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Cimarron (1960)

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Maria Schell  •  Anne Baxter  •  Arthur O'Connell

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Maria Schell  •  Anne Baxter  •  Arthur O'Connell

Party Girl (1958)

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Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Cyd Charisse  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  John Ireland

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Cyd Charisse  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  John Ireland

Raid on Entebbe (1976)

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Kershner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Peter Finch  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  John Saxon

Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Kershner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Peter Finch  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  John Saxon

The Naked City (1948)

The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, finding the girl's killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules Dassin
CAST:  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Howard Duff  •  Dorothy Hart  •  Don Taylor

The Naked City portrays the police investigation that follows the murder of a young model. A veteran cop is placed in charge of the case and he sets about, with the help of other beat cops and detectives, finding the girl's killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules Dassin
CAST:  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Howard Duff  •  Dorothy Hart  •  Don Taylor

Thieves' Highway (1949)

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules Dassin
CAST:  Richard Conte  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Barbara Lawrence

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules Dassin
CAST:  Richard Conte  •  Valentina Cortese  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Barbara Lawrence

Torn Curtain (1966)

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Julie Andrews  •  Lila Kedrova  •  Hansjörg Felmy

During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Julie Andrews  •  Lila Kedrova  •  Hansjörg Felmy

Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel  •  Robert Totten
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Lena Horne  •  Carroll O'Connor  •  Kent Smith

In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel  •  Robert Totten
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Lena Horne  •  Carroll O'Connor  •  Kent Smith

Exodus (1960)

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Ralph Richardson

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Ralph Richardson

The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Maria Schell  •  Claire Bloom  •  Lee J. Cobb

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Brooks
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Maria Schell  •  Claire Bloom  •  Lee J. Cobb

Americathon (1979)

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal Israel
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Harvey Korman  •  Fred Willard  •  Chief Dan George

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Neal Israel
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Harvey Korman  •  Fred Willard  •  Chief Dan George

The Defector (1966)

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Lévy
CAST:  Montgomery Clift  •  Macha Méril  •  Christine Delaroche  •  Hardy Krüger

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Lévy
CAST:  Montgomery Clift  •  Macha Méril  •  Christine Delaroche  •  Hardy Krüger

The Goldbergs (1950)

Feature film using characters from the popular radio show and the pioneering 1949 TV series, about a Bronx family coping with everyday problems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Hart
CAST:  Gertrude Berg  •  Philip Loeb  •  Eli Mintz  •  Eduard Franz

Feature film using characters from the popular radio show and the pioneering 1949 TV series, about a Bronx family coping with everyday problems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Hart
CAST:  Gertrude Berg  •  Philip Loeb  •  Eli Mintz  •  Eduard Franz

Conspiracy of Terror (1975)

A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven't forgiven him for marrying a Gentile woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Michael Constantine  •  Barbara Rhoades  •  David Opatoshu  •  Roger Perry

A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven't forgiven him for marrying a Gentile woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Michael Constantine  •  Barbara Rhoades  •  David Opatoshu  •  Roger Perry

Romance of a Horsethief (1971)

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Jane Birkin  •  Lainie Kazan

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Jane Birkin  •  Lainie Kazan

Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Reisz
CAST:  Nick Nolte  •  Tuesday Weld  •  Michael Moriarty  •  Anthony Zerbe

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Reisz
CAST:  Nick Nolte  •  Tuesday Weld  •  Michael Moriarty  •  Anthony Zerbe

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (1973)

During World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Raymond Burr  •  Don Galloway  •  David Opatoshu  •  John Colicos

During World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Raymond Burr  •  Don Galloway  •  David Opatoshu  •  John Colicos

Under Siege (1986)

Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Young
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Mason Adams  •  Lew Ayres  •  George Grizzard

Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Young
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Mason Adams  •  Lew Ayres  •  George Grizzard

Black City (1961)

A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Duilio Coletti
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Lino Ventura  •  Max Cartier  •  Guido Celano

A charming rogue, the self-proclaimed leader of Naples, locks horns with an American Army general and a police inspector.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Duilio Coletti
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Lino Ventura  •  Max Cartier  •  Guido Celano

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976)

The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Lee Majors  •  Noah Beery Jr.  •  Nehemiah Persoff  •  Brooke Bundy

The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delbert Mann
CAST:  Lee Majors  •  Noah Beery Jr.  •  Nehemiah Persoff  •  Brooke Bundy

The Light Ahead (1939)

The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to criticize the poverty and superstition that oppress a pair of star-crossed lovers. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Helen Beverly  •  David Opatoshu  •  Isidore Cashier

The Light Ahead is possibly the greatest of Edgar G. Ulmer’s shtetl films. Here, the director counterpoints his pastoral Green Fields to criticize the poverty and superstition that oppress a pair of star-crossed lovers. Made on the eve of World War II, The Light ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Helen Beverly  •  David Opatoshu  •  Isidore Cashier
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