Advise and Consent 1962  N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Lew Ayres, Eddie Hodges, Inga Swenson, Edward Andrews
Backstage politics are exemplified in this film concerned with the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings of the President's (Franchot Tone) newly appointed Secretary of State Robert A. Leffingwell (Henry Fonda). It provides an insightful look into Washington, D.C., politics.
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A Bell for Adano 1945   N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan, Richard Conte, Harry Morgan, Roy Roberts, Marcel Dalio, Luis Alberni, Eduardo Ciannelli
Based on John Hersey's powerful novel about the American occupation of Adano, Sicily during World War II, this film involves Major Joppolo's (John Hodiak) efforts to stabilize the community and replace the bell by which the town orders its life.
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 Belle Starr 1941  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick, Elizabeth Patterson, Chill Wills, Louise Beavers, Olin Howland, Paul E. Burns, Joe Sawyer
The real Belle Starr was not a nice person, but her story is romanticized in this film with Gene Tierney as the outlaw. Belle, who lost all her land during the Civil War, marries guerilla leader Sam Starr (Randolph Scott) and they continue to take on the Yankees after the war. Tierney is wonderful to look at but certainly is miscast in this one.
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Black Widow 1954 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Peggy Ann Garner, Reginald Gardiner, Otto Kruger, Cathleen Nesbitt, Skip Homeier, Virginia Leith, Hilda Simms, Bea Benaderet, Aaron Spelling
This mystery by Patrick Quentin is somewhat gaudy but still entertaining about goings on in an upper-crust apartment building. Van Heflin plays a married Broadway producer who is suspected of killing Nancy (Peggy Ann Garner) when she turns up dead in his apartment. Detective Lt. C.A.Bruce (George Raft) is on the scene to clear it all up.
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China Girl 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter, Sig Ruman, Myron McCormick, Robert Blake, Philip Ahn, Tom Neal
Johnny (George Montgomery), an American newsreel cameraman in China shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, has information the Japanese want. Johnny falls in love with an American-educated Chinese woman (Gene Tierney!), and together they get involved in the war effort.
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Close to My Heart 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter, Howard St. John, Mary Beth Hughes, Ann Morrison, James Seay, Eddie Marr, Louis Jean Heydt, Ralph Byrd
Midge Sheridan (Gene Tierney) wants to adopt an abandoned baby, but her husband, Brad (Ray Milland), wants more information about the baby's family before taking responsibility for a new family member.
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Dragonwyck 1946 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy, Connie Marshall, Vivienne Osborne, Trudy Marshall, Trevor Bardette, Addison Richards, Grady Sutton, Jane Nigh
This film marks Joseph L. Mankiewicz's directorial debut and is based on Anya Seton's best-selling novel. The Gothic suspense story features Gene Tierney as Miranda, a governess who marries her rich cousin, Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price). After the wedding, young Dr. Jeff Turner (Glenn Langan) becomes suspicious that Nicholas murdered his first wife in order to marry Miranda. And the mystery deepens.
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The Egyptian 1954  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Edmund Purdom, Michael Wilding, Peter Ustinov, John Carradine, Carl Benton Reid, Tommy Rettig, Henry Daniell
Set in ancient Egypt, this film provides insight into the search for truth in another era. The length does wear one down, though.
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Anna Lee, Robert Coote, Natalie Wood, Isobel Elsom, Victoria Horne
When widowed Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierney) and her small family move into Gull Cottage, they find it is already inhabited–by the ghost of sea Captain Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison). Although she thinks she is in love with Miles Fairley (George Sanders), it is really the captain with whom Mrs. Muir is destined to become a soul mate.
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 Heaven Can Wait 1943 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern, Tod Andrews, Helene Reynolds, Aubrey Mather, Scotty Beckett, Clara Blandick
Having lived a life of sin, Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to His Excellency (Laird Cregar) at the gates of Hades. However, His Excellency is not sure that he wants to accept Henry, so Henry recalls his 70-year life in an attempt to gain access. His life has been filled with misadventures, romantic infidelities, and even one true love who was Martha (Gene Tierney)–his wife of 25 years. After relating his story, His Excellency tells Henry that his only sin was living life to the fullest and that he is not welcome in Hades. He takes Henry to the elevator and tells him that it may be difficult to get through the Pearly Gates but that if he succeeds he will join Martha. An excellent film based on Ladislaus Bus-Fekete's play, "Birthdays." Oscar nominations were received for Best Picture and Director.
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The Iron Curtain 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Behind the Iron Curtain
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Edna Best, Stefan Schnabel, Nicholas Joy, Eduard Franz, John Ridgely, Noel Cravat
Igor Gouzenko (Dana Andrews) is a clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Canada who defects to the West and reveals horrors of living under Communism during the reign of Stalin.
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 Laura 1944  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams, Grant Mitchell, James Flavin, Kathleen Howard, Clyde Fillmore, Lane Chandler, Harry Strang, Cara Williams, Kay Linaker, Frank LaRue
When beautiful socialite Laura (Gene Tierney) is thought to be murdered, Detective Mark MacPherson (Dana Andrews) is assigned to the case and develops a compulsive attraction for Laura through her portrait.
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Leave Her to Heaven 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Mary Philips, Reed Hadley
Beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) is a psychopath who marries Richard Harlan (Cornel Wilde) and destroys everyone around her–including herself. Tierney received an Academy Award nomination.
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The Left Hand of God 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E.G. Marshall, Benson Fong, Jean Porter, Carl Benton Reid, Victor Sen Yung, Philip Ahn
Jim Carmody (Humphrey Bogart) pretends to be a priest in China after World War II in order to evade the Chinese warlord, Mieh Yang (Lee J. Cobb). 1 User Review
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The Mating Season 1951  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling, Larry Keating, James Lorimer, Gladys Hurlbut, Cora Witherspoon, Ellen Corby
Val (John Lund), from humble beginnings, is now a factory worker and marries the rich and popular Maggie (Gene Tierney). Meanwhile, his mother's (Thelma Ritter) hamburger stand goes broke, so she hitchhikes west to see the newlyweds. When she arrives, Maggie takes her for a maid (for a party) and the mother-in-law goes along with it, despite her son's objections. Thelma Ritter does a great job and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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Never Let Me Go 1953 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita, Kenneth More, Theodore Bikel, Karel Stepanek, Frederick Valk, Anton Diffring
This Cold-War story is about an American reporter, Philip Sutherland (Clark Gable), stationed in Moscow who falls in love with a Russian ballerina, Marva Lamarkins (Gene Tierney). Problems become overwhelming when Sutherland is ordered out of Russia, and his new wife is not allowed to leave with him.
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 Night and the City 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Googie Withers, Gene Tierney, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Charles Farrell, Mike Mazurki, James Hayter, Edward Chapman
Fight promoter Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) unsuccessfully tries to stay ahead of his debtors by hustling in the wrestling world.
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On the Riviera 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Jean Murat, Henri Letondal, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Ruman, Joyce Mackenzie, Mari Blanchard
Entertainer Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) is performing on the Riviera and is the look-alike of French aviation hero Henri Duran (also played by Danny Kaye). Jack is persuaded to stand in for Henri at an important party, and the comedy of mistaken identities begins–especially when he is approached by women in the aviator's life (though he is married). Lots of good music and Danny Kaye gags.
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Personal Affair 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Cast: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Pamela Brown, Glynis Johns, Walter Fitzgerald, Megs Jenkins, Michael Hordern, Thora Hird, Martin Boddey, Nanette Newman
Young Barbara (Glynis Johns) falls madly in love with her teacher (Leo Genn). When she disappears, the teacher is suspected of foul play.
