Adventure Movies
Destination Moon (1950)
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave…
The Lost Volcano (1950)
Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he’s made…
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysterious disease plaguing their village. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola,…
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father’s tradition.
Rocketship X-M (1950)
Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or “Rocketship eXploration Moon”. A spacecraft malfunction and some fuel miscalculations cause them to end up landing on Mars. On…
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
When he unwittingly sends some of his men into a trap, pirate Captain Peter Blood decides to rescue them. They’ve been taken prisoner by the Spanish Marquis de Riconete who…
Wagon Master (1950)
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
Buccaneer’s Girl (1950)
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Golden Salamander (1950)
An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right.
Montana (1950)
An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.
Samson and Delilah (1949)
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
In this second film in the Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, Bomba tracks a dangerous panther.
Bagdad (1949)
An Arab sheik’s daughter (Maureen O’Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.
Tough Assignment (1949)
A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers. Donald “Red” Barry plays Dan Reilly, a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with…
Prince of Foxes (1949)
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate mission he sends Andrea…
Barbary Pirate (1949)
U.S. agent Major Tom Blake is sent to Tripoli to uncover who it is in Washington that is tipping off the pirates as to what’s being shipped where. A fast-moving…
Battleground (1949)
Members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already…
Challenge to Lassie (1949)
When Lassie’s master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog’s life should be spared.
The Wolf Hunters (1949)
A Canadian Mountie follows a fugitive to a small fur-trapping community. Most of the action is handled by Chinook, a handsome German Shepherd.
Christopher Columbus (1949)
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Diamond City (1949)
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the “Wild South”.
The Mysterious Desperado (1949)
A cowboy is accused of his father’s murder.
Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.
Slattery’s Hurricane (1949)
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds…
Rope of Sand (1949)
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father’s ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to…
King of the Rocket Men (1949)
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair…
Canadian Pacific (1949)
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
Across The Rio Grande (1949)
Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Steve is investigating his…
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy…
Africa Screams (1949)
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen…
Sky Dragon (1949)
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan–and, of course,…
Big Jack (1949)
Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia’s Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister’s husband and makes…
It’s Not Cricket (1949)
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. ” This is the regettable story of two…
Bomba the Jungle Boy (1949)
George Harland and his daughter Pat are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Pat becomes lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires…
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800’s, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills…