 20 Million Miles to Earth 1957  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry, Tito Vuolo, Jan Arvan, Arthur Space, Bart Braverman, George Pelling, George Khoury
During its return from Venus, an American spaceship crashes into the waters off Italy. A cannister containing a specimen from Venus survives the crash, and a fast-growing reptile-like creature grows from the mass in the canister. While being studied, the creature escapes, of course. WATCH OUT ROME! Special effects master Ray Harryhousen helps make this film watchable.
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 The Enforcer 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts, King Donovan, Bob Steele, Don Beddoe, Michael Tolan, Adelaide Klein, Jack Lambert, Tito Vuolo, John Kellogg
This is one good flick about district attorney Martin Ferguson's (Humphrey Bogart) attempt to break up the mob-system of "killers for hire."
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Everybody Does It 1949 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Paul Douglas, Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, Charles Coburn, Millard Mitchell, Tito Vuolo, Lucile Watson, John Hoyt, Leon Belasco, George Tobias, John Goldsworthy, Robert Emmett Keane, Bess Flowers
While an aspiring young singer (Celeste Holm) plies her trade, her husband (Paul Douglas) is the one who unwittingly ends up with the musical career. Entertaining.
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Flamingo Road 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian, Gladys George, Fred Clark, Gertrude Michael, Virginia Huston, Alice White, Tristram Coffin, Sam McDaniel, Tito Vuolo, Iris Adrian, Pierre Watkin, James Flavin
Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) is stranded in a small, Florida town where she gets a job as a waitress. She falls in love with Deputy Sheriff Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott), but Sheriff Titus Semple (Sidney Greenstreet), who will have none of their romance, frames Lane on a prostitution charge and sends her to jail. Later, after being released from prison, Lane returns to town and seeks revenge against the sheriff–an act that will bring death or destruction to all.
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The Luck of the Irish 1948  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb, James Todd, Jayne Meadows, J.M. Kerrigan, Phil Brown, Charles Irwin, Louise Lorimer, Don Brodie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Norman Leavitt, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Neumann
American newsman Stephen Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power) is visiting Ireland when he meets a leprechaun, Horace (Cecil Kellaway), and later confronts him with his pot of gold. After Stephen tells the leprechaun that he will not take his gold, the leprechaun is obligated to return the favor. The leprechaun follows Stephen back to New York and tries to clear the way for a romance with sweet Irish colleen Nora (Anne Baxter) who Stephen had met in Ireland. But, Stephen is now seeing the daughter, Frances (Jayne Meadows), of his corrupt boss, D.C. Augur (Lee J. Cobb). When Nora visits New York and sees Stephen and Frances together, she returns to Ireland. With the leprechaun's guidance, Stephen denounces Auger, quits his job, and leaves for Ireland to find Nora.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Tito Vuolo, Charles Arnt, Marjorie Bennett, Alan Wells, Mimi Aguglia, Morgan Farley, Bud Wolfe, Howard Negley, William Gould
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is having an affair with married socialite Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) who is divorcing her husband Howard (Harlan Warde). When Lois shoots and kills Howard, Ed comes to her aid and helps her get rid of the body. They deposit the body at the airport, but Ed's brother Andy (John Dall), who just happens to be a homicide detective, discovers the cover-up. Ed and Lois flee to the abandoned Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The police track them down and arrest them. Ed's trial begins, and he faces the fact that Lois has captivated her lawyer, and Ed is now out of her life.
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The Midnight Story 1957  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland, Jay C. Flippen, Ted de Corsia, Kathleen Freeman, Argentina Brunetti, Herb Vigran, Peggy Maley, Tito Vuolo
Following the brutal murder of a priest, his friend–San Francisco cop Joe Martini (Tony Curtis)–is determined to track down the killer.
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The Raging Tide 1951 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sherman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Richard Conte, Stephen McNally, Charles Bickford, Alex Nicol, John McIntire, Tito Vuolo, Chubby Johnson, Minerva Urecal, Robert A. O'Neil
San Francisco gangster Bruno Felkin (Richard Conte) is on the run and hides out on a fishing boat where he reaches a turning point in his life.
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Six Bridges to Cross 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen, Sal Mineo, Jan Merlin, Ken Clark, Don Keefer, Tito Vuolo, Paul Dubov
Gangster Jerry Florea (Tony Curtis) leads a caper to steal $2.5 million, but his efforts go for naught when he is killed by his "comrades."
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The Web 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Maria Palmer, John Abbott, Fritz Leiber, Howland Chamberlin, Tito Vuolo, Wilton Graff
Caught in a double cross, bodyguard Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) fights for his life and a way out of his predicament.
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| 1. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
2. The Enforcer (1951)
3. Everybody Does It (1949)
4. Flamingo Road (1949)
5. The Luck of the Irish (1948)
6. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
7. The Midnight Story (1957)
8. The Raging Tide (1951)
9. Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
10. The Web (1947)
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