of ruthless cut-throats picks up the sweet scent of easy profit, bent on finding the lost cash first. As suave but enigmatic Peter dices with death to protect Regina before the situation spins out of control, little by little, a timid relationship forms; however, money corrupts. Now, fragile alliances and dangerous encounters spell trouble, and Regina can only count on herself to unravel the secret. But what are the chances of getting to the bottom of the mystery when trust falters?

ACTUAL MOVIE:

MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935)

 




















Directed by: John M. Stahl
Based on the novel by: Lloyd C. Douglas
Starring: Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor, Charles Butterworth, Betty Furness, Sara Haden, Ralph Morgan, Henry Armetta, Gilbert Emery, Arthur Treacher, Beryl Mercer, Alyce Ardell, Theodore von Eltz, Sidney Bracey, Arthur Hoyt, Cora Sue Collins, Frank Mayo

112 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
A wealthy survivor of a hospital crisis later falls for a deceased doctor's blind widow. Inspired by the doctor's charitable values, he secretly aids her, studies medicine, and performs her sight-saving surgery.

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