Marty: 1955. Stars Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair.
The late Ernest Borgnine’s Academy Award winning performance in a touching
drama about two lonely people have just about resigned themselves to never
finding love.
Directed by Delbert Mann. 90 mins.
The Night Of The Hunter: 1955. Robert Mitchum, Shelley
Winters, Lillian Gish.
A religious fanatic (Mitchum) who marries and murders widows for their money is
arrested for auto theft and shares a cell with a death-row inmate who brags of
but refuses to disclose the location of a $10,000 treasure. After leaving jail
the Preacher courts the executed inmate’s wife (Winters) with a view to
finding the money.
Directed by Charles Laughton. 93 mins.
The Boston Strangler: 1968. Stars Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda.
Based on the true story of the murderer who terrorized Boston with a series of seemingly random murders, told from the investigators’ viewpoint.
Directed by Richard Fleischer. 116 mins.
