John A. Alonzo
1934 - 2001Carnival Row
Don Siegel
Orlando Bloom, Audie Murphy
In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.
Carnival Row
The Gun Runners
Don Siegel
Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
The Gun Runners
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Richard Wilson
Yul Brynner, Janice Rule
In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.
Invitation to a Gunfighter
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Axel Schill
John A. Alonzo, Michael Crichton
Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s. Director Axel Schill's documentary explores Alonzo's work on key films of that era and beyond. Clips from Chinatown, Scarface, Internal Affairs and other movies accompany interviews with stars such as Richard Dreyfuss, Sally Field and contemporary cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
Portrait of a Stripper
John A. Alonzo
Lesley Ann Warren, Edward Herrmann
A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother.
Portrait of a Stripper