Sidney J. Furie

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The Ipcress File

From the producer of Goldfinger comes a film widely recognized as one of the greatest spy thriller of all time. The Ipcress file is the first film in the series of Harry Palmer mysteries, based on the bestseller by Len Deighton, that made Michael Caine a star. It is the height of the cold war, and ex-thief Harry Palmer (Michael Caine), now reluctantly working as a secret agent, has been called in to investigate a strange occurrence among a number of leading scientists. It seems the scientists have been kidnapped, but reappear only days after the kidnapping, brainwashed and useless.

Lady Sings The Blues

The essence of Billie Holiday, one of America's most loved and memorable blues singers, is captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force debut performance by singer Diana Ross. Filled with the greatest songs of the incomparable "Lady Day," this stunning film biography received five Academy Award nominations, including Diana Ross for "Best Actress." Also Starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor.

Superman IV: The Quest For Peace

Christopher Reeve not only dons the hero's cape for the fourth time in Superman IV: The Quest For Peace but also helped develop the film's provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. "For me, it's the most personal of the entire series," Reeve says. "It directly reflects what Superman should be, and should be doing." Superman does a lot this time around. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, archvillain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow).

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