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The
Shooting Gallery |
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...Or
the 100 Most Fortunate Actors in Film History? |
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Last
Update: December 2007 |
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° The Shooting
Gallery is a list - we've put together - of the 100 most important (or is that most
fortunate?) film actors of all-time. These are the screen performers
that most often wound up in classic films in either leading roles or in
character parts. It's fair to say that the reward (artistically, that
is) for striking up lasting working relationships with better filmmakers
is high indeed. Not the least of which is an appearance on this list!
Would Robert De Niro, for example, be on this list if it was not for Scorsese?
What about John Wayne (if not for Ford?) Or Toshiro Mifune (if not
for Kurosawa?) Or Charlie Chaplin (if not for Charlie Chaplin?) |
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° In summary, this
list does not represent box-office clout, it does not represent those
who became or are becoming obscenely rich and it certainly does not
represent those whose faces have been on the most billboards or magazine
covers. It instead represents those 100 performers that have graced and
- more often than not - embellished the world's finest movies and
therefore have stuck in the hearts and minds of most hardened
cineastes/cinephiles.
Of course, in many cases, fame, fortune and artistic credibility have gone hand in
hand. The Shooting Gallery is presented in alphabetical order, and
is spread over three pages. |
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"Hollywood is where they shoot
too many pictures and not enough actors." - Walter Winchell |
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Woody
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Bibi
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Dana Andrews |
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| "Epitome of the
neurotic New Yorker." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1935- ) Born
December 1, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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Key
Films Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979),
Zelig (1983), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors
(1989) Key
Directors Himself
►Amazon |
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Leading
Character Player |
| (1935- )
Born November 11, Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Key
Films
Wild
Strawberries (1957), The Seventh Seal (1957), Persona (1966), The
Passion of Anna (1969), Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Key
Directors
Ingmar Bergman
►Amazon |
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Leading
Player |
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(1909-1992) Born January 1, Covington County, Mississippi, United States |
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Key
Films
Laura (1944), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt (1956), While the City Sleeps (1956), Night of the
Demon (1957) Key
Directors
Otto Preminger,
Fritz Lang,
Jacques Tourneur ►Amazon |
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Fred
Astaire |
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Warren
Beatty |
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Ingrid
Bergman |
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| "Multitalented
actor, singer, choreographer, and expert dancer." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
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(1899-1987) Born May 10, Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
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Key
Films
Top
Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), The Band
Wagon (1953), Funny Face (1957), On the Beach (1959)
Key
Directors
Mark Sandrich,
Stanley Donen,
Charles Walters
►Amazon |
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dramatic and romantic lead actor." -
501 Movie Stars |
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Leading Player |
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(1937- ) Born March 30, Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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Key
Films
Splendor in the Grass (1961), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Reds (1981)
Key
Directors
Himself,
Arthur Penn
►Amazon |
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| "Sweden's
illustrious gift to Hollywood." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1915-1982) Born
August 29, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Key
Films Casablanca (1942), Notorious (1946), Stromboli (1949),
Europa '51 (1951), Voyage in Italy (1953) Key
Directors Roberto Rossellini,
Alfred Hitchcock ►Amazon |
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Gunnar
Bjornstrand |
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Humphrey
Bogart |
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Ward
Bond |
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| Leading Character Player |
| (1909-1986) Born
November 13, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Key Films
The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild
Strawberries (1957), Winter Light (1962), Persona (1966), Shame (1968)
Key
Directors
Ingmar Bergman
►Amazon |
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| "Legendary - the
ultimate tough guy." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1899-1957) Born
December 25, New York, New York, United States |
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Key Films
The Maltese Falcon (1941), Casablanca (1942),
The Big Sleep (1946), The
Treasure of the Sierre Madre (1948), In a Lonely Place (1950) Key
Directors John Huston,
Howard
Hawks, Michael Curtiz
►Amazon |
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| Character Player |
| (1903-1960) Born
April 9, Benkelman, Nebraska, United States |
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Key Films
They Were Expendable (1945), Wagon Master (1950), The Quiet Man (1952), Johnny Guitar (1954),
The Searchers (1956) Key Directors
John Ford, Howard
Hawks, Frank Capra ►Amazon |
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Ernest
Borgnine |
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Marlon
Brando |
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Walter
Brennan |
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| "Solid character
actor and major supporting star." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
and Character Player |
| (1915- ) Born
January 24, Hamden, Connecticut, United States |
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Key Films
Johnny Guitar (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Dirty Dozen
(1967), The Wild Bunch (1969), Escape from New York (1981)
Key
Directors Robert Aldrich
►Amazon |
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| "The yardstick
against which all U.S. actors are measured." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1924-2004) Born
April 3, Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
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Key Films
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),
On the Waterfront (1954), The Godfather (1972),
Last Tango in Paris (1973), Apocalypse Now (1979)
Key Directors
Elia
Kazan, Francis Ford Coppola ►Amazon |
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| "King of
character parts; sidekick extraordinaire." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Character Player |
| (1894-1974) Born
July 25, Swampscott, Massachusetts, United States |
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Key Films
To Have and Have Not (1944), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River
(1948), The Far Country (1955), Rio Bravo (1959)
Key Directors Howard
Hawks, Fritz Lang,
James Whale ►Amazon |
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James Cagney |
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Michael
Caine |
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Claudia
Cardinale |
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| "The diminutive
king of gangster movies." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1899-1986) Born
July 17, Yonkers, New York, United States |
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Key Films
The Public Enemy (1931), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Yankee Doodle
Dandy (1942), White Heat (1949), One, Two, Three (1961)
Key Directors Raoul Walsh,
Michael Curtiz,
Mervyn LeRoy ►Amazon |
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| "Leading man and
extremely versatile character actor." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1933- ) Born
March 14, Rotherhithe, London, England |
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Key Films
The Ipcress File (1965), The Italian Job (1969), Get Carter (1971), The Man Who Would Be King
(1975), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Key Directors
Lewis Gilbert ►Amazon |
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| "Italian screen
icon; charismatic beauty." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1938- ) Born
April 15, Tunis, Tunisia |
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Key Films
8½ (1963), The Leopard (1963), Of a
Thousand Delights (1965), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968),
Fitzcarraldo (1982) Key Directors
Luchino Visconti ►Amazon |
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John Carradine |
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Charles Chaplin |
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Julie Christie |
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| "Played villain
roles in Westerns and horror movies." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Character Player |
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Born February 5, New York, New York, United States |
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Key Films
Stagecoach (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Private Affairs of
Bel Ami (1947), Johnny Guitar (1954), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Key Directors John Ford,
Fritz Lang, James Whale ►Amazon |
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| "Multitalented
as a comic actor and filmmaker." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1889-1977) Born
April 16, Walworth, London, England |
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Key Films
The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great
Dictator (1940), Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Key
Directors
Himself ►Amazon |
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| "Sexy icon of
swinging sixties London." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1941- ) Born
April 14, Chukua, Assam, India |
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Key Films
Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Go-Between (1971), McCabe & Mrs. Miller
(1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Shampoo (1975) Key Directors
John Schlesinger,
Robert Altman
►Amazon |
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Sean
Connery |
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Gary
Cooper |
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Joseph
Cotten |
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| "Chivalrous and
sophisticated portrayal of British Agent 007." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1930- ) Born
August 25, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
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Key Films
From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Marnie (1964), The Hill (1965), The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Key Directors
Terence Young,
Sidney Lumet,
Irvin Kershner ►Amazon |
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| "Aloof but
intense screen presence." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1901-1961) Born
May 7, Helena, Montana, United States |
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Key Films
Morocco (1930), Peter Ibbetson (1935), The Fountainhead
(1949), High Noon (1952), Man of the West (1958)
Key Directors Frank Capra,
Ernst Lubitsch,
Henry Hathaway ►Amazon |
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| "Versatile
leading man of almost every movie genre." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1905-1994) Born
