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Blood on the Sun 1945 Nick Condon is a newspaper reporter working in Tokyo who refuses to toe the Japanese line on the expansionist policies of the anti democratic Imperialist government When it becomes clear to the authorities that Condon isnt going to cooperate and that he has some valuable inform

Ragtime 1981 The story runs in the 1910s New York Coalhouse Walker Jr is a black piano player He has won fame and fortune playing with a jazz band Some white men do not like this situation, and one day they assault him and spoil his brand new car Walker tries by all means to get justice, without an

Captains of the Clouds 1942 Brian McLean is a ruthless bush pilot in Canada He offers some other pilots an opportunity of earning a lot of money, but he marries the girl friend of one of them After listening to Churchills famous Blood, Sweat and tears radio address he and some other pilots decide to

Shake Hands with the Devil 1959 In 1921 Dublin, the I R A battles the Black amp Tans, special British forces given to harsh measures Irish American medical student Kerry OShea Don Murray hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organizat

The Oklahoma Kid 1939 McCords gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw The Oklahoma Kid Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord McCord stakes a sooner claim on land which is to be used for a new town in exchange for giving it up he gets control of ga

Here Comes the Navy (1934) To continue a grudge with naval officer Biff Martin, feisty construction worker Chesty O'Connor joins the navy and manages to get stationed on the same ship as Martin. Further complications arise when O'Connor starts dating Martin's sister, whom he meets while on shore lea

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) In 1920's Chicago, Ruth Etting wants to be a renowned singer, which is a far step away from her current work as a taxi dancer. Upon walking into the dance hall and seeing her, Chicago gangster Marty Snyder immediately falls for Ruth, and works toward being her lover, which

One, Two, Three (1961) Berlin is the epitome of political and economic polarization. A microcosm of that polarization is the life of American C.R. MacNamara, known as Mac to his friends. He is Coca-Cola's head of West Berlin operations, although he feels he deserves to be Coca-Cola's head of Europea

The Strawberry Blonde (1941) Biff Grimes is pugnacious but likable young man during the Gay 90's living with his ne'er-do-well father, noted for their scrappy personalities and quick tempers. Like every other young man in town, Biff has a crush on gorgeous and flirtatious 'strawberry blonde' Virgini

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) Loose biography of actor Lon Chaney. Growing up with deaf parents, he learns what it is like to be different. As an actor, he puts that knowledge (together with lots of make-up and talent) to use playing a variety of strange, unusual characters, adopting their characte

The Mayor of Hell (1933) Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner as a political favor, arrives complete with hip flask

City for Conquest (1940) Cagney is Danny Kenny, a truck driver who enters "the fight game" and Sheridan plays his girlfriend, Peggy. Danny realizes success in the ring and uses his income to pay for his brother Eddie's music composition career, while Peggy goes on to become a professional

Footlight Parade (1933) Chester Kent produces musical comedies on the stage. With the beginning of the talkies era he changes to producing short musical prologues for movies. This is stressful to him, because he always needs new units and his rival is stealing his ideas. He can get an contract with

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) From the trial of the survivors, we flash back to amoral crook Ralph Cotter's violent prison break, assisted by Holiday Carleton, sister of another prisoner...who doesn't make it. Soon Ralph manipulates the grieving Holiday into his arms, and two crooked cops follow her

Frisco Kid (1935) Bat Morgan is nearly shanghaied on his way to the gold fields of California. Instead he kills Shanghai Duck and becomes a hero in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. He winds up the rich owner of a saloon and gambling hall and is nearly lynched for a murder he didn't commit.

Johnny Come Lately (1943) Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.

Each Dawn I Die (1939) Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets hardened by prison life and his optimism turns into bitterness. He meets fellow-inmate Stacey and they decide to

Mister Roberts (1955) Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. He'd do anything to leave the quiet of the ship to join in the "action". Trouble is, the captain of the ship, is a bit of a tyrant, and isn't willing to sign Roberts' transfer requests

These Wilder Years (1956) Successful middle-aged businessman Steve Bradford returns to the town where he attended college many years previously. His conscience has been bothering him since whilst a student, he fathered an illegitimate son who was given away to the local orphanage. He returns to the

Run for Cover (1955) Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (Matt Dow) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with, Dow clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. He romances a Swedish woman and settles in to a peaceful life onl

The Gallant Hours depicts the crucial five-week period in October-November 1942 after Admiral Halsey took command of the beleaguered American forces in the South Pacific Area. That period of combat became a turning point in the struggle against the Japanese Empire during the World War II. The story

A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a childstar in his familys vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life story of George M. Cohan, who produ

A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war.

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn