Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion 1950  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak, Douglass Dumbrille, Marc Lawrence, Leon Belasco, Tor Johnson, Jack Raymond, Fred Nurney
After joining the Foreign Legion, Bud Jones (Bud Abbott) and Lou Hotchkiss (Lou Costello) end up in Algeria under the thumb of Sergeant Axmann (Walter Slezak).
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 The Asphalt Jungle 1950  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Huston
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, James Whitmore, Marilyn Monroe, Strother Martin, Marc Lawrence, Jean Hagen, John McIntire, Anthony Caruso
A gang of criminals attempts to commit the perfect crime when a corrupt lawyer (Louis Calhern) backs a jewel robbery, but the scheme is doomed from the start. Academy Award nominations include Best Director and Supporting Actor (Sam Jaffe).
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 The Big Easy 1987 R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jim McBride
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, Ebbe Roe Smith, John Goodman, Lisa Jane Persky, Marc Lawrence, Grace Zabriskie, Gailard Sartain, Charles Ludlam
A police homicide detective and an assistant D.A. (Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin) become involved with each other while he is investigating a drug war and she is probing allegations of corruption on the New Orleans police force. An excellent thriller.
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Black Hand 1950  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli, Marc Lawrence, Frank Puglia, Barry Kelley, Mario Siletti, Carl Milletaire, Peter Brocco, Bert Freed
An Italian immigrant, Johnny Colombo (Gene Kelly), avenges the murder of his parents by the Black Hand (early name for what was to become the Mafia) in this story based on early 20th-century gangster activity in the United States.
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Blind Alley 1939  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak, Joan Perry, Melville Cooper, Rosa Stradner, John Eldredge, Marc Lawrence, Ann Doran, Scotty Beckett
This is a psychological drama about a psychiatrist (Ralph Bellamy) outwitting an escaped convict who is holding him prisoner. This film was remade in 1948 as "The Dark Past."
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Blood Red 1988  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Masterson
Cast: Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Elias Koteas, Marc Lawrence, Aldo Ray, Susan Anspach, Julia Roberts, Carlin Glynn
Battles between railroad officials and immigrants begin when a ruthless tycoon (Dennis Hopper) tries to build his railroad through the wine country of California in the 1890s.
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Blossoms in the Dust 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Kathleen Howard, George Lessey, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge, Marc Lawrence
This is the true story of Edna Gladney (Greer Garson) who started the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society in Fort Worth. Edna's early life was hard until she met and married Samuel (Walter Pidgeon), the owner of a flour mill in Texas. After their baby died in infancy and she couldn't have more children, she decided to start the Children's Home, specializing in illegitimate children (a problem that had hurt her in the past). After her husband's death, Edna became a strong force in changing laws relevant to illegitimacy. The heavy melodrama won an Academy Award for Best Interior Set Decoration and was nominated for three others, including Best Picture and Actress.
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Brigham Young 1940 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Mary Astor, Vincent Price, Marc Lawrence, Jane Darwell, Jean Rogers
Scorned by citizens of Missouri and Illinois, Brigham Young (Dean Jagger) leads his fellow Mormons westward to Utah. This is the story of The Church of the Latter Day Saints as its members followed their beliefs to success following adversity.
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Call of the Canyon 1942 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ruth Terry, Thurston Hall, Joseph Strauch Jr., Cliff Nazarro, Marc Lawrence, Bob Nolan, Edmund MacDonald, John Harmon
Among the songs, Gene Autry is after a swindler who doesn't think he needs to offer a fair price for his product.
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Captain from Castile 1947 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Barbara Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jay Silverheels
Set in the 15th century, this beautifully photographed film is about Spanish nobleman Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) who sails for the New World with Hernando Cortez (Cesar Romero).
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Cataclysm 1980  R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Satan's Supper
The Nightmare Never Ends
Director: Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Gregg C. Tallas
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Richard Moll, Marc Lawrence, Robert Bristol, Faith Clift, Robyn Russell, Klint Stevenson, Christie Wagner, Norma Clift, Maurice Grandmaison
An old man, Olivier (Robert Bristol), is a Nazi hunter and is certain that he sees (on TV) a Nazi who killed people in a concentration camp. The problem is that the Nazi does not appear to have aged, and investigation results in death for the old man. Now, policemen begin their own investigation that leads to monsters and an Antichrist.
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 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum 1940 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Sidney Toler, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Sen Yung, Joan Valerie, Michael Visaroff, Charles Trowbridge, Eddie Marr, Joe King, Ted Osborne, Hilda Vaughn, Charles Wagenheim, Archie Twitchell, Harold Goodwin
Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence) has escaped from the New York City courthouse after being convicted of murder. McBirney wants revenge against Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) who was the chief witness against him at the trial. The museum is run by plastic surgeon Dr. Cream (C. Henry Gordon) who performs facial surgeries on fugitives so that they look like the wax dummies, including Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. Chan is lured to the museum with his son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and McBirney awaits–ready to strike.
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung, Eddie Collins, Robert Barrat, Philip Ahn, Paul Harvey, Marc Lawrence, George Zucco, Claire Dodd, John "Dusty" King, Richard Lane, Layne Tom Jr., Al Kikume, Arthur Loft
Sidney Toler debuted as the replacement for the deceased Warner Oland in the title role of Charlie Chan in this film about murder aboard a ship docked in the port of Honolulu. Charlie's Number Two Son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) wants to be a detective and intercepts his father's telephone call to investigate the shipboard murder. Jimmy arrives aboard the ship, introduces himself as Charlie Chan, and begins the investigation. Charlie arrives later, straightens out who is really "Charlie Chan," and orders all to stay aboard. Meanwhile, the ship's Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat) wants to take the ship out of the harbor, and the pressure is on Charlie to find clues to the murder, which just might point to Captain Johnson.
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Charlie Chan on Broadway 1937 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Woods, Leon Ames, Marc Lawrence, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Lon Chaney Jr.
After two people are murdered, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) investigates and enters a world of political corruption and gossip columnists on the Broadway scene.
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Cloak and Dagger 1946 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer, J. Edward Bromberg, Vladimir Sokoloff, Marc Lawrence, Ludwig Stossel, Patrick O'Moore, Charles Marsh, Dan Seymour, Marjorie Hoshelle, Helen Thimig, James Flavin, Lex Barker, Richard Fraser
American physics professor Alva Jesper (Gary Cooper) is called on for a mission by the O.S.S. in the last months of World War II. He arrives in Europe and learns from former colleague Dr. Katerin Lodor (Helen Thimig) that a former acquaintance, atomic scientist Dr. Giovanni Polda (Vladimir Sokoloff), is working in Italy on plans for an atomic bomb for the Nazis. Then, Loder is killed, and Jesper travels to Italy where he links up with resistance fighters Pinkie and Gina (Robert Alda and Lilli Palmer). He does meet with Polda and learns about the Nazi plans to build an atomic bomb. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Gina, but now must find a way to escape from the Nazis.
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Custer of the West 1967 G, 143 min.
Genre: Western
aka: A Good Day for Fighting
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, Lawrence Tierney, Charles Stalmaker, Kieron Moore, Marc Lawrence, Robert Ryan, Robert Hall, Jack Gaskins, Jack Taylor
Many facets of Gen. George A. Custer's (Robert Shaw) personality are revealed in this biography covering his years fighting in the Civil War; cleaning up the Indian problem in the West; and, finally, commanding the Seventh Cavalry during the massacre at Little Big Horn.
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Daddy's Deadly Darling 1972 R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Pigs
Director: Marc Lawrence
Cast: Toni Lawrence, Marc Lawrence, Jesse Vint, Paul Hickey, Katharine Ross, Iris Korn, Jim Antonio, William Michael, Erik Holland, Walter Barnes
Lynn (Toni Lawrence) escapes from the mental hospital where she was sent after killing her father. She flees to a small town where she meets Zambrini (Marc Lawrence) who just happens to own pigs that love human flesh. As Lynn kills men who remind her of her father, Zambrini takes care of the bodies. Violent, gory, and terrible. A candidate for the worst 10 list.
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Desire 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Marc Lawrence, Ernest Cossart, Alan Mowbray, Zeffie Tilbury, Harry Antrim, Harry Depp, Albert Pollet
In this comedy, Madeleine de Beaupre (Marlene Dietrich) tries to smuggle a piece of jewelry across the French border–in the pocket of innocent Tom Bradley (Gary Cooper) who is on his way to a holiday in Spain.
