3 Movies Starring Hope Lange

The Young Lions

The Young Lions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-04-02

Languages:

English, French, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

167 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (5245 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Cast:

Writer:

Edward Anhalt (screenplay)

Irwin Shaw (novel)

Fullplot:

The destiny of three soldiers during World War II. The German officer Christian Diestl approves less and less of the war. Jewish-American Noah Ackerman deals with antisemitism at home and in the army while entertainer Michael Whiteacre transforms from playboy to hero.

Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-02-15

Languages:

English, American Sign Language, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (4063 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Capra

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Hal Kanter (screenplay)

Harry Tugend (screenplay)

Robert Riskin (based on a screenplay by)

Damon Runyon (story)

Fullplot:

Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin need a lot more than luck when it turns out that Annie is in a jam and only they can help: Annie's daughter Louise, who has lived all her life in a Spanish convent, is coming to America with a Count and his son. The count's son wants to marry Louise, who thinks her mother is part of New York society. It's up to Dave and Queenie and their Runyonesque cronies to turn Annie into a lady and convince the Count and his son that they are hobnobbing with New York's elite.

Death Wish

Death Wish

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-07-24

Languages:

English, Italian, German

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(23322 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Winner

Cast:

Writer:

Brian Garfield (novel)

Wendell Mayes (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Open-minded architect Paul Kersey returns to New York City from vacationing with his wife, feeling on top of the world. At the office, his cynical coworker gives him the welcome-back with a warning on the rising crime rate. But Paul, a bleeding-heart liberal, thinks of crime as being caused by poverty. However his coworker's ranting proves to be more than true when Paul's wife is killed and his daughter is raped in his own apartment. The police have no reliable leads and his overly sensitive son-in-law only exacerbates Paul's feeling of hopelessness. He is now facing the reality that the police can't be everywhere at once. Out of sympathy his boss gives him an assignment in sunny Arizona where Paul gets a taste of the Old West ideals. He returns to New York with a compromised view on muggers...

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