A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. Read More »
Adventure
King of the Mounties (1942) William Witney, Allan Lane, Gilbert Emery, Russell Hicks, Action, Adventure
The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious-enemy plane (shaped like a boomerang) called the Falcon Read More »
Mysterious Island (1961) Cy Endfield, Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. Read More »
The Exile (1947) Max Ophüls, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maria Montez, Rita Corday, Adventure, Romance
Maria Montez was accorded top billing in this film by contractual agreement, although she is in the picture only long enough to take a bath in a tricky 17th century Read More »
Mask of Dust (1954) Terence Fisher, Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, Peter Illing, Adventure, Action, Drama
Peter Wells, a former world class driver of midget racers, has been struggling to regain his winning form in the two years since his discharge as an Air Force pilot. Read More »
Danny Boy (1945) Terry O. Morse, Robert ‘Buzz’ Henry, Ralph Lewis, Sybil Merritt, Adventure, Drama, War
Danny, a K-9 Corps hero from World War II returns from service and his young owner sets out to rehabilitate him. Read More »
Lydia Bailey (1952) Jean Negulesco, Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin, Action, Adventure, History, Romance, War
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. Read More »
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (1974) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. Read More »
Vessel of Wrath / The Beachcomber (1938) Erich Pommer, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Newton, Drama, Adventure
Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson (Charles Laughton) a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones,(Elsa Lanchester) a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. Read More »
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) Irving Rapper, Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Adventure, Biography, Drama
He was a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, penniless prospector, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, world traveler, pomposity burster and raconteur. Read More »