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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife Early scene introducing ex-cop Burke (Ed Begley) meeting ex-con Slater (Robert Ryan) whom he has in mind for one last bank job, in the Harry Belafonte-financed Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Where The Money Comes From First scene for Shelley Winters as "Lorry," waking as boyfriend Slater (Robert Ryan), worried that she's paying all the bills, is leaving to scout a bank job, in Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Dared Me Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Dared Me
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) The Invisible Man Financier and de-facto producer Harry Belafonte, singing a song he co-wrote, as musician-gambler "Johnny," interrupted by Coco (Richard Bright), his bookie's henchman, in Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.
Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) The Lower Forms Axel (John Cassavetes), himself of iffy background, still on his first day working the New York docks, joins Tyler (Sidney Poitier), whom he finds much more welcoming than crooked Charlie (not seen), who got him the job, early in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.
Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) With Nine College Degrees First scene for Ruby Dee as Lucy, wife of Tommie (Sidney Poitier), hosting his increasingly close new friend and colleague Axel (John Cassavetes), who is surprised to learn schoolteacher Ellen (Kathleen Maguire) is also invited, in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.
Wind Across The Everglades (1958) -- (Movie Clip) The Vanishing Birds Often-erratic director Nicholas Ray’s opening to his uneven tale of bird poaching in turn-of-the-century Florida, naturalist Christopher Plummer meeting locals, Gypsy Rose Lee as Mrs. Bradford, Howard I. Smith as bully Leggett, in Wind Across The Everglades, 1958.
Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Put Him In My Gang We have only bits of background on Axel (John Cassavetes), sleeping rough and awakened by Tyler (Sidney Poitier), seeking work in the docks through his connection to Malik (Jack Warden), to whom he gives a false last name, early in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.
Middle Of The Night (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Everybody Starts Dropping Dead Credits having navigated in through Manhattan's garment district, meeting Kim Novak as receptionist "Betty," Fredric March as boss "Jerry," Ruby Bond, Lou Gilbert and Albert Dekker his crew, Delbert Mann directing from Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay, in Middle Of The Night, 1959.
Middle Of The Night (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Like It Was A Gas Chamber Widowed garment-firm boss Jerry (Fredric March) drops by the Upper East Side apartment where part-time receptionist and model Betty (Kim Novak) has just finished a typing job she brought home from work, in Middle Of The Night, 1959, from a Paddy Chayefsky screenplay.
Middle Of The Night (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Really In Love Widower Manhattan apparel executive Jerry (Fredric March) not chatting but negotiating with divorced employee Betty (Kim Novak) about their romantic prospects, exactly as you'd expect in a Paddy Chayefsky script from his own play, in Middle Of The Night, 1959, directed by Delbert Mann.
Flipper (1963) -- (Movie Clip) This Boat's My Living! Hurricane weather in the Florida Keys, Porter Ricks (Chuck Connors) and son Sandy (Luke Halpin) sail for safe harbor, meeting Sheriff Rogers (George Applewhite) then vacationing Kim (Connie Scott), early in the original Flipper, 1963.

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