7th Cavalry 1956  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Seventh Cavalry
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Denver Pyle, Harry Carey Jr., Michael Pate, Donald Curtis, Frank Wilcox, Pat Hogan
Captain Tom Benson (Randolph Scott) is branded a coward at the Army outpost because he missed Custer's battle at Little Big Horn, which resulted in no survivors. He volunteers to lead a detail to retrieve and bury the bodies at the battlefield and accomplishes his mission despite threats by the Indians.
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All That Heaven Allows 1955  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott, David Janssen, Gia Scala, Charles Drake, Hayden Rorke, William Reynolds, Jacqueline deWit, Leigh Snowden, Donald Curtis, Nestor Paiva
After her friend Sara (Agnes Moorehead) persuades New England widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) to reenter the social scene, Cary's life changes. Harvey (Conrad Nagel) proposes to her, but she turns him down. Cary meets a young gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), and becomes involved in a love affair with him. Now, Ron asks Cary to marry him, but the idea of this May/December marriage does not get support from her family and friends who believe that Ron is no more than a fortune hunter. Will love survive the pressures?
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The Amazing Mr. X 1948  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
aka: The Spiritualist
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg, Harry B. Mendoza, Norma Varden
Shady spiritualist Alexis (Turhan Bey) attempts to take advantage of wealthy widow Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) by pretending to contact her late husband Paul (Donald Curtis) who had supposedly died in a car accident two years ago. Alexis is in for a big surprise when he performs seances for Christine and her sister Janet (Cathy O'Donnell) and Paul appears and is, in fact, very much alive and involved in a fraudulent scheme.
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Bataan 1943  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Robert Walker, Desi Arnaz, Barry Nelson, Tom Dugan, Donald Curtis, Phillip Terry, Roque Espiritu, Kenneth Spencer, Alex Havier, Bud Geary
This is one of the great World War II films. It relates the saga of U.S. Army Sergeant Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) and his rear guard soldiers as they protect General Douglas MacArthur's army during the retreat down a peninsula on Bataan. They face certain death while delaying the advancing Japanese troops in pursuit of MacArthur but are prepared to sacrifice themselves for their country.
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Criminals Within 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Eric Linden, Ann Doran, Constance Worth, Donald Curtis, Weldon Heyburn, Ben Alexander, Dudley Dickerson, Bernice Pilot, I. Stanford Jolley, Emmett Vogan, Boyd Irwin, William Ruhl
Corporal Greg Carroll (Eric Linden) is accused of stealing secret plans for a weapon. He decides to find the real culprits and breaks out of prison to do so. A cheap ho-hummer.
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The Cross of Lorraine 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf, Joseph Calleia, Peter Lorre, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Jack Lambert, Donald Curtis
Surrendering to the Nazis under the false illusion of being sent home, Paul (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and Victor (Gene Kelly) suffer the brutality of concentration camp life–especially at the hands of Sergeant Berger (Peter Lorre). Useful war propaganda.
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Dangerous Years 1947 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Pierson
Cast: Billy Halop, Ann E. Todd, Jerome Cowan, Anabel Shaw, Richard Gaines, Scotty Beckett, Darryl Hickman, Harry Shannon, Dickie Moore, Donald Curtis
Juvenile delinquent Danny (Billy Halop) kills a popular teacher when he and his gang pull off a robbery. The resulting trial is a real tearjerker. One of Marilyn Monroe's early (and brief) appearances.
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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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The Fuller Brush Man 1948 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford, Hillary Brooke, Trudy Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Donald Curtis, Arthur Space
A novice door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade.
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It Came from Beneath the Sea 1955 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Gordon
Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr., Chuck Griffiths, Harry Lauter, Richard W. Peterson, Del Courtney, Tol Avery
H-bomb tests have had a bad effect on the giant, six-tentacled octopus. It escapes from Pete Mathews' (Kenneth Tobey) nuclear submarine and heads for San Francisco while the submarine captain and a pair of scientists tries to figure out how to deal with it. But before they can take care of the monster, it wrecks the Golden Gate Bridge as well as other San Francisco landmarks. As usual, special effects innovator Ray Harryhausen's scenes are excellent for the time.