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 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean, Charles Gray, Bruce Cabot, Bruce Glover, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Laurence Naismith, Lana Wood, Marc Lawrence, Putter Smith, Leonard Barr, Sid Haig
Diamonds have been stolen from South African mines, and James Bond (Sean Connery) goes undercover as diamond smuggler Peter Franks. The trail leads him to Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Charles Gray) whose sinister plot to take over the world must be stopped at all cost. Bond joins forces with Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), and they try to stop hit men Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith) and, in the process, prevent a space-orbiting laser from destroying Washington, D.C. Great special effects and lots of adventure.
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 Dillinger 1945 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli, Elisha Cook Jr., Marc Lawrence, Ralph Lewis, Ludwig Stossel, Dewey Robinson, Selmer Jackson, Elsa Janssen, Constance Worth, William B. Davidson, Victor Kilian, Lou Lubin
Gunned down by police in front of Chicago's Biograph Theater in 1934, John Dillinger had been the FBI's Public Enemy Number One. Lawrence Tierney takes on the Dillinger role, but Edmund Lowe gets the more interesting role of gang chieftan Specs Green in this story tracing Dillinger's criminal career, which extends from petty thefts to bank robberies.
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Don't Fence Me In 1945 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Livingston, Moroni Olsen, Marc Lawrence, Andrew Tombes, Paul Harvey, Lucile Gleason, Tom London, Bob Nolan, Steve Barclay
The music makes this movie. Roy Rogers sings the title song written by Cole Porter, and the Sons Of The Pioneers sing two of their biggest hits: "The Last Roundup" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." Dale Evans is a reporter conducting research on a presumed-dead fugitive.
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Eyes of the Underworld 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Corrigan, Don Porter, Billy Lee, Marc Lawrence, Edward Pawley, Joseph Crehan, Wade Boteler
Just as police chief Richard Bryan (Richard Dix) is about to obtain success in ridding his town of mobsters, his own past prison record comes back to haunt him.
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Flame of Barbary Coast 1945 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Butterfly McQueen, Paul Fix, Marc Lawrence, Russell Hicks, Jack Norton
Montana rancher Duke Fergus (John Wayne) goes to San Francisco where he confronts the famous San Francisco earthquake AND a love affair with saloon singer Flaxen Tarry (Ann Dvorak).
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Foul Play 1978 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Colin Higgins
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Marilyn Sokol, Don Calfa, Bruce Solomon, Cooper Huckabee, Pat Ast
A librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn), becomes the "girl who knew too much" when she unwittingly discovers a plot to kill the Pope. Never fear, undercover cop Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase) comes to her rescue, and they encounter unforgettable characters, and even a car chase through the streets of San Francisco, in their efforts to prevent the horrendous crime.
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Four Rooms 1995 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Tim Roth, Valeria Golino, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Madonna, Marisa Tomei, Bruce Willis, Quentin Tarantino, Sammi Davis, David Proval, Ione Skye, Marc Lawrence
In this comedy/drama, four directors (Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino) contributed their stories of what happens in four separate Los Angeles hotel rooms on New Year's Eve.
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 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Harvey Keitel, Cheech Marin, Salma Hayek, Michael Parks, Fred Williamson, Tom Savini, John Saxon, Marc Lawrence, Danny Trejo
Two brothers (George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino) rob a bank and take a minister and his family hostage. As if that isn't bad enough, they cross the border and end up in a saloon frequented by vampires. If it is gore and profanity that you are looking for, this is your film.
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G-Men 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong, Lloyd Nolan, Regis Toomey, Harold Huber, Raymond Hatton, Marc Lawrence, Barton MacLane, William Harrigan, Russell Hopton, Edward Pawley, Monte Blue, Addison Richards
James Cagney plays a good guy is this movie, which is perhaps William Keighley's best directing job. The plot follows the adventures of James "Brick" Davis (Cagney), a lawyer whose education was financed by crime boss "Mack" McKay (William Harrigan). Brick's roommate Eddie (Regis Toomey) becomes an F.B.I. agent but is later killed by gangster Danny Leggett (Edward Pawley) in a gang shooting. Now, Brick joins the F.B.I. as an agent where he is looked upon with suspicion because of his background ties to McKay. Nevertheless, Brick sets out to avenge the death of Eddie and follows a trail of murders that extends from New York to the Midwest. Based on Gregory Miller's book "Public Enemy No. 1."
