 The Big Sleep 1946  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers, John Ridgely, Dorothy Malone, Regis Toomey, Elisha Cook Jr., Bob Steele, Louis Jean Heydt, Ben Welden, Peggy Knudsen, Charles Waldron, Charles D. Brown, Trevor Bardette, Joseph Crehan
Private-eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by wealthy General Sternwood (Charles Waldron) to investigate the activities of his daughter Carmen (Martha Vickers). At first, Carmen's sister, Vivian (Lauren Bacall), resents Marlowe, but love does enter the picture. Meanwhile, as Marlowe probes into Carmen's activities, the plot thickens, and murders ensue.
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Good Morning, Miss Dove 1955  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack, Kipp Hamilton, Robert Douglas, Peggy Knudsen, Marshall Thompson, Chuck Connors, Biff Elliot, Jerry Paris, Mary Wickes
This is the touching, well-made story of Miss Dove, a small-town teacher who inspired generations of students. She is now hospitalized and her current and former students rally around her as she reflects on the past via flashbacks.
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Humoresque 1946 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Craig Stevens, Paul Cavanagh, Nestor Paiva, Monte Blue, Fritz Leiber, Peggy Knudsen, Joan Chandler, Tom D'Andrea
Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) gives Paul Boray (John Garfield) financial help to further his career as a concert violinist in this film about Paul's devotion to his music, Helen's love for Paul, and her own devotion to alcohol.
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Never Say Goodbye 1946  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James V. Kern
Cast: Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson, S.Z. Sakall, Forrest Tucker, Donald Woods, Peggy Knudsen, Tom D'Andrea, Hattie McDaniel, Arthur Shields
After divorcing his wife, Eileen (Eleanor Parker), Philip Gayley (Errol Flynn) wants a second chance for happiness with her.
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Stallion Road 1947  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James V. Kern
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Peggy Knudsen, Patti Brady, Harry Davenport, Frank Puglia, Angela Greene, Ralph Byrd, Lloyd Corrigan
Doctor Larry Hanrahan (Ronald Reagan) and novelist Stephen Purcell (Zachary Scott) vie for the love of horse-breeder Rory Teller (Alexis Smith) amidst the threat of destruction of the area's livestock due to deadly anthrax.
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A Stolen Life 1946 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark, Walter Brennan, Charles Ruggles, Bruce Bennett, Peggy Knudsen, Esther Dale, Clara Blandick, Joan Winfield
Twin sisters, Kate (Bette Davis) and Pat (Bette Davis), both think they are in love with the same man (Glenn Ford). One gets him and suffers a tragic end by drowning, but all is not lost when the remaining two find happiness together in this pure soap opera.
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Unchained 1955  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan, Barbara Hale, Johnny Johnston, Jerry Paris, Peggy Knudsen, Chuck Connors, Tim Considine, John Qualen
Based on a true story this film tells about life on a prison farm in Chino, California. This film's theme song, "Unchained Melody," became a classic (and was nominated for an Oscar).
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 The Unfaithful 1947 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray, John Hoyt, Peggy Knudsen, Marta Mitrovich, Douglas Kennedy, Claire Meade, Frances Morris, Jane Harker, Tristram Coffin, Monte Blue
In this remake of Somerset Maugham's "The Letter," Chris Hunter (Ann Sheridan) kills an intruder–or so she claims. In reality, the intruder was her lover while her husband Bob (Zachary Scott) was in the service, and now there is the letter to deal with–as well as the guilt trip. But, her lawyer Chris Hammaford (Lew Ayres) comes to her rescue despite knowing that there is evidence that would incriminate Chris.
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| 1. The Big Sleep (1946)
2. Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
3. Humoresque (1946)
4. Never Say Goodbye (1946)
5. Stallion Road (1947)
6. A Stolen Life (1946)
7. Unchained (1955)
8. The Unfaithful (1947)
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