Like the anonymous novel (generally credited to Rex Stout) upon which it is based, the photoplay tells how a peace-loving President prevents his country from being stampeded into a European war. Read More »
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Smashing the Spy Ring (1938) Christy Cabanne, Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey, Drama, Mystery
At Duncan Aircraft, John Baxter and Ted Hall, government agents impersonating factory employees, capture Quirk, a spy whose real name is Schuster. Read More »
The Family Secret (1951) Henry Levin, John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance, Crime, Drama
A lawyer faces a difficult decision when his son accidentally kills his best friend with no witnesses present, and a rift develops in his mother and father offer contradictory solutions to their sons dilemma. Read More »
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971) Woody Allen, David Ackroyd, Wil Albert, Short, Comedy
This mockumentary follows the fictional career of Harvey Wallinger, ostensible chief aide and adviser to Richard Nixon Read More »
It Came from Outer Space (1953) Jack Arnold, Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Horror, Sci-Fi
John Putnam is a writer and an amateur stargazer with a new home out in the beautiful Arizona desert, which he enjoys with Ellen Fields, his girlfriend and a local schoolteacher. Read More »
Dodsworth (1936) William Wyler, Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Drama, Romance
A bittersweet tale of the increasing estrangement of a retired automobile tycoon and his wife. Read More »
Yaqui Drums (1956) Jean Yarbrough, Rod Cameron, Mary Castle, J. Carrol Naish, Western
Mexican bandit Yaqui Jack and his men hold up a stage coach, kill the driver and guard and are robbing the passengers, ranch owner Matt Quigg, his son Lute and Linda, when they in turn are ambushed by Lefty and his gang. Read More »
The Lady and the Monster (1944) George Sherman, Vera Ralston, Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A millionaire’s brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him. Read More »
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) Milos Forman, Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Biography, Drama
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
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Sapphire (1959) Basil Dearden, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonweath immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. Read More »
Sing, You Sinners (1938) Wesley Ruggles, Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Donald O’Connor, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thinks his only road to success is through swapping and gambling. Read More »
From Hell to Texas (1958) Henry Hathaway, Don Murray, Diane Varsi, Chill Wills, Western
The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man’s vengeful brothers. Read More »
Congo Crossing (1956) Joseph Pevney, Virginia Mayo, George Nader, Peter Lorre, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. Read More »
Waikiki Wedding (1937) Frank Tuttle, Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. Read More »
That Lady (1955) Terence Young, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
Ana, the Princess of Eboli, wears a black patch over her right eye, where she was blinded as a youth when fighting a duel in defense of her king, the despotic Philip. Read More »