 66% (3) Going in Style 96 min PG-13 [Comedy, Crime] [Zach Braff] [07 Apr 2017]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, Metacritic: 50%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Matt Dillon, Michael Caine Writer: Theodore Melfi (screenplay by), Edward Cannon (based on the story by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: A reboot of the 1979 movie that was directed by Martin Brest and featured George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg. Three seniors, who are living social security check to check and even reduced to eating dog food at times, decide they have had enough. So, they plan to rob a bank...problem is, they don't even know how to handle a gun! A social commentary on growing old in America and what we are sometimes driven to, due to circumstances. Rotten Tomatoes: Joe (George Burns), Al (Art Carney), and Willie (Lee Strasberg) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in New York City. They live off social security checks and spend their days sitting on a park bench, reading newspapers, feeding pigeons, and fending off obnoxious children. It's a dull life, and finally Joe is driven to suggest something radical to break the monotony; why not go on a stick up? None of them have a criminal history (though Joe claims he 'did some stealing during the war'), but just planning the bank robbery puts a new spring in their step. Al surreptitiously borrows some pistols from the collection of his nephew, Pete (Charles Hallahan), and the trio, disguised with novelty Groucho Marx-style glasses, pulls off their heist to the tune of 35,000 dollars. Unfortunately, the excitement is too much for Willie, who suffers a fatal heart attack the same day. At his funeral, Joe and Al decide to give the bulk of the dough to Pete and his family, and attempt to blow the rest of it on a whirlwind excursion to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, the eccentric robbery has become a colorful news story for the media and the police are closing in on the amateur criminals. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi 1 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  63% (3) Million Dollar Arm 124 min PG [Biography, Drama, Sport] [Craig Gillespie] [16 May 2014]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, Rotten Tomatoes: 64%, Metacritic: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Aasif Mandvi, Alan Arkin, Jon Hamm, Madhur Mittal, Pitobash, Suraj Sharma Writer: Tom McCarthy (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Hindi Country: USA Plot: In 2008, J. B. Bernstein is a sports agent who finds his business being seriously outplayed by his deep-pocketed competitors. Inspired by reality shows and Indian cricket games on TV, Bernstein gets the bold idea of finding cricket players in India and training them to become pro baseball players in America. After a long search, Bernstein finds two talented, but non-cricket playing, youths, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel. Together, Berthstein takes his prospects to Los Angeles where they find mastering a new sport in a foreign land a daunting challenge. As these boys struggle amid an alien culture, Bernstein must find a way to make their dream come true. In doing, Bernstein finds a deeper humanity to his work with growing friendships he never expected to have. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on a true story, Disney's 'Million Dollar Arm' follows JB Bernstein, a once-successful sports agent who now finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash (Aasif Mandvi) will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn't come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, JB comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to there and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout (Alan Arkin) in tow, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called 'Million Dollar Arm' where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku and Dinesh (Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal), emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the United States to train with legendary pitching coach Tom House (Bill Paxton). The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team. Not only is the game itself difficult to master, but life in the U.S. with a committed bachelor makes things even more complicated-for all of them. While Rinku and Dinesh learn the finer points of baseball and American culture, they in turn teach JB the true meaning of teamwork and commitment. Ultimately, what began as a purely commercial venture becomes something more and leads JB to find the one thing he was never looking for at all-a family. (c) Walt Disney Pictures 2 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 86% (3) Argo 120 min R [Biography, Drama, Thriller] [Ben Affleck] [12 Oct 2012]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, Metacritic: 86%, External Reviews Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 94 wins & 152 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman Writer: Chris Terrio (screenplay by), Tony Mendez (based on a selection from 'The Master of Disguise' by), Joshuah Bearman (based on the Wired Magazine article 'The Great Escape' by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Persian, Arabic Country: USA, UK Plot: In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceeded to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on true events, Argo chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis-the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. On November 4, 1979, as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. But, in the midst of the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. Knowing it is only a matter of time before the six are found out and likely killed, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist named Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) comes up with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country. A plan so incredible, it could only happen in the movies. -- (C) Warner Bros. 3 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  56% (3) Get Smart 110 min PG-13 [Action, Adventure, Comedy] [Peter Segal] [20 Jun 2008]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 50%, Metacritic: 54%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Steve Carell Writer: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember, Mel Brooks (characters), Buck Henry (characters) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Russian, Punjabi, Arabic Country: USA Plot: American Maxwell Smart works for a Government spy agency in an administrative capacity. When the agency's head office is attacked, the Chief decides to assign Maxwell as a spy and partners him with sexy Agent 99, much to her chagrin. The duo nevertheless set off to combat their attackers by first parachuting off an airplane and landing in Russian territory - followed closely by an over seven feet tall, 400 pound goon, known simply as Dalip. The duo, handicapped by Maxwell's antics, will eventually have their identities compromised, and may be chalked up as casualties, while back in America their attackers have already planted a bomb that is set-up to explode in a concert. Rotten Tomatoes: 40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell steps into the telephonic shoes of television's most beloved bumbling detective in this big-screen adaptation of the hit 1960s-era comedy series created by Mel Brooks. The evil geniuses at KAOS have hatched a diabolical plot to dominate every living man, woman, and child on the planet, and their plot gets under way as they attack the headquarters of the U.S. spy agency Control. As a result of the attack, the identity of every agent working for Control has been compromised. Realizing that the only way to thwart KAOS' evil plan is to promote eager but inexperienced Control analyst Maxwell Smart (Carell) to the rank of special agent, the Chief (Alan Arkin) reluctantly teams Smart with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) -- a veteran super-spy whose beauty is only surpassed by her lethality. With no real field experience to speak of and nothing but sheer enthusiasm and a handful of fancy spy gadgets to help him accomplish his deadly mission, Maxwell Smart his new partner, Agent 99, will be forced to faces malevolent KAOS head Siegfried (Terence Stamp) and his loyal army of minions in a decisive fight that will determine the fate of the free world. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, David Koechner, Terry Crews, and Ken Davitian co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 4 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 56% (3) Rendition 122 min R [Drama, Thriller] [Gavin Hood] [19 Oct 2007]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 47%, Metacritic: 55%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Reese Witherspoon Writer: Kelley Sane External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Arabic Country: USA Plot: After a terrorist bombing kills an American envoy in a foreign country, an investigation leads to an Egyptian who has been living in the United States for years and who is married to an American. He is apprehended when he's on his way home. The U.S. sends him to the country where the incident occurs for interrogation which includes torture. An American CIA operative observes the interrogation and is at odds whether to keep it going or to stop it. In the meantime, the man's wife raises hell to find him despite being pregnant but the person behind this refuses to help or give her any information. Rotten Tomatoes: The director of the Academy Award-winning 2006 crime drama Tsotsi returns to the helm with this tale of a Middle East CIA operative who begins to have doubts about his latest assignment after witnessing the interrogation of a suspected suicide bomber by secret police. When Egyptian-born chemical engineer Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) mysteriously vanishes on a routine flight from South Africa to Washington, his wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), embarks on a frantic international search for her missing husband. At the same time, a CIA analyst (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrives at a clandestine detention facility outside of United States. As the interrogation of El-Ibrahimi gets under way, the CIA analyst is profoundly shaken by the unorthodox methods used by the man's captors, and quickly begins to reevaluate his assignment. Peter Sarsgaard, Meryl Streep, and Alan Arkin co-star in this topical political thriller penned by Kelley Sane and produced by Steve Golin. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 5 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  83% (3) Little Miss Sunshine 101 min R [Comedy, Drama] [Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris] [18 Aug 2006]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 107 nominations. Actors: Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Steve Carell, Toni Collette Writer: Michael Arndt External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream come true. Rotten Tomatoes: When a pudgy, bespectacled seven-year-old, Olive (Abigail Breslin), voices her desire to take home the coveted Little Miss Sunshine crown at an upcoming beauty pageant, her wildly dysfunctional family sets out on an interstate road trip to ensure her a clear shot at realizing her dreams in former music video directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' quirky feature debut, starring Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Toni Collette. Despite early career success as an outspoken motivational speaker, family patriarch Richard (Kinnear) continues to cling to his 'Refuse to Lose' philosophy, much to the chagrin of his increasingly annoyed spouse, Sheryl (Collette). Add into the mix a Nietzsche-reading teenage son (Paul Dano) who has taken a vow of silence until he finds his fate as a fighter pilot; a horny, heroin-happy grandfather (Alan Arkin) with a penchant for creative profanity; and a suicidal genius (Carell) and Proust scholar still reeling about losing both his male lover and his MacArthur Foundation genius grant -- and the stage is set for a road trip in which sanity is sure to take the back seat. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi 6 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 76% (3) Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 104 min R [Drama] [Jill Sprecher] [05 Jul 2002]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, Rotten Tomatoes: 83%, Metacritic: 74%, External Reviews Awards: 8 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: A.D. Miles, Alan Arkin, David Connolly, John Turturro, Joseph Siravo, Matthew McConaughey Writer: Karen Sprecher, Jill Sprecher External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, German, Italian Country: USA Plot: A physics professor approaching middle age decides to change his life with unexpected results. A rising young prosecuting attorney's plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single careless act while distracted. A woman reluctantly faces her husband's infidelity. An envious insurance claims manager with family problems seeks revenge on a cheerful coworker, but has second thoughts. And an optimistic young cleaning woman awaits a miracle, only to have her faith shaken by a traumatic event. These ordinary people all find themselves asking the fundamental question philosophers have pondered throughout history: What is happiness, and how does one achieve it? Rotten Tomatoes: A group of people live their separate lives, unaware of the subtle interconnections that bring them together. There's a cocky attorney who becomes a fugitive following a hit-and-run incident, a math professor whose wife is the victim of a mugging, an insurance company manager troubled by his ex-wife and delinquent son, and a young woman convalescing after a car accident. 7 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  76% (3) Grosse Pointe Blank 107 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller] [George Armitage] [11 Apr 1997]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 74%, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, Metacritic: 76%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 6 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, John Cusack, Minnie Driver Writer: Tom Jankiewicz (story), Tom Jankiewicz (screenplay), D.V. DeVincentis (screenplay), Steve Pink (screenplay), John Cusack (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted to kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an 'Assassin's Union.' Rotten Tomatoes: Martin Blank, a professional assassin, is sent on a mission to Gorsse Pointe, a small Detroit suburb. Things get complicated when his ten-year high school reunion is taking placy in the same town. 8 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 32% (2) Steal Big Steal Little 135 min PG-13 [Comedy] [Andrew Davis] [29 Sep 1995]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 49%, Rotten Tomatoes: 15%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Andy Garcia, Joe Pantoliano, Rachel Ticotin Writer: Andrew Davis (story), Teresa Tucker-Davies (story), Frank Ray Perilli (story), Andrew Davis (screenplay), Lee Blessing (screenplay), Jeanne Blake (screenplay), Terry Kahn (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Ruben and Robby are twin brothers, adopted by Mona, one of the wealthiest - and most eccentric - women in Santa Barbara. Ruben is devoted to Mona, but Robby is more devoted to her money. So when Mona leaves her fortune and estate to Ruben it starts a battle between brothers that soon leads to madness, mayhem, and even attempted murder. On Ruben's side is Lou Perilli an ex-Chicago cop and used car dealer who knows the law - and how to get around it. On Robby's side is ruthless businessman Reed Tyler, who is out to turn a swift profit on Mona's property. Walking a shifty line between them is Eddie Agopian, the family lawyer, who doesn't care which side wins as long as he's on the winner's side. But whether they're stealing big or stealing little, they're all stealing in this hilarious comedy about greed, power... and brotherly love. Rotten Tomatoes: Director Andrew Davis followed up the action blockbuster The Fugitive (1993) with this Capra-esque box office dud that nevertheless featured engaging dual performances by Andy Garcia. Garcia stars as Ruben and Robby, twin brothers who were raised separately and have become total opposites. Ruben has recently inherited a 40,000-acre Santa Barbara estate from his eccentric guardian, Mona (Holland Taylor). A friend to artisans and migrant workers, Ruben wants to transform the land into a commune, while the cold-hearted Robby wants to steal it from his brother, develop it and make millions. Muddying the waters are Lou (Alan Arkin), a quick-thinking ex-cop and pal of Ruben's who is able to manipulate the law to his own purposes, Eddie (Joe Pantoliano), a shark lawyer who plays both sides against the middle, and Ruben's ex-wife Laura (Rachel Ticotin). When each brother masquerades as the other for a time, however, some insights are gained by both. 9 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  61% (2) Indian Summer 97 min PG-13 [Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Mike Binder] [23 Apr 1993]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 65%, Rotten Tomatoes: 58%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Bill Paxton, Diane Lane, Matt Craven Writer: Mike Binder External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Canada, USA Plot: A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down. Rotten Tomatoes: Mike Binder wrote and directed this reunion story in The Big Chill vein about of group of ex-campers, now in their twenties, who return to their old summer camp to get together again. Alan Arkin plays Uncle Lou, the old camp counselor and resident sage at Canadian summer camp Tamakwa. Leading a group of contemporary youngsters wearing Walkmans on their heads to glory in the beauty of a majestic moose in the Canadian Northwoods, he realizes that the children of today are not the way children were in ancient times before 1993, so he decides to close up shop and shut down Camp Tamkwa for good. But before he does he invites a group of campers from the camp's golden age -- men and women now in their twenties -- an assortment of veteran campers who return to reflect on the past and sort out their troubles. The campers include Beth (Diane Lane), a woman who is adjusting to her husband's accidental death; Jennifer (Elizabeth Perkins), a single woman looking forward to renewing her relationship with fellow camper Matthew (Vincent Spano); Kelly (Julie Warner), Matthew's wife, feeling insecure because she knows Matthew is unhappy in the marriage; and Jamie (Matt Craven), a swinging bachelor with an eye for younger women. Rounding out the pack is Jack (Bill Paxton), who as a boy was kicked out of the camp for a mysterious reason. When he shows up at the camp, the rest of the campers are stunned. 10 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 84% (3) Glengarry Glen Ross 100 min R [Crime, Drama, Mystery] [James Foley] [02 Oct 1992]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 80%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 12 nominations. Actors: Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Jack Lemmon Writer: David Mamet (based on the play by), David Mamet (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English Country: USA Plot: The real story behind the world of sales. This is a realistic portrayal of what it is to try making a life in high pressure sales with all its highs and lows; promises of fortunes and deliveries of dross. Red-leads and dead-leads are to blame for life's outcomes. Living with 'Objection, Rebuttal, Close'. Rotten Tomatoes: David Mamet's award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. In a role created specifically for the movie, Alec Baldwin appears as a sales motivator, informing the group of hard-luck salesmen that they must compete in a sales contest where the losers will be fired. The agents work their same tired leads, until one hatches a scheme to burglarize the office, steal the leads, and sell them to a rival. Featuring a cast that includes Al Pacino as the office's sales leader, Jack Lemmon as an elderly loser, Alan Arkin and Ed Harris as frustrated salesmen, Kevin Spacey as the harassed office manager, and Jonathan Pryce as a client, Glengarry Glen Ross is, at its core, a character study about a group of men whose time has passed. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi 11 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  62% (3) The Rocketeer 108 min PG [Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi] [Joe Johnston] [21 Jun 1991]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 61%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton Writer: Dave Stevens (graphic novel 'The Rocketeer'), Danny Bilson (story), Paul De Meo (story), William Dear (story), Danny Bilson (screenplay), Paul De Meo (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: USA Plot: Straight from the pages of a pulp comic from a past era, the Rocketeer recreates 1930's Hollywood, complete with gangsters, Nazi spies, and the growth of the Age of Aviation. Young pilot Cliff Secord stumbles on a top secret rocket-pack and with the help of his mechanic/mentor, Peevy, he attempts to save his girl and stop the Nazis as The Rocketeer. Rotten Tomatoes: After getting his start as a visual effects artist on the original Star Wars trilogy, Spielberg protege Joe Johnston found success as a director with his debut film, the blockbuster family adventure Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. For his sophomore outing, Johnston helmed this action-adventurer, set in 1930s Hollywood and in the spirit of old pulp comics and adventure serials, and co-adapted from the David Stevens graphic novel by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo. Bill Campbell stars as Cliff Secord, an eager young pilot who finds himself in possession of a secret jet-pack that gives him the ability to fly. Cliff soon learns that screen-star Neville Sinclair (Timothy Dalton) will stop at nothing to get his hands on the rocket pack so he can give it to the Nazis. As The Rocketeer and with a little help from his mechanic friend played by Alan Arkin, it's up to Cliff to elude Sinclair, defeat the Nazis, and save his girlfriend Jenny (Jennifer Connelly). 12 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 44% (2) Havana 144 min R [Drama, Romance, War] [Sydney Pollack] [14 Dec 1990]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 61%, Rotten Tomatoes: 28%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Lena Olin, Robert Redford, Tomas Milian Writer: Judith Rascoe (story), Judith Rascoe (screenplay), David Rayfiel (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Cuba, December 1958: The professional gambler Jack visits Havana to organize a big Poker game. On the ship he meets Roberta and falls in love with her. Shortly after they arrive in Cuba, Roberta and her Cuban husband, the revolutionary Arturo, are arrested and tortured. Arturo is reported 'shot while trying to escape,' but Jack manages to get Roberta free again. He can't, however, keep her from continuing to support the revolution. Jack has to make a choice between the beautiful woman who keeps putting herself in harms way and the biggest poker game of his life; between the man he could be and the man he is. Rotten Tomatoes: In the time just preceding Castro's takeover of Cuba, an American gambler in Havana gets involved with a revolutionary's wife. Overlong but otherwise well produced! 