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Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (Ukrainian: Дмитро Зиновійович Тьомкін, Dmytro Zynoviyovych Tiomkin, Russian: Дмитрий Зиновьевич Тёмкин, Dmitrij Zinov'evič Tëmkin, sometimes transliterated as Dmitri Tiomkin) (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a film score composer and conductor. Along with Max...
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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra and loosely based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern. The film takes place in the fictional town of Bedford Falls shortly...

Initial release date:

  • 1946

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Runtime:

  • 130 min (78 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 3,180,000 (US$)

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Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta is a 1935 film based on the operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert: Jeanette MacDonald stars as a vivacious Princess who trades places with her maid Marietta in order to avoid an arranged marriage. Instead, she sails for New...

Initial release date:

  • 1935

Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

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Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon is a 1937 American drama/fantasy film directed by Frank Capra. The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on the 1933 novel of the same title by James Hilton. The film exceeded its original budget by more than $776,000, and it took five...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 2, 1937

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Runtime:

  • 132 min (79.2 hs )

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American 1939 comedy/drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on American politics. It was directed by Frank Capra – his last film for Columbia Pictures, the studio where he made...

Initial release date:

  • 1939

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Runtime:

  • 129 min (77.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,500,000 (US$)

Produced by:

High Noon

High Noon is an American 1952 western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself. The screenplay was written by Carl...

Initial release date:

  • 1952

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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Red River

Red River is a 1948 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive, between...

Initial release date:

  • 1948

Runtime:

  • 133 min (79.8 hs )

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Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt is a 1943 thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson and Alma Reville. It stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, MacDonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn. Shadow of a...

Initial release date:

  • 1943

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Runtime:

  • 108 min (64.8 hs )

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Dial M for Murder

Dial M for Murder (1954) is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings and released by Warner Brothers. The film was based on the almost identical stage play of the same title by English...

Initial release date:

  • May 29, 1954

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Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,400,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo is a 1959 Western film, directed by Howard Hawks. The script was written by Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett, based on a short story by B.H. McCampbell. It stars John Wayne, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, with Angie Dickinson, Pedro...

Initial release date:

  • 1959

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Runtime:

  • 141 min (84.6 hs )

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Giant

Giant is a 1956 drama film directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from the novel by Edna Ferber. The movie stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill...

Initial release date:

  • 1956

Runtime:

  • 201 min (121 hs )

The Sundowners

The Sundowners is a 1960 film that tells the story of an Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife's and son's desire to settle down in one place. The movie stars Deborah Kerr...

Initial release date:

  • 1960

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Runtime:

  • 133 min (79.8 hs )

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Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun is a Technicolor 1946 Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, which tells the story of a Mestiza (half-Native American) girl who goes to live with her Anglo relatives, becoming involved in...

Initial release date:

  • 1945

Runtime:

  • 138 min (82.8 hs )

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D.O.A.

D.O.A. (1950), a film noir drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, is considered a classic of the genre. The frantically-paced plot revolves around a doomed man's quest to find out who has poisoned him – and why – before he dies. Leo C. Popkin produced...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 30, 1950

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Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 English language epic film produced by Samuel Bronston Productions and The Rank Organisation, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston with Jaime...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 26, 1964

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Runtime:

  • 188 min (113 hs )

Screenplay by:

55 Days at Peking

55 Days at Peking is a 1963 historical epic film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and released by Allied Artists. It was produced by Samuel Bronston and directed by Nicholas Ray, Andrew Marton (credited as the second unit director), and Guy Green...

Initial release date:

  • May 29, 1963

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Runtime:

  • 150 min (90 hs )

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I Confess

I Confess (1953) is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It stars Montgomery Clift as Fr. Michael William Logan, a Catholic priest, Anne Baxter as Ruth Grandfort, and Karl Malden as Inspector Larrue. This was the only film Hitchcock made with these...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 22, 1953

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

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The Men

The Men is a 1950 film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It tells the story of a World War II lieutenant, who is seriously injured in combat, and the struggles he faces as he attempts to re-enter society. It stars Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, and Everett...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 20, 1950

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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The Alamo

The Alamo is a 1960 American War film released by United Artists, starring John Wayne as Davy Crockett, Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William B. Travis, and featuring Frankie Avalon, Chill Wills, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal,...

Initial release date:

  • 1960

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 202 min (121 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 12,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

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The Westerner

The Westerner is a 1940 film directed by William Wyler, and written by Niven Busch, Stuart N. Lake, and Jo Swerling. It stars Gary Cooper as fictional interloper Cole Harden and is often remembered for one of Walter Brennan's best performances, as...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 20, 1940

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 2,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by Robert Nathan. The film was directed by William Dieterle and produced by David O. Selznick. It stars Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten. In 1934, impoverished painter Eben Adams (Joseph...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 25, 1948

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Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a 1957 movie starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday about the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. The movie was based on a real event which took place on...

Initial release date:

  • 1957

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Runtime:

  • 122 min (73.2 hs )

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The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty is a 1954 CinemaScope drama adventure film with a star-laden ensemble cast released through Warner Brothers. The film starred and was co-produced by John Wayne, directed by William A. Wellman, and written by Ernest K. Gann...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 3, 1954

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Runtime:

  • 147 min (88.2 hs )

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The Long Night

The Long Night (1947) is a film noir directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by RKO. It is a remake of Le Jour se lève (1939) by Marcel Carnè. The drama features Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, and others. Henry Fonda stars as Joe...

Initial release date:

  • May 28, 1947

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

My Six Convicts

My Six Convicts is a 1952 comedy drama film adapted from the autobiographical book written by Donald Powell Wilson. The film was adapted for the screen by screenwriter Michael Blankfort and directed by Hugo Fregonese who was nominated for the...

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Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

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Champion

Champion (1949) is a American film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. Filmed in black-and-white, it recounts the struggles of boxer "Midge" Kelly fighting his own demons while working to achieve success in the boxing ring. The drama...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 9, 1949

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Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

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Only Angels Have Wings

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) is a movie directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. It is generally regarded as being among Hawks' finest films, particularly in its portrayal of the professionalism of the pilots, its atmosphere,...

Initial release date:

  • 1939

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Runtime:

  • 121 min (72.6 hs )

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Angel Face

Angel Face (1952) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Otto Preminger. The drama, filmed on location in Beverly Hills, California, features Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons. One night, Beverly Hills ambulance driver Frank Jessup and his partner...

Initial release date:

  • 1952

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

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Dillinger

Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. The film was directed by Max Nosseck. Dillinger was the first major film to star Lawrence Tierney. The B-movie was shot in black and white and features a smoke-bomb bank robbery...

Initial release date:

  • 1945

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Runtime:

  • 70 min (42 hs )

Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop is a 1946 movie starring George Raft and Ava Gardner. The film was shot in black and white and in the film noir style. The movie was directed by Léonide Moguy and based on a novel by Maritta M. Wolff. The screenplay is by Philip Yordan...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 25, 1946

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

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Mad Love

Mad Love is a 1935 American horror film adaptation of Maurice Renard's story The Hands of Orlac. Directed by German-émigré film maker Karl Freund, the film stars Peter Lorre as Dr. Gogol, Frances Drake as Yvonne Orlac and Colin Clive as Stephen...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 12, 1935

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Runtime:

  • 68 min (41 hs )

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Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe is a 1941 comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film, about a "grassroots" political campaign, created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy...

Initial release date:

  • May 3, 1941

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Runtime:

  • 122 min (73.2 hs )

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The Dark Mirror

The Dark Mirror (1946) is a black-and-white psychological thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Olivia de Havilland as a pair of twins, and Lew Ayres as their psychiatrist. The film marks Ayres' return to motion pictures following his...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 18, 1946

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Produced by:

The Unforgiven

The Unforgiven is an American western film released in 1960. The film was directed by John Huston and starred Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Charles Bickford and Lillian Gish. The story was based upon a novel by Alan Le May. The film,...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 6, 1960

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Runtime:

  • 125 min (75 hs )

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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell is a 1955 film directed by Otto Preminger. It stars Gary Cooper as Billy Mitchell, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger and Elizabeth Montgomery in her film debut. Brigadier General William Mitchell tries...

Initial release date:

  • 1955

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

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When Strangers Marry

When Strangers Marry is a 1944 suspense film directed by William Castle. The film, re-released under the title Betrayed, was called "the finest B-picture ever made" by film historian Don Miller. A naive woman comes to New York City to meet her...

Initial release date:

  • 1944

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Runtime:

  • 67 min (40 hs )

Jeopardy

Jeopardy is a 1953 suspense film directed by John Sturges. The black-and-white film stars Ralph Meeker as an escaped killer. The film was based on a 22 minute radio play, "A Question of Time." A family, the Stilwins embark on a vacation into...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 30, 1953

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Runtime:

  • 69 min (41 hs )

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Night Passage

Night Passage is a 1957 western film starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy. The film is reminiscent of the popular western collaborations between Stewart and director Anthony Mann. This is largely because the project was slated to be their sixth...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 24, 1957

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Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

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36 Hours

36 Hours is a 1965 American suspense film, based on a short story by Roald Dahl, starring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor, and directed by George Seaton. An American officer is deceived into believing that he has suffered from amnesia...

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  • 1965

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Runtime:

  • 115 min (69 hs )

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Red Light

Red Light is a 1949 crime film, considered film noir, directd and produced by Roy Del Ruth. This unusual revenge film has an overtly religious theme, based on the story "This Guy Gideon" writen by Don "Red" Barry. Embezzler Nick Cherney plots...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 30, 1949

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Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

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Guilty Bystander

Guilty Bystander is a 1950 independent film production, considered film noir, starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. The film was the last film appearance for character actor Mary Boland. Bosley Crowther, writing for the New York Times, calls...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 20, 1950

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs is a 1955 Cinemascope epic film made by the Continental Company, Ltd and presented by Warner Bros. It was directed and produced by Howard Hawks from a screenplay by Harold Jack Bloom, Harry Kurnitz and the novelist William...

Initial release date:

  • 1955

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Runtime:

  • 144 min (86.4 hs )

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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) is a black-and-white feature film based on the 1897 French Alexandrine verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It uses poet Brian Hooker's 1923 English blank verse translation as the basis for its screenplay. The...

Initial release date:

  • 1950

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Runtime:

  • 112 min (67.2 hs )

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Circus World

Circus World, also known as Samuel Bronston's Circus World, is a 1964 drama film made by the independent production company Samuel Bronston Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Samuel...

Initial release date:

  • 1964

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Runtime:

  • 135 min (81 hs )

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1944 drama film made by Benedict Bogeaus Productions and released by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Rowland V. Lee with Benedict Bogeaus as co-producer. The screenplay by Howard Estabrook and Herman...

Initial release date:

  • 1944

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Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Tarzan and the Mermaids

Tarzan and the Mermaids was a 1948 action film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Robert Florey, it was the last of the Tarzan movies to star Johnny Weissmuller in the title role. Brenda Joyce plays Jane and...

Initial release date:

  • 1948

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Runtime:

  • 68 min (41 hs )

Produced by:

The War Wagon

The War Wagon is a 1967 western Technicolor film starring John Wayne, released by Universal Pictures, directed by Burt Kennedy, and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel. The film, which featured Wayne in one of his few roles as technically a...

Initial release date:

  • May 27, 1967

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Runtime:

  • 122 min (73.2 hs )

Produced by:

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The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 film based on the 1957 novel of the same name about World War II by Scottish thriller writer Alistair MacLean. It stars Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Anthony Quayle and Stanley Baker. The book...

Initial release date:

  • 1961

Runtime:

  • 158 min (94.8 hs )

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Know Your Enemy: Japan

Know Your Enemy: Japan is an American propaganda film directed by Frank Capra, produced by the U.S. War Department, and released in 1945. The original intention of the film was to prepare U.S. soldiers for war before deployment in the Pacific,...

Runtime:

  • 63 min (38 hs )

Tunisian Victory

Tunisian Victory is an Anglo-American propaganda film about the victories in the North Africa Campaign. The film follows both armies from the planning of Operation Torch / Operation Acrobat to the liberation of Tunis. Interspersed in the pure...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 16, 1944

Runtime:

  • 75 min (45 hs )

Hello Pop!

Hello Pop! was the third of five short subjects starring Ted Healy and His Stooges released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. A musical-comedy film, the short also featured the Albertina Rasch Dancers and Bonnie Bonnell. Ted Healy is a producer trying to...

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Runtime:

  • 17 min (10 hs )

Peking Express

Peking Express is a 1951 adventure film made by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943). It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B....

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

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The Happy Time

The Happy Time is a 1952 movie directed by the award-winning director Richard Fleischer. It is based on Samuel A. Taylor's hit play. A boy, played by Bobby Driscoll, comes of age in a close-knit French-Canadian family. The film stars Charles Boyer...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 30, 1952

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

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Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave is a 1949 film based on a play by Arthur Laurents. It was directed by Mark Robson and stars Douglas Dick, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Frank Lovejoy, James Edwards, and Steve Brodie. The National Board of Review named the film the...

Initial release date:

  • May 12, 1949

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Take the High Ground!

Take the High Ground! is a Korean War film, starring Richard Widmark and Karl Malden as drill instructors who must transform a batch of everyday civilians into soldiers. In May 1953, a new group of Army recruits at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 30, 1953

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

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Town Without Pity

Town Without Pity is a 1961 American and West German co-produced film drama starring Kirk Douglas, directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. It is also the name of a song from that movie, performed by Gene Pitney and covered by many other musicians,...

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Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

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Return to Paradise

Return to Paradise is a drama film released by United Artists in 1953. The film was directed by Mark Robson and starred Gary Cooper, Barry Jones, and Roberta Haynes. It was based on a short story by James Michener, as his sequel to Tales of the...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 10, 1953

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill is a 1959 Western by action director John Sturges. It stars Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman. Douglas and Holliman had previously appeared together in Sturges' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which...

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Produced by:

The Big Sky

The Big Sky is a 1952 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, based on the novel of the same name. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Arthur Hunnicutt, Dewey Martin and Elizabeth Threatt. Though not considered amongst Hawks' major achievements by most...

Initial release date:

  • 1952

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Runtime:

  • 140 min (84 hs )

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You Can't Take It With You

You Can't Take It With You (1938) is a comedy film directed by Frank Capra adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The cast includes James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 23, 1938

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 126 min (75.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,644,736 (US$)

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The Steel Trap

The Steel Trap is a 1952 thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone. Joseph Cotten plays a bank officer that decides to rob his own bank and head to Brazil before he can be found out. Leaving with his wife (Teresa Wright), he finds it...

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Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )
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