James Crabe
James Crabe (August 19, 1931 – May 2, 1989) was an American cinematographer known for his work in the 1970s and '80s on numerous films, including Rocky, The China Syndrome, Night Shift, The Karate Kid, and Thank God It's Friday. He was a part of the 1960s underground film collective known as Gay Girls Riding Club, a group of gay men in the industry, who spoofed Hollywood movies in a series of elaborate amateur films.
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The China Syndrome
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Rocky
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The Karate Kid
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Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
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W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
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Covenant
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The Hugga Bunch
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The Letter
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Everybody Loves It
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A Step Out of Line
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The Formula
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The Great American Beauty Contest
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The Karate Kid Part III
In Memory Of

When the Bough Breaks
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Sextette
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Sweet, Sweet Rachel
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Happy New Year
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The Dead Don't Die
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The Baltimore Bullet
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The Disappearance of Aimee
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Sole Survivor
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The Honkers
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Deadly Care
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
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Family Secrets
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Agent for H.A.R.M.
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Her Secret Life
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Save the Tiger
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George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
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Zig Zag
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The Proper Time
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A Death in Canaan
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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
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For Keeps
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Night Shift
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living
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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
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Thank God It's Friday
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The Bold Men
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Lost Flight
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All About Alice
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Players
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Rhinoceros
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
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The Karate Kid Part II
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Two Kinds of Love
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Concrete Beat
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Always on Sunday
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The Roman Springs on Mrs. Stone
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What Really Happened to Baby Jane
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