Walter Bernstein — Playwright (9)
The Wonderful Country (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Wonderful Country
director: Robert Parrish actor: Robert Mitchum / Julie London
other title: Il meraviglioso paese / Heiße Grenze
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
The Magnificent Seven (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
The Magnificent Seven
director: John Sturges actor: Yul Brynner / Eli Wallach
other title: I magnifici sette / Syv mænd sejrer
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
The Molly Maguires (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Molly Maguires
director: Martin Ritt actor: Sean Connery / Richard Harris
other title: I cospiratori / Oprør i minen
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.
Fail Safe (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fail Safe
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Henry Fonda / Walter Matthau
other title: A prova di errore / Fejl-sikker
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Fail Safe (2000) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fail Safe
director: Stephen Frears actor: Walter Cronkite / Richard Dreyfuss
other title: A prova di errore / Fail Safe - Befehl ohne Ausweg
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Fail Safe - Befehl ohne Ausweg (2000) [Movie]
Fail Safe
director: 斯蒂芬·弗雷斯 actor: 乔治·克鲁尼 / 汉克·阿扎利亚
other title: 核战爆发令 / Fail Safe
From a live groundbreaking television performance.
A computer malfunction triggers the transmission of nuclear-attack codes to a U.S. bomber squadron. The orders are irreversible, the primary target is Moscow - and the President, his advisors and military leaders race time to head off global catastrophe. George Clooney executive-produces and joins a precision team of actors to retell the Classic Cold War doomsday thriller based on the 1962 Eugene Burdick/Harvey Wheeler book and the memorable 1964 film. Recalling the adrenaline-rush days of early TV drama, Fail Safe was staged and telecast live on April 9, 2000 in black-and-white, establishing an immediate sense of history unfolding. Historic, too, is the cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Dennehy, Noah Wyle, Don Cheadle, Harvey Keitel, Hank Azaria and Sam Elliott.
冷战时期,一架美军轰炸机突然接到命令,到莫斯科丢掷一枚核子弹头。虽然随后又接到中途折返的命令,但轰炸机驾驶杰克上校(乔治克龙尼 饰)却拒绝遵守,因为他已经通过(安全点),无法回头了。 为了这个突发状况,美国总统(李察德瑞福斯 饰)透过口译员巴克(诺克怀利 饰),跟苏联领导人进行电话沟通;军方将领和高层人士全部紧急动员,全力防堵一场大灾难的发生.....那枚致命的核子弹头会抵达莫斯科吗?
The Train (1964) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB Douban
The Train
other title: Il treno / Toget
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Paris Blues (1961) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Paris Blues
director: Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Joanne Woodward
other title: Paris Vive à Noite / Un día volveré
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
That Kind of Woman (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
That Kind of Woman
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Sophia Loren / Tab Hunter
other title: Quel tipo di donna / Mulher Daquela Espécie
A young G.I. falls in love with a kept woman on a train to New York.