San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
FR #1196 | Movie | Family, Drama | USA | Welsh, English
Director
John Ford
Writer
Philip Dunne, Richard Llewellyn
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee
Plot
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
FR #1462 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Howard Hawks
Writer
Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch
Cast
Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie
Plot
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
FR #1969 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
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.
FR #2195 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA | English
Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
John Huston, W.R. Burnett
Cast
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis
Plot
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
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.
FR #4195 | Movie | War, Western | USA | English, Italian
Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
Wally Kline, Aeneas Mackenzie, Lenore J. Coffee
Cast
Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Arthur Kennedy
Plot
A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.
A struggling farmer in 1840 New Hampshire makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from the consequences of his contract.
FR #4699 | Movie | History, Drama | USA | English, Italian
Director
Alexander Korda
Writer
Walter Reisch, R.C. Sherriff
Cast
Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray
Plot
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson, and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
A jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.
FR #5707 | Movie | Sci-Fi, Drama | UK | French, German
Director
Michael Powell
Writer
Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland
Cast
Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Richard George
Plot
A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.
The story of a rich, happy-go-lucky young man, and his bungling, yet loyal man-servant. The young man get married to a well-to-do woman who is more educated than him, and she changes him to a more responsible person.
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
FR #6961 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, German
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Geoffrey Household, Dudley Nichols, Lamar Trotti
Cast
Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
Plot
In July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
FR #7201 | Movie | Comedy | Portugal, USA | Portuguese, English
Director
Antonio Lopes Ribeiro
Writer
Antonio Lopes Ribeiro, Francisco Ribeiro, Vasco Santana
Cast
Vasco Santana, Francisco Ribeiro, Leonor Maia
Plot
Francisco, salesman in a shoe store, is totally in love with Tatão, which sells perfume in the same street. But he is an amateur theater actor, as she hates theater and is a fan of cinema. Will this unlikely love endure?
FR #7210 | Movie | Adventure, Drama | USA | English
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writer
Robert Rossen, Jack London
Cast
Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
Plot
After being fished out of the sea by a sailing ship, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore, and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
FR #7463 | Movie | Comedy, Musical | USA | English
Director
Arthur Lubin
Writer
Arthur T. Horman, John Grant
Cast
Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman
Plot
Two sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
FR #7698 | Movie | Animation, Comedy | USA | English
Director
Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting
Writer
Kenneth Grahame, Ted Sears, Al Perkins
Cast
Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper
Plot
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.
FR #7705 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
Director
Jack Conway
Writer
William Ludwig, Charles Lederer, David Hertz
Cast
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick
Plot
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
The legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku.
FR #8439 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
Director
Raoul Walsh
Writer
Julius J. Epstein, James Hagan
Cast
James Cagney, Olivia De Havilland, Rita Hayworth
Plot
Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.
FR #8983 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | France | French
Director
Christian-Jaque
Writer
Charles Spaak, Pierre Very
Cast
Harry Baur, Renee Faure, Marie-Helene Daste
Plot
The story concerns an old globe-maker who is mysteriously killed while going through the town portraying Pere Noel ("Father Christmas" aka Santa Claus).
Miguel M. Delgado, Jose F. Elizondo, Jaime Salvador
Cast
Cantinflas, Mapy Cortes, Daniel 'Chino' Herrera
Plot
Cantinflas captures a gang who had robbed a bank the night before. Considered a hero, becomes a member of the force for special missions because of his ability to disguise himself in many different forms.
FR #10701 | Movie | History, Western | USA | English, Sioux
Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
Zane Grey, Robert Carson, Jack Andrews
Cast
Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger
Plot
When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite east with west, he hires a reformed Western outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor.
FR #10955 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
Director
Tex Avery
Writer
Dave Monahan, Aesop
Cast
Mel Blanc
Plot
An upset Bugs challenges the slick Cecil Turtle to a race.
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Toda-Ke No Kyodaiaka The Brothers And Sisters Of The Toda Family(1941)
FR #11398 | Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
Director
Yasujiro Ozu
Writer
Tadao Ikeda, Yasujiro Ozu
Cast
Mieko Takamine, Shin Saburi, Hideo Fujino
Plot
When the patriarch of the Toda family suddenly dies, his widow discovers that he has left her with nothing but debt and married children who are unwilling to support her--except for her most thoughtful son, just returned from China.
FR #11464 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
Director
Robert Clampett
Writer
Dave Monahan
Cast
Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan
Plot
Elmer Fudd expects to find "west and wewaxation" during his visit to Jellostone National Park, but he sets up camp in Bugs' backyard, and the rabbit (and a neighboring bear) definitely don't have leisure in mind.
