Top cast:Augustus Carney,Margaret Joslin,Harry Todd
Director:Sam Taylor-Johnson
Genre:Musical
Region:Palestine
Year:1999
Storyline:Catherine often enjoys her hobby of embroidery at her giant loom in the main living room, rarely leaving the house and forsaking other social luncheons and engagements, when Lavinia cautions her to be more outgoing: "Don""t go off by yourself tonight, will you? Stay with all of us and enjoy he party.An unsuspecting, wealthy American man - Rudy Linnekar (Jeffrey Green) (the boss of the town) and his giggling, blonde floozy, mistress/girlfriend Zita (Joi Lansing) [later, we learn she is a striptease dancer] emerge out of the background darkness and get into the car, driving off through the streets toward the US-Mexican border about four blocks away.Lean admitted that almost all of the film""s movement was from left to right, to emphasize he journey theme of the film." When Hans knocked at her door, she lied that she was taking a bath and told him to come back later.Director Michael Curtiz blended the irresistible story with a great, ough cast of marvelous characters, especially James Cagney and Pat O""Brien as its two stars, along with gritty locales and the street-wise "Dead End" Kids (from their appearance in he 1935 play and the filmDead End (1937)).