Scarecrow
Year: 1973
Actors: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth
Directors: Jerry Schatzberg
Writers: Garry Michael White
Plot: Max, an ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by Lion, a homeless ex-sailor, and they partner up as they head east together.
King of New York
Year: 1990
Actors: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Directors: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Nicholas St. John
Plot: A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
The Elephant Man
Year: 1980
Actors: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud
Directors: David Lynch
Writers: Christopher De Vore (screenplay), Eric Bergren (screenplay), David Lynch (screenplay), Frederick Treves (book), Ashley Montagu (in part on the book “The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity”)
Plot: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.
The Assassination Bureau
Year: 1969
Actors: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens
Directors: Basil Dearden
Writers: Michael Relph (screenplay), Jack London (unfinished novel), Robert L. Fish (novel), Wolf Mankowitz (additional dialogue)
Plot: The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is …