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The Pleasure Seekers 1964 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Ann - Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Carol Lynley, Gene Tierney, Brian Keith, Gardner McKay, Isobel Elsom, Pamela Tiffin, Vito Scotti, Peter Brocco
This remake of 1954's award winning "Three Coins in the Fountain" changes location (Madrid), but it is still the story about seeking romance in Europe.
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Plymouth Adventure 1952 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Lloyd Bridges, Dawn Addams, John Dehner, Barry Jones, Rhys Williams, Tommy Ivo
This film–winner of the Academy Award for Special Effects–depicts the 1620's voyage of the Mayflower to Massachusetts and the first trying months the Pilgrims endured while settling their new land Despite the cast, it's not special.
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The Razor's Edge 1946 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, John Payne, Herbert Marshall, Anne Baxter, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, Elsa Lanchester, Fritz Kortner
This is the earlier, and better, version of Somerset Maugham's philosophical novel about a young man (Tyrone Power) returning from the war as a hero and trying to find meaning in his life. Of him, Herbert Marshall says: "You see, my dear, goodness is after all the greatest force in the world, and he's got it." Anne Baxter collected an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. There were also nominations for Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Clifton Webb).
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The Return of Frank James 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Meek, Eddie Collins, George Barbier, Ernest Whitman
This sequel to "Jesse James" depicts Frank James' (Henry Fonda) actions in avenging his brother's death.
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Rings on Her Fingers 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick, Spring Byington, Frank Orth, Henry Stephenson, Marjorie Gateson, George Lessey, Iris Adrian
John Wheeler (Henry Fonda) is conned by a trio of swindlers. However, one of the culprits, Susan Miller (Gene Tierney), falls in love with John and helps him regain his lost money.
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The Secret of Convict Lake 1951 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ethel Barrymore, Gene Tierney, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Barbara Bates, Ruth Donnelly, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hylton, Helen Westcott
In the 1870s, a group of convicts escape and hide out in a small California community of women.
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The Shanghai Gesture 1941 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Eric Blore, Ivan Lebedeff, Clyde Fillmore
Gin Sling (Ona Munson) runs a casino in Shanghai but is about to be forced to vacate by the rich Sir Guy Charteris (Walter Huston). His daughter, Poppy (Gene Tierney), has become addicted to the gambling and drinking at the casino. We now find out that Gin Sling is the woman Charteris abandoned in the past–and who now plans revenge.
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake 1942 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer, Roddy McDowall, Kay Johnson, John Carradine, Elsa Lanchester, Harry Davenport, Dudley Digges, Halliwell Hobbes, Marten Lamont, Arthur Hohl, Pedro de Cordoba, Heather Thatcher
In England during the reign of George III, an orphaned heir to a dukedom, Benjamin (Roddy McDowall), is being raised by his abusive uncle, Arthur Blake (George Sanders), who uses Benjamin as a bonded servant. Ten years later, Ben (now played by Tyrone Power) rebels and eventually sets sail for South America. Aboard ship, Ben meets a sailor, Caleb Green (John Carradine), and, together, they amass a fortune diving for pearls off a Polynesian island. During this period, Ben falls in love with an island girl he calls Eve (Gene Tierney). With his new wealth, will Ben have the courage to say farewell to Eve and return to London to claim his inheritance?
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Sundown 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey, Joseph Calleia, Reginald Gardiner, Cedric Hardwicke, Carl Esmond, Marc Lawrence, Gilbert Emery
Zia (Gene Tierney) is a member of an African tribe and helps the British uncover a German plot by infiltrating the Nazi organization. Some pretty good action, but overall it's just another flick with one important ingredient: patriotism, which was important in the early stages of World War II.
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That Wonderful Urge 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner, Arleen Whelan, Lucile Watson, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Hope Emerson, Porter Hall, Lloyd Gough, Richard Gaines, Taylor Holmes, Al Bridge, Lane Chandler, Frank Ferguson
Tyrone Power repeats his starring role in this remake of "Love Is News." This time, Gene Tierney takes the role of heiress Sara Farley who decides to get back at reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler (Power) who has been printing non-flattering stories about her. Sara gets even by announcing to the press that she and Tyler are secretly married, and their love/hate relationship results in more than a few misadventures.
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 Thunder Birds 1942 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Dame May Whitty, George Barbier, Richard Haydn, Reginald Denny, Iris Adrian, Ted North, C. Montague Shaw, Joyce Compton
Set during World War II, this is the story of a love triangle between Kay Saunders (Gene Tierney), air cadet Steve Britt (Preston Foster), and his trainer Peter Stackhouse (John Sutton).
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Tobacco Road 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Elizabeth Patterson, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Ward Bond, Slim Summerville, Marjorie Rambeau, William Tracy, Grant Mitchell, Zeffie Tilbury, Russell Simpson, Spencer Charters, Irving Bacon, Harry Tyler, Charles Halton
Based on the Erskine Caldwell novel, this is a parody on the values of Depression Era Georgians–proud Jeeter Lester (Charley Grapewin), his long-suffering wife Ada (Elizabeth Patterson), and their family. Jeeter and Ada are hillbillies who find ways to hold their clan together in their Tobacco Road area home, despite suffering from a shortage of funds to pay bills and living under the threat of being thrown off their land for not paying the rent. 1 User Review
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Toys in the Attic 1963 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Dean Martin, Geraldine Page, Yvette Mimieux, Wendy Hiller, Gene Tierney, Larry Gates, Nan Martin, Frank Silvera, Charles Lampkin, Joe Gray
This production fails to exhibit the provocative insights of Lillian Hillman's well-written play. It stars Wendy Hiller and Geraldine Page as the spinster sisters whose "glass house" is shattered when their brother (Dean Martin) brings home his young bride.
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Way of a Gaucho 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Gene Tierney, Richard Boone, Hugh Marlowe, Everett Sloane, Enrique Chaico, Lidia Campos, Nestor Yoan, Raoul Astor, John Paris
Outlaw Martin (Rory Calhoun) deserts the army he was serving rather than going to jail. Ending up in Argentina, he and his gang get into railroad robberies, until his former boss (Richard Boone)–now a railroad policeman–takes chase. Eventually, he promises to go straight and settles down with his wife (Gene Tierney). Great scenery (including Tierney) makes this watchable.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens, Neville Brand, Louise Lorimer
A vicious New York City cop (Dana Andrews) goes too far when he accidentally kills a suspect while trying to extract information about a crime boss. He concocts a scheme to lay blame on the crime boss, but his efforts go awry.
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Whirlpool 1949 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil, Eduard Franz, Constance Collier, Fortunio Bonanova, Alex Gerry, Ian MacDonald
Ann (Gene Tierney) suffers from kleptomania, a disorder that haunts her. When she is caught stealing, a hypnotist (Jose Ferrer) keeps her from being arrested and now intends to use her in a murder scheme. A good, gripping presentation.
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| 1. Advise and Consent (1962)
2. A Bell for Adano (1945)
3. Belle Starr (1941)
4. Black Widow (1954)
5. China Girl (1942)
6. Close to My Heart (1951)
7. Dragonwyck (1946)
8. The Egyptian (1954)
9. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
10. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
11. Hudson's Bay (1940)
12. The Iron Curtain (1948)
aka: Behind the Iron Curtain
13. Laura (1944)
14. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
15. The Left Hand of God (1955)
16. The Mating Season (1951)
17. Never Let Me Go (1953)
18. Night and the City (1950)
19. On the Riviera (1951)
20. Personal Affair (1953)
21. The Pleasure Seekers (1964)
22. Plymouth Adventure (1952)
23. The Razor's Edge (1946)
24. The Return of Frank James (1940)
25. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
26. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
27. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
28. Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
29. Sundown (1941)
30. That Wonderful Urge (1948)
31. Thunder Birds (1942)
32. Tobacco Road (1941)
33. Toys in the Attic (1963)
34. Way of a Gaucho (1952)
35. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
36. Whirlpool (1949)
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