A bomb is planted on board an airplane, with an altitude-sensitive trigger. It will explode when the plane descends through the altitude of 5,000 feet, unless the ransom demanded is paid. Read More »
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Bodyguard (1948) Richard Fleischer, Lawrence Tierney, Priscilla Lane, Phillip Reed, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Homicide detective Mike Carter is tossed off the police force for insubordination and violating regulations. Read More »
Sunset in the West (1950) William Witney, Roy Rogers, Trigger, Estelita Rodriguez, Western
Near the border, outlaws are hijacking trains and using them to transport large quantities of rifles. Read More »
Ride a Wild Stud (1969) Oliver Drake, Hale Williams, Josie Kirk, Frenchy Le Boyd, Drama, Western, Erotic
During the Civil War, Confederate bandit William Quantrill and his raiders kidnap women, rape them and imprison them in a brothel. Read More »
Press for Time (1966) Robert Asher, Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Comedy
Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him “a more responsible job”. Read More »
Play Dirty (1969) André De Toth, Michael Caine, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Green, Adventure, Drama, War
The Dirty Dozen meet the Stiff Upper Lip. A British Petroleum executive (Michael Caine) is assigned to work with the British Army in North Africa handling port duties for incoming fuels. Read More »
Bedtime Story (1941) Alexander Hall, Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley, Comedy, Romance
A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and Read More »
The War at Home (1979) Glenn Silber, Barry Alexander Brown, Karleton Armstrong, Betty Boardman, Allen Ginsberg, Documentary, History, Music, War
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. Read More »
Desk Set (1957) Walter Lang, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Comedy, Romance
The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner Read More »
Vigil (1984) Vincent Ward, Penelope Stewart, Frank Whitten, Bill Kerr, Drama
Vincent Ward (director of What Dreams May Come, River Queen, The Navigator) tells the genre-defying, deeply personal Read More »