A popular high school teacher concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body. Read More »
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Hot Rod Girl (1956) Leslie H. Martinson, Lori Nelson, Chuck Connors, John Smith
When his younger brother, Steve, is killed racing a hot-rod, Jeff Northup blames himself for the accident since he had built the car for his brother and had encouraged him to race it Read More »
The River and Death (1954) Luis Buñuel, Columba Domínguez, Miguel Torruco, Joaquín Cordero
A useless and bloody vendetta has been going on for ages between two families in this mexican village. Read More »
The Lucky Stiff (1949) Lewis R. Foster, Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor
Semi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. Read More »
Red Skies of Montana (1952) Joseph M. Newman, Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter
When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of ‘Smoke Jumpers’, the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service Read More »
Fat City (1972) John Huston, Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell
The film tells the story of two boxers and their problems. Read More »
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) Henry Hathaway, Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell
At the end of the 19th century, Massachusetts whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling expedition. Read More »
A Town Called Bastard (1971) Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner, Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens
In 1895, in a small town ravaged by the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary leader Aguila and his men massacre the town’s locals and the military garrison soldiers. Read More »
Wake Up and Dream (1946) Lloyd Bacon, John Payne, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood
Henry Pecket keeps a land-bound, home-made sloop in the backyard of his boarding house ran by widow Sara March, who is tolerant of the fancied trips around the world taken by her “ancient mariner” boarder. Read More »
San Pietro (1945) Mark W. Clark, John Huston
This documentary movie is about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Read More »