Charles Horvath

John Cassavetes' devastating drama details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family's struggle to save her from herself.

Cat Ballou -- Classic Western spoof about a notorious female outlaw (Jane Fonda) and her devoted gang of followers. Highlighted by Lee Marvin's Oscar(r)-winning performance (Best Actor, 1965) as the legendary gunslinger--and town drunk--Kid Shelleen.

Screen legend and Academy Award-winner Burt Lancaster ("From Here to Eternity," "Field of Dreams") stars as the swashbuckling real-life American buccaneer who traveled to the South Seas to bring knowledge of modern agriculture and vie for control of the trade route's lifeblood--coconut oil. Featuring sun-blessed Fiji locations.

Echoes of "Gone With The Wind" are heard in this lavish all-star production, particularly in the performance of Clark Gable and the lush melodies of Max Steiner (who wrote the score for GWTW). Noted director Raoul Walsh ("White Heat," "High Sierra") captures the epic sweep of the novel by Robert Penn Warren ("All the King's Men") and tells a dramatic tale of the Civil War South, as love and war collide. Sidney Poiter stars as an educated slave.

Derived from the Old Testament, the story revolves around the character of Ruth, a pagan priestess who serves in her temple under the High Priestess, and who falls in love with a Hebrew man named Mahlon. This love brings her spiritual beliefs into question as she has trouble reconciling her pagan religion with his belief in one invisible deity. By the time they marry, she has decided to convert to Judaism, but her newfound spiritual beliefs are put to the test when Mahlon dies. Ruth travels back to Bethlehem with Mahlon's mother, Naomi, where she suffers religious persecution for her prior beliefs as a pagan, and she and Naomi grow closer as they try to survive the hardships of poverty together. This relationship and her own spiritual reflection strengthen her belief in Judaism, and she again finds love with another Hebrew man, Boaz.

Jane Wyman ("Magnificent Obsession," "The Yearling," TV's "Falcon Crest") won an Academy Award for her moving portrayal of a deaf mute who lives in a remote Nova Scotia fishing village. After learning sign language from a compassionate doctor, she is raped by a local bully and gives birth to an illegitimate son, Johhny Belinda. When the rapist returns to claim his son, she fights to keep him. Nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Story and Cinematography. Agnes Moorehead (TV's "Bewitched," "Citizen Kane") plays Wyman's unsympathetic sister and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Charles Bickford ("The Song of Bernadette," TV's "The Virginian") received on Oscar nomination as Wyman's stoic fisherman father. Lew Ayres' ("All Quiet on the Western Front") sensitive portrayal of the compassionate doctor caught in the crossfire earned an Oscar nomination. A monumental cinematic achievement.

An assassin is released from prison early, on condition that he make one last assassination. An assassination is about to take place; the target: the most powerful man in the Western World. The assassin is Roy Tucker, in prison for killing the sadistic husband of Ellie Riggens, the woman he loves. Tucker is promised freedom by Tagge in exchange for an undetermined favour. Tucker agrees and flies to Central America where he pursues his dreams and marries Ellie. Then Tucker is told to repay his favour by assassinating a powerful national figure. He refuses. Tagge takes Ellie captive and threatens to kill her unless Tucker carries out the assignment. Tucker tries to pull a fast one, but a back-up assassin hits the mark, and Ellie is killed. Now Tucker has to fight. This one's for real; and the result is explosive, pulse-pounding, action-adventure.

Stanley Kramer (INHERIT THE WIND) directs Gene Hackman in this pulse-pounding, action-adventure thriller. Roy Tucker is in prison for killing the sadistic husband of the woman he loves. When he is promised his freedom in exchange for an un determined favor, he agrees. It will be the second biggest mistake he ever makes.

A paranoid thriller involving a murderer who is inexplicably released from prison by a mysterious organization in return for having to assassinate an unnamed person. His only lead is the organization is run by people collectively known as "They".

John Cassavetes’ devastating drama details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family’s struggle to save her from herself. Starring Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands (in two of the most harrowing screen performances of the 1970s) as a married couple deeply in love yet unable to express that love in terms the other can understand, the film is an uncompromising portrait of domestic turmoil. The Criterion Collection is proud to present one of the benchmark films of American independent cinema—a heroic document from a true maverick director.

John Cassavetes' devastating drama details the emotional breakdown of a suburban housewife and her family's struggle to save her from herself.

The citizens of the sleepy town of Stone Junction want nothing more than to lynch the outlaw they have sitting in their jail. But they'll have to get through hard-bitten U.S. Marshal Johnny Reno first! In a story of courage, romance and revenge, Dana Andrews (Laura, The Best Years of Our Lives) portrays Reno, a man of ideals who finds himself standing alone against the powder keg of mob justice. Also starring film legends Jane Russell (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) and Lon Chaney Jr. (The Wolf Man), Johnny Reno packs enough pistol-packing action to keep you riveted through the final, gun-blazing showdown!