14 Dec 1964
Zorba the Greek
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Reform School
A LONE WOMAN STOOD BETWEEN THEM AND A LIFE OF CRIME!
A female warden takes over at a state reform school and attempts to bring about needed changes. Restored in 2020 by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts from a 16mm print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.
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Louise Beavers Mother Barton
Reginald Fenderson Freddie Gordon
Monte Hawley Jackson
Eugene Jackson Pete
Freddie Jackson Eddie
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