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Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) Stephen Surjik, Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Two media moguls vie for ownership of a pro football team, at first they play by their own rules of fair game but then it gets dirty. Read More »
Straight Place and Show (1938) David Butler, The Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, Ethel Merman, Comedy, Musical
According to the scribes at a big movie studio with Fox in its logo, it is the big season at the track. Read More »
Repeat Performance (1947) Alfred L. Werker, Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don’t know how or why. Read More »
Hong Kong Confidential (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler, Allison Hayes, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Secret agent Casey Reed is assigned to locate a missing Arab prince kidnapped by Communists who hope to force the prince’s father Read More »
P.J. (1968) John Guillermin, George Peppard, Raymond Burr, Gayle Hunnicutt, Action, Drama, Mystery
Private eye P.J. is reluctant when he gets a new job: he shall protect Maureen Preble, mistress of millionaire Orbeson, mainly from attacks by his wife and her greedy family. Read More »
J W Coop (1971) Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, Drama, Western
After losing 9 years 9 months and thirteen days to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60’s. Read More »
The Woman I Love (1937) Anatole Litvak, Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Drama, War
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer. Read More »
Shogun Assassin (1980) Robert Houston, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Action, Adventure
Long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. Read More »
The Petty Girl (1950) Henry Levin, Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Biography, Comedy
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. Read More »
Witness in the War Zone (1987) Nathaniel Gutman, Christopher Walken, Hywel Bennett, Marita Marschall, Action, Drama, Mystery, War
Don Stevens is an ace reporter sent to Beirut, Lebanon to report on the Lebanese civil war. Read More »
The Bandit Trail (1941) Edward Killy, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Western
Rancher Tom Haggerty is killed trying to stop a gun battle between his hot-headed brother Red and the sheriff, who is trying to repossess Haggerty’s ranch for defaulting on a bank loan. Read More »
Carnival Story (1954) Kurt Neumann, Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, Drama
In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Read More »
Halfway to Shanghai (1942) John Rawlins, Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, Adventure, Mystery
The film itself concerns a train hurtling through the night toward Rangoon (which must be half-way to Shanghai from some point) Read More »
Island in the Sun (1957) Robert Rossen, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Drama, Romance
Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule, it focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations. Read More »