Calling Prohibition a "noble experiment," New York congressman Fiorello La Guardia then declared the law unenforceable....
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1999
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It was the fire that sparked reform; after 146 people -- mostly women and girls -- died in the ferocious 1911 blaze that...
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1999
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New York of the 19th century was already a haven of celebrities; showman P.T. Barnum's museum drew crowds on Broadway, and up...
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1999
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With the Civil War settled, New York could focus solely on the business of business and getting rich. Central Park finally...
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1999
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Lionel Jeffries directed Water Babies, a children's fantasy based on the story by Charles Kingsley that incorporates...
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1979
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1972
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A great deal of director Al Viola's version of this film was pruned away for its general release. The missing portions are...
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1971
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Based on a novel by Louis L'Amour, this comedic western tells of a thieving man who tries to get his hands on two million...
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1971
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It's hard to discern the filmmakers' true point of view on Hannie Caulder. On one hand, you've got the heavily somber story...
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1971
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When American agents in Moscow try to recover a stolen letter implicating America in an anti-Red China plot, they discover a...
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1970
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Heron of Foix (Assaf Dayan) hears the call of the ocean and leaves his school in Paris to walk to the sea. He meets the fair...
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1969
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Captain Douglas (Michael Caine) is the British army leader who is ordered to lead a band of mercenaries into the desert....
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1969
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Davey Haggart (John Hurt) wishes to follow his father's footsteps and become a highway robber. He also wishes to avoid his...
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1969
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Curry (Rod Taylor) is a veteran soldier-of-fortune hired by the president of the Congo for a three day mission. He and native...
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1968
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1967
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After declaring a holy war to rid the Sudan of Anglo-Egyptian rule in the 1880s, the fanatical Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad...
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1966
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This James Bond parody brings a new sort of jet-set secret agent to the screen -- one who hates flying, is afraid to shoot...
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1966
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An American widower and his 18-year-old daughter live on a Caribbean houseboat. Romance and adventure ensue when they invite...
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1965
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Young Cassidy is based upon the autobiographical writings of firebrand Irish author Sean O'Casey. Rod Taylor is Cassidy, a...
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1965
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1964
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Follow the Boys attempts to recapture the box-office magic of 1960's Where the Boys Are; sometimes it succeeds. Returning...
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1963
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Jock Mahoney makes his second appearance as the loinclothed one in Tarzan's Three Challenges. Tarzan is in Thailand this...
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1963
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A saga about growing up, relationships, and romantic love, this entertaining drama set in Africa has all the added visual...
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1962
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1962
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The British All Night Long is Othello to a jazz beat. Paul Harris is the Othello counterpart, a bandleader happily married to...
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1961
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Based on the play Something About a Sailor by Earle Couttie, this film is a screwball comedy about the British navy....
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1961
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Alfred Lynch and Sean Connery star as a pair of klutzy RAF members, during World War II, who are more interested in running...
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1961
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This scattered, slightly anarchic and uneven comedy stars the inimitable Terry-Thomas as Reggie Blake, a writer whose books...
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1961
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The "Carry On" gang take on law enforcement in this rude and crude slapstick comedy. When a flu epidemic leaves a British...
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1960
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Gordon Scott's fifth and last appearance as Tarzan came in this 1960 installment of the long-running movie series featuring...
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1960
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Please Turn Over is an updated British variation on a theme put forth by the old Hollywood film Theodora Goes Wild. A bored...
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1960
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Reminiscent of the film noir detective films like The Maltese Falcon, The House of Seven Hawks is really the same type of...
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1959
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The Boy and the Bridge is a very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate...
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1959
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1958
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A father discovers that being a good role model for your son isn't always easy -- especially when you're a criminal -- in...
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1958
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This WWII espionage drama is based on the true tale of a British spy, as told in the story by J. Alvin Kugelmass. Alex...
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1958
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In this Australian children's movie, a sequel to Smiley, set in the outback, a local policeman tries to help a rambunctious...
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1958
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure stars Gordon Scott in his fourth screen appearance as Edgar Rice Burrough's lord of the jungle....
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1958
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Filmed on location in Holland, The Last Blitzkrieg stars Van Johnson in the atypical role of WW2 German officer Kroner. The...
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1958
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In this melodramatic adventure set after the British evacuated Singapore in 1942, a ship is torpedoed and only four people...
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1957
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The Birthday Present is a bitter half-hour anecdote stretched to 100 minutes. Tony Britton plays a British toy salesman who...
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1957
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The first of two films based on characters created by novelist Moore Raymond, this tells of a mischievous Australian boy...
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1956
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This fourth film version of A.E.W. Mason's adventure yarn The Four Feathers relies heavily on stock footage from the more...
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1955
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In this sentimental comedy, Carol Reed tries for a bit of neo-realist whimsy that takes place in the London slums of...
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1955
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Rex Harrison is The Constant Husband in this delightful British comedy. It all begins when amnesia victim Charles Hathaway...
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1955
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The comfortable complacency of the British Birling family is upset when Inspector Poole (Alastair Sim) comes calling. An...
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1954
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Faithfully adapted from a popular holiday play by Wynyard Browne, this moving British drama centers on a recently widowed,...
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1954
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1954
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Jack Hawkins plays a former British army officer who is surprised in his home one evening by a burglar. His surprise is...
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1953
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American opera and musical-comedy soprano Patrice Munsel plays the title role in this filmed biography of famed Australian...
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1953
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In this bright British comedy, we meet Capt. Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) as he stands before a firing squad and then...
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1953
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British stage and film star Ralph Richardson stepped behind the cameras for the first and last time to direct Murder on...
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1952
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Also known as Who Goes There?, The Passionate Sentry is a frothy British comedy distinguished by its flippant dialogue...
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1952
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Partially filmed on location in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Outcast of the Islands is a reasonably faithful adaptation of...
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1952
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1951
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