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Count Three and Pray (1955) George Sherman, Van Heflin, Joanne Woodward, Philip Carey
This laid-back western manages to deliver a full quota of action, an agreeable dash of sentiment, and quite a few three-dimensional characterizations. Read More »
Black Samson (1974) Charles Bail, Rockne Tarkington, William Smith, Connie Strickland
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. Read More »
Smoke Signal (1955) Jerry Hopper, Dana Andrews, Piper Laurie, Rex Reason
Capt. Harper’s cavalry patrol returns to the fort to find it besieged by Ute Indians. Read More »
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) Raoul Walsh, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie
Set in the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Read More »
Mystery Junction (1951) Michael McCarthy, Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray, Martin Benson
Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Read More »
Meteor (1979) Ronald Neame, Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid “Orpheus” is heading toward Earth. Read More »
Nobodys Darling (1943) Anthony Mann, Mary Lee, Louis Calhern, Gladys George
Teens of Hollywood parents board at an exclusive school and grapple with the usual teen issues while preparing to put on a show. Read More »
Deluge (1933) Felix E. Feist, Peggy Shannon, Lois Wilson, Sidney Blackmer
New York City awaits a massive series of tidal waves which has already struck the North American west coast. Read More »
Paths to Paradise (1925) Clarence G. Badger, Betty Compson, Raymond Griffith, Tom Santschi
A con-woman has a nice business going in fleecing gullible tourists who want a genuine ‘underworld’ experience Read More »
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981) Ron Maxwell, Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill
Country singer Travis (Dennis Quaid) and his younger sister Amanda (Kristy McNichol) travel to Nashville, Tennessee to find fame as singers. Read More »
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) St. John Legh Clowes, Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers
John Blandish is worth $100 million. His heiress daughter is soon to be wed to Foster Harvey, who believes she’s a cold, unfeeling woman, despite loving her. Read More »
Duel to Death (1983) Siu-Tung Ching, Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Flora Chong-Leen
One of the last of the Old School Hong Kong martial arts flicks, this one deals with a legendary competition in swordplay Read More »
Hell and High Water (1954) Samuel Fuller, Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition Read More »
The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) Ron Lagomarsino, Téa Leoni, D.W. Moffett, David Beecroft
Gina Nardino, a young saleswoman at the food counter of a posh department store, falls hard for a society stud Read More »