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Gungala, the Black Panther Girl (1968) Ruggero Deodato, Kitty Swan, Micaela Pignatelli, Angelo Infanti, Adventure

An insurance company, led by a wealthy English family, organized an expedition to Africa to find a lost heiress who has been raised in the wild as Gungala and one of the explorers falls in love with her. Read More »
Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Richard Loncraine, Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Drama, Thriller

Brimstone and Treacle is a modern gothic tale about the evil that men do and the price that must be paid to make things right. Read More »
The Bandit Trail (1941) Edward Killy, Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Western

Rancher Tom Haggerty is killed trying to stop a gun battle between his hot-headed brother Red and the sheriff, who is trying to repossess Haggerty’s ranch for defaulting on a bank loan. Read More »
Carnival Story (1954) Kurt Neumann, Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, Drama

In search of better business, a big American carnival opens in Munich, Germany. Joe the barker befriends attractive pickpocket Willie, finds her a job, and beds her. Read More »
Halfway to Shanghai (1942) John Rawlins, Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, Adventure, Mystery

The film itself concerns a train hurtling through the night toward Rangoon (which must be half-way to Shanghai from some point) Read More »
Island in the Sun (1957) Robert Rossen, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Drama, Romance

Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule, it focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations. Read More »
New Faces of 1937 (1937) Leigh Jason

A crooked producer tries to link his backers by producing a flop and disapearing with the money. Read More »
Garbo Talks (1984) Sidney Lumet, Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Comedy, Drama

Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalls to passing women, and won’t cross a picket line for her son’s wedding. Read More »
One, Two, Three (1961) Billy Wilder, James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Comedy

Berlin is the epitome of political and economic polarization. A microcosm of that polarization is the life of American C.R. MacNamara, known as Mac to his friends. Read More »