All American 1953 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jesse Hibbs Cast: Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren, Gregg Palmer, Paul Cavanagh, Stuart Whitman, Frank Gifford, Tom Harmon, Jim Sears
The personal life of an All-American football player (Tony Curtis) is the subject of this film involving romance with girlfriend Sharon (Lori Nelson) and the tragic death of his parents.
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All I Desire 1953 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long, Billy Gray, Dayton Lummis, Guy Williams
Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) deserted her family, and now–years later–she returns and attempts to reconcile with her husband and children.
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Criss Cross 1949 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Siodmak Cast: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Tony Curtis, Richard Long, Alan Napier, Percy Helton, Griff Barnett, Vito Scotti
Armored-car driver Steve (Burt Lancaster) is coerced by his ex-wife, Anna (Yvonne De Carlo), to enter into a plot to rob the armored car he drives. Tony Curtis makes his film debut.
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The Dark Mirror 1946 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Evans, Richard Long, Garry Owen, Lela Bliss, Lita Ward, William Halligan, Ida Moore
A police detective (Thomas Mitchell) must crack a murder case in which one of two sisters (both played by Olivia de Havilland) was identified as being at the scene of the crime. Finally, a psychologist (Lew Ayres) solves the mystery.
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The Egg and I 1947 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Chester Erskine Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Donald MacBride, Samuel S. Hinds, Elisabeth Risdon, Fuzzy Knight, Esther Dale, Richard Long, Billy House, Ida Moore, John Berkes, Victor Potel
This witty story is based on Betty MacDonald's popular book about herself (Claudette Colbert) and her husband Bill's (Fred MacMurray) change in lifestyle when they moved from the city to take over a chicken ranch. Marjorie Main was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ma Kettle.
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Follow the Boys 1963 N/R, 96 min. Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Thorpe Cast: Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin, Janis Paige, Russ Tamblyn, Ron Randell, Eric Pohlmann, Richard Long, Roger Perry, Robert Nichols, Paul Maxwell, David Summer, Sean Kelly, John McLaren, Roger Snowdon
Wives and girlfriends wait on the French Riviera for their sailor mates to arrive in port. Bonnie (Connie Francis), Toni (Paula Prentiss), and Michelle (Dany Robin) follow their sailors Wadsworth (Russ Tamblyn), Peter (Richard Long), and Billy (Roger Perry) from port to port. Also joining in on the fun and romance are married couple Ben and Liz (Ron Randell and Janis Paige). Jealousy raises its ugly head, but love overcomes all problems in the end.
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He Laughed Last 1956 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards Cast: Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlow, Anthony Dexter, Richard Long, Alan Reed, Robin Morse, Jesse White, Henry Slate, Peter Brocco, Paul Dubov
This film is narrated by Frankie Laine and is an enjoyable parody on gangster films that flourished about the Roaring Twenties.
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House on Haunted Hill 1959 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal, Carolyn Craig, Elisha Cook Jr., Howard Hoffman, Julie Mitchum, Leona Anderson
Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) has offered $10,000 each to five people IF they will spend one night in his haunted house that has been the site of a number of murders. They want the money and appear at the appointed time and place, but, unbeknownst to Frederick, his wife Annabelle (Carol Ohmart) has her own plans for collecting the reward money. The doors are locked at midnight, and now screams, severed heads, a skeleton, and even a strangling noose fill the dark night.
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Kansas Raiders 1950 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Western
Director: Ray Enright Cast: Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, Scott Brady, Tony Curtis, Richard Arlen, Richard Long, Dewey Martin, Richard Egan, James Best
Jessie James (Audie Murphy) and his gang team up with Rebel forces to fight the Yankees during the Civil War.
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Ma and Pa Kettle 1949 N/R, 76 min. Genre: Comedy aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
Director: Charles Lamont Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Audrey Young, Esther Dale, Barry Kelley, Harry Antrim, Ida Moore, Emory Parnell
In this first entry of what would become a series about the Kettles and their 15 kids, the down-on-their-luck family sees a change in fortune when they win a new home after naming the new slogan for a tobacco company.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm 1951 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Emory Parnell, Peter Leeds, Teddy Hart, Oliver Blake
While settling into their newly won city home, Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) hear the rumor that uranium is under their old farm. Swindlers also hear the news, and the competition is on for rights to the precious metal.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950 N/R, 79 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Jim Backus, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Esther Dale, Ellen Corby, Oliver Blake
Pa Kettle (Percy Kilbride) wins a contest, and the prize includes a trip to New York City. Once there, Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa meet up with some gangsters, but the bad guys are no match for the Kettles.
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Playgirl 1954 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney Cast: Shelley Winters, Barry Sullivan, Colleen Miller, Richard Long, Gregg Palmer, Kent Taylor, Philip Van Zandt, Jacqueline deWit, Paul Richards, Mara Corday
A young naive girl, Fran (Shelley Winters), moves to New York City and gets involved in the glamorous night life–and gangsters.
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Saskatchewan 1954 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, Robert Douglas, J. Carrol Naish, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Long, Jay Silverheels, Anthony Caruso, George J. Lewis, Antonio Moreno
Canadian Mountie O'Rourke (Alan Ladd) rescues Grace (Shelley Winters) from an Indian ambush and prevents Sioux Indians from encouraging dissent among the friendly Cree Indians.
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The Stranger 1946 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Billy House, Konstantin Shayne, Martha Wentworth, Byron Keith, Isabel O'Madigan, Brother Theodore, Neal Dodd, Erskine Sanford, John Brown
Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) is a government agent tracking escaped Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler (Orson Welles). The trail leads to a small town in Connecticut and Kindler's marriage to the daughter (Loretta Young) of a Supreme Court Justice.
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Tap Roots 1948 N/R, 109 min. Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall Cast: Van Heflin, Susan Hayward, Boris Karloff, Julie London, Whitfield Connor, Ward Bond, Richard Long, Arthur Shields, Griff Barnett, Russell Simpson
In the days before the outbreak of the Civil War, a plantation owner (Ward Bond) tries to talk his fellow Mississippians into seceding from the state if the issue of slavery results in war.
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Tomorrow Is Forever 1946 N/R, 102 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Richard Long, Natalie Wood, Ian Wolfe, Lois Austin, Irving Pichel, Milton Kibbee
Larry Hamilton (George Brent) hires an Austrian scientist, Erich Kessler (Orson Welles). Larry's wife, Elizabeth (Claudette Colbert), begins to suspect that Kessler is her husband of 20 years ago who was supposedly killed in action during World War I.
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| 1. All American (1953)
2. All I Desire (1953)
3. Criss Cross (1949)
4. The Dark Mirror (1946)
5. The Egg and I (1947)
6. Follow the Boys (1963)
7. He Laughed Last (1956)
8. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
9. Kansas Raiders (1950)
10. Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
11. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
12. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
13. Playgirl (1954)
14. Saskatchewan (1954)
15. The Stranger (1946)
16. Tap Roots (1948)
17. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
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