Man accused of a murder he didn’t commit hides out in the South American jungle. Read More »
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Garden of Eden (1954) Max Nosseck, Mickey Knox, Jamie O’Hara, Karen Sue Trent
War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida Read More »
The Hoodlum (1951) Max Nosseck, Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Vincent Lubeck is a vicious ex-convict. His criminal activities are despised by his family, but he uses and abuses them in the course of his crimes. Read More »
Dillinger (1945) Max Nosseck, Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Biography, Crime, Drama
The rise of John Dillinger from petty criminal (including, unforgivably, holding up a cinema) via prison and bank robbery with his new convict associates to the accolade of Public Enemy Number One.
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Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934) Max Nosseck, Buster Keaton, Madeleine Guitty, Paulette Dubost, Comedy
Buster Garnier is having a very bad day, even by his standards. First of all he manages to lose his job distributing flyers for a car company when he accidentally hands out packets of real notes instead of the false money-off vouchers; then he blunders into a stage performance at the theatre where his mother is prompt, and gets thrown out there too. Methodically, he drapes a black band across his own portrait, writes a last note to his mother, bids farewell to his pets one by one, switches on the gas tap, and composes himself calmly on the floor to await oblivion. But Life hasn’t had its last laugh at his expense just yet… Meanwhile, across town, a scarred and ruthless gangster is preparing to break out of jail. Unknown to either man, the two of them are almost exactly alike; and when Buster finds himself on stage in the role of a jail-bird, fact and fiction are about to get extremely confused!
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