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The Golden Fleecing 1940 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Lew Ayres, Rita Johnson, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Grey, Nat Pendleton, Leon Errol, George Lessey, Richard Carle, Ralph Byrd, Marc Lawrence
Insurance agent Henry Twinkle (Lew Ayres) is not the brightest bulb in the house but is an honest man who loves his boss' daughter (Rita Johnson). He sells a big policy to the rich Gus (Lloyd Nolan) and then finds out that Gus is a gangster being sought by the law. Henry MUST find and protect Gus before the gangster is killed and the insurance policy must be paid. Lame comedy.
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Gotti 1996 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Harmon
Cast: Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn, Dominic Chianese, Vincent Pastore, Scott Cohen, Raymond Serra, Marc Lawrence
Made for HBO, this is the biography on NYC's high-profile Mafia boss, John Gotti (Armand Assante). It follows his rise to the top in the crime world through his fall when captured and imprisoned.
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Helen of Troy 1956  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnis, Nora Swinburne, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Harry Andrews, Janette Scott, Brigitte Bardot, Marc Lawrence
The Trojan Prince, Paris (Jacques Sernas), abducts the willing Queen Helena (Rossana Podesta) from Sparta and sails away with her; thus, begins the Trojan War. 1 User Review
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| | an underrated classic | gene43 04/25/2007 | | I first saw HELEN OF TROY as a 13 year old and was enthralled. After viewing it recently on DVD I find it has lost none of it's magical powers. It was the only 'ancient spectacle' of the '50s that possesed not only spectacle and charm but also a highly romantisized atmosphere of this ancient world. And without Max Steiners PERFECT score, this couldn't have been achieved. |
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Hit the Ice 1943 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Marc Lawrence, Joe Sawyer, Wade Boteler, Joseph Crehan, Elyse Knox
New York newsmen Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) happen upon a bank hold-up while visiting Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Hold That Ghost 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis, Evelyn Ankers, The Andrews Sisters, Marc Lawrence, Mischa Auer, Milton Parsons, Paul Fix
Ferdinand Jones (Lou Costello) and Chuck Murray (Bud Abbott) inherit a haunted house once owned by a Mafia kingpin. When they claim their inheritance, Chuck and Ferdinand are greeted with surprises, including a revolving room. Classic Abbott and Costello–perhaps their best.
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Honor Thy Father 1973 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Joseph Bologna, Brenda Vaccaro, Raf Vallone, Marc Lawrence, Richard S. Castellano, Joe De Santis, Gilbert Green, Louis Zorich, Felice Orlandi, James Sloyan, Joseph Campanella, Carmine Caridi
Gay Talese's book about the Bonanno family of the Mafia and their participation in the internal fighting is the subject of this movie. Not bad.
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Hot Stuff 1979  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dom DeLuise
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette, Jerry Reed, Ossie Davis, Luis Avalos, Marc Lawrence, Richard Davalos, Bill McCutcheon, Sydney Lassick, Pat McCormick
A sting operation by Miami cops lacks support from the department, so those involved find a unique way to fund their project: they resell the stolen goods! 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 01/20/2007 | | This movie is one that you watch and laugh all the way through it. Humor is clean but funny. Stars are great together. A gathering of comedians that you don't see around anymore. You don't see these kinds of movies anymore. Just have fun and laugh. |
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Invisible Stripes 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Flora Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Kelly, Marc Lawrence, Lee Patrick, Henry O'Neill, Moroni Olsen, Tully Marshall, Joseph Crehan, Joe Downing, Chester Clute, Margot Stevenson
Cliff Taylor (George Raft) is paroled from Sing Sing prison the same day as mobster Chuck Martin (Humphrey Bogart). Cliff needs money to help his younger brother Tim (William Holden) get married to Peggy (Jane Bryan) and joins Chuck's gang. Problems ensue, and both Cliff and Chuck are killed by rival gangsters Ed Kruger (Paul Kelly) and Lefty Sloan (Marc Lawrence). But, as they lie near death, Cliff and Chuck console themselves with the fact that by dying they will not be serving life sentences.
