The Films of Sidney Lumet

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Cast: Beatrice Straight, Ned Beatty, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Burrows, John Carpenter, Jordan Charney, Wesley Addy, Robert Duvall, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Paddy Chayefsky Synopsis: In this lauded satire, veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy abou... [MORE] |
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Cast: Lee Cobb, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Edward Binns, E.G. Marshall, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Warden, Henry Fonda, Ed Begley Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Reginald Rose Synopsis: Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused,... [MORE] |
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Cast: Sully Boyar, Penelope Allen, Carol Kane, Marcia Kurtz, Amy Levitt, Susan Peretz, John Cazale, Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Frank Pierson Synopsis: When inexperienced criminal Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) leads a bank robbery in Brooklyn, things quickly go wrong, and a hostage situation develops. ... [MORE] |
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Cast: Philip Hoffman, Brian O'Byrne, Amy Ryan, Michael Shannon, Marisa Tomei, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Kelly Masterson Synopsis: Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a debt-ridden broker, needs some quick cash. He ropes his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke), into a scheme to comm... [MORE] |
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Cast: Edward Binns, Julie Bovasso, Lindsay Crouse, Roxanne Hart, James Handy, Jack Warden, James Mason, Paul Newman, Milo O'Shea, Charlotte Rampling Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: David Mamet Synopsis: A boozing lawyer (Paul Newman) takes on a law-firm dean (James Mason), the Archdiocese of Boston and the system in general. [MORE] |
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Cast: James Gandolfini, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Colm Feore, Paul Guilfoyle, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ian Holm, Andy Garcia, Ron Leibman Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Robert Daley, Sidney Lumet Synopsis: New attorney Sean Casey (Andy Garcia), a former policeman, has been unexpectedly tapped to prosecute a case against drug dealer Jordan Washington (... [MORE] |
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Cast: Raúl Esparza, Annabella Sciorra, Richard Portnow, Robert Stanton, Ben Lipitz, Frank Pietrangolare, Marcia Kurtz, Peter Dinklage, Linus Roache, Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco, Ron Silver Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: T.j. Mancini, Robert Mccrea, Sidney Lumet Synopsis: Imprisoned on a drug charge, mobster Jack DiNorscio (Vin Diesel) refuses to testify against his former associates in the Lucchesi crime family. Whe... [MORE] |
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Cast: George C. Scott, Barry McEvoy, Don Billett, Jerry Dean, Tony DiBenedetto, Teddy Atlas, Bonnie Bedelia, Jeremy Northam, Mike Starr, Sharon Stone, Cathy Moriarty, Jean-Luke Figueroa Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: After serving three years in prison covering for her gangster boyfriend, Kevin (Jeremy Northam), Gloria (Sharon Stone) returns to New York City for... [MORE] |
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Cast: Marketa Kimbrell, Baruch Lumet, Juano Hernandez, John McCurry, Eusebia Cosme, Warren Finnerty, Jack Ader, E.M. Margolese, Marianne Kanter, Ed Morehouse, Marc Alexander, Thelma Oliver, Jaime Sanchez, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Rod Steiger, Brock Peters Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant, this drama focuses on former professor Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger), the survivor of a German concentrati... [MORE] |
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Cast: Joe Silver, Tony Di Benedetto, Al Le Breton, Henry Jones, Irene Worth, Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Ira Levin, Jay Presson Allen Synopsis: When once-successful playwright Sidney Bruhl (Michael Caine) sees his latest Broadway effort bomb on its opening night, he tumbles into despair -- ... [MORE] |
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Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York, Colin Blakely, George Coulouris, Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Albert Finney, Sean Connery, Martin Balsam Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Paul Dehn, Anthony Shaffer, Agatha Christie Synopsis: Having concluded a case, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) settles into what he expects will be a relaxing journey home aboard the Orient Ex... [MORE] |
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Cast: Richard Pryor, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Carlton Johnson, Ted Ross, Nipsey Russell, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Lena Horne Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: When Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy (Diana Ross) tries to save her dog from a storm, she's miraculously whisked away to an urban fantasy land called ... [MORE] |
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Director: Sidney Lumet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz Synopsis: This Academy Award-nominated documentary presents key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bu... [MORE] |
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Cast: Jerry Orbach, Carmine Caridi, Tony Page, Norman Parker, Paul Roebling, Bob Balaban, James Tolkan, Steve Inwood, Lindsay Crouse, Matthew Laurance, Tony Di Benedetto, Lane Smith, Lance Henriksen, Treat Williams, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: New York police officer Daniel Ciello (Treat Williams) is not a perfect cop. When Rick Cappalino (Norman Parker) from the U.S. Justice Department a... [MORE] |
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Cast: Alan King, Val Avery, Dick Williams, Garrett Morris, Stan Gottlieb, Paul Benjamin, Anthony Holland, Richard B. Shull, Conrad Bain, Margaret Hamilton, Judith Lowry, Max Showalter, Janet Ward, Scott Jacoby, Norman Rose, Meg Miles, John Call, Dyan Cannon, Christopher Walken, Sean Connery, Ralph Meeker, Martin Balsam Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: John "Duke" Anderson is a burglar (Sean Connery) recently released from prison who returns to his ex-girlfriend (Dyan Cannon) after 10 years to fin... [MORE] |
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Cast: R. Armstrong, Emory Richardson, Sally Gracie, Lucille Benson, John Baragrey, Ben Yaffee, Joe Brown Jr., Virgilia Chew, Frank Borgman, Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani, Victor Jory Director: Sidney Lumet Writer: Tennessee Williams Synopsis: When drifter Valentine Xavier (Marlon Brando) arrives in a southern town, he catches the eye of the married Lady Torrance (Anna Magnani) and the ov... [MORE] |
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Cast: Jonas Abry, L.M. Kit Carson, Steven Hill, Augusta Dabney, David Margulies, Ed Crowley, Martha Plimpton, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, River Phoenix Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: Arthur Pope (Judd Hirsch) and his wife, Annie (Christine Lahti), are fugitives, perpetually on the run from federal authorities due to their antiwa... [MORE] |
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Cast: Eileen Atkins, Jenny Agutter, Kate Reid, John Wyman, Elva Hoover, Ken James, Patrick Brymer, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Peter Firth, Richard Burton, Joan Plowright Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: Dr. Martin Dysart (Richard Burton), a psychiatrist who has grown unhappy with his life, takes on the peculiar case of Alan Strang (Peter Firth), a ... [MORE] |
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Cast: Jason Robards, Katharine Hepburn, Dean Stockwell, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards Jr., Jeanne Barr Director: Sidney Lumet Synopsis: A quiet Connecticut vacation home is the backdrop for domestic decline. Sensitive son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) returns home from spending time at se... [MORE] |
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