Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
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Tag Archives: USA
The Red Pony (1949) Lewis Milestone, Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Drama, Family, Western
In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. Read More »
The Ballad of Josie (1967) Andrew V. McLaglen, Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Comedy, Western
Starring Doris Day, The Ballad of Josie is a rousing western-comedy about a feisty widow who is determined to make a better life for herself and her young son. Read More »
You’ll Like My Mother (1972) Lamont Johnson, Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Francesa Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam Read More »
The Irish in Us (1935) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Comedy
The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job, because most of his fighters end up in Polookaville and Pat wants to marry Lucille. Read More »
Border Incident (1949) Anthony Mann, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Read More »
Let Us Live (1939) John Brahm, Maureen O’Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Crime, Drama
Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real killer before the men’s execution date.
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Gold is Where You Find It (1938) Michael Curtiz, George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Drama, History, Romance
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870’s Read More »
Sweet Captive (1979) Lee Frost, Rhonda Jo Petty, Dorothy Lemay, Brooke West, Brien, John Holmes, Adult
Discover the highest ransom conceivable–the price of a debt unpaid. From total exploitation and perversion, to moving and sensual love scenes; a sweet is transformed to a submissive love object by her captors.
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Key Exchange (1985) Barnet Kellman, Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Seth Allen, Comedy, Romance
A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.
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