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Renegades (1930) Victor Fleming, Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery

Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct Read More »
Le cas du Docteur Laurent (1957) Jean-Paul Le Chanois, Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort

A not-so-young doctor tries to explain to women of the fifties(in a small village in the mountain) that painless childbirth is possible Read More »
The Hand in the Trap (1961) Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, Leonardo Favio

A woman uncovers the secret of her aunt’s withdrawal from the world and arranges a confrontation with the man who jilted her. Read More »
Just an American (2012) Fred Ashman, Montice Harmon, Michelle Ashman, Michael Barreta

Fred Ashman’s 102-minute propaganda film is sponsored by Coca-Cola, MasterCard, American Airlines, and Walmart. Read More »
Genius at Work (1946) Leslie Goodwins, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Anne Jeffreys

Two actors who star in a radio detective show find themselves pitted against a villain calling himself the Cobra, who has an affinity for torture chambers. Read More »
Amityville Death House (2015) Mark Polonia, Kyrsten St. Pierre, Michael Merchant, Cassandra Hayes

A young woman and her friends returning from helping with hurricane relief efforts in Florida stop in the town of Amityville to check in on her sickly grandmother. Read More »
Strangers in Good Company (1990) Cynthia Scott, Alice Diabo, Constance Garneau, Beth Webber

A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Seven elderly women,average age 71 and one 27 year old are stranded at a deserted farmhouse. Read More »
Shadowed (1946) John Sturges, Anita Louise, Lloyd Corrigan, Michael Duane

Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball Read More »
Rough Shoot (1953) Robert Parrish, Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer

U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. Read More »