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20 Mule Team (1940) Richard Thorpe, Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau

In California’s Death Valley, in 1892, borax miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing Read More »
God’s Little Acre (1958) Anthony Mann, Robert Ryan, Tina Louise, Aldo Ray

A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. Read More »
Desire Under the Elms (1958) Delbert Mann, Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives

Ephraim Cabot is an old man of amazing vitality who loves his New England farm with a greedy passion. Read More »
The Unbelievable Truth (1989) Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly, Robert John Burke, Chris Cooke

After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. Read More »
Hold Back the Night (1956) Allan Dwan

A bottle of Scotch carried by WW2 veteran Captain Sam MacKenzie of the U.S. Marine Corps Read More »
Slightly Scarlet (1956) Allan Dwan, John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl

Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison in custody of her sister June Read More »
A Howling in the Woods (1971) Daniel Petrie, Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, John Rubinstein

A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually Read More »
Me and My Brother (1968) Robert Frank

Julius Orlovsky, after spending years in a New York mental hospital, emerges catatonic Read More »
South Pacific (1958) Joshua Logan, Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr

On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse Read More »