The Woman in the Window
When a conservative middle-aged professor engages in a minor dalliance with a femme fatale, he is plunged into a nightmarish quicksand of blackmail and murder.
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The Stranger
The Stranger (1946) starring Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young
Synopsis of The Stranger
In The Stranger, Wilson of the War Crimes Commission is seeking Franz Kindler, mastermind of the Holocaust, who has effectively erased his identity. Wilson releases Kindler’s former comrade Meinike and follows him to Harper, Connecticut, where he is killed before he can identify Kindler. Now Wilson’s only clue is Kindler’s fascination with antique clocks; but though Kindler seems secure in his new identity, he feels his past closing in.
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Bullets or Ballots
Bullets or Ballots, starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh
Synopsis of Bullets or Ballots
A tough New York cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring in this well-done gangster movie starring Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart.
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Anastasia
Anastasia (1956) starring Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brinner, Helen Hayes
Synopsis of Anastasia
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her he comes to believe she is really Anastasia. In the end, the Empress must decide her claim.
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Frankenstein’s Army
Frankenstein’s Army (2013) starring Karel Roden, Alexander Mercury, Robert Gwilym
Synopsis of Frankenstein’s Army
Frankenstein’s Army is set toward the end of World War II. A squad of Russian soldiers seemingly stumble upon a lab run by the descendant of Dr. Frankenstein. And he’s creating abominations for the Nazis.
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Maisie Gets Her Man
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) starring Ann Sothern, Red Skelton
In Maisie Gets Her Man, Ann Sothern stars as Maisie Ravier in this seventh entry in the “Maisie” series — here, vaudeville performer Maisie has to leave the knife-throwing act when her partner, “Professor Orco” is jilted by his girlfriend, and decides to take his revenge out on all women … starting with Maisie, the target of his knives! Orco throwing knives at her is a very funny scene, that ends Maisie running away from the mad Orco, only end up to knocking him silly … and leaving herself unemployed once again.
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Maisie
Maisie (1939) starring Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Ian Hunter, Ruth Hussey
Synopsis of Maisie
Down-on-her-luck showgirl Maisie Ravier takes a job at a dude ranch, falls in love with the foreman, meddles in a couple’s unhappy marriage, and rescues the foreman from a wrongful murder charge.
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The Blue Max
The Blue Max (1966), starring George Peppard, Ursula Andress, James Mason, Jeremy Kemp
Synopsis of The Blue Max
The Blue Max – Promoted from the ranks after spending two years in the trenches, Bruno Stachel becomes a flying officer in Germany’s World War I air force. Most of the officer corps comes from Germany’s aristocratic elite and Stachel feels out of place. This does not dampen his ambition however as he single-mindedly pursues his goal: to be awarded the Blue Max, given for shooting down 20 enemy planes. His blind ambition leads him to claim a kill that is not his and when he confides in the beautiful wife of a General, disaster is inevitable. …
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Left Behind – World at War
Left Behind – World at War (2005), starring Lou Gossett Jr., Kirk Cameron, Gordon Currie, Brad Johnson, Chelsea Noble
Synopsis of Left Behind – World at War
President Gerald Fitzhugh (Lou Gossett Jr.) lives in a different world — everyone does. A year and a half ago hundreds of millions of people vanished. In the chaos, Nicolae Carpathia offered hope and now rules the entire world. But after Fitzhugh is nearly killed, he suspects Nicolae. Desperate, Fitzhugh forces journalist Buck Williams (Kirk Cameron) to help him, but soon they’re both running for their lives as the world is plunged into World War III.
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Twelve O’Clock High
Twelve O’Clock High, starring Gregory Peck, Dean Jager
Synopsis of Twelve O’Clock High
An Allied flight commander and his successor run daylight bombing raids out of England. Directed by Henry King. Best supporting Oscar for Dean Jagger.Twelve O’Clock High
