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Stalag 17

user — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 03:27:16 +0000

Academy Award winners William Holden and Billy Wilder reunited for this gripping World War II comedy/drama set in a notorious German prison camp, Stalag 17. Holden portrays the jaded, scheming Sergeant J. J. Sefton—a prisoner at the who spends his days dreaming up rackets and trading with the Germans for special privileges. When two captives…

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Double Indemnity

user — Tue, 24 May 2022 04:05:00 +0000

In Double Indemnity, insurance investigator Fred MacMurray is enticed into murdering Barbara Stanwyck’s husband. But his partner and mentor Edward G. Robinson isn’t convinced that the death was an accident … Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, directed by Billy Wilder, written by Raymond Chandler Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck star…

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Witness for the Prosecution

user — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:26:00 +0000

Witness for the Prosecution (1957) starring Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich In Witness for the Prosecution, a wealthy widow is found murdered. Her married suitor, Leonard Vole, is accused of the crime. Vole’s only hope for acquittal is the testimony of his wife … But his airtight alibi shatters when she reveals…

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The Major and the Minor

user — Mon, 20 May 2019 22:46:17 +0000

The Major and the Minor (1942) starring Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, by Billy Wilder Synopsis of The Major and the Minor In The Major and the Minor, a frustrated city girl (Ginger Rogers) decides to disguise herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little “Sue Sue” finds herself…

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The Lost Weekend

user — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:17:34 +0000

The Lost Weekend (1945) starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Howard Da Silva Although I’m aware of the actor Ray Milland (Starflight One, X: the Man with the X-Ray Eyes), I’m young enough to say that I’d never seen a truly great performance by him. That was before I watched The Lost Weekend. In short, The…

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Avanti!

user — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 20:57:23 +0000

Avanti! (1972) starring Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, directed by Billy Wilder In short, Avanti! is Hollywood excusing adultery. Seriously. The synopsis is as follows: Successful businessman Wendell Armbruster, Jr. (Jack Lemmon) has to go to Italy to recover the body of his father, who has been killed in an automobile accident there. Once there, he…

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Sabrina

user — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 22:18:07 +0000

Bogie and Holden are the mega-rich Larrabee brothers of Long Island. Bogie’s all work, Holden’s all playboy. But then the daughter of the family’s chauffeur returns from Paris. Sabrina is all grown up, and Holden’s character falls in love. Now the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell…

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