Description: A playlist of films dedicated to the Golden Age of Hollywood era…The 40ies, 50ies & 60ies
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Casablanca
( 1943 )
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
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Key Largo
( 1948 )
A drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues.
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The Big Sleep
( 1946 )
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
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The Maltese Falcon
( 1941 )
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
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The Caine Mutiny
( 1954 )
When a U.S. Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command.
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The African Queen
( 1952 )
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
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Othello
( 1955 )
The Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
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Citizen Kane
( 1941 )
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
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A Streetcar Named Desire
( 1951 )
Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
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On the Waterfront
( 1954 )
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
( 1962 )
In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.
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The Wild One
( 1953 )
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
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Moby Dick
( 1956 )
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
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Twelve O'Clock High
( 1950 )
A tough-as-nails general takes over a B-17 bomber unit suffering from low morale and whips them into fighting shape.
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
( 1952 )
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.
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Cape Fear
( 1962 )
A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
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Roman Holiday
( 1953 )
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
( 1963 )
A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.
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East of Eden
( 1955 )
Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain the favor of their affectionate but strict, Bible-toting father as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
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Fail Safe
( 1964 )
A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
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12 Angry Men
( 1957 )
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
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The Greatest Show on Earth
( 1952 )
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
( 1965 )
The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
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The Ten Commandments
( 1956 )
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
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Antony and Cleopatra
( 1972 )
After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.
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Ben-Hur
( 1959 )
A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.
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Gone with the Wind
( 1940 )
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
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From Here to Eternity
( 1953 )
At a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a pugilistic private is cruelly punished for refusing to join his unit's boxing team. Meanwhile, his commanding officer's wife and top NCO are indulging in a torrid love affair.
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Around the World in 80 Days
( 1956 )
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
( 1955 )
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
( 1959 )
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
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The Long, Hot Summer
( 1958 )
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
( 1958 )
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminally ill father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
( 1969 )
In 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels..
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Cool Hand Luke
( 1967 )
A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
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The Magnificent Seven
( 1960 )
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
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Sunset Boulevard
( 1950 )
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
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Bonnie and Clyde
( 1967 )
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
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North by Northwest
( 1959 )
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
( 1943 )
During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.
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Joan of Arc
( 1948 )
The abbreviated life of the 15th-century French heroine.
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The FBI Story
( 1959 )
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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Harvey
( 1950 )
A whimsical man is thought to be insane due to his insistence that he is best friends with an invisible, humanoid rabbit, but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
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The Spirit of St. Louis
( 1957 )
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
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Strategic Air Command
( 1955 )
An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
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Little Women
( 1949 )
The four daughters of a New England family fight for happiness during and after the Civil War.
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Flying Leathernecks
( 1951 )
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
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Sands of Iwo Jima
( 1950 )
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
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Ocean's Eleven
( 1960 )
Danny Ocean gathers a group of his World War II compatriots to pull off the ultimate Las Vegas heist. Together the eleven friends plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos in one night.
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Guys and Dolls
( 1955 )
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
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The Manchurian Candidate
( 1962 )
An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
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It's a Wonderful Life
( 1947 )
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
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The Sea Hawk
( 1940 )
Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for an attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills with the sword.
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The Seven Year Itch
( 1955 )
When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful husband with an overactive imagination is tempted by a sexy new neighbor.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
( 1953 )
Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.
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Some Like It Hot
( 1959 )
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
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How to Marry a Millionaire
( 1953 )
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
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There's No Business Like Show Business
( 1955 )
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
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The Lion in Winter
( 1968 )
1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a decision.
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Lawrence of Arabia
( 2013 )
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
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The Enemy Below
( 1958 )
During WWII an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the American captain must draw upon all his experience to defeat the equally experienced German commander.
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Of Mice and Men
( 1940 )
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
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Brigham Young
( 1940 )
In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
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Barabbas
( 1962 )
Governor Pontius Pilate gave the populace a choice to spare either Barabbas, a criminal, or Jesus, condemned as a heretic, from crucifixion. The masses chose Barrabas, and he is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life.
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The Robe
( 1953 )
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
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Solomon and Sheba
( 1959 )
After becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.
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Sodom and Gomorrah
( 1963 )
Sex, torture, and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes that his people can co-exist with the Sodomites--a disastrous decision.
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King of Kings
( 1961 )
The temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ.
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West Side Story
( 1961 )
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
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A Man for All Seasons
( 1966 )
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
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Singin' in the Rain
( 1952 )
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
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The Wizard of Oz
( 1939 )
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
( 1968 )
A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land.
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Mary Poppins
( 1965 )
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
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Angels Over Broadway
( 1940 )
A cuckolded embezzler on the verge of suicide is helped by a tout, an alcoholic playwright, and a pick-up girl to reimburse the money with a gambling sting.
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Captain Horatio Hornblower
( 1951 )
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
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On the Beach
( 1959 )
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
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Zorba the Greek
( 1964 )
A reserved English writer travelling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
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Call Northside 777
( 1948 )
Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
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The Sound and the Fury
( 1959 )
Drama focusing on a family of Southern aristocrats who are trying to deal with the dissolution of their clan and the loss of its reputation, faith, fortunes, and respect.
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State Fair
( 1945 )
Each member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.
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The Egyptian
( 1954 )
In ancient Egypt, a poor orphan becomes a genial physician and is eventually appointed at the Pharaoh's court where he witnesses palace intrigues and learns dangerous royal secrets.
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The Rains of Ranchipur
( 1955 )
Despite marital problems, English Lord Albert Esketh and his rich American socialite wife Lady Edwina Esketh travel to India to buy a prize horse from the ruler of Ranchipur.
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Lifeboat
( 1944 )
Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
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Orchestra Wives
( 1942 )
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
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Soldier of Fortune
( 1955 )
After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
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The Desert Rats
( 1953 )
Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
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Esther and the King
( 1960 )
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the fourth century B.C., as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The King has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred ...Read all
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
( 1947 )
In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relationship with the ghost.
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Cleopatra
( 1963 )
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
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The Razor's Edge
( 1946 )
An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
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You're in the Navy Now
( 1951 )
When a new commander is assigned to a submarine chaser with an experimental engine, he finds the entire crew has as little experience as he does.
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The Hustler
( 1961 )
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
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The Left Hand of God
( 1955 )
At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.
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The King and I
( 1956 )
A widow accepts a job as a live-in governess to the King of Siam's children.
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Niagara
( 1953 )
As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
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Miracle on 34th Street
( 1947 )
After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
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