 Black Beauty 1946  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Mona Freeman, Richard Denning, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Evans, J.M. Kerrigan, Moyna MacGill, Terry Kilburn, Tom Dillon, Arthur Space, Olaf Hytten, Leyland Hodgson, John Burton, Clifford Brooke
Young Anne (Mona Freeman) is given a colt by her father, and, through her efforts, the horse becomes a champion racer. But, the horse falls into the hands of a cruel man who abuses it. Anna finds the horse–though it is too late to save the day. Another version of Anna Sewell's novel.
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Colt .45 1950  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Thundercloud
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott, Lloyd Bridges, Ian MacDonald, Chief Thundercloud, Alan Hale, Luther Crockett, Walter Coy, Charles Evans
When gun salesman Steve Farrell (Randolph Scott) loses his guns during a prison escape, he tracks down the escaped convict and puts an end to his killing spree.
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The Crooked Way 1949 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans, Greta Grandstedt, Harry Bronson, Raymond Largay, Hal Baylor, Don Haggerty
While Eddie Rice (John Payne) is recuperating from shell shock–but is still suffering amnesia–following his service in World War II, his criminal past begins to catch up with him.
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The Dark Mirror 1946  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Evans, Richard Long, Garry Owen, Lela Bliss, Lita Ward, William Halligan, Ida Moore
A police detective (Thomas Mitchell) must crack a murder case in which one of two sisters (both played by Olivia de Havilland) was identified as being at the scene of the crime. Finally, a psychologist (Lew Ayres) solves the mystery.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Victor Mature, Michael Rennie, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Susan Hayward, Debra Paget, Richard Egan, Jay Robinson, Barry Jones, William Marshall, Charles Evans, Harry Cording, George Eldredge, Julie Newmar, Woody Strode
In this sequel to "The Robe," the slave Demetrius (Victor Mature) has possession of Christ's robe. Demetrius tries to hide the robe, but the emperor Caligula (Jay Robinson) sends his Praetorian guards to find it because he believes that the owner will be given eternal life. Demetrius ends up in the Coliseum where the highlight of this film is the action sequences of the gladiators.
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 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Grandon Rhodes, Harry Lauter, Thomas Browne Henry, Charles Evans, Frank Wilcox, Larry J. Blake, Nicky Blair, Paul Frees, Clark Howat, Arthur Tovey
When UFOs attempt to make peaceful communications with Earth, their mission is mistaken for an invasion. They land on an Army base and are the target of gunfire. Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) is on hand when the pilots announce that they plan to take over Earth within 60 days, and he is given the job of heading up Operation Skyhook, which will probe the atmosphere for future space flights. Dr. Marvin and his team develop a missile that, when fired, shatters the flying saucers. But big problems result from the attack, and the saucers crash into Washington, D.C., landmarks. Special effects by the master: Ray Harryhausen 1 User Review
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| | 07/20/2009 | | Fantastic film, Ray Harryhausen is genius! |
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The Furies 1950 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, Beulah Bondi, Albert Dekker, Wallace Ford, Blanche Yurka, John Bromfield, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Ferguson, Charles Evans
Cattle baron T.C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) and his daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), become estranged and fight over his New Mexico Territory ranch, "The Furies." Vance joins forces with her lover Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey) in a powerful psychological struggle between two strong personalities that leads to tragic results.
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Jumping Jacks 1952 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss, Ray Teal, Richard Erdman, Edwin Max, Alex Gerry, Charles Evans
Chick Allen (Dean Martin) and Hap Smith (Jerry Lewis) are vaudeville buddies who entertain paratroopers and end up over their heads in Army brass.
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The Last Outpost 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Cavalry Charge
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Peter Hansen, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh Beaumont, John Ridgely, Lloyd Corrigan, Charles Evans, Iron Eyes Cody, Chief Yowlachie, James Burke, Terry Frost, Harold Goodwin
Brothers–Capt. Vance Britten and Col. Jeb Britton (Ronald Reagan and Bruce Bennett)–who fought on opposing sides during the Civil War find they must join forces against their common enemy: the Indians.
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September Affair 1950 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Francoise Rosay, Jessica Tandy, Robert Arthur, Jimmy Lydon, Fortunio Bonanova, Anna Demetrio, Charles Evans, Charles La Torre
When the airplane they had booked passage on–but failed to board–crashes, two musicians, Manina Stuart (Joan Fontaine) and David Lawrence (Joseph Cotten), are presumed dead. They take the easy road and continue their adulterous affair by beginning a new life together letting the world continue to believe they are dead.
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Twilight on the Rio Grande 1947 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Gene Autry, Sterling Holloway, Adele Mara, Bob Steele, Charles Evans, George J. Lewis, Kenne Duncan, Robert J. Wilke, Martin Garralaga, Howard Negley
Gene Autry and his sidekick (Sterling Holloway) find out their friend (Bob Steele) has met his end and are out to get justice for those responsible.
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Walk a Crooked Mile 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Carl Esmond, Onslow Stevens, Raymond Burr, Philip Van Zandt, Art Baker, Lowell Gilmore, Charles Evans
Scotland Yard joins the FBI and cracks a spy case in which US nuclear secrets are being given to the Russians.
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| 1. Black Beauty (1946)
2. Colt .45 (1950)
aka: Thundercloud
3. The Crooked Way (1949)
4. The Dark Mirror (1946)
5. Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
6. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
7. Fun in Acapulco (1963)
8. The Furies (1950)
9. Jumping Jacks (1952)
10. The Last Outpost (1951)
aka: Cavalry Charge
11. September Affair (1950)
12. Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
13. Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
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