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Tag Archives: USA
Nice Girl? (1941) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan
A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Whoopee! (1930) Thornton Freeland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Read More »
Higher Ground (1988) Robert Day, John Denver, Meg Wittner, David Renan
A retired F.B.I. Agent (played by country music star John Denver) becomes a bush pilot in Alaska. Read More »
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Henry King, Otto Brower, Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars Read More »
Happy Here and Now (2002) Michael Almereyda, Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III
In New Orleans, a young woman named Muriel goes missing. Read More »
Code Name: Emerald (1985) Jonathan Sanger, Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Horst Buchholz
In April 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an “overlord” captured by the Germans. Read More »
MacArthur (1977) Joseph Sargent, Gregory Peck, Dan O’Herlihy, Ed Flanders
The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II Read More »
Reborn (1981) Bigas Luna, Dennis Hopper, Michael Moriarty, Antonella Murgia
A man discovers that his girlfriend is a “stigmata” (someone whose hands and feet mysteriously bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was crucified) Read More »
The Falcon Takes Over (1942) Irving Reis, George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason
One night in New York, beefy escaped convict Moose Malloy goes hunting for his ex-girlfriend Velma Read More »