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Double Indemnity (1944)
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Director Billy Wilder
Writer Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain
Cast Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Plot An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
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The Lady Eve (1941)
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Director Preston Sturges
Writer Monckton Hoffe, Preston Sturges
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Plot A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.
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Ball of Fire (1941)
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Director Howard Hawks
Writer Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe
Cast Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka
Plot A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
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Meet John Doe (1941)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr., Robert Riskin
Cast Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
Plot A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
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Director Lewis Milestone
Writer Robert Rossen, John Patrick, Robert Riskin
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
Plot A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
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Remember the Night (1939)
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Director Mitchell Leisen
Writer Preston Sturges
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi
Plot Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
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Director Anatole Litvak
Writer Lucille Fletcher
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards
Plot When neurotic bedridden wife Leona Stevenson overhears a murder plot on her telephone, she tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent the murder. Based on Lucille Fletcher's famous radio play.
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Baby Face (1933)
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Director Alfred E. Green
Writer Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, Darryl F. Zanuck
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook
Plot A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.
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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
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Director Peter Godfrey
Writer Lionel Houser, Adele Comandini, Aileen Hamilton
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet
Plot A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
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Stella Dallas (1937)
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Director King Vidor
Writer Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, Olive Higgins Prouty
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley
Plot A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
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Titanic (1953)
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Director Jean Negulesco
Writer Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard L. Breen
Cast Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner
Plot An unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic.
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Executive Suite (1954)
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Director Robert Wise
Writer Ernest Lehman, Cameron Hawley
Cast William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson
Plot When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.
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Night Nurse (1931)
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Director William A. Wellman
Writer Grace Perkins, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Charles Kenyon
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell
Plot A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
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Clash by Night (1952)
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Director Fritz Lang
Writer Alfred Hayes, Clifford Odets
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas
Plot Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori
Plot A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
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There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
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Director Douglas Sirk
Writer Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Ursula Parrott
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett
Plot When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
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Forty Guns (1957)
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Director Samuel Fuller
Writer Samuel Fuller
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger
Plot Showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S.Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory.
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
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Director Peter Godfrey
Writer Thomas Job, Martin Vale
Cast Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith
Plot An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.
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Union Pacific (1939)
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Director Cecil B. DeMille
Writer Walter DeLeon, C. Gardner Sullivan, Jesse Lasky Jr.
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff
Plot In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
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The Furies (1950)
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Director Anthony Mann
Writer Charles Schnee, Niven Busch
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston
Plot A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon, but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman.
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The Miracle Woman (1931)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Jo Swerling, John Meehan, Robert Riskin
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy
Plot After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
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No Man of Her Own (1950)
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Director Mitchell Leisen
Writer Sally Benson, Catherine Turney, Cornell Woolrich
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl
Plot A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.
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The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
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Director Robert Siodmak
Writer Ketti Frings, Marty Holland
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly
Plot Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
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All I Desire (1953)
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Director Douglas Sirk
Writer James Gunn, Robert Blees, Gina Kaus
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger
Plot In 1910, a wayward mother re-visits the family she deserted.
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The Violent Men (1955)
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Director Rudolph Mate
Writer Harry Kleiner, Donald Hamilton
Cast Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Plot A bitter land dispute causes a Civil War veteran to take extreme action.
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The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
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Director Leigh Jason
Writer Julius J. Epstein, Wilson Collison, Fred F. Finklehoffe
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene
Plot After the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
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Witness to Murder (1954)
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Director Roy Rowland
Writer Chester Erskine, Nunnally Johnson
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill
Plot A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.
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East Side, West Side (1949)
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Director Mervyn LeRoy
Writer Isobel Lennart, Marcia Davenport
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin
Plot A vain businessman puts a strain on happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
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Golden Boy (1939)
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Director Rouben Mamoulian
Writer Lewis Meltzer, Daniel Taradash, Sarah Y. Mason
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden
Plot A poor young Italian man, who is a virtuoso on the violin, wishes to become a champion boxer to make a fortune for his family. But what is the road to success and happiness, and what is the price?
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Forbidden (1932)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Frank Capra, Jo Swerling
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Ralph Bellamy
Plot A librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.
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Crime of Passion (1956)
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Director Gerd Oswald
Writer Jo Eisinger
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr
Plot Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
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Lady of Burlesque (1943)
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Director William A. Wellman
Writer Gypsy Rose Lee, James Gunn
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, Iris Adrian
Plot After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.
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Jeopardy (1953)
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Director John Sturges
Writer Mel Dinelli, Maurice Zimm
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker
Plot A family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety.
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My Reputation (1946)
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Director Curtis Bernhardt
Writer Catherine Turney, Clare Jaynes
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson
Plot A recent widow meets an army major while skiing and becomes romantically involved with him despite pressures from friends and family.
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Roustabout (1964)
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Director John Rich
Writer Anthony Lawrence, Allan Weiss
Cast Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman
Plot After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
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Cry Wolf (1947)
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Director Peter Godfrey
Writer Catherine Turney, Marjorie Carleton
Cast Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks
Plot Recently widowed Sandra Demarest arrives at the isolated home of her late husband for his wake, but his uncle will not allow her to view the corpse.
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So Big! (1932)
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Director William A. Wellman
Writer Edna Ferber, J. Grubb Alexander, Robert Lord
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore
Plot After Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.
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Annie Oakley (1935)
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Director George Stevens
Writer Joel Sayre, John Twist, Joseph Fields
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas
Plot A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
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Ladies They Talk About (1933)
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Director Howard Bretherton, William Keighley
Writer Brown Holmes, William McGrath, Sidney Sutherland
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot
Plot Attractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.
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The Night Walker (1964)
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Director William Castle
Writer Robert Bloch
Cast Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith
Plot A lawyer advises a blind man's rich widow tormented by nightmares.
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The Purchase Price (1932)
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Director William A. Wellman
Writer Arthur Stringer, Robert Lord
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot
Plot A torch singer becomes a farmer's mail-order bride.
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Ladies of Leisure (1930)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Milton Herbert Gropper, Jo Swerling
Cast Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves, Lowell Sherman
Plot An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.
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Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
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Director Julien Duvivier
Writer Ellis St. Joseph, Oscar Wilde, La¡szla Vadnay
Cast Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck
Plot An anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