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Jigsaw 1949 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Gun Moll
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Myron McCormick, Marc Lawrence, Doe Avedon, Henry Fonda, Marlene Dietrich, Burgess Meredith, John Garfield, Winifred Lenihan, Walter Vaughan, George Breen, Robert Gist, Hester Sondergaard, Luella Gear
A series of murders are taking place in New York, and, after the gangsters kill New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy's (Franchot Tone) friend Charles Riggs (Myron McCormick), he is dedicated to exposing them. The gangsters are a "hate group" involved in stirring up racial prejudice. The group sends Barbara (Jean Wallace) to seduce Howard, but after she has second thoughts, she is murdered also. Now, Malloy is even more determined to bring them to justice.
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Johnny Apollo 1940 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill, Marc Lawrence, Jonathan Hale, Russell Hicks, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Rosenthal, Charles(2) Lane, Selmer Jackson, Charles Trowbridge, John Hamilton
Robert Cain Sr. (Edward Arnold) is a wealthy broker who is convicted of embezzlement and sent to jail. His upstanding son, Bob (Tyrone Power), is ashamed of his father and changes his name. After relenting, Bob decides to try to get his father released, but that takes money and means working for mobster Mickey Dwyer (Lloyd Nolan). Bob uses the alias of "Johnny Apollo" and hooks up with Mickey, but both end up in the same jail as Bob's father. All the problems get worked out, and Bob even wins the heart of Mickey's daughter Lucky Dubarry (Dorothy Lamour).
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Johnny Cool 1963 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Asher
Cast: Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Joey Bishop, Brad Dexter, Wanda Hendrix, Marc Lawrence, John McGiver, Telly Savalas
A vicious gangster embarks on a senseless series of murders in this extremely violent film.
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 Key Largo 1948 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor, Thomas Gomez, Jay Silverheels, Marc Lawrence, Dan Seymour, Monte Blue, Harry Lewis, John Rodney, William Haade, John Litel, Pat Flaherty
Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) and his gang have taken over a run-down hotel on Key Largo, Florida. At the same time, Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) has come to visit the hotel owners, who are the father (Lionel Barrymore) and widow (Lauren Bacall) of his war buddy. Frank becomes their reluctant savior. Claire Trevor won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Rocco's alcoholic girlfriend. A great John Huston film of Post-World War II American attitudes.
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King of Kong Island 1968  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Sci-Fi
aka: Kong Island
Director: Roberto Mauri
Cast: Brad Harris, Marc Lawrence, Esmeralda Barros, John Turner, Adrianna Alben, Mark Farran, Aldo Cecconi, Ursula Davis, Mario Donatone, Paolo Magalotti
When mercenaries plot to take over the world, they head to Kong Island to implant transmitters into gorillas so they can control an army by remote control. They also capture a woman (Esmeralda Barros) who was raised by the gorillas–just to add fun to the proceedings. But wait, here comes King Kong's huge descendant to save the day!
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Krakatoa, East of Java 1969 G, 130 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Volcano
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle, John Leyton, Sal Mineo, J.D. Cannon, Rossano Brazzi, Marc Lawrence, Jacqui Chan, Geoffrey Holder, Niall MacGinnis
In 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa exploded, sending shock waves several times around the Earth and causing thousands of deaths from fires and tidal waves. This action film uses the explosion as a background for its story of a ship that heads to the island in search of sunken treasure with an assorted collection of people on board, including criminals being taken to prison. Excellent special effects help make this watchable. Rereleased with a new name, perhaps due to the fact that Krakatoa is west of Java rather than east.
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The Kremlin Letter 1970 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Patrick O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Dean Jagger, George Sanders, John Huston, Marc Lawrence
This cold-war espionage story is about a false treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that aims to undermine forces of Red China. If the treaty falls into the wrong hands, World War III could be the result.
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Life with Blondie 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Abby Berlin
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Jonathan Hale, Marc Lawrence, Jack Rice, Douglas Fowley, Eddie Acuff, Ernest Truex
Daisy the dog wins a pin-up contest and gets dognapped by the bad guys. The Bumsteads go into "action."