13 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (1) Escape from Sobibor 143 min Not Rated [Drama, History, War] [Jack Gold] [12 Apr 1987]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, External Reviews Awards: Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 6 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Hartmut Becker, Joanna Pacula, Rutger Hauer Writer: Thomas 'Toivi' Blatt (manuscript 'From the Ashes of Sobibor'), Richard Rashke (book), Reginald Rose (teleplay), Stanislaw 'Shlomo' Szmajzner (book) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, Yugoslavia Plot: During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow that his camp would never experience the same thing. But those who were its captives, the Jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to escape... the only question was how to do it. However, because the Germans would kill an equal number of others whenever a group attempted to escape, the captives knew that if ever an escape was tried, all 600 prisoners in the camp would have to be included... logistically precluding any ideas about tunnels or sneak breakouts. Indeed, to have such a mass escape could only mean that the Ukrainian guards and Germain officers would have to be killed, which many of the Jews felt simply reduced themselves to no better than their captors... thus making it a struggle of conscience. And therein lies the story, with the film being based on a factual account of what then happened at that Sobibor prison. Rotten Tomatoes: During WWII, Sobibor was a notorious Nazi death camp. This gripping, fact-based drama chronicles the courage of an inmate who managed the largest escape from such a place. Thanks to him, over 300 prisoners were freed. 14 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 52% (1) Big Trouble 93 min R [Comedy] [John Cassavetes] [30 May 1986]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 52%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Peter Falk Writer: Andrew Bergman External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Insurance agent plots with client to kill her nutty husband. Rotten Tomatoes: It took nearly two years after its completion for Big Trouble to reach the big screen. Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are respectively cast as a shady wheeler-dealer and an uptight family man. Strapped for the cash necessary to send his son to Yale, Arkin reluctantly enters into a murder scheme with Beverly D'Angelo. She is married to Falk, who, though he hasn't got long to live due to a heart ailment, may very well spend every penny D'Angelo has before he expires. Arkin is persuaded to kill Falk before this happens, then split the money with D'Angelo. To Arkin's amazement he finds himself the victim of a carefully prepared confidence scam engineered by Falk and D'Angelo. Now that he has a hold over Arkin, Falk gets the poor fellow mixed up in yet another 'perfect crime'. 15 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  67% (1) Joshua Then and Now 119 min R [Comedy, Drama] [Ted Kotcheff] [20 Sep 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, External Reviews Awards: 5 wins & 8 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Gabrielle Lazure, James Woods, Michael Sarrazin Writer: Mordecai Richler (novel), Mordecai Richler (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: Canada Plot: The story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to his more complicated grown-up life. Rotten Tomatoes: Screenwriter Mordecai Richler's autobiographical tale stars James Woods as noted author Joshua Shapiro, whose life is falling apart before his very eyes: his WASP-y wife Pauline (Gabrielle Lazure) has walked out, his brother-in-law Kevin (Michael Sarrazin) has just passed away, and the media is claiming Joshua is involved in a gay romance with fellow writer Sidney Murdoch (Kenneth Campbell). 16 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 45% (1) Bad Medicine 98 min PG-13 [Comedy] [Harvey Miller] [22 Nov 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 45%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Bill Macy, Julie Hagerty, Steve Guttenberg Writer: Steven Horowitz (novel), Neil Offen (novel), Harvey Miller External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But instead he gets a chance to study medicine abroad, in a small Latin American dictatorship, governed by the dictator Ramon Madera, who fall in love with Jeff's girlfriend, also a medical student. Rotten Tomatoes: A couple of med-school wannabes (Steve Guttenburg and Julie Hagerty) can't get admitted to any U.S. medical schools so they end up in a small Central American school run by a dictator director (Alan Arkin). When the students become aware of the medical needs of the local peasants, they swipe drugs and pills from their college lab and set up an underground clinic to serve the needy. ~ Rovi 17 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  69% (3) The Last Unicorn 92 min G [Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy] [Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.] [19 Nov 1982]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, Rotten Tomatoes: 63%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Alan Arkin, Angela Lansbury, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes Writer: Peter S. Beagle (screenplay), Peter S. Beagle (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: UK, France, West Germany, Japan, USA Plot: From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is eventually joined on her quest by Schmendrick, a second-rate magician, and Molly Grue, a now middle-aged woman who dreamed all her life of seeing a unicorn. Their journey leads them far from home, all the way to the castle of King Haggard... Rotten Tomatoes: A brave unicorn and a magician fight an evil king who is obsessed with attempting to capture the world's unicorns. 