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Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns

Money, Women and Guns
IMDb: 6.1
80

Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.

Genre: Mystery, Western
Take One False Step

Take One False Step

Take One False Step
IMDb: 6.4
94

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she’s presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he’s a prime suspect and should investigate before…

Manila Calling

Manila Calling

Manila Calling
IMDb: 6.8
81

During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines and became the first U.S. Guerrilla fighters.

Genre: Drama, War
The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint
IMDb: 6.2
91

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it’s much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one…

Genre: Drama, Music
Penguin Pool Murder

Penguin Pool Murder

Penguin Pool Murder
IMDb: 6.9
70

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon
IMDb: 6.7
74

A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West
IMDb: 6.8
86

Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and…

Genre: Comedy, Western
The Devil Is Driving

The Devil Is Driving

The Devil Is Driving
IMDb: 6.5
65

Orville “Gabby” Denton is an alcoholic drifter with a chronic gambling problem. Despite his flaws he is beloved by his family. Gabby’s brother-in-law Beef gets Gabby work as a mechanic…

Clear All Wires!

Clear All Wires!

Clear All Wires!
IMDb: 5.9
78

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being…

What Price Glory

What Price Glory

What Price Glory
IMDb: 6.2
110

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg’s top sergeant. And when…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Bad Boy

Bad Boy

Bad Boy
IMDb: 6.7
86

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent’s bad behavior.

Genre: Drama
The Yellow Cab Man

The Yellow Cab Man

The Yellow Cab Man
IMDb: 6.5
85

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty

Search for Beauty
IMDb: 6.1
78

Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Suicide Fleet

Suicide Fleet

Suicide Fleet
IMDb: 5.6
87

Three US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally who works on the Coney Island midway.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway
IMDb: 6.7
118

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead they decide to put up their own show to…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow
IMDb: 6.8
80

In effect, modern cow town Spurline is run by Virgil Renchler, owner of the Golden Empire Ranch. One night, two of Virgil’s henchmen go a little too far and beat…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
S1m0ne

S1m0ne

S1m0ne
IMDb: 6.1
117

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to…

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby
IMDb: 6.7
103

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not suffer.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Female Animal

The Female Animal

The Female Animal
IMDb: 6
84

Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he’s the ‘caretaker’ of her beach house. Vanessa’s sexy, alcoholic adult…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter
IMDb: 8
93

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
IMDb: 8
128

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa’s alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles:…

Genre: Drama
My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal
IMDb: 6.2
103

Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah
IMDb: 7.2
117

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician,…

Genre: Drama
Key to the City

Key to the City

Key to the City
IMDb: 6.4
101

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of “Puget City” and is proud of his rough and tumble…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
IMDb: 7
82

Relations between Dr. ‘Brad’ Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. But through…

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Why Do Fools Fall In Love
IMDb: 6.4
116

In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Crash Dive

Crash Dive

Crash Dive
IMDb: 6.4
106

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart…

Mother

Mother

Mother
IMDb: 6.9
104

After two failed marriages a science fiction writer decides that coming to terms with his mother will improve his chances for a successful relationship, so he moves in with her.

Genre: Comedy
I’ll See You in My Dreams

I’ll See You in My Dreams

I’ll See You in My Dreams
IMDb: 6.8
110

Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe
IMDb: 7
120

Pete Sandidge, a daredevil bomber pilot, dies when he crashes his plane into a German aircraft carrier, leaving his devoted girlfriend, Dorinda, who is also a pilot, heartbroken. In heaven,…

The Story of Will Rogers

The Story of Will Rogers

The Story of Will Rogers
IMDb: 6.6
109

Biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The World’s Greatest Lover

The World’s Greatest Lover

The World’s Greatest Lover
IMDb: 5.8
89

When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine,…

Genre: Comedy
A Free Soul

A Free Soul

A Free Soul
IMDb: 6.6
93

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
My Demon Lover

My Demon Lover

My Demon Lover
IMDb: 4.6
90

Denny has yet again been left by her thug boyfriend Chip. It seems as if she is doomed to be stuck with awful guys, this time she has to choose…

Tycoon

Tycoon

Tycoon
IMDb: 6.2
128

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
The Jackpot

The Jackpot

The Jackpot
IMDb: 6.8
85

Jimmy Stewart’s Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he’s incurred.

Genre: Comedy
This Man’s Navy

This Man’s Navy

This Man’s Navy
IMDb: 6.3
100

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Suddenly

Suddenly

Suddenly
IMDb: 6.8
75

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them….

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust
IMDb: 6.1
80

The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won’t…

Genre: Western
Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
IMDb: 7.6
94

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes…because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe’s spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe’s…