David and Bathsheba
King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic consequences for his family and Israel.
The Lavender Hill Mob
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
My Favorite Spy
A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy’s girlfriend, who is also a spy.
Symphony in Slang
At the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer’s life story with all his contemporary slang.
Daredevil Droopy
Droopy and Spike are applying for the job of Dare Devil Dog at the Circus, and the one who give the best performance in a variety of “feats of strength…
The Man in the White Suit
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material,…
Rawhide
Not a Rowdy Yates in sight in this western set in a stop over for the California to St Louis mail stagecoach run. The two staff are warned that four…
He Ran All the Way
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl’s apartment.
On Dangerous Ground
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt…
Anne of the Indies
After seizing an English ship, buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle from walking the plank – as he’s in irons he is presumably no friend of England. He signs…
Adventures of Captain Fabian
An ambitious girl (Micheline Presle) uses a sea captain (Errol Flynn) to climb the social ladder in old New Orleans.
Comin’ Round the Mountain
Bud and Lou get mixed up with hillbillies, witches and love potions.
The African Queen
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and…
Mystery Junction
In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a lonely waystation during a snowstorm. Fortunately, a novelist is around to prove him…
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva – though not in the buff. This leads by…
The Great Caruso
Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera’s patrons….
The Law and the Lady
A former housemaid (Garson) now works as a confidence trickster, but her plans for a big job in California go awry.
Operation Pacific
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all….
Native Son
Author Richard Wright portrays his novel’s Bigger Thomas, a young chauffeur trapped in an accidental murder.
The River
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing…
The Mob
An undercover officer tracks waterfront corruption from California to New Orleans and back.
Royal Wedding
Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth’s wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest,…
The House on Telegraph Hill
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
Mr. Denning Drives North
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter’s current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he…
Detective Story
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters…
The Strange Door
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
Circle of Danger
An American travels to Europe to find out the details about his brother’s death. As he digs deeper the incident become more mysterious.
Chicago Calling
Bill Cannon (Dan Duryea) loses everything to alcohol: his job, his family, his self-respect. Soon after his wife and daughter leave him, he receives word his little girl has been…
Fireworks Over the Sea
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
You’re in the Navy Now
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle’s veterans will afford him…
Storm Warning
On the way to her new job, Marsha Mitchell takes the opportunity to visit her sister Lucy, whom she has not seen in a few years. There she not only…
Boyhood
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
The Tanks Are Coming
Tomahawk
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road and fort in territory ceded by previous treaty to the Sioux…to the…
The Golden Horde
The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.
Five Men of Edo
During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of…
Ginza Cosmetics
Italy is usually cited as the anchor of the neo-realist movement in cinema, but Mikio Naruse’s Ginza Cosmetics (1951) is a reminder that Japan had its own output equally rooted…