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan, Tom Dugan, Don Beddoe, Marc Lawrence, Ben Welden, Irving Bacon
Warren William takes on the role of reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard in a new series of Lone Wolf films. B-grade all the way, but enjoyable, with a good mix of mystery and humor. In this one, spies abduct Lanyard in an attempt to have him help steal secret anti-aircraft gun plans.
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Love, Honor and Oh Baby! 1940 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Marc Lawrence, Warren Hymer, Mona Barrie, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Frank Puglia, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddy Waller, Matt McHugh, Robert Frazer, David Oliver, Vinton Haworth
After the break-up with his girlfriend, a desolate Brian (Donald Woods) decides to help his sister by hiring a hit man to kill him and allow his sister to collect on his insurance. Then, Brian falls in love with another woman, and now must race against time to figure out who the hit man is and to cancel the contract.
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The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, George Tobias, Marc Lawrence, John Litel, Henry Armetta, Alan Baxter
Great courtroom drama prevails in this film pitting two brothers–the District Attorney (George Brent) and the Defense Attorney (William Lundigan)–as adversaries working on the same case. This is a remake of "The Mouthpiece" and was again remade as "Illegal."
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 The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Adventure
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, Britt Ekland, Herve Villechaize, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Marc Lawrence, Clifton James, Richard Loo, Soon-Tek Oh, Marne Maitland, Desmond Llewelyn, James Cossings, Yiu Lam Chan
In this ninth James Bond flick, Agent 007 (Roger Moore) ends up in Hong Kong, Thailand, and the South China Sea tracking down hit man Scaramanga (Christopher Lee) who uses custom-made gold bullets. A local British Intelligence agent, Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland), in her own clumsy way, tries to come to Bond's aid. But, her efforts often turn out to be more destructive than constructive in Bond's mission to thwart Scaramanga. Not one of the best of the Bond films, but there are some great stunts.
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Marathon Man 1976 R, 125 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Marc Lawrence, Richard Bright, Allen Joseph, Lou Gilbert
An ex-Nazi war criminal (Laurence Olivier) disguises himself to go to New York where a young student (Dustin Hoffman) inadvertently becomes involved in his pursuit. Olivier was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
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My Favorite Spy 1951 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Morris Ankrum, Iris Adrian, Frank Faylen, Mike Mazurki, Marc Lawrence
When an espionage agent is killed in the line of duty, his look-alike, Peanuts (Bob Hope), is sent to Tangiers to finish the job.
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Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernest Morrison, Ann Gillis, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Lawrence, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Jack Raymond, Betty Wells
The Bowery Boys are back in action when they hide Sylvia (Ann Gillis) after her guardian is killed by bar-owner Butch (Noah Beery Jr.). Now the boys are suspects in the murder, and it's up to them to prove Butch's guilt.
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 Newsies 1992 PG, 121 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Robert Duvall, Bill Pullman, Luke Edwards, Max Casella, Ann - Margret, Michael Lerner, Marc Lawrence, Jeffrey DeMunn
This Disney film is based on the 1899 strike by newspaper boys in New York City who found Joseph Pulitzer's business tactics less than fair to those delivering his papers.
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The Ox-Bow Incident 1943  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, William Eythe, Jane Darwell, Marc Lawrence, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Matt Briggs, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Willard Robertson
Cowboys Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry Morgan) ride into a small Nevada town and have a drink at a bar. The next thing they know, they are in the midst of a barroom brawl, which sets them apart from the locals. The sheriff is out of town, and a lynch mob forms, led by Major Tetley (Frank Conroy), when the news is revealed that a rancher has been killed by rustlers. The cowboys ride out of town and witness the mob hanging three men. When they learn that no rancher was killed, the cowboys' reaction is to search for the truth and bring justice to the killing of three innocent men. This film presents a psychological view of mob violence and its aftermath and is based on a true story that took place during 1885 in Nevada. A great Western that received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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A Piece of the Action 1977 PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Poitier
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clark, Tracy Reed, Titos Vandis, Marc Lawrence, Frances Foster, Sheryl Lee Ralph
This sequel to "Uptown Saturday Night" has Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby again teamed, but this time around they are determined to help ghetto kids improve their lot in life.
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The Princess and the Pirate 1944 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence, Hugo Haas, Maude Eburne, Adia Kuznetzoff, Brandon Hurst
Sylvester (Bob Hope) and Margaret (Virginia Mayo) are pursued by pirates (Walter Brennan is very funny as one of the pirates) and are caught in the clutches of La Roche (Walter Slezak).
