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Otto Preminger

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LauraLaura (1944) Aro Favourite
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb
Classic noir with detective Dana Andrews assembling the pieces of the puzzle surrounding the mysterious death of glamourpuss Gene Tierney. Thriller…
Fallen AngelFallen Angel (1945)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Alice Faye, Linda Darnell
Follow–up to Preminger's film noir LAURA stars Andrews as a penniless drifter who falls in love with beautiful waitress Stella (Darnell) so…
Daisy KenyonDaisy Kenyon (1947)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda
Joan Crawford gives one of her greatest performances in this surprisingly compelling soap opera, finding herself torn between Fonda and Andrews.…
WhirlpoolWhirlpool (1949)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer
Tierney stars as Mrs Ann Sutton, a beautiful woman who seems to be living the dream in LA with her successful psychoanalyst husband William (Conte),…
Where the Sidewalk EndsWhere the Sidewalk Ends (1950) Recommended
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dana Andrews, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill
In one of his keynote roles, Dana Andrews plays an over–aggressive cop on the dirty sidewalks of New York who takes matters into his own hands…
Marilyn Monroe CollectionMarilyn Monroe Collection (Bus Stop, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire, Let's Make it Legal, Monkey Business, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, There's No Business Like Show Business) (1951-1959)
Dir. Billy Wilder, Joshua Logan, Otto Preminger
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
Eight Marilyn classics in a specially–priced box set.
Stalag 17Stalag 17 (1952) Recommended
Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger
Sophisticated WW2 film in which comedy and suspense make uneasy but fascinating bedfellows. William Holden leads imprisoned American G.Is who plan…
Angel FaceAngel Face (1952)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons is a woman possessed in this quietly unconventional film noir, playing a take–no–prisoners femme fatale who systematically…
Otto Preminger Collection, TheOtto Preminger Collection, The (The Moon is Blue, Saint Joan, Advise and Consent, Anatomy of a Filmmaker) (1953-1991)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Attractively–packaged Preminger trifecta, with the added bonus ANATOMY OF A FILMMAKER, a thorough two–hour documentary on the…
Moon is Blue, TheMoon is Blue, The (1953)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. William Holden, Maggie McNamara, David Niven
Bright, bristling romantic comedy centered on the courtship of a blithe and carefree commercials actress (McNamara) by the smooth–as–silk…
River of No ReturnRiver of No Return (1954) Recommended
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum
A Western adventure set aboard a river raft in which the frayed temperaments of Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum endure the perils of raging water…
Carmen JonesCarmen Jones (1954) Recommended
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
Blazing screen version of George Bizet's "Carmen" classic opera uniquely staged in the Deep South with an all–black cast and new lyrics by…
Man with the Golden Arm, TheMan with the Golden Arm, The (1955)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak
Cardsharp Frank Sinatra, is fresh out of 'the joint' with dreams of being a jazz drummer. Heroin though, is keeping him down, trapped in a…
Otto Preminger Director's Collection, TheOtto Preminger Director's Collection, The (The Man With the Golden Arm, The Cardinal, The Human Factor) (1955-1979)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Further trifecta of Otto Preminger films.
Saint JoanSaint Joan (1957)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Jean Seberg, Richard Widmark, John Gielgud
Colourized version of the Joan of Arc story with Jean Seberg in her acting debut.
Bonjour TristesseBonjour Tristesse (1958) Recommended
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean Seberg
Ripe for rediscovery is this lush Francoise Sagan adaptation, centred around a tawdry love triangle between a father, daughter and…
Anatomy of a MurderAnatomy of a Murder (1959) Recommended
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara
Smalltown lawyer James Stewart defends a man accused of murdering a suspected rapist. The shifting ambiguities of the case make this more a…
ExodusExodus (1960)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo
Paul Newman stars in this epic adaptation of Leon Uris' novel about the founding of modern Israel and the plight of the Palestinians. Ernest Gold won…
Advise and ConsentAdvise and Consent (1962)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray
Political thriller–fable set in the corridors and committee rooms of Washington DC, where the fundamentally decent Senator, Henry Fonda, learns…
Cardinal, TheCardinal, The (1963)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Tom Tryon, Carol Lynley, John Saxon
Otto Preminger draws out an epic crisis of faith in this examination of an ordained Catholic Priest’s struggle to reconcile family turmoil and his…
In Harm's WayIn Harm's Way (1965)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal
Epic and stately treatment of the aftermath of Japan's WW2 attack on Pearl Harbour, with Wayne playing a sidelined Admiral who tries to claw back…
Bunny Lake is MissingBunny Lake is Missing (1965) Recommended
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier
Deeply eccentric chiller centred on the hunt for a missing child who the police begin to suspect may never have existed at all. Both a finely…
RosebudRosebud (1975)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, Peter Lawford
Preminger's penultimate film is sadly a mess. Members of the Palestinian Liberation Army kidnap five heiresses in order to bring attention to their…
Hobbit, TheHobbit, The (1977)
Dir. Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jnr
Feat. Orson Bean, Richard Boone, John Huston
A homebody demi–human in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon.…
Human Factor, TheHuman Factor, The (1979)
Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi
Otto Preminger last film is a mild espionage affair, concerning a low–level British informant suspected of being a double agent. A hefty cast…

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