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Citizen Kane (1941)
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Director Orson Welles
Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, John Houseman
Cast Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore
Plot Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
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The Third Man (1949)
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Director Carol Reed
Writer Graham Greene, Orson Welles, Alexander Korda
Cast Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli
Plot Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, Alma Reville
Cast Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey
Plot A teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
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Gaslight (1944)
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Director George Cukor
Writer John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
Cast Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Plot Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wif...
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
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Director Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise
Writer Booth Tarkington, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Cast Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello
Plot The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
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Director Robert Aldrich
Writer Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
Cast Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten
Plot An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
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Portrait of Jennie (1948)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer Robert Nathan, Paul Osborn, Peter Berneis
Cast Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
Plot In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.
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Niagara (1953)
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Director Henry Hathaway
Writer Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard L. Breen
Cast Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters
Plot As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
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Since You Went Away (1944)
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Director John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett
Writer Margaret Buell Wilder, David O. Selznick
Cast Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten
Plot With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.
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Duel in the Sun (1946)
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Director King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle
Writer David O. Selznick, Niven Busch, Oliver H.P. Garrett
Cast Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck
Plot Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
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Director Robert Fuest
Writer James Whiton, William Goldstein
Cast Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North
Plot Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.
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Under Capricorn (1949)
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Director Alfred Hitchcock
Writer John Colton, Margaret Linden, Helen Simpson
Cast Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding
Plot A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
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The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
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Director H.C. Potter
Writer Allen Rivkin, Laura Kerr, Hella Wuolijoki
Cast Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
Plot After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
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Journey Into Fear (1943)
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Director Norman Foster, Orson Welles
Writer Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Eric Ambler
Cast Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rao
Plot An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
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Lo scopone scientifico aka The Scopone Game (1972)
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Director Luigi Comencini
Writer Rodolfo Sonego
Cast Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten
Plot Every year, a Countess invites a poor Italian family to play in a card game.
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I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
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Director William Dieterle, George Cukor
Writer Marion Parsonnet, Charles Martin
Cast Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Plot A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.
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I crudeli aka The Hellbenders (1967)
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Director Sergio Corbucci
Writer Albert Band, Ugo Liberatore, Jose Gutierrez Maesso
Cast Joseph Cotten, Norma Bengell, Julia¡n Mateos
Plot A Southern Colonel, his three sons and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.
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Beyond the Forest (1949)
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Director King Vidor
Writer Lenore J. Coffee, Stuart Engstrand
Cast Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian
Plot Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.
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Gli orrori del castello di Norimberga aka Baron Blood (1972)
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Director Mario Bava
Writer Willibald Eser, Mario Bava, Vincent Fotre
Cast Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer, Massimo Girotti
Plot A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.
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Airport '77 (1977)
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Director Jerry Jameson
Writer Arthur Hailey, Michael Scheff, David Spector
Cast Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten
Plot Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.
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Love Letters (1945)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer Ayn Rand, Christopher Massie
Cast Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards
Plot Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
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The Killer Is Loose (1956)
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Director Budd Boetticher
Writer Harold Medford, John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins
Cast Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey
Plot An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle.
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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
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Director Andrew L. Stone
Writer Andrew L. Stone
Cast Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill
Plot Whitney Cameron suspects his sister-in-law has poisoned his brother and niece, but without proof how does he prevent the murder of his nephew?
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The Steel Trap (1952)
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Director Andrew L. Stone
Writer Andrew L. Stone
Cast Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
Plot A Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife.