18 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 42% (1) Chu Chu and the Philly Flash 92 min PG [Comedy] [David Lowell Rich] [28 Aug 1981]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 42%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Danny Aiello, Jack Warden Writer: Barbara Dana (screenplay), Henry Barrow (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day they find stolen government documents forgotten some place. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble. Rotten Tomatoes: A former baseball player (Alan Arkin) has descended into alcoholism, and meets up with a has-been entertainer (Carol Burnett) when both spot a briefcase containing secret documents. 19 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  60% (2) Simon 97 min PG [Comedy, Sci-Fi] [Marshall Brickman] [01 Feb 1980]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 63%, Rotten Tomatoes: 57%, External Reviews Awards: 2 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart, Madeline Kahn Writer: Marshall Brickman (screenplay), Marshall Brickman (story), Thomas Baum (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, Japanese Country: USA Plot: A group of scientist take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he was a living-being from another planet. Rotten Tomatoes: In this far-out comedy that slams it to academia, television, and the military, Simon (Alan Arkin) is a puffed-up professor who is boondoggled by a group of geniuses in a think tank. Becker (Austin Pendleton) leads the wacked-out thinkers as they invent off-the-wall games to keep themselves amused instead of solving global problems in ecology or whatever. They manage to convince Simon he is really a space alien, but then Simon gets away from them and takes refuge in a strange commune headed up by a former television executive (Adolph Green) whose bible is TV Guide. Simon's life does not get any easier since he is being hunted by the army with orders to shoot on sight. 20 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (2) The In-Laws 103 min PG [Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Action] [Arthur Hiller] [12 Sep 1979]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 73%, Rotten Tomatoes: 90%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Nancy Dussault, Peter Falk, Richard Libertini Writer: Andrew Bergman External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish, Mandarin Country: USA Plot: In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America. Rotten Tomatoes: Dentist Sheldon Kornpett (Alan Arkin) is a respectable man. He has a daughter who is about to marry the son of a very suspicious character, Vince Ricardo (Peter Falk). They are practically relatives already, the wedding is so near. Certainly, Sheldon already despises Vince as if he were already a well-known relative. Nontheless, Vince calls on Sheldon and convinces him to go with him on a series of wild and hilarious adventures, claiming all the while that he is a CIA agent, and that what he is doing is in the national interest. Sheldon follows Vince to a South American country ruled by a very odd man, General Garcia (Richard Libertini), who talks to his hand (which talks back). It seems that the dictator is involved in a scheme to counterfeit and undermine U.S. currency. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi 21 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  56% (1) The Magician of Lublin 105 min R [Drama] [Menahem Golan] [11 Nov 1979]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 56%, External Reviews Awards: 1 nomination. Actors: Alan Arkin, Louise Fletcher, Shelley Winters, Valerie Perrine Writer: Menahem Golan (screenplay), Sheldon Patinkin (additional dialogue), Isaac Bashevis Singer (novel), Irving S. White (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German Country: Israel, West Germany Plot: Yasha is a Jewish stage magician who tours through eastern Europe while destroying his career through personal problems. He has one more chance at theatrical success, but he needs to do a brand new trick in a Warsaw theater. Rotten Tomatoes: This expensive production attempts to bring Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer's subtle philosophical novel The Magician of Lublin to the screen. In the story, Yasha Mazur (Alan Arkin) is a perfectionistic turn-of-the-century Jewish stage magician, con-man and mystic, who is touring through eastern Europe, at the same time managing to progressively sabotage his own career. In nearly every town Yasha has a girlfriend, from the youthful Zeftel (Valerie Perrine), to the feisty Elizabeta (Shelly Winters). His harassed manager/impressario Wolsky (Lou Jacobi) arranges for him to have one more chance at theatrical success, which requires that he pull off the trick of a lifetime in a Warsaw theater. Reviewers, fans of Singer's works, and ordinary filmgoers all expressed disappointment in this beautifully filmed and ambitious movie, which was a box-office failure. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi 22 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 75% (2) The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 113 min PG [Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Herbert Ross] [01 May 1977]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, Rotten Tomatoes: 82%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Vanessa Redgrave Writer: Nicholas Meyer (screenplay), Nicholas Meyer (novel), Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, German, French Country: UK, USA Plot: Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attemts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux. Rotten Tomatoes: In this Sherlock Holmes adventure, the Great Detective's friend and chronicler Doctor Watson, concerned that Holmes' drug dependency is getting out of hand, suggests a cure under the auspices of Viennese psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. While undergoing treatment, Holmes undertakes a tricky conspiracy case involving another ex-addict, beautiful actress Lola Devereaux. 23 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  62% (1) Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins 91 min R [Comedy] [Dick Richards] [01 Sep 1975]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Alex Rocco, Mackenzie Phillips, Sally Kellerman Writer: John Kaye External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when two ladies hitch a ride and attempt to kidnap him in their attempt to get to New Orleans; while initially put off, Rafferty finds he's charmed by the kooky pair of misfits and the three of them drive to Las Vegas, Nevada and later Tucson, Arizona, where their bond eventually unravels. Rotten Tomatoes: The 'Gold Dust Twins' are two L.A. gals who kidnap a likable-loser type who's a driving instructor (Alan Arkin) and force him to take them from Los Angeles to New Orleans. On the way they run into action of all sorts, and by the time they get to the Bayou state, the three have bonded as buddies. ~ Rovi 24 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 46% (2) Freebie and the Bean 113 min R [Action, Comedy, Crime] [Richard Rush] [25 Dec 1974]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, Rotten Tomatoes: 27%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: Alan Arkin, Jack Kruschen, James Caan, Loretta Swit Writer: Robert Kaufman (screenplay), Floyd Mutrux (story) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Website Language: English, Spanish Country: USA Plot: Freebie and Bean, two San Francisco police detectives, have one goal in life: to bring down Red Meyers, a local hijacking boss. After many fruitless months they finally collect an important piece of evidence. However, before they can get an arrest warrant, they hear the news of the hitman being hired to kill Meyers. Rotten Tomatoes: Freebie (James Caan) and the Bean (Alan Arkin) are a pair of San Francisco cops. Red Meyers (Jack Kruschen) is the mobster whom Freebie and the Bean would like to see behind bars -- or, failing that, six feet under. Nothing stands in the way of the cops' pursuit of Meyers, meaning that private property is given quite a going-over in this picture. The film's most memorable scene finds Freebie and the Bean crashing their car into a poor schnook's living room. TV favorites Loretta Swit and Valerie Harper play the only female roles worth mentioning. The racist and sexist humor in Freebie and the Bean may not go over as well today as it did in the politically incorrect early '70s. 25 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  74% (3) Catch-22 122 min R [Comedy, Drama, War] [Mike Nichols] [24 Jun 1970]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 81%, Metacritic: 70%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Art Garfunkel, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin Writer: Joseph Heller (novel), Buck Henry (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, Italian Country: USA Plot: A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way cope with a crazy situation. Catch-22 is a parody of a 'military mentality' and of a bureaucratic society in general. Rotten Tomatoes: Sharply critical of the almost surreal bureaucracy of war, this scathing satire is based on Joseph Heller's novel. The story focuses on a group of Air Force pilots in the midst of WWII. The title refers to the twisted logic that makes up the pilots' standard military procedure. 26 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 68% (1) Popi 113 min G [Comedy, Drama] [Arthur Hiller] [22 Oct 1969]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 68%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Miguel Alejandro, Reuben Figueroa, Rita Moreno Writer: Tina Pine, Lester Pine External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood when one day he notices that Cubans who escape are lionized and given exceptional benefits. He thinks up a plot to have his sons washed ashore as cuban immigrants who will be adopted by rich anglos. Rotten Tomatoes: Striving for a better life for his two sons, a Puerto Rican immigrant named Popi (Alan Arkin) goes about his mission in a singularly eccentric fashion in this comedy from director Arthur Hiller. So intent is Harlem resident Abraham 'Popi' Rodriguez (Arkin) upon providing his boys with the American dream, that he puts off marrying his beautiful girlfriend Lupe (Rita Moreno) in order to carry out the mother of all harebrained schemes. After instructing his boys how to row with lessons in Central Park, Popi takes them to Florida and sets them adrift on the ocean, knowing that two cute 'refugees from Cuba' seeking asylum in the U.S. will become celebrity cases and probably be adopted by rich WASP's. Popi's plan works like a charm, with his sons even earning an audience with the president, but a visit to the hospital where they're recovering from their ordeal at sea sinks his big plans. 