This lavishly produced, big-budget comedy (it cost $20 million in 1964 dollars) stars Shirley MacLaine as Louisa, a widow who...
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1964
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Appearing in Santa Barbara with her Shakesperean acting troupe "A Company of Four", former Broadway star Ramona Carver...
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1964
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Paladin (Richard Boone) is intrigued when his morning mail yields one-half of a $500 bill and a stagecoach ticket to Yuma,...
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1961
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This Disney animated classic is based on the children's story by Dodie Smith. The story involves the canine pets of a...
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1961
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Bumping along over several flaws, this is an odd sci-fi film directed by David Bradley, best known for his incredibly vast...
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Dr. Feodor Orloff
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1960
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Heavily in debt, John Manbridge (Denholm Elliott) cannot wait to inherit the money promised him by his wealthy uncle Felix...
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1959
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Seasoned serial director Spencer Gordon Bennett helmed this story of a one-eyed, octopoidal space alien, wreaking havoc upon...
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Sir Ian Hunt
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1959
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Looking rather spent, Tom Conway walks through the British programmer Operation Murder. Conway is a poverty-stricken doctor...
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Dr. Wayne
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1957
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Season three of Alfred Hitchcock Presents gets under way with one of the series' best and most celebrated episodes -- and one...
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1957
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1957
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Advertised as an out-and-out horror picture, Voodoo Woman is more of a "greed and revenge" melodrama than anything else. Mad...
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Dr. Roland Gerard
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1957
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Tom Conway essays one of his last starring roles in the British melodrama Murder on Approval. Conway is cast as special...
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Tom "Duke" Martin
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1956
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In this thriller, a secret formula purported to prevent metal fatigue during supersonic flight is stolen. Now, rival groups...
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1956
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A contemptuous and self-serving immigrant, Clementi Sabourin (George Sanders) pulls himself up by his bootstraps by...
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1956
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Though his Hollywood career had petered out, Tom Conway continued to star in British films throughout the 1950s. In Last Man...
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Sir Roderick Strood
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1956
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The lovely assistant of an evil hypnotist has no idea that she is the descendant of a horrifying prehistoric sea monster she...
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Timothy Chappel
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1956
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Stranger in the Night stars Joan Fontaine as a turn-of-the -century widow who moves into a somewhat foreboding seaside...
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1955
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Hal Foster's Sunday-comics saga of a young Viking prince in the service of King Arthur is brought to the screen in...
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1954
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1954
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A pet project of Walt Disney's since 1939, this animated version of James M. Barrie's Peter Pan reached full fruition in...
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1953
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Maharajah of Kim-Kepore
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1953
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A tired-looking Tom Conway plays a private detective who is framed for murder. Eva Bartok, the head of a smuggling, has...
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1953
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Fidel
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1953
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This curiously little-known British mystery stars Tom Conway as an American FBI agent. Conway is sent to England to...
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1953
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Blood Orange is an early effort from the British "shock shop" of Hammer Films. Hollywood's Tom Conway stars as a former FBI...
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1953
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As was his custom, director Andrew L. Stone filmed most of Confidence Girl away from the studio on actual locations. The...
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Roger Kingsley
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1952
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1951
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This silly, stagebound but entertaining little monster-mash from Universal horror writer/director Curt Siodmak stars burly...
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Dr. Viet
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1951
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Painting the Clouds with Sunshine was a remake of the 1929 musical Gold Diggers of Broadway, which no longer exists for...
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1951
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Taking place during a transcontinental flight, the story of The Great Plane Robbery concerns an airborne robbery (hence the...
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Ned Johnson
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1950
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This independently produced crime caper was picked up for distribution by 20th Century-Fox. Tom Conway stars as criminal...
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John Campbell
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1949
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A minor Bulldog Drummond story featuring Conway in his search for a set of lead toy soldiers. The little fighting men were...
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Bulldog Drummond
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1948
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In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed...
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Christopher Adams
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1948
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The spirit of love is back, and she's working in retail in this bubbly romantic musical comedy. Eddie Hatch (Robert Walker)...
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1948
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In this episode of the Bulldog Drummond series, the amateur detective looks into the case of a murdered sea captain who was...
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Bulldog Drummond
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1948
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In this crime drama a psychiatrist tries to help a psycho patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the...