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Revenge of the Pink Panther 1978 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Burt Kwouk, Paul Stewart, Andre Maranne, Graham Stark, Robert Loggia, Ferdy Mayne, Tony Beckley, Marc Lawrence, Alfie Bass, Sue Lloyd, Danny Schiller
This is Peter Sellers' last film as the bungling Inspector Clouseau. This time around, Clouseau is on the heels of an international drug trafficking ring led by drug lord Douvier (Robert Webber) who gives orders to kill Clouseau. When Clouseau's car crashes, Douvier believes that Clouseau, not an escaping criminal, was killed. Clouseau fakes his own death, and Douvier, believing he is dead, is not on the lookout for him. Now, Clouseau goes incognito to Hong Kong, and Douvier's ex-girlfriend Simone Legree (Dyan Cannon), who seeks revenge against Douvier, helps Clouseau solve the case.
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Ruby 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn, Frank Orsatti, Jeffrey Nordling, Veronica Hart, Maurice Benard, Joe Viterelli, Robert S. Telford, John Roselius, David Duchovny, Richard C. Sarafian, Marc Lawrence
This interesting fictionalized account of the assassination of JFK is from the perspective of strip-joint owner Jack Ruby (Danny Aiello), who shot the person, Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of the assassination in front of a national TV audience. It brings out the various conspiracy theories of the assassination.
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San Quentin 1937 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Marc Lawrence, Joe Sawyer, Veda Ann Borg, Joe King, Garry Owen, Raymond Hatton, James Robbins, Gordon Oliver, Emmett Vogan, Ernie Adams, William Pawley
Former Army Captain Stephen Jameson (Pat O'Brien) is hired by San Quentin prison to bring military order to the rowdy yard. Meanwhile, he falls for May (Ann Sheridan) but keeps his occupation a secret from her when she tells him that her brother Joe "Red" Kennedy (Humphrey Bogart) is a prisoner at San Quentin. When "Red" learns about the romance from stoolie "Sailor Boy" Hansen (Joe Sawyer), he plots his escape. It works, and he appears at May's apartment and shoots at and wounds Jameson–only to be gunned down on his way to surrender.
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Savage Pampas 1966 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Marc Lawrence, Ty Hardin, Rosenda Monteros, Angel del Pozo, Felicia Roc, Julio Pena, Jose Nieto, Mario Lozano
During the late 1800s, the U.S. Army sends Capt. Martin (Robert Taylor) and a contingent of soldiers to aid in opening up the Argentine pampas by dealing with bandits and Indians in the area. But one clever bandit (Ron Randell) attempts to coerce the soldiers away by providing women he has captured. But, Capt. Martin won't be outdone and brings in prostitutes from a prison to keep the men happy while doing their job.
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Shepherd of the Hills 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, Marjorie Main, Ward Bond, Marc Lawrence, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds, John Qualen
Based on Harold Bell Wright's penetrating book about young Matt (John Wayne), this is the story about a man who cannot figure why his father (Harry Carey) deserted the family.
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The Shipping News 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, John Dunsworth, Larry Pine, Marc Lawrence, Jeanetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa/Kaitlyn/Lauren Gainer
Down-on-his-luck Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), with young daughter Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer) in tow, follows the advice of his Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to join her in the ancestral home in Newfoundland. He gets a job writing a shipping news column for the local newspaper and, with the help of widow Wavey (Julianne Moore), finds that new, better life.
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Submarine Alert 1943 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Richard Arlen, Wendy Barrie, Nils Asther, Roger Pryor, Abner Biberman, John Miljan, Dwight Frye, Marc Lawrence, Patsy Nash, Milburn Stone
A radio engineer (Richard Arlen) helps the FBI stop the activities of saboteurs who interfere with radio broadcasts to sink American merchant ships.
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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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Super Fuzz 1980 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Supersnooper
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine, Joanne Dru, Marc Lawrence, Julie Gordon, Lee Sandman, Jack McDermott, Claudio Ruffini, Sal Borgese, Herb Goldstein
Following contamination from nuclear fallout, Miami cop Dave Speed (Terence Hill) discovers that he has gained super powers that he can use to fight crime.
