Title from container. Hurry sundown: Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway, Michael Caine, Burgess Meredith. Skidoo: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Mickey Rooney. Such good friends: Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard. Hurry sundown based on the novel by K.B. Gilden. Such good friends based on the novel by Lois Gould. Originally released as motion pictures in 1967, 1968 and 1971.
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Such good friends (1971 : 101 min.) / produced and directed by Otto Preminger ; screenplay by Esther Dale ; adaptation by David Shaber. Skidoo (1968 : 97 min.) / produced and directed by Otto Preminger ; written by Doran William Cannon -- Such good friends (1971 : 101 min.) / produced and directed by Otto Preminger ; screenplay by Esther Dale ; adaptation by David Shaber.
Summary:
Hurry sundown: Thomas C. Ryan and Horton Foote's epic adaptation of K.B. Gilden's novel about racial prejudice and emotional unrest in 1940s Georgia. Michael Caine stars as an unscrupulous and racist landowner obsessed with buying up all available land in a Georgia farming town. Skidoo: A psychedelic-comedy classic starring Jackie Gleason as a retired gangster who comes out of retirement to silence his old friend and squealer. Such good friends: Julie Messinger is an intense woman who hides her wild emotions and desires under a conventional facade. Her husband checks into the hospital for a simple mole removal that goes seriously wrong.
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