The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters. Read More »
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Johnny Dark (1954) George Sherman, Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor
Automobile engineer, Johnny Dark, designs a radical new car. Read More »
The Mississippi Gambler (1953) Rudolph Maté, Tyrone Power, Piper Laurie, Julie Adams
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. Read More »
Children of a Lesser God (1986) Randa Haines, William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie
James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. Read More »
The Hustler (1961) Robert Rossen, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, Drama, Sport
“Fast” Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. Read More »
Dawn at Socorro (1954) George Sherman, Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, David Brian, Romance, Western
Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. Read More »
The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951) Rudolph Maté, Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Everett Sloane, Adventure
In 13th-century Tangiers, regent Mustapha covets the Caliphate’s throne. Baby Prince Hussein is next in line to the throne but he is too young to rule. An envious and ambitious regent, Mustapha hires a paid assassin to kill the infant king, leaving Mustapha free to rule the Caliphate as he pleases. On the night of the planed murder, the paid assassin, master thief Yussef, enters the chambers of the baby Prince ready to strike his deadly blow. However, Yussef is impressed by the child’s innocent gaze and decides to steal the infant Prince. Yussef lies to Mustapha the baby is dead but in fact the baby is safely in Yussef’s home. Yussef raises the baby as his own and teaches the young boy to be one of the best thieves in Tangiers. Nevertheless, having a deposed prince with many powerful enemies for a son could be dangerous.
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