Backfire 1950  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Viveca Lindfors, Dane Clark, Ed Begley, Monte Blue, John Ridgely, Ida Moore, Richard Rober
Ex-GI Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) is searching for his war buddy, Steve (Edmond O'Brien), who is on the run because of a bum murder rap. With his army nurse friend (Virginia Mayo) in tow, Bob intends to clear his friend, but the real murderer is now on the trail of Bob.
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The Devil Makes Three 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Marton
Cast: Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli, Richard Rober, Richard Egan, Claus Clausen, Wilfried Seyferth, Margot Hielscher, Annie Rosar, Otto Gebuhr
A former soldier, Captain Jeff Eliot (Gene Kelly), returns to Germany after the war to visit the family who saved his life and finds the parents have died, and their daughter, Willie (Pier Angeli), has fallen on hard times.
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Father's Little Dividend 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Harvey, Richard Rober, Frank Faylen, Tom Irish, Hayden Rorke, Marietta Canty, Dabbs Greer, Howard M. Mitchell
This sequel to "Father of the Bride (1950)" has Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) trying to adjust to becoming a grandfather. His daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now married to Buckley (Don Taylor), and they are expecting a baby. Stanley's overbearing wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) is worried throughout the pregnancy, but their young grandson arrives safely. The baby now screams whenever Stanley comes near–until Stanley mistakenly leaves the baby alone in his carriage for a half hour. When Stanley returns, he is greeted by a smiling baby, and he is finally a proud grandfather.
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The File on Thelma Jordan 1949  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Thelma Jordan
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Laura Elliot, Basil Ruysdael
Attorney Cleve Marshall (Wendell Corey) leaves his wife Pamela (Joan Tetzel) and falls in love with Thelma Jordan (Barbara Stanwyck). The ill-fated romance leads to murder and atonement.
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Jet Pilot 1957  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober, Hans Conried, Denver Pyle, Roland Winters, Kenneth Tobey
Anna (Janet Leigh) is a Soviet agent in the United States to gather military intelligence when she meets air-ace Colonel Shannon (John Wayne). Although their relationship is supposed to be strictly business, they soon fall in love. A Howard Hughes movie that was filmed in 1950, but sat on the shelf for seven years.
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Kid Monk Baroni 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Young Paul Baroni
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Larson, Budd Jaxon, Archer MacDonald, Kathleen Freeman, Joseph Mell, Paul Maxey, Stuart Randall
Teenager Paul "Monk" Baroni (Leonard Nimoy) learns how to box by instructions from his priest. After a manager steps in, "Monk" earns a reputation in the world of professional boxing, but, in the process, he forgets some of the lessons learned at his old church and neighborhood. Never fear, redemption lies just around the corner.
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Larceny 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sherman
Cast: John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters, Dorothy Hart, Richard Rober, Dan O'Herlihy, Nicholas Joy, Percy Helton, Russ Conway, Walter Greaza, Patricia Alphin, Harry Antrim, Paul Brinegar, Don Wilson
A slick con man (Dan Duryea) plots to get his hands on a widow's money but falls in love with her in the process.
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Man in the Saddle 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Rober, John Russell, Alfonso Bedoya, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Clem Bevans, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Crane, Frank Sully
Laura Bidwell (Joan Leslie) is married to land baron Will Isham (Alexander Knox), but she still loves Owen Merritt (Randolph Scott) who owns a nearby ranch. Involvement in this romantic triangle leads to bloody fist and gun fights in the ensuing battles for love and property.
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Port of New York 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Neville Brand, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Raymond Greenleaf, William Challee, Tudor Owen, John Kellogg
United States Customs agents try to break up a drug-smuggling ring led by Paul Vicola (Yul Brynner). This was Brynner's film debut.
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The Savage 1952 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hanson, Joan Taylor, Ted de Corsia, Milburn Stone, Richard Rober, Don Porter, Ian MacDonald, Angela Clarke
Warbonnet (Charlton Heston) was a white child taken captive by Indians in his youth. Now, a grown man, he must decide whether to support the white man's war or remain in his Indian world.
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Sierra 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Audie Murphy, Burl Ives, Dean Jagger, Richard Rober, Tony Curtis, Elisabeth Risdon, Roy Roberts, James Arness, Houseley Stevenson
A father and son stay one step ahead of the law while trying to find evidence of the father's innocence in a crime for which he is the prime suspect.
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Task Force 1949 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie London, Jack Holt, Bruce Bennett, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Richard Rober
This is the story of a retired naval officer Jonathan L. Sullivan's (Gary Cooper) argument for a carrier task force. Although today's Navy depends on carriers, in the 1930s few heeded Sullivan's advice.
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The Well 1951  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse
Cast: Gwendolyn Laster, Richard Rober, Maidie Norman, Harry Morgan, Ernest Anderson, Dick Simmons, Lane Chandler, Pat Mitchell, Margaret Wells, Wheaton Chambers, Michael Ross, Russell Trent, George(2) Hamilton
This 1951 film boldly addresses the issue of racism when a Black five-year-old girl, Carolyn (Gwendolyn Laster), disappears, and a White man, Claude Packard (Harry Morgan), becomes the prime suspect. Hysteria fills the town–until Carolyn is found when it is discovered that she has fallen down a well. Now, Claude comes to her rescue, brings Carolyn to safety, and racial tensions are relieved. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Film Editing and Screenplay. 1 User Review
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| | Forit 09/29/2009 | This is truly a great film for all time, especially for families to discuss the implications of suspicious insecurities we hold for people of different backgrounds.
This would be a good movie to show in places where there are no ethnic people and why we don't become friends and neighbors with other people? |
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| 1. Backfire (1950)
2. The Devil Makes Three (1952)
3. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
4. The File on Thelma Jordan (1949)
aka: Thelma Jordan
5. Jet Pilot (1957)
6. Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
aka: Young Paul Baroni
7. Larceny (1948)
8. Man in the Saddle (1951)
9. Port of New York (1949)
10. The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
11. The Savage (1952)
12. Sierra (1950)
13. Task Force (1949)
14. Watch the Birdie (1950)
15. The Well (1951)
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