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Danger: Love at Work (1937)Amor en la oficina
In this 1930s screwball comedy lackadaisical lawyer Henry MacMorrow attempts to get the kooky Pemberton family to agree on a large property deal involving part of their estate. Frustrated by the family's scatty entourage which includes a Dali lookalike, an exceedingly precocious child and their whimsical parents, he turns to the beautiful Toni Pemberton, the independently minded daughter of the family, with a fake sob story. The two of them join forces in a bid to gather the signatures from her decidedly odd family - but will it be love or trouble? - Director:
- Otto Preminger
- Cast:
- Ann Sothern, Jack Haley, Mary Boland
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Prohibition's ban on booze is over, and that means bootlegger Remy Marco must make some changes. Don't go calling his beer-peddling enterprise a racket. It's now a business. Employees are no longer lugs or palookas, they're associates. And don't refer to Marco as da boss. Use sir. He's gone legit, see? Edward G. Robinson plays Marco, spoofing his Little Caesar persona in a comedy spree based on Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay's Broadway play. Lloyd Bacon, director of Robinson's gangster sendups Brother Orchid and Larceny, Inc., guides with screwball flair as corpses, creditors, the swellest of swells and more mayhem descend on Marco. Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy and Harold Huber - with 340+ career credits between them - are among the lugs-cum-associates. - Director:
- Lloyd Bacon
- Cast:
- Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins
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Supplies are dwindling. Troops are hopelessly outnumbered. But even in defeat there is victory. The defenders of the Philippines - including PT-boat skippers John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) - will give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the devastation of Pearl Harbor. Director John Ford's World War II tale knows its battle-scarred topic first-hand. Montgomery was himself a Pacific PT-boat commander and a valorous Bronze Star recipient. Ford filmed the Academy Award - winning documentary Battle of Midway. And Wayne creates a portrait of patriotic resolve as only he can. They Were Expendable salutes all who expended themselves during some of the war's bleakest hours. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed
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Sullivan's Travels (1941)Sullivans Reisen
Comedy director John Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to give up his life of luxury and sets off on the road to research how the other half live. He plans to make "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?", a somber, social conscious movie inspired by his experiences of poverty and desperation. A chance encounter with failed starlet (Veronica Lake) enables him to escape the studio publicity machine and learn at first hand the true value of entertainment. - Director:
- Preston Sturges
- Cast:
- Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick
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Brian De Palma's 'The Untouchables' is a must-see masterpiece - a glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago...and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
- Cast:
- Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
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A King in New York (1957)Un rey en Nueva York
After fleeing his native country, a European monarch (Charles Chaplin) seeks refuge in New York City. It is here that he meets Rupert (Michael Chaplin), a ten-year-old boy whose parents are imprisoned communists, and takes him under his wing. But doing so can have unwanted consequences in 1950s America. Chaplin delivers another sharp satire that bites into every point of the sociopolitical spectrum, from idealistic communism to idolatry consumerism. - Director:
- Charles Chaplin
- Cast:
- Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde
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Dangerous Moonlight (1941)Suicide Squadron
A famous Polish classical pianist and composer, Stefan Radetzky (Anton Walbrook) is suffering from amnesia, and the doctors have given him a piano in the hope that he will remember something about his past. In a series of flashbacks, Radetzky recovers distant memories of his being a Polish fighter pilot who meets Carol (Sally Gray), a beautiful American reporter, whilst he is grounded in Warsaw. There is an instant attraction but they part and six months later the world turns upside down when the Germans invade Poland. Radetzky travels to America to give concerts in order to raise money for Polish refugees and whilst there renews his love affair with Carol again. But as they fall deeply in love, Radetzky is torn by his love for Carol and the need to fight for his country one more time... - Director:
- Brian Desmond-Hurst
- Cast:
- Anton Walbrook, Sally Gray, Derrick De Marney
