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Portrait in Black 1960 Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn are lovers who murder Lanas cruel, but wealthy husband, played by Lloyd Nolan Since Quinn is her husbands physician, the murder is easily committed, but blackmail, guilt and suspicion are the unanticipated results

Tension 1949 A mousy drugstore manager contemplates murder after his conniving wife leaves him for another man He devises a complex plan, which involves assuming a new identity, to make it look like someone else murdered her new boyfriend Things take an unexpected turn after someone else commits the

Los jueves, milagro 1957 In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular in the past but has now been forgotten by the public To bring back the tourists, the prominent men of the village organize a fake miracle the apparition of San Dimas, the local patron saint, which will t

Amore e guai 1958 Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1964 1968 Voyage chronicled the adventures of the worlds first privately owned nuclear submarine, the SSRN Seaview Designed by Admiral Harriman Nelson, she was a tool of oceanographic research for the Nelson Institute of Marine Research Though the show is known for it

Mansion of the Doomed 1976 An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of performing transplants on his daughter who lost her own in a car accident he caused

Stonestreet Who Killed the Centerfold Model 1977 A female private detective goes undercover as a porno actress to find a millionaires missing daughter

Il Bidone (1955) Aging small-time con man Augusto, who swindles peasants, works with two younger men: Roberto, who wants to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Bruno, nicknamed Picasso, who has a wife and daughter and wants to paint. Augusto avoids the personal entanglements, spending money at clubs

La Strada (1954) Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Zampano is a traveling showman who exhibits feats of strength by breaking a chain wrapped around his chest. He performs in village squares and then passes the hat for whatev

Flood (1976) After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is short from running over. However the mayor refuses to open it's gates, because he fears for the fishes in the lake... and paves the way for disaster.

Rage (1972) An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.

The Good Die Young (1954) Three good men - a broken boxer, an American veteran trying to win back his mother-dominated wife, and an air force sergeant married to a faithless actress - are corrupted by Miles Ravenscourt, an amoral "gentleman." Because they need money, they let Miles lure th

Knight Rider (19821986) Michael Long is a crimefighter who is seriously wounded during his work. Nursed back to health by a mysterious benefactor (chairman of the Knight Industries), he regains consciousness a new man with a new face and a new name: Michael Knight. His mysterious benefactor (through

Fourteen Hours (1951) A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of that.

The Savage Guns (1962) In Sonora, in a lonesome valley near the border of Arizona: ex-major Summer tries to forget about the horrors of the war of independence on his farm. He has foresworn to violence. His intention is put to the test when a gang of villains ravages the small town.

Hitler (1962) Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who nearly gained dominance over the entire western world--at the cost of millions of lives--Hitler.

The Black Curtain (1962) Getting mugged restores a sharp-dressed man's memory, but not that he's wanted for murder, nor that 3 years have passed. It's 1 AM, but Phil Townsend believes he's en route to his wedding. His face bursts from the front page as Dave Webber, dressed-to-kill bodyguard for a ga

Passport to China (1960) A pilot slips his plane into Red China to rescue an American girl trapped there, but when he lands he discovers that the girl has a surprise for him--she wants him to fill his plane with Chinese refugees and fly them out of the country, too.

The Great Bank Hoax (1978) When the prominent citizens of a small town discover that the officers of the local bank have been embezzling money from it, they decide to rob the bank themselves.

Decision Before Dawn (1951) WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gesta

Time Limit (1957) Military investigator Colonel William Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Harry Cargill, a Korean War prisoner of war who is accused of aiding the enemy. Although Cargill admits his guilt and Edwards' superiors are impatiently pushing him to move this case to court-martial,

Fixed Bayonets! (1951) The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968) "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" exposes the darkest chapter in history, from Adolf Hitler's rise to power as a Nazi demagogue to his ultimate fatal mistakes. Researchers spent decades uncovering shocking footage of war, carnage and genocid

Reign of Terror (1949) Robespierre, a powerful figure in the French Revolution and the subsequent Reign of Terror, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked by him for the guillotine and a key to help him eventually emerge as the country's dictator. He hopes his agents

The Satan Bug (1965) A germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the nasty germs has gotten free and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen

Sole Survivor (1970) When a bomber believed to have crashed in the ocean 17 years ago is found in the Libyan desert, a Colonel and Major accompany the only surviving member of the crew, who is now a General to figure out what happened. The General claims that he and the other members of the crew jum

He Walked by Night (1948) In the Post-World War II, in Los Angeles, a criminal shots and kills a police officer in the middle of the night. Without any leads, the chief of the LAPD assigns Sgt. Chuck Jones and Sgt. Marty Brennan to investigate the murder and apprehend the culprits. When the dealer o

The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.