Search results for "Melvyn Douglas"

Ghost Story (1981)

Ghost Story (1981)

Ghost Story (1981)
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110

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley’s twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to…

The Changeling (1980)

The Changeling (1980)

The Changeling (1980)
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105

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has…

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Genre: Horror
Being There (1979)

Being There (1979)

Being There (1979)
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130

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
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108

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary…

Genre: Drama
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)

Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)

Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977)
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146

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals…

Genre: Thriller
The Tenant (1976)

The Tenant (1976)

The Tenant (1976)
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126

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

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The Candidate (1972)

The Candidate (1972)

The Candidate (1972)
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110

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)

I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
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92

Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need…

Genre: Drama
Hotel (1967)

Hotel (1967)

Hotel (1967)
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124

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A…

Genre: Drama
Rapture (1965)

Rapture (1965)

Rapture (1965)
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105

Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Americanization of Emily (1964)

The Americanization of Emily (1964)

The Americanization of Emily (1964)
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115

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Advance to the Rear (1964)

Advance to the Rear (1964)

Advance to the Rear (1964)
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97

As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless…

Genre: Comedy, War, Western
Hud (1963)

Hud (1963)

Hud (1963)
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112

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the…

Genre: Drama, Western
Billy Budd (1962)

Billy Budd (1962)

Billy Budd (1962)
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119

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship’s sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

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Genre: Action, Drama
My Forbidden Past (1951)

My Forbidden Past (1951)

My Forbidden Past (1951)
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70

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor’s love with her tainted family fortune.

Genre: Drama
The Great Sinner (1949)

The Great Sinner (1949)

The Great Sinner (1949)
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110

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Genre: Drama, Romance
A Woman’s Secret (1949)

A Woman’s Secret (1949)

A Woman’s Secret (1949)
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84

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
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94

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Genre: Comedy
The Sea of Grass (1947)

The Sea of Grass (1947)

The Sea of Grass (1947)
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123

On America’s frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)

The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)

The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)
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83

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

Genre: Drama
We Were Dancing (1942)

We Were Dancing (1942)

We Were Dancing (1942)
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95

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
A Woman’s Face (1941)

A Woman’s Face (1941)

A Woman’s Face (1941)
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106

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
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84

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Third Finger Left Hand (1940)

Third Finger Left Hand (1940)

Third Finger Left Hand (1940)
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96

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don’t go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the…

Genre: Comedy
Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)
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110

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
There’s That Woman Again (1938)

There’s That Woman Again (1938)

There’s That Woman Again (1938)
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72

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill’s prying wife wants to…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Shining Hour (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)
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76

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

Genre: Drama, Romance
That Certain Age (1938)

That Certain Age (1938)

That Certain Age (1938)
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95

Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Fast Company (1938)

Fast Company (1938)

Fast Company (1938)
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75

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

The Toy Wife (1938)

The Toy Wife (1938)

The Toy Wife (1938)
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96

A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.

Genre: Drama
There’s Always a Woman (1938)

There’s Always a Woman (1938)

There’s Always a Woman (1938)
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81

An investigator for the District Attorney’s office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Angel (1937)

Angel (1937)

Angel (1937)
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91

While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Captains Courageous (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)
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115

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to…

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
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94

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over ‘The Sinner,’ a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author ‘Caroline Adams’ is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town’s…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
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103

It’s the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O’Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O’Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment…

Genre: Drama, History
And So They Were Married (1936)

And So They Were Married (1936)

And So They Were Married (1936)
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74

A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)
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68

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the…

Genre: Mystery
Annie Oakley (1935)

Annie Oakley (1935)

Annie Oakley (1935)
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90

Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Genre: Drama, Western
Woman in the Dark (1934)

Woman in the Dark (1934)

Woman in the Dark (1934)
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68

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won’t get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Counsellor at Law (1933)

Counsellor at Law (1933)

Counsellor at Law (1933)
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82

A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife’s unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

Genre: Drama