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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Anderson
CAST:  David Niven  •  Finlay Currie  •  Robert Morley  •  Cantinflas

Blazing Saddles (1974)

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A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Brooks
CAST:  Cleavon Little  •  Gene Wilder  •  Mel Brooks  •  Madeline Kahn

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Brooks
CAST:  Cleavon Little  •  Gene Wilder  •  Mel Brooks  •  Madeline Kahn

Born to Kill (1947)

Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Lawrence Tierney  •  Walter Slezak  •  Phillip Terry

Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Lawrence Tierney  •  Walter Slezak  •  Phillip Terry

Bride of the Monster (1955)

Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward D. Wood Jr.
CAST:  Bela Lugosi  •  Tor Johnson  •  Tony McCoy  •  Loretta King

Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward D. Wood Jr.
CAST:  Bela Lugosi  •  Tor Johnson  •  Tony McCoy  •  Loretta King

Car Wash (1976)

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Darrow Igus  •  DeWayne Jessie  •  James Spinks  •  Richard Brestoff

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Darrow Igus  •  DeWayne Jessie  •  James Spinks  •  Richard Brestoff

Hell's Island (1955)

After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mark Cormack loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as bouncer in a Las Vegas casino. A wheelchair-using stranger Barzland hires him to locate a ruby that disappeared in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  John Payne  •  Mary Murphy  •  Eduardo Noriega  •  Francis L. Sullivan

After being dumped by his fiancée, hard-drinking and depressed Mark Cormack loses his job in the Los Angeles district attorney's office and serves as bouncer in a Las Vegas casino. A wheelchair-using stranger Barzland hires him to locate a ruby that disappeared in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  John Payne  •  Mary Murphy  •  Eduardo Noriega  •  Francis L. Sullivan

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward D. Wood Jr.
CAST:  Gregory Walcott  •  Mona McKinnon  •  Duke Moore  •  Tom Keene

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward D. Wood Jr.
CAST:  Gregory Walcott  •  Mona McKinnon  •  Duke Moore  •  Tom Keene

Psycho II (1983)

After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by 'her' demands and begins to question ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Franklin
CAST:  Anthony Perkins  •  Vera Miles  •  Meg Tilly  •  Robert Loggia

After years of treatment at a mental institution for the criminally insane, serial killer Norman Bates is finally released. Deciding to move back into his long-dead mother's infamous old house, he soon finds himself tormented by 'her' demands and begins to question ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Franklin
CAST:  Anthony Perkins  •  Vera Miles  •  Meg Tilly  •  Robert Loggia

Rabbit Test (1978)

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Rivers
CAST:  Billy Crystal  •  Joan Prather  •  Doris Roberts  •  Alex Rocco

Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Rivers
CAST:  Billy Crystal  •  Joan Prather  •  Doris Roberts  •  Alex Rocco

Scarface (1983)

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After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Steven Bauer  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Steven Bauer  •  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

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A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  John Wayne  •  James Stewart  •  Vera Miles  •  Lee Marvin

A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  John Wayne  •  James Stewart  •  Vera Miles  •  Lee Marvin

Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Friz Freleng  •  Robert McKimson  •  Chuck Jones  •  Greg Ford  •  Terry Lennon
CAST:  Roy Firestone  •  Mel Blanc  •  B.J. Ward  •  Mel Tormé

In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Friz Freleng  •  Robert McKimson  •  Chuck Jones  •  Greg Ford  •  Terry Lennon
CAST:  Roy Firestone  •  Mel Blanc  •  B.J. Ward  •  Mel Tormé

Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  George Segal  •  Jane Fonda  •  Ed McMahon  •  Fred Willard

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  George Segal  •  Jane Fonda  •  Ed McMahon  •  Fred Willard

Crime, Inc. (1945)

A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Tom Neal  •  Martha Tilton  •  Lionel Atwill

A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Tom Neal  •  Martha Tilton  •  Lionel Atwill

Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)

Bugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Jones
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Ben Frommer  •  Julie Bennett

Bugs is given a room for the night at the castle of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Jones
CAST:  Mel Blanc  •  Ben Frommer  •  Julie Bennett

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Joe E. Brown  •  Eddie Cantor  •  Kitty Carlisle

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Jack Benny  •  Joe E. Brown  •  Eddie Cantor  •  Kitty Carlisle

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)

The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael O'Herlihy
CAST:  Walter Brennan  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Buddy Ebsen  •  Lesley Ann Warren

The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael O'Herlihy
CAST:  Walter Brennan  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Buddy Ebsen  •  Lesley Ann Warren

Badman's Territory (1946)

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Ann Richards  •  Ray Collins

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Ann Richards  •  Ray Collins

Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)

Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles B. Griffith
CAST:  Janet Julian  •  Jimmy McNichol  •  Walter Barnes  •  John Blyth Barrymore

Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daughter by his side.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles B. Griffith
CAST:  Janet Julian  •  Jimmy McNichol  •  Walter Barnes  •  John Blyth Barrymore

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)

An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles B. Griffith
CAST:  Oliver Reed  •  Sunny Johnson  •  Maia Danziger  •  Virgil Frye

An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles B. Griffith
CAST:  Oliver Reed  •  Sunny Johnson  •  Maia Danziger  •  Virgil Frye
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