Adolph Deutsch
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In 1865, just after the end of the Civil War, Josiah Gray arrives in the small town of Walesville. Establishing himself as a preacher, he delivers the word of God with a bible in one hand and a six-shooter in the other- and he will use either one to properly civilize this lawless town!
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When the body of Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott) washes ashore in Istanbul, there is cause for celebration all across Europe. The devious sociopath has left as his legacy an array of crimes including blackmail, thievery, murder and high treason. Interested in chronicling the dead man's unscrupulous exploits, mystery writer Cornelius Leyden (Lorre) takes up his trail, aided by a mysterious man named Peters (Greenstreet). But as Leyden zeroes...
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Soon after arriving in France on a music scholarship, young Australian Marjorie takes the opera world by storm. Exhilarated by her achievement, she garners worldwide fame and is heralded as one of the greatest singers of her time. But tragedy strikes in the form of a crippling paralysis ...
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Alberta Marlow isn't looking for wealth. "I can do without it," she says. "You stick around with me and you're going to get plenty of practice," Rick Leland replies. She also gets danger and intrigue, because Humphrey Bogart plays U.S. counterspy Rick in this crisply written wartime thriller. "The part is a combination of acid and comedy, a bit like his role in The Maltese Falcon," long-time studio insider Robert Lord said when he recommended Bogey...
10) Torch song
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A hard as nails Broadway musical star who chews up people for lunch learns humility and finds love in the arms of a blind pianist.
11) Deep in my heart
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A colorful musical biopic about Sigmund Romberg, the ex-piano man who went on to compose some 80 productions.
12) Some like it hot
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Criterion collection volume 950
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Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
13) High Sierra
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Bogart plays a convicted killer sprung from jail by a mobster who wants him to assist in a California hotel holdup.
15) Pagan love song
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"A man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song and swim ensues in the tropical paradise"--Container insert.
16) Ramrod
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Connie Dickason has inherited a sheep ranch from her ex-husband and is determined to run the ranch with the help of her new Ramrod and his crew of anti-Ivey locals despite the opposition of Ivey and her father. The resulting bloody range war is much to the dismay of Dave, who wants to resolve Connie's problems with Ivey legally.
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Annie Oakley, a skilled sharpshooter from a small Ohio town, catches the eye of Frank Butler, the renowned marksman of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Instantly smitten, Annie dreams of joining the show to win Frank's heart, but their budding romance takes a turn as her exceptional shooting skills surpass his own, causing a clash of egos and challenges in both their personal and professional lives.
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The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the chaplain, Father Duffy, tries to make Plunkett see the greater good. None of them seem to succeed. In the trenches, Plunkett acts selfishly and cowardly,...