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Caught on the Bounce (1952)

Joe Besser needs money to pay back a loan of $2500 and travels to ask his aunt for the money. She boards the train, along with a man who looks like a wanted bank-robber, and tells Joe she needs $2500 herself and can not help him. Between them they capture ...

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All That I Have (1951)

As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to God." His nephews bring him to court to determine his mental competence in the hopes of stopping him from ...

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Caged (1950)

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison. ...

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No Man of Her Own (1950)

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash. ...

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Hellfire (1949)

Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll ...

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The Lady Gambles (1949)

When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursu ...

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The Crooked Way (1949)

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past. ...

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Champion (1949)

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. ...

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Homicide (1949)

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery? ...

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June Bride (1948)

A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong. ...

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The Velvet Touch (1948)

After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt. ...

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Wedlock Deadlock (1947)

Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran) and brother (Charles Williams) show up and give every indication of becoming permanent free-loading gues ...

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Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club. ...

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Born to Kill (1947)

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer. ...

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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)

A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac. ...

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Without Reservations (1946)

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rus ...

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The Virginian (1946)

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatte ...

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The Falcon's Alibi (1946)

A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels. ...

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A Letter for Evie (1946)

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but h ...

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Adventure (1945)

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian. ...

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Detour (1945)

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend. ...

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The Great Flamarion (1945)

A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims. ...

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Murder, My Sweet (1944)

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit. ...

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The Big Noise (1944)

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb. ...

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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember. ...

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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of M ...

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Idle Roomers (1944)

The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon t ...

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True to Life (1943)

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty ab ...

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I Married a Witch (1942)

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her. ...

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The Palm Beach Story (1942)

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III. ...

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Jackass Mail (1942)

An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father. ...

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My Favorite Blonde (1942)

Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents. ...

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Sappy Birthday (1942)

Andy and his brother-in-law plan a fishing trip but never get beyond the driveway. ...

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Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to H ...

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The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of th ...

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San Francisco Docks (1940)

Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who has been annoying her. Cassidy is murdered that night and Johnny is jailed for the crime. Kitty, her father ...

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The Great McGinty (1940)

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor ...

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Boobs in the Woods (1940)

Andy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife. ...

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Alex in Wonderland (1940)

In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure. Alex in is New York to look for a job and he sees an ad for a champagne salesman. He dec ...

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Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939)

Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to Laura, who isn't interested in him at all. The climax arises when Pancho's gang raids the town and robs t ...

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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. ...

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Broadway Serenade (1939)

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure. ...

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Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It Yo ...

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Marie Antoinette (1938)

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis ...

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Scandal Street (1938)

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor A ...

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Stand-In (1937)

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio. ...

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Partners in Crime (1937)

Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor. ...

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Dead End (1937)

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute. Martin also crosses pat ...

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Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)

Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio. ...

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M'Liss (1936)

The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher. ...

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Klondike Annie (1936)

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska. ...

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Stars Over Broadway (1935)

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation. ...

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It Always Happens (1935)

While on a business trip, Andy accidentially gets into a compromising position with the wife of a client. ...

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The Misses Stooge (1935)

Thelma and Patsy get a job working for a magician. ...

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Straight from the Heart (1935)

In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent ...

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The Best Man Wins (1935)

A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, f ...

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Ready for Love (1934)

In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her boarding school to stay with her retired aunt, a former actress, who try as she might, has never been welcom ...

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Sweepings (1933)

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude. ...

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Below the Sea (1933)

A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions. ...

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Grand Slam (1933)

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge. ...

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The Iron Master (1933)

The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the foreman of his foundry. ...

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Rackety Rax (1932)

Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual Rose Bowl football game, and decides this is one sweet proposition and could be even sweeter if one had his ...

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Tee for Two (1932)

A musical revue in which a golfer is knocked unconscious by a golf ball and dreams that the Country Club is loaded with beautiful girls. ...

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Life Begins (1932)

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations. ...

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Winner Take All (1932)

Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves to return to the ring. Can their romance survive the distance? ...

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Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania. ...

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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)

The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio. ...

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A Fool's Advice (1932)

An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election. ...

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Ladies of the Big House (1931)

A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit. ...

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The Yellow Ticket (1931)

A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country. ...

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Wicked (1931)

Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband. ...

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The Vice Squad (1931)

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes. ...

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Ship Ahoy (1931)

Two sailors get romantically involved with a mother and daughter. ...

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