27 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  88% (2) The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 123 min G [Drama] [Robert Ellis Miller] [31 Jul 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 77%, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Chuck McCann, John O'Leary, Peter Mamakos, Sondra Locke Writer: Carson McCullers (from the novel by), Thomas C. Ryan (screenplay by) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English, American Sign Language Country: USA Plot: Sentimental story centers around a deaf-mute, Singer, and Mick, a teenager who lives in the house where he rents a room. Mick and Singer become friends, though they are separated by Singer's lack of communication ability and Mick's struggle with teenage problems. The lives of the people Singer touches are varied, linked only by their friendship with Singer. His friends include a deaf-mute, a drunk, and a doctor. Singer does his best to help those around him solve their problems, but who is there to help him solve his own? Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, John Singer is a deaf man who moves to a small town to be close to his institutionalized friend. Singer rents a room with a family whose teenaged daughter is at first resentful of Singer's presence. However, he ingratiates himself by introducing her to classical music. 28 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 42% (2) Inspector Clouseau 96 min G [Comedy, Crime, Mystery] [Bud Yorkin] [19 Jul 1968]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 50%, Metacritic: 35%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alan Arkin, Barry Foster, Delia Boccardo, Frank Finlay Writer: Blake Edwards (based on a character created by), Maurice Richlin (based on a character created by), Tom Waldman, Frank Waldman External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: UK, USA Plot: Detective Inspector is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than one Closeeau on the job. Rotten Tomatoes: The famously inept but accidentally brilliant Inspector Clouseau returns to help foil a group of daring robbers in this comedy, the only film in the long-running series not to feature Peter Sellers as the bumbling inspector. Instead, the talented Alan Arkin assumes the role, blundering his way through the expected series of absurd, slapstick situations. The plot centers on a series of Swiss bank robberies under investigation by an uptight Scotland Yard inspector (Patrick Cargill), who naturally becomes infuriated by Clouseau's unwelcome intervention. Meanwhile, the robbers decide to confuse matters by wearing Clouseau masks, offering further opportunities for farcical mistaken identities. Due to the absence of both Sellers and director Blake Edwards, Inspector Clouseau has largely been forgotten in comparison to the other Pink Panther films, though it maintains some interest as a curious aberration in the popular comic series. 29 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  84% (3) Wait Until Dark 108 min Not Rated [Horror, Thriller] [Terence Young] [26 Oct 1967]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, Metacritic: 81%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations. Actors: Alan Arkin, Audrey Hepburn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Richard Crenna Writer: Frederick Knott (play), Robert Carrington (screenplay), Jane-Howard Hammerstein (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: English Country: USA Plot: Susy was recently blinded and recently married. Susy's husband, Sam, is asked to hold a doll for a woman he doesn't know as they get off an airplane. The woman disappears. Later, she's found dead by her former associates, Mike and Carlino, small-time hoods, in Susy's basement apartment. (Both occupants of the apartment are then absent.) The doll woman's newer partner in crime, Harry Rote, who murdered her for self-dealing, presses Mike and Carlino into a scheme to recover the doll, which contains a fortune in smuggled heroin. After disposing of the body, the thugs return while Susy is present to continue their search. They assume Susy's blindness will enable them to search her apartment under her very nose for the doll. In Sam's absence, Mike pretends to be an old friend of Sam's, while the three together spin for Susy a story of a murder investigation of her husband from which only the finding of the missing doll can save him. Rote is a predator, and his stalking of Susy becomes ever more obvious as the blind woman's predicament becomes ever more desperate. Rotten Tomatoes: Wait Until Dark is an innovative, highly entertaining and suspenseful thriller about a blind housewife, Susy Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn). Independent and resourceful, Susy is learning to cope with her blindness, which resulted from a recent accident. She is aided by her difficult, slightly unreliable young neighbor Gloria (Julie Herrod) with whom she has an exasperated but lovingly maternal relationship. Susy's life is changed as she is terrorized by a group of criminals who believe she has hidden a baby doll used by them to smuggle heroin into the country. Unknown to Susy, her photographer husband Sam (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) took the doll as a favor for a woman he met on an international plane flight and unwittingly brought the doll to the couple's New York apartment when the woman became afraid of the customs officials. Alone in her apartment and cut-off from the outside world, Susy must fight for her life against a gang of ruthless criminals, led by the violent, psychotic Roat (Alan Arkin). The tension builds as Roat, aided by his gang, impersonates police officers and friends of her husband in order to win Susy's confidence, gaining access to her apartment to look for the doll. The climax of the film, a violent physical confrontation between Susie and Roat in her dark kitchen, is one of the most memorable and frightening scenes in screen history. All performances are outstanding, particularly those of Audrey Hepburn who plays a vulnerable, but self-reliant woman, and Alan Arkin, in perhaps his best role, as the ruthless, manipulative Roat. 30 / 30 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |