Alt Film Guide · @altfilmguide
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From the #archives:
Directed by #JohnFrankeheimer from a #screenplay by #DaltonTrumbo, the real-life-based #TheFixer stars a badly miscast (& eventually #Oscar-nominated) #AlanBates as a #Jewish man jailed for a murder he didn't commit.
https://www.altfg.com/film/the-fixer-movie-1968/
THE FIXER is evidence that good intentions don't a good #movie make.
Also in the cast: #DirkBogarde, #GeorgiaBrown, #HughGriffith, #DavidWarner, #IanHolm.
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Classic Movies Today · @classicmovies
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70 years ago:
The Titfield Thunderbolt (UK)
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts ...
1953-03-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/24381
#TheTitfieldThunderbolt #CharlesCrichton #JohnGregson #HughGriffith #SidJames #EalingStudios #Movies
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