Act of Violence 1949  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter, Berry Kroeger, Taylor Holmes, Will Wright, Connie Gilchrist
After returning home at war's end, an ex-soldier, Ace Parkson (Robert Ryan), tracks down prison-camp informer Frank R. Enley (Van Heflin) to avenge the death of his buddies.
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Blood on the Moon 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Phyllis Thaxter, Frank Faylen, Tom Tully, Charles McGraw, Clifton Young, Tom Tyler
A land dispute between farmers and cattlemen involves a cowhand and his double-dealing friend. Eventually, however, the love of a woman changes the friend for the better. This near-classic Western is based on a novel by Luke Short.
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The Breaking Point 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Sherry Jackson, Ralph Dumke, William Campbell, John Doucette, Edmon Ryan
This remake of Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" stars John Garfield in the role of Harry Morgan–the captain of a boat who, needing money, contracts to smuggle illegal aliens into California.
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Come Fill the Cup 1951  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason, Gig Young, Selena Royle, Larry Keating, Charlita, Sheldon Leonard, Douglas Spencer
An ex-newspaperman (James Cagney) fights his way back from alcoholism after reaching the bottom. Good performances by James Gleason and Gig Young.
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Incident in San Francisco 1970 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Medford
Cast: Richard Kiley, Christopher Connelly, Leslie Nielsen, Phyllis Thaxter, John Marley, Ruth Roman, Tim O'Connor, Claudia McNeil
When a businessman (Richard Kiley) comes to the aid of a mugging victim, he accidentally kills the mugger and, consequently, faces a murder charge. A newspaper reporter (Chris Connelly) steps in and begins a crusade to help the cause of the "good Samaritan."
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Jim Thorpe - All American 1951 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson, Nestor Paiva, Billy Gray, Edwin Max, Alfonso Mejia
Burt Lancaster takes on the title role in this biography of runner Jim Thorpe, a United States Olympic champion who was stripped of his medals because he played professional baseball.
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No Man of Her Own 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger, Henry O'Neill, Richard Denning, Esther Dale, Carole Mathews, Harry Antrim
Helen (Barbara Stanwyck) is unmarried and pregnant. When she is involved in a train wreck, she assumes the identity of a widow she has met on the train. Dishonesty leads to problems, but happiness reigns in the end.
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The Sea of Grass 1947  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker, Melvyn Douglas, Phyllis Thaxter, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Carey, Charles Trowbridge, Ruth Nelson, Robert Barrat
Cattle baron Colonel Jim Brewton (Spencer Tracy) is so busy feuding with farmers over land rights that he ignores his wife Lutie (Katharine Hepburn) who, in turn, finds the attentions of Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas) to her liking.
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She's Working Her Way Through College 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrice Wymore, Roland Winters, Raymond Greenleaf, George Meader, Eve Miller
Wanting to improve herself intellectually, burlesque dancer Angela Gardner (Virginia Mayo) heads for college and upsets the campus in this musical remake of "The Male Animal."
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Springfield Rifle 1952 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney Jr., Philip Carey, Martin Milner, Alan Hale Jr., James Millican, Fess Parker
Major "Lex" Kearney (Gary Cooper) develops a scheme in which he poses as a traitor to uncover espionage involving the supply of needed horses for the Union during the Civil War.
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 Superman: The Movie 1978 PG, 143 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
aka: Superman
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York
Off the pages of comic books and onto the large screen comes "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" This film has everything going for it with Christopher Reeve doing a good job as Superman and Margot Kidder playing girl reporter Lois Lane to a tee. The film won an Oscar for Best Special Achievement and received three other nominations.
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Mitchum, Leon Ames, Stephen McNally, Scott McKay, Don DeFore, Donald Curtis
This is the story about strategic and logistic plans for carrying out the first bombing missions over Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A fine wartime story.
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Three Sovereigns for Sarah 1985 TV, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Kim Hunter, Will Lyman, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrick McGoohan, Shay Duffin, Ronald Hunter, Daniel von Bargen, John Dukakis, Donald Symington
This made-for-TV miniseries revolves around the 1690s' witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts. Vanessa Redgrave plays one of three sisters, Sarah Cloyce, who survived while her siblings were found guilty and burned. Sarah now sues the Massachusetts Bay Colony judiciary system to prove her family's innocence and to clear their names.
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Weekend at the Waldorf 1945 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold, Leon Ames, Phyllis Thaxter, Keenan Wynn, George Zucco
Weekend guests at New York's largest hotel include a movie star, a war correspondent, a soldier, and a reporter whose lives intersect at this particular time and place.
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| 1. Act of Violence (1949)
2. Blood on the Moon (1948)
3. The Breaking Point (1950)
4. Come Fill the Cup (1951)
5. Incident in San Francisco (1970)
6. Jim Thorpe - All American (1951)
7. Living in a Big Way (1947)
8. No Man of Her Own (1950)
9. The Sea of Grass (1947)
10. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
11. Springfield Rifle (1952)
12. Superman: The Movie (1978)
aka: Superman
13. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
14. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985)
15. Weekend at the Waldorf (1945)
16. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
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