May 15, Petersburg, Virginia, United States |
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Key Films
Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Shadow of a Doubt
(1943), Portrait of Jennie (1948), The Third Man (1949)
Key Directors Orson Welles,
Alfred Hitchcock ►Amazon |
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Joan
Crawford |
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Donald Crisp
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Willem Dafoe |
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| "Passionate,
ambitious actress; hardworking." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1905-1977) Born
March 23, San Antonio, Texas, United States |
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Key Films
The Unknown (1927), The Women (1939), Mildred Pierce (1945), Johnny
Guitar (1954), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Key Directors
Michael Curtiz,
Robert Aldrich,
Jean Negulesco ►Amazon |
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| Leading
Character Player |
| (1880-1974) Born
July 27, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland |
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Key Films
Broken Blossoms (1919), Wuthering Heights (1939), How Green Was My
Valley (1941), National Velvet (1944), The Man from Laramie (1955) Key Directors
D.W. Griffith, John
Ford, William Wyler ►Amazon |
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| "Versatile
character actor; often plays villains." -
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| Leading &
Character Player |
| (1955- ) Born
July 22, Appleton, Wisconsin, United States |
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Key Films
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985),
Platoon (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart
(1990), Light Sleeper (1991)
Key Directors
Oliver Stone,
Martin Scorsese, Sam Raimi ►Amazon |
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Bette Davis |
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Robert
De Niro |
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Catherine Deneuve |
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| "Strong and
complex repertoire; legendary leading lady." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading Player |
| (1908-1989) Born
April 5, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States |
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Key Films
Dark Victory (1939), The Little Foxes (1941),
Now, Voyager (1942), All About Eve (1950), What Ever Happened to Baby
Jane? (1962)
Key Directors
William Wyler,
Robert Aldrich,
Irving Rapper ►Amazon |
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| "Known for
playing violent disturbed charactors." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1943- ) Born
August 17, New York, New York, United States |
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Key Films
Taxi Driver (1976), The Deer Hunter (1978), Raging Bull (1980), Once Upon a Time in America (1984),
GoodFellas (1990) Key Directors
Martin Scorsese,
Brian
De Palma ►Amazon |
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| "An
unforgettable femme fatale; fabled beauty." -
501 Movie Stars |
| Leading
Player |
| (1943- ) Born
October 22, Paris, France |
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Key Films
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Repulsion (1965), Belle de jour
(1967), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1968), Tristana (1970)
Key Directors
Luis Buñuel,
Jacques Demy ►Amazon |
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Gerard Depardieu |
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Marlene
Dietrich |
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Kirk
Douglas |
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| "Long-legged sex
bomb; fashion icon." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1901-1992) Born
December 27, Schoneberg, Germany |
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Key Films
The Blue Angel (1930), Morocco (1930), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The
Devil is a Woman (1935), Angel (1937) Key Directors
Josef von Sternberg,
Billy
Wilder ►Amazon |
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action villains or irritable characters." -
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| (1916- ) Born
December 9, Amsterdam, New York, United States |
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Key Films
Out of the Past (1947), Ace in the Hole
(1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Paths of Glory (1957), Spartacus (1960)
Key Directors
Vincente Minnelli,
Stanley Kubrick,
Richard
Fleischer
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Robert
Duvall |
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Clint
Eastwood |
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Albert Finney
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January 5, San Diego, California, United States |
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Key Films
The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1972), Network (1976),
Apocalypse Now (1979), Tender Mercies (1983) Key Directors
Francis Ford Coppola
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| "Tough guy icon
of the Western genre." -
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| Leading Player |
| (1930- ) Born
May 31, San Francisco, California, United States |
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Key Films
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Dirty Harry (1971), The Outlaw Josey
Wales (1976), Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Key Directors
Himself, Don
Siegel, Sergio Leone
►Amazon |
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| (1936- ) Born
May 9, Salford, Lancashire, England |
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Key Films
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), Tom Jones (1963), Two for the
Road (1967), The Duellists (1977), Miller's Crossing (1990)
Key Directors
Tony Richardson,
Steven Soderbergh
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The
Shooting Gallery: Part II >> |
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