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Ten years ago, a turn-of-the-century scandal over a lover forced Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) to desert her husband and their children for a stage career. Now, returning to their small Wisconsin town to see her daughter in a play, she hopes of a reconciliation. Her appearance is a shock. The town is curious but unforgiving, her high school principal husband is involved with one of his teachers, and her children have mixed feelings about her. When an unexpected turn of events leads to more scandal, Naomi's hopes of starting over are dashed - until some surprising changes occur. - Director:
- Douglas Sirk
- Cast:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger
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Jonathan Tibbs (Kenneth More) reckons that a good way to improve the fortunes of his uncle's London gun company is to sell their products in the Wild West, so he sets off for Fractured Jaw. Once there, a series of misunderstandings give him the completely false reputation of being a smooth-talking, fast-on-the-draw gunman, and he is inveigled into becoming sheriff. With the two trigger-happy local ranches squaring up against each other, it's as well he is getting advice from sassy and sweet-on-him Kate (Jayne Mansfield). - Director:
- Raoul Walsh
- Cast:
- Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Robert Morley
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After young Robert Graham (Phillips Holmes) commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady (Walter Huston) and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison. - Director:
- Howard Hawks
- Cast:
- Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings
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The feature-film debut from acclaimed writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 'Dragonwyck' is a sumptuous tale starring Gene Tierney, horror-maestro Vincent Price and Walter Huston. Miranda Wells (Tierney) is an ambitious young woman invited by her cousin Nicholas Van Ryn (Price) to stay at Dragonwyck castle. After her arrival, Van Ryn's wife suddenly dies and Miranda finds herself the new object of her cousin's affections. Charming and mysterious, Van Ryn marries the newcomer but soon the new bride learns that her husband is slowly descending into a strange madness. With luscious costumes and eerie black and white photography, 'Dragonwyck' is a sinister treat, ripe for rediscovery. - Director:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast:
- Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price
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The Men (1950)The Courage of Man / Battle Stripe
Featuring a powerhouse performance from Marlon Brando in his first feature film, 'The Men' is a poignant reflection on the impact of war and life-changing injury, as well as the relationships that nourish the wounded as they fight their hardest battle yet. As veteran Ken Wilocek, paralysed from the waist down, Brando is backed by a stellar supporting cast, including Teresa Wright (Shadow of a Doubt), Everett Sloane (Citizen Kane) and Jack Webb (Pete Kelly's Blues). - Director:
- Fred Zinnemann
- Cast:
- Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane
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Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas stars as roving cowboy Dempsey Rae, who arrives at the extensive spread of hard-as-nails ranch owner Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain), fresh from riding the rails. Along with greenhorn sidekick Jeff Jimson (William Campbell), he signs on at Bowman's, attracted as much by his tart-tongued boss as by the job. At her behest, the cowboys begin work on a fence, but the truth dawns on Rae that they've been hired to fence off land that smaller ranchers need to graze their herds. Rae decides to stop digging postholes and join the other side, but Bowman's new foreman who - enjoys wrapping defiant enemies in barbed wire - aims to give Douglas all the trouble he can handle! - Director:
- King Vidor
- Cast:
- Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor
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Fred MacMurray and Oakie play Jim Hawkins and Wahoo Jones, two devil-may-care outlaws who roam the Texas frontier. Their days are numbered, however, when the elite Texas Rangers sweep through to bring law and order to the state. Deciding, "If you want to beat'em, join 'em". Jim and Wahoo enlist in the Rangers in order to stay one jump ahead of the lawmen. But the outlaws are soon engaged in a series of hair-raising adventures, battling Indians and confronting villains who seek to exploit the innocent settlers. As Jim and Wahoo become heroes, they are suddenly in conflict - with themselves and their old partners in crime. - Director:
- King Vidor
- Cast:
- Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Jean Parker
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The Spies (1957)Les Espions
A down at heel doctor (Gerard Sety) is offered a substantial sum of money by the US Military to shelter a new patient. Why? Who and what is he? Soon the hospital beds are filled with international spies all after the secrets held by the patient Dr Malik is housing, a suspected physicist whose knowledge is very valuable. - Director:
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Cast:
- Curt Jurgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse
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