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Dr. Michael Madden
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1948
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The second Hollywood-filmed effort from the British-based Eagle Lion company, Lost Honeymoon is a decided improvement on the...
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1947
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On New Year's Eve, Joan Leslie runs desperately out of a penthouse apartment and into the Times Square crowd. She has reason...
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John Friday
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1947
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Long before he became the foremost purveyor of ultra-realistic melodramas, writer/producer/director Andrew Stone turned out a...
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Van
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1947
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Elevating Criminal Court above the B-picture norm is the inventive direction by Robert Wise and the better-than-usual...
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Steve Banes
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1946
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When a scientist discovers a way to create synthetic diamonds, a group of criminals kidnap his daughter Meredith (Louisa...
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Tom Lawrence
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1946
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A loose remake of 1941's The Gay Falcon, The Falcon's Alibi is one of the better entries in RKO's "Falcon" series, and one of...
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Tom Lawrence
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1946
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In this drama, Mary (Ava Gardner) returns to her small town after she becomes a success in the city. Meeting up with her old...
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Lew Lentz
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1946
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In this drama, an amnesiac awakens and finds himself accused of murder. Fortunately, a female cabbie helps prove his...
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The Man
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1945
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Filmed extensively on location, The Falcon in San Francisco is one of the best of RKO Radio's "Falcon" series. This time...
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Tom Lawrence
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1945
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The murder of a wealthy, much-married rancher (Lyle Talbot) in a posh Manhattan nightclub is the catalyst for The Falcon Out...
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Tom Lawrence
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1944
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The Falcon in Mexico wastes no time getting started: within the first ten minutes, amateur sleuth Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway),...
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Falcon
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1944
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This delightful entry in RKO Radio's "Falcon" series finds amateur Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), aka The Falcon, tring to solve...
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Tom Lawrence
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1944
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In this drama, a remake of Hat, Coat and Glove (1934), a hard working attorney is upset when he learns that his...
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Mark Latham
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1944
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In this entry, the detective must find two missing industrialists. They and $100,000 suddenly vanished while flying in a...
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Tom Lawrence
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1943
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RKO producer Val Lewton seemed to thrive upon taking the most lurid film titles and coming up with pocket-edition works of...
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Paul Holland
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1943
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Tom Conway makes his second appearance as amateur sleuth Tom Lawrence, aka "The Falcon", in RKO Radio's The Falcon Strikes...
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Tom Lawrence
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1943
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When an instructor dies mysteriously at an exclusive girl's school, Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), a devil-may-care sleuth known...
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Tom Lawrence/The Falcon
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1943
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Dr. Louis Judd
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1943
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Grand Central Murder was intended as a followup to the MGM "sleeper" Kid Glove Killer, with the earlier film's star, Van...
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1942
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Handed the exploitive title Cat People, RKO producer Val Lewton opted for a thinking man's thriller--a psychological mood...
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Dr. Louis Judd
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1942
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When George Sanders announced that he was leaving the "Falcon" series, RKO Radio came up with the perfect replacement:...
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Tom Lawrence
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1942
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As Academy Award-winning films go, Mrs. Miniver has not weathered the years all that well. This prettified, idealized view of...
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1942
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MGM's Rio Rita is an in-name-only remake of the 1929 RKO Radio musical blockbuster, itself based on the long-running Ziegfeld...
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1942
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MGM's The Trial of Mary Dugan was based on the popular stage play by Bayard Vellier, previously filmed as a Norma Shearer...
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Edgar Wayne
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1941
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1941
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"Mr. and Mrs. North" started as a series of comic articles about a Park Avenue married couple, written by Richard and Frances...
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1941
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Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) plays Good Samaritan with potentially disastrous results in The People vs. Dr. Kildare. Happening...
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1941
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The 1924 George Gershwin stage hit Lady Be Good was brought to the screen by MGM; any resemblance (beyond the Gershwin score)...
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1941
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In this comedy drama, a medicine show con-man pretends to be a wealthy man to impress his long-lost daughter who is slated...
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1941
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Judging by the number of times it's popped up on TV, Tarzan's Secret Treasure was one of the most popular of the MGM "Tarzan"...
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1941
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This brief (56-minute) MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Naturally, a few plot twists and...
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1941
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The last of MGM's "Nick Carter" trilogy, Sky Murder is a tad too cute and clever for its own good, but its mystery angle...
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1940
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1940
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1939
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