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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1962) Werner Klingler, Gert Fröbe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid

It’s part of the long running Dr. Mabuse franchise and a remake of the 1933 movie with the same title, directed by Fritz Lang. Read More »
Man of the World (1931) Richard Wallace, Edward Goodman, William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson

A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. Read More »
Straight Time (1978) Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. Read More »
Compulsion (1959) Richard Fleischer, Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi

In 1924 Chicago, two rich college students, Judd Steiner and Arthur Strauss, decide they can commit Read More »
Dark Victory (1939) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart

Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. Read More »
L’atalante (1934) Jean Vigo, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon

When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Read More »
And God Said to Cain (1970) Antonio Margheriti, Klaus Kinski, Peter Carsten, Marcella Michelangeli

After 10 years in prison, a man who was betrayed by his ex-lover Read More »
Flying Elephants (1928) Frank Butler, Hal Roach, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn

Laurel & Hardy, in pre-historic times, vie for the hand of the same Stone Age beauty. Read More »
French Connection II (1975) John Frankenheimer, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson

New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring Read More »