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Phffft 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson, Kim Novak, Donald Curtis, Luella Gear, Donald Randolph, Merry Anders, Olan Soule, Harry Cheshire, Amy Freeman, Eddie Searles, Eugene Borden, Joyce Jameson, Jimmie Dodd
Nina and Robert Tracy (Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon) cannot find happiness in their marriage, so they obtain a divorce. Then the fun begins as new romances enter the picture, and confusion reigns as Kim dates Charlie (Jack Carson) and Robert enjoys a fling with Janis (Kim Novak). Throughout their romantic adventures, Tracy and Robert keep running into each other, and happiness results only when they realize that they still love each other and reconcile their differences.
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Secret Evidence 1941  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Kenneth Harlan, Howard Masters, Bob White, Donald Curtis, Charles R. Phipps, Dorothy Vaughan, Budd Buster, Kitty McHugh, Boyd Irwin
Linda (Marjorie Reynolds) loved Tony Baxter (Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart) but didn't realize he was a crook until he was arrested and sent to jail. Now Linda falls in love with Assistant D.A. David Harrison (Charles Quigley), and all goes well–until Baxter is released from prison and wants Linda back. Linda's brother, Jerry (Howard Masters), goes to Baxter's apartment and finds Baxter shot to death. Jerry is arrested for the murder, reluctantly David serves as the prosecutor, and Linda tries to prove that Jerry is innocent.
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Son of Lassie 1945 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William Severn, Leon Ames, Donald Curtis, Nils Asther, Robert Lewis, Fay Helm
This sequel to "Lassie Come Home" has Lassie's son, Laddie, helping in the war effort, including adventures with his master (Peter Lawford) after they are shot down behind enemy lines.
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 Spellbound 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Jean Acker, Norman Lloyd, Steven Geray, Bill Goodwin, Wallace Ford
Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) reports as the new director of Green Manors mental hospital where he is to replace Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll). While answering questions of his staff, a psychiatrist, Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) notices that there are problems with their new director. She suspects that he is not really Edwards and that he is an amnesiac and could have murdered the real doctor. Constance believes that curing his amnesia is the key to solving the mystery and attempts to heal him. While working with him, Constance begins to fall in love but will soon learn that danger lurks ahead. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov) and Director.
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Stampede 1949 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, Johnny Mack Brown, Don Castle, Donald Curtis, John Eldredge, John Miljan, Jonathan Hale, James Harrison, Blake Edwards
Produced and written by Blake Edwards, this is the story of farmers moving west but not without problems encountered by ranchers over land rights.
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Take Me Back to Oklahoma 1940 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Slim Andrews, Terry Walker, Robert McKenzie, Karl Hackett, Donald Curtis, Gene Alsace, Olin Francis, Carleton Young, George Eldredge, Johnny Lee Wills
Jane's (Terry Walker) stagecoach line is being sabotaged by Storm (Karl Hackett) in order to get rid of the competition. But here comes Tex and sidekick Slim (Tex Ritter and Slim Andrews) to save the day. Storm sends for outlaw Mule (Olin Francis) to eliminate Tex. Unknown to Storm, Tex and Mule are friends, and they plot to rid the town of Storm. Lots of songs in this film debut of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.
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They Were Expendable 1945 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson, Paul Langton, Leon Ames, Cameron Mitchell, Donald Curtis, Arthur Walsh, Jeff York, Jack Pennick, Murray Alper, Harry Tenbrook
This is a good war film about American PT Boat crews battling the Japanese in the Pacific. Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) commands a Torpedo Boat Squadron in Manila Bay, an inlet of the South China Sea, at the beginning of World War II. The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and many U.S. ships are out of commission. The assignment of Brickley's PT Boats is to run messages, but they do manage to shoot down three Japanese planes. Fed up with message-running assignments, Brickley's executive officer Lt. Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) asks for a transfer to destroyer duties. This story does not glorify war; instead, it tells it like it is–warts and all. Vintage John Ford.
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Mitchum, Leon Ames, Stephen McNally, Scott McKay, Don DeFore, Donald Curtis
This is the story about strategic and logistic plans for carrying out the first bombing missions over Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A fine wartime story.
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| 1. 7th Cavalry (1956)
aka: Seventh Cavalry
2. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
3. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
aka: The Spiritualist
4. Bataan (1943)
5. Criminals Within (1941)
6. The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
7. Dangerous Years (1947)
8. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
9. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
10. It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
11. Phffft (1954)
12. Secret Evidence (1941)
13. Son of Lassie (1945)
14. Spellbound (1945)
15. Stampede (1949)
16. Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
17. They Were Expendable (1945)
18. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
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