The Enemy Below 1957  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, Russell Collins, Theodore Bikel, Doug McClure, David Hedison, Kurt Kreuger, Frank Albertson, Biff Elliot, Alan Dexter
The captains of warring naval ships match wits in this World War II submarine chase story. Captain Murrell (Robert Mitchum) commands the U.S.S. Haines, a destroyer, while Curt Jurgens commands the German U-boat Von Stolberg. After the final battle, both ships sink, and the skippers experience the irony of sharing the same lifeboat.
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Forbidden 1953  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru, Lyle Bettger, Marvin Miller, Victor Sen Yung, Peter Mamakos, Harry Lauter, Alan Dexter, David Sharpe, Mamie Van Doren
A hired gunman (Tony Curtis) searches for a crime boss's wife (Joanne Dru) and discovers that she is his old girlfriend.
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Gable and Lombard 1976  R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Allen Garfield, Red Buttons, Melanie Mayron, Carol McGinnis, Joanne Linville, S. John Launer, William Bryant, Noah Keen, Alan Dexter, Alice Backes
The personal and public sides of the romance and marriage of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are brought out in this love story.
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space 1958 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers, Chuck Wassil, Ty Hardin, Valerie Allen, Ken Lynch, John Eldredge, Alan Dexter, James Anderson, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom
The plan of aliens taking over human bodies is going well–until one young wife, Marge Farrell (Gloria Talbott) begins to suspect that something is not quite right about her husband, Bill (Tom Tryon). Her suspicions grow when she sees the same symptoms in many male neighbors.
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 It Came from Outer Space 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Russell Johnson, Kathleen Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Dave Willock, Alan Dexter, George Eldredge, Edgar Dearing
This is the prototype for movies about creatures from outer space who take over bodies of people on earth.
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Paint Your Wagon 1969 PG, 166 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance / Western
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Jean Seberg, John Mitchum, Harve Presnell, Ray Walston, Alan Dexter, William O'Connell, Benny Baker, Alan Baxter, Tom Ligon, Paula Trueman, Robert Eastman, Geoffrey Norman, Terry Jenkins
The loneliness of gold mining in the Sierras abates for prospector Pardner (Clint Eastwood) when his cohort, Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin), agrees to share his wife Elizabeth (Jean Seberg). They live in the town of No Name where Elizabeth is the only woman, and now Ben worries about the other men being interested in her. His solution: kidnap a stagecoach filled with prostitutes. He opens a brothel, and business booms. Ben later gets involved with Mad Jack Duncan (Ray Walston) in creative mining under the town's buildings looking for golddust falling through the floorboards. Not a good idea–the town collapses, and everyone moves on. But, Pardner and Elizabeth remain and try to work out their problems. Lerner and Lowe songs intertwine with the action and include "I Talk to the Trees," "They Call the Wind Mariah," and "Wand'rin Star."
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Pushover 1954 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Philip Carey, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall, Alan Dexter, Phil Chambers, Don C. Harvey, Paul Richards, Ann Morriss
Lona McLane (Kim Novak) lures an honest police detective, Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray), into the underworld of crime. This was Kim Novak's breakthrough movie.
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Time Limit 1957 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karl Malden
Cast: Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Carl Benton Reid, Martin Balsam, Rip Torn, Alan Dexter, Yale Wexler, Joe Di Reda, Khigh Dhiegh, Manning Ross, James Douglas, Kenneth Alton, Jack Webster
Adapted from Henry Denker's play, this is a tense drama about the trial of Army Major Harry Cargill (Richard Basehart) who is accused of committing treason while he was a POW during the Korean War. Colonel William Edwards (Richard Widmark) investigates the charges, becomes convinced of Cargill's innocence, and represents him as his lawyer. As the facts are revealed during the court martial, it is learned that Cargill did reveal secrets to the North Koreans, but he did it to save the lives of his fellow POWs. Now, the moral question is whether or not Cargill is a traitor in spite of his good intentions.
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| 1. The Enemy Below (1957)
2. Forbidden (1953)
3. Gable and Lombard (1976)
4. I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
5. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
6. Paint Your Wagon (1969)
7. Pushover (1954)
8. Time Limit (1957)
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