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Impact (1949)

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Ella Raines  •  Charles Coburn  •  Helen Walker

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Ella Raines  •  Charles Coburn  •  Helen Walker

Invisible Agent (1942)

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ilona Massey  •  Jon Hall  •  Peter Lorre  •  Cedric Hardwicke

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ilona Massey  •  Jon Hall  •  Peter Lorre  •  Cedric Hardwicke

Mildred Pierce (1945)

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Jack Carson  •  Zachary Scott  •  Eve Arden

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Jack Carson  •  Zachary Scott  •  Eve Arden

The Killers (1946)

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Albert Dekker

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Albert Dekker

The Mad Ghoul (1943)

Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  David Bruce  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  George Zucco  •  Robert Armstrong

Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  David Bruce  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  George Zucco  •  Robert Armstrong

The Mummy's Tomb (1942)

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Dick Foran  •  John Hubbard  •  Elyse Knox

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Dick Foran  •  John Hubbard  •  Elyse Knox

You Only Live Once (1937)

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Barton MacLane  •  Jean Dixon

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Barton MacLane  •  Jean Dixon

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Richard Carlson  •  Joan Davis

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Richard Carlson  •  Joan Davis

Black Friday (1940)

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Bela Lugosi  •  Stanley Ridges  •  Anne Nagel

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Boris Karloff  •  Bela Lugosi  •  Stanley Ridges  •  Anne Nagel

My Favorite Spy (1942)

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tay Garnett
CAST:  Kay Kyser  •  Ellen Drew  •  Jane Wyman  •  Robert Armstrong

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tay Garnett
CAST:  Kay Kyser  •  Ellen Drew  •  Jane Wyman  •  Robert Armstrong

Gaucho Serenade (1940)

Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  June Storey  •  Mary Lee

Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Smiley Burnette  •  June Storey  •  Mary Lee

The Daring Young Man (1935)

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Mae Clarke  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Sidney Toler

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Mae Clarke  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Sidney Toler

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Edgar Bergen  •  Robert Cummings  •  Constance Moore  •  John Sutton

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Edgar Bergen  •  Robert Cummings  •  Constance Moore  •  John Sutton

Diamond Frontier (1940)

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold D. Schuster
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  John Loder  •  Anne Nagel  •  Cecil Kellaway

Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold D. Schuster
CAST:  Victor McLaglen  •  John Loder  •  Anne Nagel  •  Cecil Kellaway

Badlands Of Dakota (1941)

Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Robert Stack  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Richard Dix  •  Frances Farmer

Up-and-coming Universal leading man Robert Stack made his western-movie debut in Badlands of Dakota. Set in the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, the story finds brothers Jim and Bob Holliday (Stack and Broderick Crawford) dukeing it out over the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Robert Stack  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Richard Dix  •  Frances Farmer

Unseen Enemy (1942)

The Unseen Enemy in this wartime meller is Nick (Leo Carrillo), the outwardly effusive manager of a San Francisco waterfront café. To make enough money to ensure his daughter Gen's (Irene Hervey) entree into society, Nick sells his services to a gang of foreign ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rawlins
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Andy Devine  •  Irene Hervey  •  Don Terry

The Unseen Enemy in this wartime meller is Nick (Leo Carrillo), the outwardly effusive manager of a San Francisco waterfront café. To make enough money to ensure his daughter Gen's (Irene Hervey) entree into society, Nick sells his services to a gang of foreign ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Rawlins
CAST:  Leo Carrillo  •  Andy Devine  •  Irene Hervey  •  Don Terry

Mister Big (1943)

Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Donald O'Connor  •  Peggy Ryan  •  Gloria Jean  •  Florence Bates

Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Donald O'Connor  •  Peggy Ryan  •  Gloria Jean  •  Florence Bates

So's Your Uncle (1943)

Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Billie Burke  •  Donald Woods  •  Elyse Knox  •  Frank Jenks

Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Billie Burke  •  Donald Woods  •  Elyse Knox  •  Frank Jenks

Sutter's Gold (1936)

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Edward Arnold  •  Lee Tracy  •  Binnie Barnes  •  Katharine Alexander

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Edward Arnold  •  Lee Tracy  •  Binnie Barnes  •  Katharine Alexander

Spendthrift (1936)

A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Pat Paterson  •  Mary Brian  •  George Barbier

A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Henry Fonda  •  Pat Paterson  •  Mary Brian  •  George Barbier
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