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Easy Living (1937) Mitchell Leisen, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. Read More »
The Grey Fox (1982) Phillip Borsos, Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as “The Gentleman Bandit,” is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison Read More »
Stagecoach (1939) John Ford, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. Read More »
The Magnificent Trio (1966) Cheh Chang, Ping Chin, Margaret Tu Chuan, Fanny Fan
A group of poor farmers kidnaps the daughter of a city official, hoping he’ll lower their taxes in exchange for her safe return. Read More »
Il Colosso di Rodi / The Colossus of Rhodes (1961) Sergio Leone, Rory Calhoun, Lea Massari, Georges Marchal
A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Read More »
They Live by Night (1948) Nicholas Ray, Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
Chickamaw, T-Dub and Bowie have just escaped from prison. While Chickamaw and T-Dub are hardened criminals Read More »
Curdled (1996) Reb Braddock, William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay
Gabriella, a Colombian immigrant, is obsessed with understanding violent crime. Read More »
Captives (1988) Gary P. Cohen, Lisa Cohen, Jackie Neill, Zachary Cohen
Three weirdos invade the home of a wealthy family while the husband is at work. Read More »
The Ghost Breakers (1940) George Marshall, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in Cuba. Read More »