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A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee (John Payne) has an uneasy relationship with Duchess (Rhonda Flemming), madam of a thinly-disguised bordello. He is saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke (Ronald Reagan) in town to meet his fiancee Goldie (Coleen Gray) on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried. - Director:
- Allan Dwan
- Cast:
- John Payne, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming
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After German underground leader Kurt Muller arrives with his family in Washington, DC, he soon finds the tentacles of Nazi terror have a very long reach.
- Director:
- Herman Shumlin
- Cast:
- Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald
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Sierra Nevada Jones (Barbara Stanwyck), a feisty young woman, attempts to stake her claim in the cattle business despite threats from greedy land grabbers and their hired killers. Undercover agent Farrell (Ronald Reagan) comes to her rescue, even though he is in the midst of a separate investigation to find out who's been provoking II the local Indian tribes into attacking the whites. - Director:
- Allan Dwan
- Cast:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans
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To Each His Own (1946)El pecado de una madre
Josephine Norris (Olivia de Havilland) volunteers for a fire watch with Lord Desham (Ronald Culver) on the rooftops of London during the Blitz. When Lord Desham is nearly killed during the air raid, the ageing pair reminisce over the lost loves of their youth. Josephine recalls her first and only love affair with World War I fighter pilot Captain Bart Cosgrove (John Lund). Their whirlwind romance during a fundraising tour for the American war effort lasts only a few days, but when Captain Cosgrove returns to the front, Josephine finds herself pregnant with an illegitimate child in an American backwater town. When she learns of Captain Cosgrove's death in action Josephine realises that she can never marry the father of her child, so she decides to contrive an adoption of the child to herself. But fate plays its own hand... - Director:
- Mitchell Leisen
- Cast:
- Olivia De Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson
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Destination Moon takes you back in time to before the Space Age for a trip to the moon the way it should be done. You'll ride in a cigar-shaped rocket with Cadillac fins, wear a bubble-headed spacesuit, walk in space and worry how you're all going to get home on the remaining fuel. Although Destination Moon was eerily accurate, actual spaceflight turned out to be a bit more complex, but much less stylish. - Director:
- Irving Pichel
- Cast:
- John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers
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A Hitchcockian thriller, Chase A Crooked Shadow stars Anne Baxter as Kimberley Prescott, a wealthy young women whose life is turned upside down by sudden appearance of an enigmatic young man claiming to be her dead brother. Convinced the man is lying, Kimberly is dismayed to find the entire household , including her own uncle, accepting the man into the family in desperation to a Police Chief for help. But can they discover the secret behind the mysterious stranger, before it is too late? - Director:
- Michael Anderson
- Cast:
- Richard Todd, Anne Baxter, Herbert Lom
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Guilty? Innocent? Those questions aren't for high-powered Chicago attorney Marin Vail (Richard Gere) to decide. His job is to defend - especially if a case will put his name in the headlines and further his career. When Cail hears that a penniless altar boy (Edward Norton) is accused of murdering the local archbishop, he snaps up the case, eager for the media spotlight. Little does he know that it will uncover a viper's nest of corruption, pit him against a prosecutor (Laura Linney), who's his ex-lover, and test all his skill, judgment and even his win-at-any-cost attitude. - Director:
- Gregory Hoblit
- Cast:
- Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
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Film Worker (2017)Filmworker
It's a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else's creative vision. Yet, that's exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as Lord Bullingdon in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon. The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick's loyal right-hand man. For more than two decades, Leon played a crucial role behind-the-scenes helping Kubrick make and maintain his legendary body of work. The complex, interdependent relationship between Leon and Kubrick was founded on devotion, sacrifice and the grueling, joyful reality of the creative process. By entering their unique world we come to understand how the mundane gives rise to the magnificent as timeless cinema is brought to life at its most practical and profound level. - Director:
- Tony Zierra
- Cast:
- Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Danny Lloyd
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Arabesque (1966)Stanley Donen's Arabesque
Enter the world of Arabesque - a high-speed, high-class tale of international intrigue starring Academy Award winners Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. In this exciting romantic thriller, an American hieroglyphics professor (Peck) is hired by a mysterious Arab oil magnate to decipher a secret message. When the hidden meaning is revealed, the chase is on as he and the oil magnate's exotic yet unpredictable companion (Loren) find themselves caught in the middle of an assassination plot. Produced and directed by Stanley Donen (Charade) and filled with the stylish music of Henry Mancini, 'Arabesque' is an unforgettable adventure of a lifetime. - Director:
- Stanley Donen
- Cast:
- Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel
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Forbidden Planet (1956)Fatal Planet
"Forbidden Planet" is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space-cruiser crew to Planet Altair-4, home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), a dutiful robot named Robby...and a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first allelectronic musical soundscape in film history, 'Forbidden Planet' is in a movie orbit all its own. - Director:
- Fred M. Wilcox
- Cast:
- Walter Pidgeon, Marvin Miller, Anne Francis
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Thérèse Raquin (1953)The Adultress
Married at a very early age to her cousin, Therese Raquin (Simone Signoret) leads an uneventful and joyless existence void of romance with her selfish husband and authoritarian aunt. The arrival of the handsome Italian Laurent (Raf Vallone) to whom Camille (Jacques Duby) has taken a liking, turns her life upside down. Straight away, sparks of love and passion fly between Thérèse and Laurent, however Camille refuses to agree to a divorce and plans to take Thérèse to Paris, away from temptation. En route, Camille is pushed off the train after a violent dispute with Laurent. The inquiry draws the conclusion of accidental death. However, a young sailor who witnessed the entire scene starts blackmailing Laurent... - Director:
- Marcel Carné
- Cast:
- Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby
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Loretta Young delivers a fine performance as the wronged wife Ellen Jones in this classic movie thriller. Bruce Cowling plays the role of the husband who, recovering from a near fatal heart attack, wrongly believes that his wife has been an affair with somebody else and seeks vengeance. Determined to get revenge, he decides to frame his wife for murder. Loretta Young, as Ellen Jones, makes frantic efforts to retrieve a posted letter with fabricated evidence, which could see her being wrongly tried for murder. In this Hitchcock-style suspense thriller, Loretta Young, Bruce Cowling and Barry Sullivan deliver some out-standing per-formances that will remain in the memory long after you have watched the movie.. - Director:
- Tay Garnett
- Cast:
- Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling
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His Girl Friday (1940)Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday
Chicago Morning Post editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) to Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Then a late breaking story involving the impending execution of an anarchist who escapes and is hidden from the police by the former husband and wife throws the pair together once again. - Director:
- Howard Hawks
- Cast:
- Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
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After witnessing a mob hit, Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) goes on the run, fearing for his life. Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) and Detective Shaw (Frank Jenks) are suspicious when they interview his uncooperative and seemingly uncaring wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan). But when Eleanor is approached by tabloid reporter Danny Leggatt (Dennis O'Keefe) offering to help find her husband, it appears Leggatt is not all he seems! The riveting twists and turns, together with the acerbic wit and charisma of the leading lady, keeps this thriller bubbling along as we head for a dramatic final showdown. - Director:
- Norman Foster
- Cast:
- Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith
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Set in the late 19th century, the film follows aspiring magician Don Gallico (Vincent Price) as he becomes embroiled in a conflict with his boss, Mr. Ormond (Donald Randolph), over the ownership of his illusions. When the feud turns deadly, Gallico resorts to great lengths to cover his misdeeds and preserve his status as Gallico the Great. - Director:
- John Brahm
- Cast:
- Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor
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