16 Fathoms Deep 1948  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Irving Allen
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Arthur Lake, Eric Feldary, Tanis Chandler, John Qualen, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Harry Cheshire, John Bleifer
While Lon Chaney Jr. played the good-guy sponge fisherman in the 1934 film ("Sixteen Fathoms Deep"), this time around his character has many flaws. Lloyd Bridges is cast as the heroic diver to counterbalance Chaney's role.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Cordova, Joseph Calleia, Katina Paxinou, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Fortunio Bonanova, Frank Puglia, Eric Feldary, Victor Varconi, Alexander Granach
Set in the Spanish Civil War, American Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) helps a band of peasant guerillas blow up a bridge. While hiding in the hills, Jordan meets and falls in love with Maria (Ingrid Bergman) who has suffered at the hands of Franco's forces. Katina Paxinou won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The film also received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Cooper), Actress (Bergman), and Supporting Actor (Akim Tamiroff).
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Golden Earrings 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester, Dennis Hoey, Quentin Reynolds, Reinhold Schunzel, Ivan Triesault, Eric Feldary, Larry Simms, Hermine Sterler, Harry Anderson, John Dehner, Leslie Denison
British Colonel Ralph Denistoun (Ray Milland) ventures behind enemy lines into Germany on a mission to relieve the Nazis of a deadly poison gas formula. While there, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful gypsy, Lydia (Marlene Dietrich), who helps him in his espionage mission.
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Hold Back the Dawn 1941 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Rosemary DeCamp, Curt Bois, Eric Feldary, Nestor Paiva, Mitchell Leisen
Spinster Emmy Brown (Olivia de Havilland) becomes the means for gigolo George Iscovesco (Charles Boyer) to live in the United States, but romance blooms when he carries out his selfish plans. This film received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Actress.
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The Master Race 1944 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Cast: George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen, Carl Esmond, Nancy Gates, Lloyd Bridges, Jason Robards Sr., Morris Carnovsky, Eric Feldary, Gavin Muir
Nazi leader Von Beck (George Coulouris) pretends to be a Belgian patriot after D-Day, but his real purpose is to upset the programs of American Occupation.
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| 1. 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
2. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
3. Golden Earrings (1947)
4. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
5. The Master Race (1944)
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