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Switch 1975 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Charles Durning, Sharon Gless, Ken Swofford, Charlie Callas, Jaclyn Smith, Marc Lawrence, Alan Manson, Anne Schedeen
An ex-con (Robert Wagner) joins forces with an ex-cop (Eddie Albert) and is determined to prove that a dishonest policeman engineered a diamond robbery. This film prompted a popular TV series.
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 This Gun for Hire 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Pamela Blake, Mikhail Rasumny, Harry Shannon, Frank Ferguson
Based on Graham Greene's novel, "A Gun aor Sale," this is a stark drama that launched Alan Ladd's career. He plays a paid gunman who sets out to avenge a double-cross.
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Trapped by Television 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Del Lord
Cast: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Nat Pendleton, Joyce Compton, Thurston Hall, Henry Mollison, Wyrley Birch, Robert Strange, Marc Lawrence, Russell Hicks
After Fred Dennis (Lyle Talbot) invents a two-way television device, he looks for backing and unwisely chooses a crooked investor and gets involved with thieves who want to steal his invention.
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Unconquered 1947 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Ward Bond, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Bridges, Marc Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Campbell, Katherine DeMille, Henry Wilcoxon, Victor Varconi, Richard Gaines
During the French and Indian War, Abby Hale (Paulette Goddard) is sentenced to slavery in America. Slave master Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva) covets Abby and tries to buy her, but Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) outbids him. The treacherous Garth conspires with the Indians to rid the wilderness of the settlers, and, in turn, he will gain a monopoly on the fur trade. Many problems ensue and are settled before Abby and Holden realize that they are in love with each other and plan to live happily ever after. Another Cecil B. DeMille extravaganza.
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The Virginian 1946 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Gilmore
Cast: Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Henry O'Neill, Marc Lawrence, Paul Guilfoyle, William Frawley
Joel McCrea is the fourth actor to play the lead role in this story of the good guy, the Eastern schoolteacher, the friend-gone-bad, and the villain (Brian Donlevy). OK; saved by Donlevy, who always makes a good villain.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
2. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3. The Big Easy (1987)
4. Black Hand (1950)
5. Blind Alley (1939)
6. Blood Red (1988)
7. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
8. Brigham Young (1940)
9. Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
10. Call of the Canyon (1942)
11. Captain from Castile (1947)
12. Cataclysm (1980)
aka: Satan's Supper
aka: The Nightmare Never Ends
13. Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
14. Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
15. Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
16. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
17. Custer of the West (1967)
aka: A Good Day for Fighting
18. Daddy's Deadly Darling (1972)
aka: Pigs
19. Desire (1936)
20. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
21. Dillinger (1945)
22. Don't Fence Me In (1945)
23. Eyes of the Underworld (1943)
24. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
25. Foul Play (1978)
26. Four Rooms (1995)
27. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
28. G-Men (1935)
29. The Golden Fleecing (1940)
30. Gotti (1996)
31. Helen of Troy (1956)
32. Hit the Ice (1943)
33. Hold That Ghost (1941)
34. Honor Thy Father (1973)
35. Hot Stuff (1979)
36. I Walk Alone (1947)
37. Invisible Stripes (1939)
38. Jigsaw (1949)
aka: Gun Moll
39. Johnny Apollo (1940)
40. Johnny Cool (1963)
41. Key Largo (1948)
42. King of Kong Island (1968)
aka: Kong Island
43. Krakatoa, East of Java (1969)
aka: Volcano
44. The Kremlin Letter (1970)
45. Life with Blondie (1946)
46. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
47. Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1940)
48. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
49. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
50. Marathon Man (1976)
51. My Favorite Spy (1951)
52. Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
53. Newsies (1992)
54. Nightmare in the Sun (1964)
55. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
56. A Piece of the Action (1977)
57. The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
58. Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
59. Ruby (1992)
60. San Quentin (1937)
61. Savage Pampas (1966)
62. Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
63. The Shipping News (2001)
64. Submarine Alert (1943)
65. Sundown (1941)
66. Super Fuzz (1980)
aka: Supersnooper
67. Switch (1975)
68. This Gun for Hire (1942)
69. Trapped by Television (1936)
70. Unconquered (1947)
71. The Virginian (1946)
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