This movie tells the possibly true story of Melvin E. Dummar. Read More »
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Back to Bataan (1945) Edward Dmytryk, John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi
The US Army’s defense of its Philippines colony and the allied Malay countries/colonies behind Read More »
The Last Bridge / Die letzte Brücke (1954) Helmut Käutner, Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting
A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II. Read More »
Multiplicity (1996) Harold Ramis, Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Zack Duhame
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life Read More »
Tank Brigade / Tanková brigáda (1955) Ivo Toman, Otomar Krejca, Bedrich Prokos
The film is depicting Czechoslovak tank brigade fighting along with the Red Army in the WWII. Read More »
The Last Hurrah (1958) John Ford, Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster
An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Read More »
Murder in the Fleet (1935) Edward Sedgwick, Robert Taylor, Jean Parker, Ted Healy
Having gained considerable audience attention for his appearance in the 1935 “Crime Does Not Pay” 2-reeler Buried Loot Read More »
Six Bridges to Cross (1955) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams
Youth gang leader Jerry Florea is shot fleeing from a crime scene by rookie cop Ed Gallagher. Read More »
The Condemned Ones / Condenados (1953) Manuel Mur Oti, Aurora Bautista, Carlos Lemos, José Suárez
Aurelia is a Mancha’s peasant who barely can keep the estate of her husband (José), imprisoned for killing a man. Read More »
How to Kill a Judge / Perché si uccide un magistrato (1975) Damiano Damiani, Franco Nero, Françoise Fabian, Pierluigi Aprà
The latest success by film-maker Giacomo Solaris is a crime thriller about a judge who gets too friendly with the Mafia and is murdered. Read More »