John Lewis Movies
- 1970
- R
Paul (Helmut Schneider) is the villainous owner of the drug company Kemek. The mystery begins when Paul searches for a new mind-control drug that his mistress has stolen. Traveling to Italy, she plants the drug on an unsuspecting American. Both fall victim to the effects that control their lives without their knowledge or consent. The Modern Jazz Quartet and John Lewis provide the soundtrack. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Helmut Schneider, Alexandra Stewart, (more)
- 1962
Flitting like the proverbial bee from flower to flower, Valeria (Daniele Gaubert) switches the gender roles in that metaphor as she goes from one relationship to the next with all the ease of trying on a new pair of shoes. Her first love waxes thin while her interest in a mutual friend, Gampiero (Enrico Thibaut) heats up and before she knows it, Valeria has broken one relationship to start another. She and Gampiero have a definite commitment which could be strengthened once Valeria discovers she is pregnant. Yet when they are on the verge of getting married, Valeria changes her mind once again and leaves Gampiero in the lurch. Meanwhile, she has met another interesting young man . . . . ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Daniele Gaubert, Romolo Valli, (more)
Harry Belafonte was both producer and star of this hard-edged film noir crime drama. Dave Burke (Ed Begley, Sr.) is an ex-cop who has been kicked off the force for refusing to inform on his colleagues to the State Crime Committee. Short on money, the former policeman jumps to the other side of the law and plans to knock over a bank in upstate New York. He'll need help, so Burke brings in two other men to assist him -- Johnny Ingram (Belafonte), a jazz musician with an addiction to gambling that's put him deep in debt to gangster Bacco (Will Kuluva), and Earl Slater (Robert Ryan), a disturbed war veteran who hasn't been able to find work after serving time for manslaughter. While their common greed and desperation has brought these men together, their differences threaten to tear them apart, especially when Slater's fear and hatred of black men rises to the surface. Blacklisted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky co-wrote the screenplay for Odds Against Tomorrow, using his friend John O. Killens as a "front." John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet contributed a memorable musical score. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, (more)
