From the Blurb: Here is the ideal reference book for instant information on 8,000 English-language feature films over a fifty-year period. Arranged alphabetically, the book provides a compact mass of information: running time, date of release, color or other process, production company, producer, short synopsis and review, writer, original source, director, photographer, designer, and cast. A rating system is included as well as witty excerpts from critical reviews, in many cases. The author has included every film that seemed likely to be worth remembering by the keen filmgoer or student, whether for its own sake as good entertainment, for showcasing memorable work by a particular talent, for sheer curiosity value, or for box-office success. Cofeatures and TV movies of at least 90 minutes in length are included if they are known to have special merit or to show promise in some department. This is a scholarly yet entertaining book showing the author's flair for painstaking research as well as humorous asides. Sharply professional yet easily understood, it will delight all film fans.