FR #11949 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | USA | English
Director
Sidney Lanfield
Writer
Michael Fessier, Ernest Pagano, Jean Arbuleau
Cast
Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley
Plot
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
Zuzanka (Natasa Gollová) can finally stop toiling away at washing dishes at hotel Mercur after a distant aunt has bequeathed her her own hotel - Blue Star. She proudly marches over to the luxury hotel in the center of town and imm...
FR #12442 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
Director
Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
Writer
Leo Thiele, Ralph Wright
Cast
John Mcleish, Hannes Schroll
Plot
After figuring out how to get dressed, Goofy hits the slopes to demonstrate the art of skiing. Through a series of gags and misadventures, Goofy demonstrates turns, skiing backwards and even the ski jump.
Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to ge...
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer.
FR #13687 | Movie | Animation, Short | USA | English
Director
Jack King
Writer
Carl Barks, Jack Hannah
Cast
Clarence Nash, Sarah Selby
Plot
Donald is listening to a radio cooking program while mixing up a batch of waffles. But he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder.
FR #14197 | Movie | Comedy | USA | English, Norwegian
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
Writer
Robert Ellis, Helen Logan, Art Arthur
Cast
Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller
Plot
After Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort, its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. Later, soloist Vivian Dawn quits and Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Volpone, an elderly Venetian, connives with his money-crazed servant to convince his greedy friends that he is dying, knowing that each will try to curry favor with him in order to be named his heir. He is inundated with valuable ...
FR #15439 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA, UK | English
Director
Anatole Litvak
Writer
Robert Rossen, Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay
Cast
Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell
Plot
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
FR #16195 | Movie | Crime, Drama | USA | English, French
Director
Josef Von Sternberg
Writer
Josef Von Sternberg, Geza Herczeg, Jules Furthman
Cast
Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature
Plot
In Shanghai, dragon lady 'Mother' Gin Sling operates a gambling house for wealthy patrons but she clashes with influential land developer Sir Guy Charteris who wants to put her out of business.
FR #16450 | Movie | Adventure, Action | USA | English
Director
John English, William Witney
Writer
Ronald Davidson, Norman S. Hall, Arch Heath
Cast
Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., William 'Billy' Benedict
Plot
To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"
FR #17219 | Movie | Mystery, Thriller | France | French
Director
Georges Lacombe
Writer
Henri-Georges Clouzot, Stanislas-Andre Steeman
Cast
Pierre Fresnay, Michele Alfa, Suzy Delair
Plot
Six friends promise to share their fortune in 5 years. The moment is very close, but one of the six is mysteriously murdered, then another... Superintendent Wenceslas Woroboyioetschik (aka Wens) is in charge of the investigation...
FR #17955 | Movie | Romance, Drama | USA | English
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writer
Frank Wead, Robert Buckner
Cast
Errol Flynn, Fred Macmurray, Ralph Bellamy
Plot
A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
FR #18443 | Movie | Comedy, Mystery | USA | English
Director
Albert S. Rogell
Writer
Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Eric Taylor
Cast
Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford
Plot
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
FR #18487 | Movie | Documentary, Biography | Russia | Russian
Director
Mikhail Doller, Vsevolod Pudovkin
Writer
Georgiy Grebner, Nikolai Ravich
Cast
Nikolay P. Cherkasov, Aleksandr Khanov, Mikhail Astangov
Plot
Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of Alexander Vasilvich Suvorov, who was Field Marshal of the armies of Catherine the Great and Czar Paul I. After many military successes during the reign of Catherine...
FR #18686 | Movie | Biography, Drama | USA | English
Director
Mervyn Leroy
Writer
Anita Loos, Ralph Wheelwright, Hugo Butler
Cast
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart
Plot
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
George Bernard Shaw, Marjorie Deans, Anatole De Grunwald
Cast
Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley
Plot
A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business. A comedy with social commentary.
FR #19230 | Movie | Romance, Musical | Russia | Russian
Director
Ivan Pyrev
Writer
Viktor Gusev
Cast
Marina Ladynina, Vladimir Zeldin, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Plot
Modest Glasha Novikova sent to Moscow to the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition. Here she meets with Dagestan shepherd Musaib Gatuevym. In parting, Glasha and Musaib promise to write to each other and meet at the show next year. Bu...
Okoma, a young lady working as a conductor with a bus company in Kofu Yamanashi, has an idea for her bus that could avert the dwindling number of passengers.
Rudolf Barrtos, the owner of a farm, quarry and factory, is extremely rich, however, he is unapproachable and irritable, and the dread of his employees. One day he falls down a steep slope by a river and hurts himself. The quarrym...
