Hal B. Wallis
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Young, rich, bedridden Barbara Stanwyck dials a telephone number one night and overhears two men plotting the murder of an unidentified woman. She becomes frantic. Her terror is intensified by mysterious calls from an old college rival and a friend of her father. With time running out, Stanwyck pieces evidence together that leads her to suspect that it is her husband who wants her murdered.
5) True grit
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In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an...
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A 1950 film noir directed by noir veteran Robert Siodmak. Barbara Stanwyck plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Her aunt's mansion is burglarized and the woman is murdered. Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotage the prosecution....
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That's my boy (1951): The greatest player from Ridgefiled College uses his influence to get his only son, an uncoordinated nerd, on the football team with comic results.
Sailor beware (1952): Seaman Melvin Jobes, allergic to kissing girls, gets the undeserved reputation o a great kisser and is pursued by amorous young females.
8) Becket
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Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
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Jumping jacks (1952): A Nightclub comic assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner.
The stooge (1953): Bill Miller has happily carved out a modest niche as a singer in the off-off-vauderville circuit. But suddenly his act is big news when he teams with a manic comic. One sings, one clowns
10) King Creole
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A New Orleans teenager struggles to graduate from high school while working at a sleazy French Quarter club to support his family. Songs include "King Creole," "Hard-headed Woman," and more.
11) Sergeant York
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Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
13) Now, voyager
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Nervous spinster Charlotte Vale is stunted from growing up under the heel of her puritanical Boston Brahmin mother and remains convinced of her own unworthiness until a kindly psychiatrist gives her the confidence to venture out into the world on a South American cruise. Onboard, she finds her footing with the help of an unhappily married man. Their thwarted love affair may help Charlotte break free of her mother's grip, but will she find fulfillment...
14) Scared stiff
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Scared stiff (1953): Fleeing a murder charge, a busboy and a nightclub singer wind up in a spooky Caribbean island inherited by an heiress.
The caddy (1953): Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too bervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.
16) The furies
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In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T.C. Jeffords butts heads with his daughter, Vance, a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and finally, ownership of the land itself.