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BIG HOUSE FILM SOCIETY
Putting criminals where they belong - on the Silver Screen!
2011 PROGRAMME
JANUARY 30
ADAM'S RIB (1949 - Kate Hepburn, Spencer Tracy)
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THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (1941 - Raoul Walsh, James Cagney)
Crime, comedy, love, and revenge
FEBRUARY 27
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944 - Billy Wilder, Barbara Stanwyck)
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SORRY WRONG NUMBER (1948 - Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster)
Life insurance can get you killed
MARCH 20
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941 - John Huston, Humphrey Bogart)
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WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956 - Fritz Lang, Dana Andrews)
The hunt for riches can lead to ruin
APRIL 24
THE BIG COMBO (1955 - Joseph H. Lewis, Cornel Wilde)
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PAY OR DIE (1960 - Ernest Borgnine)
Taking on the Mob
MAY 29
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (1932 - Paul Muni)
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BOXCAR BERTHA (1972 - Martin Scorsese, Barbara Hershey)
Two takes on crime in the Great Depression
JUNE 26
MARNIE (1964 - Alfred Hitchcock, Sean Connery)
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Surprise short
I've tracked you and caught you and by God I'm going to keep you
JULY 31
THE PERFECT CRIME (1957 - Vincent Price and James Gregory)
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THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1949 - dir. Nicholas Ray; Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell)
Justice done too late
AUGUST 28
THE SET UP (1949 - dir. Robert Wise; Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter)
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KILLER'S KISS (1955 - dir. Stanley Kubrick; Frank Sivera and Irene Kane)
The brutal world of boxing
SEPTEMBER 25
MEMENTO (2000 - dir. Christopher Nolan; Guy Pierce and Carrie Ann Moss)
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BLACK ANGEL (1946 - Dan Duryea and June Vincent)
Memories can be deadly
OCTOBER 30
BODY HEAT (1981 - dir. Lawrence Kasdan; William Hurt and Kathleen Turner)
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CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS (1953 - Gig Young and Mala Powers)
Lovers in temptation and trouble
NOVEMBER 27
TENSION (1949 - dir. John Beery; Richard Baseheart, Audrey Totter, and Cyd Charisse)
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CAUGHT (1949 - dir. Max Ophuls; James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Ryan)
Marriage and murder
DECEMBER 18
TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932 - dir. Ernst Lubitsch; Herbert Marshal, Miriam Hopkins, and Kay Francis)
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LIBELED LADY (1936 - Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Spencer Tracy)
Crime, comedy, and romance
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The Big House Film Society gratefully acknowledges the National Film and Sound Archive and the National Lending Collection from which we source films.
Also screening classic cinema in Canberra: the Reel McCoy Film Group