In 1944 German sergeant Rolf Steiner is on the Russian Front where out of frustration he hits an officer. Read More »
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Stand by for Action (1942) Robert Z. Leonard, Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), of THE Harvard Read More »
Under Ten Flags AKA Sotto dieci bandiere (1960) Duilio Coletti, Van Heflin, Charles Laughton, Mylène Demongeot
In 1941, the British Admiralty is worried about the large number of Allied ships Read More »
Captain Clegg (1962) Peter Graham Scott, Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen
In this engaging costume melodrama of skulduggery on the low seas set back in the 18th-century Read More »
Slave Ship (1937) Tay Garnett, Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping Read More »
Desperate Cargo (1941) William Beaudine, Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Jack Mulhall
Several persons are waiting at a Caribbean port for the Caribbean Cruiser, a seaplane that has been delayed by the weather. Read More »
Appointment with Murder (1948) Jack Bernhard, John Calvert, Catherine Craig, Jack Reitzen
The Falcon is hired by an insurance company to recover two stolen paintings, a job that takes him across the country and then across the Atlantic to Italy. Read More »
Bulldog Drummond (1929) F. Richard Jones, Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant
Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. Read More »
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) George Marshall, Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford, Anne Francis
Man (Lewis) is told by his doctor (Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. Read More »
McLintock! (1963) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne
George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. Read More »
The Silent World AKA Le monde du silence (1956) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle, Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco
This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. Read More »
Frankenhooker (1990) Frank Henenlotter, James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident, and decides to bring her back. Read More »
Angels Over Broadway (1940) Ben Hecht, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell
Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Read More »
Music for Millions (1944) Henry Koster, Margaret O’Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson
“Mike” goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi’s orchestra. Read More »
Hook Line and Sinker (1930) Edward F. Cline, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. Read More »