Retired British general Brunswick reminisces about the days when he was a colonel in charge of a British Army Read More »
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Mrs. Parkington (1944) Tay Garnett, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life Read More »
One Way Passage (1932) Tay Garnett, William Powell, Kay Francis, Frank McHugh
Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. Read More »
Professional Soldier (1935) Tay Garnett, Victor McLaglen, Freddie Bartholomew, Gloria Stuart
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger Read More »
My Favorite Spy (1942) Tay Garnett, Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman, Comedy, Musical
Kay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. Read More »
The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) Sidney Salkow, Tay Garnett, Bobby Samarzich, Conrad Binyon, Mary Lou Harrington, Drama, War
Russian children out in the fields gathering grain find themselves in the path of the invading German army making its way to Stalingrad, a target city of their onslaught. Read More »
The Cross of Lorraine (1943) Tay Garnett, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, War, Drama
With the onset of World War II, Frenchmen from all walks of life enlist in the army. Read More »
China Seas (1935) Tay Garnett, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Action, Drama, Adventure
Dynamic Alan Gaskell captains a ship bound from Hong Kong to Singapore. Gaskell tries to turn over a new leaf from his hard-drinking lifestyle after becoming attached to a refined high class English lady, Sybil Barclay. His former girlfriend Dolly is extremely jealous of the budding relationship and tries hard to get the Captain back. He is apparently unimpressed with her loud, obnoxious, and uncivilized manners, even though she is extremely beautiful. After a temporary take over of the ship by gold-seeking Asian pirates, Captain Gaskell must deal with the fact that Dolly and her drinking pal, Jamesey MacArdle, are implicated in the crime.
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One Minute to Zero (1952) Tay Garnett, Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, War, Drama
Wartime drama about an idealistic young UN official (Ann Blyth) who finds out about the horrors of war when she falls in love with Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum), the officer in charge of evacuating citizens from Korea.
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