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Chicken Every Sunday
6.4

Chicken Every Sunday

Jan. 18, 1949

Chicken Every Sunday

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband’s harebrained financial schemes.
Pony Express
5.8

Pony Express

Jun. 15, 1953

Pony Express

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, ...
Carbine Williams
6.9

Carbine Williams

May. 01, 1952

Carbine Williams

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine ...
Ace in the Hole
8.1

Ace in the Hole

Jun. 29, 1951

Ace in the Hole

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Intruder in the Dust
7.6

Intruder in the Dust

Nov. 22, 1949

Intruder in the Dust

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body ...
You Gotta Stay Happy
6.7

You Gotta Stay Happy

Oct. 28, 1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent ...
That Wonderful Urge
6.5

That Wonderful Urge

Nov. 20, 1948

That Wonderful Urge

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she’s met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by ...
Singapore
6.4

Singapore

Aug. 13, 1947

Singapore

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar ...
Miracle on 34th Street
7.9

Miracle on 34th Street

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy’s following his performance in the ...
Murder, He Says
6.9

Murder, He Says

Jun. 23, 1945

Murder, He Says

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. ...
Blood on the Sun
6

Blood on the Sun

Apr. 26, 1945

Blood on the Sun

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset ...
The Great Moment
6.2

The Great Moment

Jul. 18, 1944

The Great Moment

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the ...
Going My Way
7

Going My Way

May. 15, 1944

Going My Way

Youthful Father Chuck O’Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being ...
Double Indemnity
8.3

Double Indemnity

Jul. 06, 1944

Double Indemnity

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop ...
The Desperadoes
6.4

The Desperadoes

May. 25, 1943

The Desperadoes

Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town’s crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying ...
Sullivan’s Travels
7.9

Sullivan’s Travels

Nov. 30, 1941

Sullivan’s Travels

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won’t be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo ...
His Girl Friday
7.8

His Girl Friday

Jan. 18, 1940

His Girl Friday

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his ...
Dark Command
6.7

Dark Command

Apr. 15, 1940

Dark Command

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the ...
Arizona
6.8

Arizona

Dec. 25, 1940

Arizona

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. ...
True Confession
6.6

True Confession

Dec. 24, 1937

True Confession

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn’t bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is ...
Souls at Sea
6.8

Souls at Sea

Sep. 03, 1937

Souls at Sea

Michael ‘Nuggin’ Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
Make Way for Tomorrow
8.2

Make Way for Tomorrow

May. 09, 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents’ home is being foreclosed. “Temporarily,” Ma moves in with son ...
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
6

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out ...
The Story of Louis Pasteur
7.3

The Story of Louis Pasteur

A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount ...
Satan Met a Lady
5.9

Satan Met a Lady

Jul. 22, 1936

Satan Met a Lady

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
The Princess Comes Across
6.7

The Princess Comes Across

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a ...
The Plainsman
6.8

The Plainsman

Nov. 16, 1936

The Plainsman

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
The Petrified Forest
7.5

The Petrified Forest

Feb. 08, 1936

The Petrified Forest

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint ...
The General Died at Dawn
6.5

The General Died at Dawn

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O’Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a ...