All Ashore 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan, Ray McDonald, Barbara Bates, Jody Lawrance, Dick Crockett, Fay Roope, Jean Willes
Three sailors (Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, and Ray McDonald) head off on shore leave but find they are broke.
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The Brigand 1952   N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Anthony Dexter, Anthony Quinn, Gale Robbins, Jody Lawrance, Mari Blanchard, Holmes Herbert, Fay Roope, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Carleton Young
A commoner (Anthony Dexter) has a look-alike–the Spanish king (also played by Dexter)–and he becomes involved with plots against Spanish royalty.
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Callaway Went Thataway 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Star Said No
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Elisabeth Fraser, Stan Freberg, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Don Haggerty
This spoof of the Western genre features cameo appearances by a number of Hollywood stars. The plot involves promoters Mike (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah (Dorothy McGuire) substituting a look-a-like cowboy (Howard Keel) for the real star (also Howard Keel) who is an alcoholic.
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Carbine Williams 1952  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Stewart, James Arness, Leif Erickson, Rhys Williams, Otto Hulett, Fay Roope
This film biography is about Marsh "Carbine" Williams, inventor of the rifle. His is an intriguing story including problems with the legal system.
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The Clown 1952 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Red Skelton, Tim Considine, Jane Greer, Loring Smith, Philip Ober, Charles Bronson, Lou Lubin, Fay Roope, Walter Reed, Eddie Marr
This remake of "The Champ" features Red Skelton in the title role as a comedian who is a loving, but dysfunctional, father to his son (Tim Considine).
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 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Frank Conroy, Fay Roope, Tyler McVey, Harlan Warde, Lock Martin, Marshall Bradford, Wheaton Chambers, Holly Bane, Lawrence Dobkin
Alien Klaatu (Michael Rennie) with his robot Gort (Lock Martin) make a trip to Earth to discover the nature of its people. If they don't like what they find, they, along with members of other alien planets, are prepared to destroy the Earth. When the Earthlings discover the aliens and their purpose, they become very intent on a plan to capture the two spy aliens. This film set the standard for sci-fi movies.
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 The FBI Story 1959 N/R, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton, Larry Pennell, Nick Adams, Diane Jergens, Jean Willes, Parley Baer, Fay Roope, Ann Doran
This film follows the career and federal cases of FBI agent Chip Hardesty (James Stewart) from the Prohibition era through the Cold War.
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The Frogmen 1951 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter, Warren Stevens, Robert Wagner, Harvey Lembeck, Robert Rockwell, Henry Slate, Robert Adler, Robert Patten, Fay Roope
LCdr. John Lawrence (Richard Widmark) commands a Navy Underwater Demolition Team whose members are resentful of him. But, their opinions change after he risks his life to neutralize a live torpedo. The Film received Academy Award nominations for Best Story and Cinematography.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1955  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Byron Palmer, Loring Smith, Lowell Gilmore, Mabel Albertson, Esther Dale, Ida Moore, Fay Roope
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) come to Hawaii to help out with problems at the family's pineapple cannery. Once there, Pa makes matters even worse in this offbeat comedy. Kilbride's last film as "Pa."
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Seminole 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn, Richard Carlson, Hugh O'Brian, Russell Johnson, Lee Marvin, James Best, Ralph Moody, Fay Roope
This film concerns the Seminole Indians' efforts to become civilized by white-men's standards in order to keep their land from greedy settlers who failed to see the Indians' side of the issue.
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| 1. All Ashore (1953)
2. The Brigand (1952)
3. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
aka: The Star Said No
4. Carbine Williams (1952)
5. The Clown (1952)
6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
7. The FBI Story (1959)
8. The Frogmen (1951)
9. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
10. Seminole (1953)
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