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Return to Treasure Island (1954)

Return to Treasure Island (1954)

Return to Treasure Island (1954)
IMDb: N/A
75

There’s something to be said for finishing what you’ve started. That’s why the gentile Captain Long John Silver is heading back to Treasure Island to see if he can unearth…

Genre: Adventure
Vice Squad (1953)

Vice Squad (1953)

Vice Squad (1953)
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87

A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.

Genre: Crime
Pony Express (1953)

Pony Express (1953)

Pony Express (1953)
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101

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten days. Along the way…

Genre: Action, Western
Ace in the Hole (1951)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Ace in the Hole (1951)
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111

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Genre: Drama
Intruder in the Dust (1949)

Intruder in the Dust (1949)

Intruder in the Dust (1949)
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87

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
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77

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be…

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
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96

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy’s following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Murder He Says (1945)

Murder He Says (1945)

Murder He Says (1945)
IMDb: N/A
91

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Blood on the Sun (1945)

Blood on the Sun (1945)

Blood on the Sun (1945)
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94

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japanese provides the action, but this is overshadowed by…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)

The Mark of the Whistler (1944)

The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
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62

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man’s old…

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
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98

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can’t…

Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Double Indemnity (1944)

Double Indemnity (1944)

Double Indemnity (1944)
IMDb: N/A
107

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband’s life insurance.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
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91

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won’t be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey,…

Arizona (1940)

Arizona (1940)

Arizona (1940)
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125

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won’t be distracted from his…

Genre: Western
Dark Command (1940)

Dark Command (1940)

Dark Command (1940)
IMDb: N/A
94

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air…

His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday (1940)
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92

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Dangerous to Know (1938)

Dangerous to Know (1938)

Dangerous to Know (1938)
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70

Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
True Confession (1937)

True Confession (1937)

True Confession (1937)
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85

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn’t bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can’t seem to…

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
IMDb: N/A
92

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents’ home is being foreclosed. “Temporarily,” Ma moves in with son George’s family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
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67

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her…

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

The General Died at Dawn (1936)

The General Died at Dawn (1936)
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98

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O’Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum of money to Mr. Wu with the…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Plainsman (1936)

The Plainsman (1936)

The Plainsman (1936)
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113

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

Genre: Romance, War, Western
The Petrified Forest (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

The Petrified Forest (1936)
IMDb: N/A
82

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a…

The Thin Man (1934)

The Thin Man (1934)

The Thin Man (1934)
IMDb: N/A
91

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery