A successful retired jock and his geeky younger brother play out their sibling rivalry by coaching rival little league...
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1994
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Household appliances are generally useful and beneficent items, and most of us who own them take them for granted, but...
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1988
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In this slapstick horror comedy, two goofy African-American cops are sent to a rundown, lonely Southern plantation to evict...
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1987
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In this sprawling television miniseries, originally aired in May 1983 on NBC, a race of seemingly human-like aliens arrive en...
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1983
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This tear-jerking sequel chronicles the further struggles and triumphs of former Olympic-hopeful downhill skier Jill Kinmont...
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1978
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Gen. Perry
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1977
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When a grizzly begins killing the people of a small Alaskan town, a woodsman, a game warden, and an Indian join forces to...
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1977
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This western chronicles the struggle of a post-Civil War mountain family to prove that they did not betray the Confederate...
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1975
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The "O'Brien" of the title is Mrs. O'Brien (Lillian Bronson), the feisty old manager of the apartment building wherein...
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1973
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Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) is in for quite a drubbing from his partner Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and the rest of the...
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1973
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Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) tackle a typically overloaded police log in this lively...
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1972
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In his second Ironside guest appearance, Burgess Meredith is cast as Harry Grenadine, a Hollywood make-up expert who has done...
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1972
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The men of Adam-12 have quite a full case load in this episode. One of the challenges facing mobile officers Reed (Kent...
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1970
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Keeping officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) on their toes in this episode is a very clever--and...
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1970
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San Francisco is rocked by a brace of explosions; one of these knocks out a major power station, while another plunges Police...
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1970
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1970
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Tonight's case load for Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) is a hectic one indeed. The two...
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1969
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Ironside (Raymond Burr) and Mark (Don Mitchell) show up at a prison, ostensibly to receive information about a recent crime....
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1969
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So far as the authorities are concerned, Ironside's artist friend Danny Fielder (William Burns) died just after confessing to...
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1969
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In fine Hollywood tradition, John Wayne had to play a "one-eyed fat man" before the Motion Picture Academy considered him...
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1969
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Kim Hunter guest-stars as greedy Ada Halle, who holds a monopoly on all salt deposits in Spanish Wells. Charging exorbitant...
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1968
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Over the protests of the Cartwrights, the Carttlemen's Association hires range detective Marcus Alley (Albert Salmi) to round...
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1968
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America is no longer the home of the free in this futuristic drama. Now the country is ruled by a powerful, tyrant and his...
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1968
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In this adventure, seven young west Texans ride out to volunteer for the Confederate army during the mid-point of the Civil...
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1968
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Both Linda Roberts (Judi Meredith) and Amos Crenshaw (Frank Overton) have sworn vengeance against Joe Cartwright. Linda...
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1967
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Lisa Brisson (Patricia Barry) is determined to get three-fourths of her husband Joe's (J.D. Cannon) fortune when she sues him...
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1965
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Christopher Lee is sublimely typecast as Karl Jorla, a European horror film star who has arrived in Hollywood to make his...
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Dave
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1964
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Dan Duryea stars in this gritty medium-budget western as an unregenerate killer. His one saving grace is his affection for...
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1964
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Paladin (Richard Boone) finds himself in the middle of a long-standing feud between two Native American brothers. Jim Redrock...
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1963
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After a Philippine guerrilla soldier witnesses the benevolence of his American enemies during their military occupation in...
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1963
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Nerdy bank teller Oscar Blenny (Larry Storch) returns from a Vegas vacation with a new wife in tow: Eva Ashley...
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Peter Rogan
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1963
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1962
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Based on the autobiography of convicted killer John Resko (played here by Ben Gazzara), this routine biographical drama looks...
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1962
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Bob Blake
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1962
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While traveling through the tiny community of Bugletown, traveling salesman Leon Gorwald (John Fiedler) is arrested for...
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1961
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Director Jerry A. Baerwitz created this uninspired, problematical monster story by using footage from a similar but different...
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1961
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Bart (Jack Garner) offers a helping hand to farmer Henry Albright (John Qualen), who wants to start a gold mining company....
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1961
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In the fourth episode of Walt Disney's eight-part miniseries The Swamp Fox, Continental Army guerilla leader Francis Marion...
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1960
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In the third episode of Walt Disney's eight-part miniseries The Swamp Fox, Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion...
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1960
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In the sixth episode of Walt Disney's eight-part miniseries The Swamp Fox, 18th century American guerilla leader Francis...
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1960
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In the fifth episode of Walt Disney's eight-part miniseries The Swamp Fox, the guerilla forces under the leadership of...
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1960
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The business partnership of Harry Bright (R.G. Armstrong) and Chuck Clark (William H. Wright)--and their lifelong...
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1959
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In the second episode of Walt Disney's eight-part miniseries The Swamp Fox, the Redcoats have retaliated against the raids of...
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1959
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One of producer Walt Disney's more blatant efforts to duplicate the success of his early TV miniseries Davy Crockett, the...
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1959
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Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff...
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1959
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Caught gambling on a military post, Bart (Jack Kelly) is given the choice of spending several months in the stockage or...
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1959
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With Gene Barry already riding the video range as legendary gunfighter-turned-lawman Bat Masterson, independent producer...
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1959
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Thrill to these 3 supernatural stories entitled "Madame Vernoy," "The Girl on the Road" and "Destination Nightmare" as...
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1958
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A wandering cowboy endeavors to save a wagon train from an Apache attack in this western that is based upon a Louis L'Amour...
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1958
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Frank Lovejoy plays the title role in Cole Younger, Gunfighter. The scene is post-Civil War Texas, when the state was under...
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1958
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In this Western, a rancher must perform a robbery lest the outlaw chief that holds his wounded brother hostage lets him die....
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1958
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The oft-told tale of controversial Southern-sympathizing outlaw Quantrill is recounted again in this low-budget western....
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1958
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Riding into a small town, Bret (James Garner) and Bart (Jack Kelly) are amused when the locals mistake them for the notorious...
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1958
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In this western, a Texas Ranger quits his job after he is chastised for bringing back so many dead outlaws. When he gets a...
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1957
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Republic's The Unearthly was originally released on a double bill with The Beginning of the End. John Carradine chews the...
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1957
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Mara Corday stars in Undersea Girl as skin-diving journalist Val Hudson. While swimming in Yokohama Bay, Val comes across the...
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1957
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Another of director Allan Dwan's underrated but well-crafted westerns of the 1950s, The Restless Breed stars Scott Brady as a...
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1957
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A bizarre western that at times veers dangerously close to outright burlesque, Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend concluded Randolph...
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1957
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This wide-screen Republic western is yet another retelling of the James Brothers saga--albeit one with a few unexpected...
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1957
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The actions of various criminals such as Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde and Baby Face Nelson are reenacted in...
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1957
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Filmed on location in the Colorado Rockies, Running Target, per its title, is a feature-length chase. When a group of...
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1956
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Mickey Rooney and Jack Carson make an offbeat but somehow endearing team in the comedy-adventure Magnificent Roughnecks. Set...
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Werner Jackson
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1956
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The Bowery Boys--Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall) et. al.--are suckered into buying a uranium mine near the western town...
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1956
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Calling Homicide was another of Bill Elliot's "working-man detective" efforts of the 1950s. This time, Elliot plays LA...
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Haddix
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1956
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1956
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In this precursor to the "reality" series Survivor, the staff of the "Daily Planet" serve as referees for a treasure hunt...
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1956
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In this western, a young cowboy becomes a man as he tries to decide whether to escape the notorious shadow of his late...
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1956
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The White Squaw offers an interesting twist on a standard western plot device. Instead of attempting to force an Indian tribe...
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1956
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1956
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Clark (George Reeves), Lois (Noel Neill) and Jimmy (Jack Larson) investigate a supposedly deserted island that is slated to...
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1956
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In this low-budget jungle adventure three people must take a wanted man through the jungle to the coast. Along the way they...
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1955
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Arriving in the western town of Dry Gulch to cover a rodeo, Lois (Noel Neill) and Jimmy (Jack Larson) attract the attention...
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1955
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In this deceptively titled and paced Western, Kirk Douglas shines in the hyper-macho role of Dempsey Rae, a good-natured...
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1955
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In this adventure, a renowned American physician journeys to darkest Africa to help a pair of sibling missionaries stop...
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1955
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Based on the radio series of the same name, Gang Busters was an episodic documentary-style tale of criminals brought to...
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John Omar Pinson
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1955
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The Claw Monsters was the feature-length version of the 1955 Republic serial Panther Girl of the Kongo. The plot has...
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1955
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The fifteenth of Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series, Jungle Moon Men stars Johnny Weissmuller, here playing "himself" rather than...
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Mark Santo
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1955
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The title tells all in this seventh entry in Universal's "Ma and Pa Kettle" series. This time around, Ma (Marjorie Main) and...
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1955
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Since lapsing into public domain, Rage at Dawn has become one of the most readily available of Randolph Scott's westerns....
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1955
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This laid-back western manages to deliver a full quota of action, an agreeable dash of sentiment, and quite a few...
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1955
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Lex Barker is The Man From Bitter Ridge in this modest Universal western. Barker plays Pinkerton man Jeff Carr, who comes to...
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1955
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1954
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Another winning collaboration between producer Benedict Bogeaus and director Allan Dwan, Tennessee's Partner is the third...
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1954
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Next to Slightly Scarlet, Silver Lode is the best of the many 1950s collaborations between producer Benedict Bogaeus and...
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1954
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1954
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Filmed on location at Montana's Glacier National Park, Cattle Queen of Montana makes excellent use of the diverse talents of...
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1954
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Rails into Laramie is one of the more obscure Universal-International western programmers of the 1950s, but this is no...
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1954
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Saginaw Trail is a rare "mid-western" from Gene Autry. Set in 1827, the story takes place in the wilds of Michigan. Autry...
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1953
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Jack Broder Productions sidestepped its usual distributor United Artists to release Combat Squad through Columbia. Set in...
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1953
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In this western, a brave cowgirl tries to steal the ill-gotten gains of an outlaw gang. The sheriff is hot on her heels. ~...
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1953
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Walter Wanger's first production for Allied Artists, Kansas Pacific is more slick and polished than the usual budget western....
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1953
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Set in India, this romantic drama tells the melodramatic tale of a young couple who travel to a remote jungle village to...
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1953
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A rare foray into straight action-adventure by comedy director Edward Bernds, Hot News stars Stanley Clements as ex-pugilist...
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1953
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Wayne Morris' B-western series was the last of its kind to be produced in Hollywood. Texas Bad Man casts Morris as a sheriff...
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1953
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In this entry in the long-running Bowery Boys series, Sach becomes a mind-reader after he is punched in the nose. To...
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1953
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Disreputable wanderer Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) has been thrown in a frontier town calaboose, accused of being a...
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1953
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1953
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Vigilante Terror was one of the last of the "Wild Bill" Elliot westerns for Columbia. This time, Elliot comes to rescue an...
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1953
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A heretofore unexplored chapter in the saga of female western desperado Belle Starr is detailed in this fanciful sagebrusher....
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1953
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In this "Wild Bill Elliot" western, Elliot and two other lawmen (Myron Healey and Robert Bray) are assigned to take three...
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Sgt. Frick
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1952
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Hard-working leading lady Jane Nigh attains top billing in 1952's Rodeo. It's all about rough-and-ready gal Nancy Cartwright...
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1952
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Lon McCallister stars in the Columbia "B-plus" western Montana Territory. McCallister plays deputy John Malvin, whose loyalty...
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1952
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1952
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Charles Starrett is back as The Durango Kid in Laramie Mountains. The villains this time are a group of white outlaws who...
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1952
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Lesley Selander took time off from his directorial duties on Tim Holt's RKO western series to helm the Monogram oater Fort...
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1952
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At the time of its release, Republic's Desperadoes Outpost was regarded as one of the studio's better Allan "Rocky" Lane...
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Lieutenant Dan Booker
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1952
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In his final Durango Kid Western (and final film appearance), Charles Starrett once again played an avenger named Steve,...
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1952
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Cowboy hero Wild Bill Elliot (whose trademark was wearing his six-shooters backwards in his holsters) stars in this oater....
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1952
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An excellent cast brings distinction to the pedestrian goings-on in Silver City. Per its title, the film is set in...
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1951
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Texas Lawmen was one of the shortest entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown series, running a scant 54 minutes. This time,...
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Screen Story
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1951
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1951
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Minister Sterling Hayden is able to tend to the needs of his flock, but can do nothing for his alcoholic wife. She kills...
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1951
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Johnny Mack Brown closed out his 1951 manifest of "B"-westerns with Montana Desperado. The story concerns a fierce struggle...
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Ron Logan
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1951
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Lorna Doone is based on the oft-filmed novel by Richard D. Blackmore. Set in 17th century Scotland during the reign of...
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1951
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Most of Storm Over Tibet is built around footage gleaned from a 1930 German documentary lensed in the Himalayas, portions of...
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Bill March
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1951
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As was customary in his late Monogram westerns, Johnny Mack Brown plays an undercover agent in Colorado Ambush. Brown is sent...
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Screenwriter, Chet Murdock
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1951
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Not a remake of the 1936 film of the same name, The Texas Rangers is an enjoyable second-echelon western from the Columbia...
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1951
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Elephant Stampede was the sixth entry in Monogram's "Bomba the Jungle Boy" series. This time Bomba (Johnny Sheffield) must...
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1951
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After several elaborate Republic western vehicles, William Elliot returns to the clean-cut minimalism of his "Wild Bill...
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Andy
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1951
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Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial about the building of the...
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1951
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The Cinecolor "A" western Slaughter Trail anticipated High Noon by having its story narrated in song by troubadour...
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1951
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A sequel to West of Dodge City (1947), this below-average Charles Starrett oater reveals that rather than drowning, nefarious...
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Krag Baseman
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1951
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1951
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1950
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The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) to prevent the opening up...
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Brody
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1950
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In a season that also brought the world such cinematic confessions as I Shot Jesse James (1949) and I Shot Billy the Kid...
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1950
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Johnny Mack Brown stars in the Monogram oater Outlaw Gold. The plot is motivated by revenge: sentenced to five years in...
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Sonny Lang
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1950
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A state rangers rides out to find rustlers who have stolen from every ranch in the territory except a hot-headed loner, whom...
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1950
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Whip Wilson and Andy Clyde are back and Monogram's got 'em in Fence Riders. The Whipster comes to the aid of beautiful ranch...
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Crogan
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1950
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A haunting work of stark confessionalism disguised as a taut noir thriller, In a Lonely Place -- Nicholas Ray's bleak,...
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1950
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1950
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Western aficionados tend to regard Short Grass as the best-ever directorial effort by Lesley Selander. Considerably longer...
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1950
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Allan "Rocky" Lane rides again in Salt Lake Raiders. This time, action takes a back seat to mystery and suspense. Lane...
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1950
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Between Midnight and Dawn is a solid, no-frills detective drama from the Columbia studio mills. Mark Stevens and...
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1950
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Johnny Mack Brown follows his tried-and-true western formula in Law of the Panhandle. This time, U.S. Marshal Brown backs up...
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Henry Faulkner
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1950
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The postwar hot-rod craze spawned a whole new movie subgenre. This Monogram entry, titled simply Hot Rod, stars Jimmy Lydon...
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Joe Longhorn
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1950
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Johnny Mack Brown stars in the rubber-stamp western Over the Border. Bringing Bart Calhoun (Marshall Reed) to justice for his...
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Jeff Grant
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1950
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A Woman of Distinction serves as a tailor-made vehicle for Rosalind Russell. The star is cast as Susan Middlecott, a highly...
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1950
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In this musical comedy with dramatic touches, Jack and Molly Moran (Dan Dailey and Betty Grable) are a show business couple...
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1950
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Columbia's heartwarming "Rusty" series came to a close with Rusty's Birthday. As in previous series entries, the doggie hero...
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1949
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This unusual, dreamlike John Wayne vehicle is set in the East Indies. The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two...
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1949
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1949
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Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series galloped ever onward in Hidden Danger. This time, Johnny and his saddle pal Banty...
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Carson
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1949
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A late entry in Monogram's Jimmy Wakely musical Western series, Brand of Fear features a nice performance by Gail Davis,...
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1949
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1949
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1949
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Riders of the Dusk is another of Monogram's formula Whip Wilson westerns. Since the studio couldn't build an entire film...
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Sheriff
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1949
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In one of his better later Westerns, singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely comes to the aid of a reformed outlaw and his wayward son....
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1949
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Glenn Ford is top-billed in Man From Colorado, though he's anything but a hero. Ford plays a seriously disturbed Civil War...
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1949
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Heavily trimmed prior to release, this entry in the Charles Starrett "Durango Kid" Western series for Columbia includes...
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1949
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Monte Hale stars in the Republic oater Pioneer Marshal. This time, Hale is cast as Ted Post, a Texas marshal who's on the...
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1949
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In her second film appearance, Marilyn Monroe stars as Peggy Martin, a second-generation showgirl who begins a romance with a...
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1949
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Though Humphrey Bogart is the official star of Knock on Any Door, the film is essentially a showcase for Columbia's newest...
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1949
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Singing cowboy Monte Hale rides back into view in Republic's South of Rio. Borrowing a page from Hollywood's gangster-flick...
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1949
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1949
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Ostensibly a Jimmy Wakely musical Western -- the singer's final starring vehicle -- The Lawless Code is really a showcase for...
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1949
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Johnny Mack Brown's first starring western for 1950 is cut from the same cloth as his 1949 releases. Brown's principal...
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1949
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In this courtroom drama, a French girl stands trial for murder. Flashbacks tell the grim story of how, during the Great War...
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1948
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In this romantic comedy, a wealthy heiress marries hastily and realizes her mistake on her honeymoon in New York. Though it...
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1948
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The long-running "Blondie" series was slowly heading into the homestretch when Blondie's Reward came out in 1948. After...
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1948
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Reminiscent of the classic "screwball" comedy-mysteries of the prewar years, Columbia's The Corpse Came C.O.D stars Warner...
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1947
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1947
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1947
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While perhaps not Abbott & Costello's best film, The Time of Their Lives is certainly their most unusual. Lou Costello plays...
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1946
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1946
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MGM's musical extravaganza Meet the People top-bills two future powerful TV executives: Dick Powell and Lucille Ball. Ball...
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1944
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Newspaper reporter Marion Hargrove's best-selling novel was adapted to the screen by MGM as a vehicle for Robert Walker. The...
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1944
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Storywise, Thousands Cheer is thin stuff indeed. Insouciant PFC Eddy Marsh (Gene Kelly) wants to put on a Big Show for his...
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1943
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The Iron Major is the saga of WW1 hero-cum-football coach Frank Cavanaugh, played with his usual no-nonsense professionalism...
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1943
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In her seventh outing as irrepressible vaudeville entertainer Maisie Revere, Ann Sothern aided the war effort by working the...
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1943
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In this wartime comedy drama an ultra-macho but aging Marine sergeant does all he can to keep his men intimidated and towing...
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1943
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