3 Movies Starring Martin Gabel

The Thief

The Thief

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1952-10-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (613 Reviews)

Director:

Russell Rouse

Cast:

Writer:

Clarence Greene (written for the screen by)

Russell Rouse (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

Interesting, but sometimes slow film about a nuclear physicist working in Washington DC who also spies for some unnamed foreign country. It does have a rather funny, patriotic/propagandist ending. It's most interesting aspect is that it is filmed entirely without dialogue.

The Power and the Glory

The Power and the Glory

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (40 Reviews)

Director:

Marc Daniels

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Graham Greene (novel)

Dale Wasserman (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A cynical catholic priest is sent to Mexico to preach. It's the 30's and Mexican government sees the church as competition. They send a secret agent to assassinate the priest.

Marnie

Marnie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-07-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (31582 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Winston Graham (from the novel by)

Jay Presson Allen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running off, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her.

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