 All the King's Men 1949  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, Joanne Dru, John Derek, Shepperd Strudwick, Anne Seymour, Will Wright, Raymond Greenleaf, Houseley Stevenson, Ralph Dumke, Walter Burke
Based on Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, inspired by the activities of Louisiana Governor Huey Long, this is a story about political corruption. Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) rises to the governorship of his Southern state, but corruption results in his ultimate undoing. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Actor (Broderick Crawford), and Supporting Actress (Mercedes McCambridge); nominations included Best Director and Supporting Actor (John Ireland).
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Autumn Leaves 1956  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth Donnelly, Shepperd Strudwick, Selmer Jackson, Maxine Cooper, Marjorie Bennett, Leonard Mudie
When relatives visit his home following his marriage to an older woman, Milly (Joan Crawford), Burt Hanson (Cliff Robertson) suffers mental anguish when he discovers his father in bed with his first wife.
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 Belle Starr 1941  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick, Elizabeth Patterson, Chill Wills, Louise Beavers, Olin Howland, Paul E. Burns, Joe Sawyer
The real Belle Starr was not a nice person, but her story is romanticized in this film with Gene Tierney as the outlaw. Belle, who lost all her land during the Civil War, marries guerilla leader Sam Starr (Randolph Scott) and they continue to take on the Yankees after the war. Tierney is wonderful to look at but certainly is miscast in this one.
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf, Ed Binns, Shepperd Strudwick, Dan Seymour, Barbara Nichols, Rusty Lane
Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) pretends to be guilty of murder to prove the injustice of capital punishment. Unfortunately, when his alibi is killed in an automobile crash, Garrett is left unable to prove his innocence.
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Chicago Deadline 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy, Berry Kroeger, Shepperd Strudwick, Tom Powers, Harold Vermilyea, Gavin Muir
After a body is discovered in a rooming house, crusading journalist Ed Adams (Alan Ladd) launches an investigation into racketeering in the city. This story was later remade as "Fame is the Name of the Game."
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Daring Game 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Nico Minardos, Michael Ansara, Joan Blackman, Brock Peters, Alex Montoya, Shepperd Strudwick, Perry Lopez
This was a pilot for a TV series that never made the grade. The story is bout a team of commandos, "The Flying Fish," who perform rescues on land, sea, and air. The plot is set around the rescue of a doctor and his daughter from a Caribbean dictatorship. 1 User Review
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Shepperd Strudwick, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Nat Pendleton, Walter Kingsford, Alma Kruger, John Eldredge
In this episode of Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) and his crusty mentor Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), brain surgeon Gregory Lane (Sheppard Strudwick) comes under fire for problems with patients after surgery. Dr. Lane also vies for the attention of Dr. Kildares's girlfriend (Laraine Day). Dr. Kildare gets to the bottom of the problem in an episode that hit it big in 1940 for its graphic depiction of hospital procedures.
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The Eddy Duchin Story 1956 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Tyrone Power, Kim Novak, Victoria Shaw, James Whitmore, Rex Thompson, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort, Gloria Holden, Larry Keating, Mickey Maga
Pianist/bandleader Eddy Duchin led a short, but active, life. This biography stars Tyrone Power as Eddy and includes many songs from the era. Have plenty of hankies on hand. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Score and Best Story.
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Enchantment 1948  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll, Shepperd Strudwick, Gigi Perreau, Melville Cooper, Henry Stephenson
Years ago, during another war, General Sir Roland Dane (David Niven) lost his chance for love with Lark Ingoldsby (Teresa Wright). Now he encourages ambulance driver Grizel Dabe (Evelyn Keyes) not to make this same mistake with pilot Pax Masterson (Farley Granger).
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A Place in the Sun 1951  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Raymond Burr, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort
A tragic love triangle occurs when George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) falls in love with wealthy Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor); however, his girlfriend Alice (Shelley Winters) becomes pregnant, presenting a rather large obstacle! This is a remake of 1931's "An American Tragedy," which is the title of Theodore Dreiser's story. The film won six Academy Awards, including one for Best Director (George Stevens), and nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Montgomery Clift), and Actress (Shelley Winters).
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The Reckless Moment 1949 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, Roy Roberts, Paul E. Burns, Billy Snyder, Claire Carleton, Peter Brocco
Lucia (Joan Bennett) tries to hide evidence of an accidental homicide by her daughter, Bea (Geraldine Brooks); however, she is later blackmailed for her efforts by Martin Donnellly (James Mason) in this gripping suspense film.
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The Red Pony 1949 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Miles, Shepperd Strudwick, Myrna Loy, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hamilton, Beau Bridges, George Tyne, Eddie Borden, Max Wagner
Based on the John Steinbeck novel, this film tells the story of a California boy, Tom Tiflin (Peter Miles), and his attachment to his young colt. Good Aaron Copeland musical score.
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Rings on Her Fingers 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick, Spring Byington, Frank Orth, Henry Stephenson, Marjorie Gateson, George Lessey, Iris Adrian
John Wheeler (Henry Fonda) is conned by a trio of swindlers. However, one of the culprits, Susan Miller (Gene Tierney), falls in love with John and helps him regain his lost money.
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Slaves 1969  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Cast: Ossie Davis, Stephen Boyd, Nancy Coleman, David Huddleston, Shepperd Strudwick, Gale Sondergaard, Dionne Warwick, Julius Harris, Marilyn Clark, Eva Jessye, Robert Kya-Hill
Luke (Ossie Davis) suffers at the hands of a cruel plantation owner, McKay (Stephen Boyd), in this very out-dated film about racial relationships. Highlight: Gale Sondergaard returns to films after 20 years, having been blacklisted for her political views in the late 1940s.
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Ten Gentlemen from West Point 1942 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: George Montgomery, John Sutton, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Victor Francen, Shepperd Strudwick, Ward Bond, Harry Davenport, Douglass Dumbrille, Esther Dale
West Point, with all of its traditions, is presented as the focus for this entertaining drama about the training of some of America's finest young men.
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Three Husbands 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown, Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Kames, Emlyn Williams, Billie Burke, Louise Erickson, Jonathan Hale, Jane Darwell, Benson Fong, Frank Cady, Dorothea Wolbert
When playboy Maxwell Bard (Emlyn Williams) arrives in Heaven, he is granted one last wish. His request is to watch from above the reactions of his three poker playing pals (Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, and Robert Kames) after they read the letters he left for them when he died. The letters tell about his affairs with each of their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown), and the letters result in amusing reactions from the husbands.
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Violent Midnight 1964  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Psychomania
Director: Richard Hilliard
Cast: Lee Philips, Shepperd Strudwick, Jean Hale, Lorraine Rogers, Margot Hartman, Kaye Elhardt, James Farentino, Dick Van Patten, Sheila Forbes, Sylvia Miles, Day Tuttle, Mike Keene
A string of murders at a girls' college in Connecticut results in nude-woman artist Freeman (Lee Philips) becoming the prime suspect after one of his models turns up dead. But military veteran Freeman is determined to clear his name.
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| 1. All the King's Men (1949)
2. Autumn Leaves (1956)
3. Belle Starr (1941)
4. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
5. Chicago Deadline (1949)
6. Daring Game (1968)
7. Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940)
8. The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)
9. Enchantment (1948)
10. A Place in the Sun (1951)
11. The Reckless Moment (1949)
12. The Red Pony (1949)
13. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
14. Slaves (1969)
15. Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
16. Three Husbands (1951)
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
17. Violent Midnight (1964)
aka: Psychomania
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