Death of a Scoundrel 1956  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Martin
Cast: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, Coleen Gray, John Hoyt, Tom Conway, Morris Ankrum, Celia Lovsky
Low budget but interesting story of a man who comes to the U.S. and cons women to help him strike it rich.
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The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Julie Adams, John McIntire, Nancy Gates, Richard Anderson, James Westerfield, Walter Coy, Don Haggerty, Wright King, Harry Lauter, Gregg Barton, Earle Hodgins, Frank Sully, Frank J. Scannell, Henry Kulky
Bat Masterson (Joel McCrea) has reluctantly taken the job of sheriff of Dodge City where he is trying to bring about law and order. Along with his official duties, Bat manages to find time for lady friends Pauline (Julie Adams) and Lily (Nancy Gates). Now, real problems arise when his old outlaw gang comes to town, and Masterson must deal not only with them but with Dodge City's corrupt politicians as well. And the story culminates with that gunfight at Dodge City.
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Hitler's Children 1943  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Tim Holt, Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Otto Kruger, H.B. Warner, Lloyd Corrigan, Hans Conried, Nancy Gates, Gavin Muir, Edward Van Sloan
This World War II propaganda film is about children's indoctrination into Nazism and the persecution of young Anna Muller (Bonita Granville) when she refuses to join the cause.
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The Magnificent Ambersons 1942  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford, Orson Welles, Don Dillaway, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield, John Elliott
This is the Booth Tarkington's story of the wealthy Amberson family's fall from the heights of society and the impact it inflicts on its members in the late 19th century. Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) returns to Indianapolis, Indiana, after many years. He left as a struggling inventor when Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) turned down his marriage proposal to marry the "more acceptable" Wilbur Minafer (Don Dillaway). Eugene is now a widower with a daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter) and the successful inventor of an automobile. Isabel has been widowed, and Eugene again pursues her. But her son George (Tim Holt) and Aunt Fanny Amberson (Agnes Moorehead) interfere, and their actions bring on tragedy for the family when they do not accept progress in the changing world of the automobile age. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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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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The Member of the Wedding 1952 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Julie Harris, Ethel Waters, Brandon DeWilde, William Hansen, Arthur Franz, Nancy Gates, James Edwards, Dickie Moore, Danny Mummert, Harry Bolden, Charlcie Garrett, Hugh Beaumont, June Hedin, Ann Carter
The relationship between 12-year-old Frankie (Julie Harris) and her Black nanny (Ethel Waters) is one-sided. Frankie is so caught up in her brother's (Arthur Franz) wedding plans that she ignores her nanny's needs as they prepare for the wedding. Harris, at age 27, was nominated for Best Actress playing 12-year-old Frankie in this, her first film.
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Nevada 1944 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Killy
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Anne Jeffreys, Nancy Gates, Harry Woods, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Craig Reynolds, Virginia Belmont, Wheaton Chambers, Emmett Lynn, Larry Wheat
This Zane Grey Western is the story of a cowboy (Robert Mitchum) who finds love and becomes a hero when he fights for law and order.
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Some Came Running 1958 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Larry Gates, Betty Lou Keim, Connie Gilchrist, Steve Peck, Ned Wever, Roy Engel, Don Haggerty, Joe Gray
This film is based on James Jones' novel about writer Dave Hirsh's (Frank Sinatra) conflicts when he returns to his hometown of Parktown, Indiana, following World War II and must decide between respectable and decadent lifestyles. His businessman brother Frank (Arthur Kennedy) introduces Dave to schoolteacher Gwen French (Martha Hyer), but, when Dave won't break his ties to local gambler Bama Dillert (Dean Martin) and floozy Ginny Moorehead (Shirley MacLaine), tragedy lies ahead. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Actress (MacLaine), Supporting Actor (Kennedy), and Supporting Actress (Hyer).
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The Spanish Main 1945  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery, Barton MacLane, J.M. Kerrigan, Fritz Leiber, Nancy Gates, Jack La Rue
Swashbucklers on the high seas is the theme of this adventure in which Capt. Laurent Van Horn (Paul Henreid) takes on the evil Don Alvarado (Walter Slezak) and wins the hand of the beautiful Contessa Francesca (Maureen O'Hara). 1 User Review
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| | Don't pay too much | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | The Chinese bootleg has the opening & end credits chopped off. I guess they didn't want "RKO Studios" to be shown. Worth owning, but buy from a seller on Ebay rather than a high priced seller on Amazon. |
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Suddenly 1954 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates, James Gleason, Kim Charney, Christopher Dark, Paul Frees, Willis Bouchey, Paul Wexler, James O'Hara, Dan White, Kem Dibbs, Clark Howat, Charles Wagenheim, Richard Collier
John Baron (Frank Sinatra) and his two thugs arrive in the sleepy town of Suddenly to kill the President of the U.S. who is scheduled for a short train stop in the town. John takes the Benson family (James Gleason, Nancy Gates, and Kim Charney) and the town's sheriff, Tod Shaw (Sterling Hayden), hostage in a house that overlooks the train station–a strategic place for the assassination. As the time for the arrival nears, John gets loonier and loonier. Good film noir.
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Torch Song 1953 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Benny Rubin, Nancy Gates, James Todd, Eugene Loring, Peter Chong, Maidie Norman, Chris Warfield, Peggy King
Broadway star Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) falls in love with her blind piano accompanist (Michael Wilding)–a major stepping stone in her egotistical life that brings compassion into her persona. Marjorie Rambeau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Jenny's devoted mother.
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Wetbacks 1956  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hank McCune
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Nancy Gates, Barton MacLane, John Hoyt, Harold Peary, Wally Cassell, I. Stanford Jolley, Salvador Baguez, Maury Dexter, Louis Jean Heydt
Catching illegal aliens who enter the United States by sea is the goal of a U.S. Immigration Service mission, and they enlist the aid of a fishing-boat captain, Jim Benson (Lloyd Bridges), to act as a decoy.
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| 1. Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
2. The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
3. Hitler's Children (1943)
4. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
5. The Master Race (1944)
6. The Member of the Wedding (1952)
7. Nevada (1944)
8. Some Came Running (1958)
9. The Spanish Main (1945)
10. Suddenly (1954)
11. Torch Song (1953)
12. Wetbacks (1956)
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