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Directed by William Wyler,
H. C. Potter,
Stuart HeislerOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Romance,
WesternActors Gary Cooper,
Merle Oberon,
Walter Brennan,
Harry Davenport,
Fuzzy Knight,
Patsy KellyRating64%
Mary Smith (Merle Oberon), daughter of presidential hopeful Horace Smith (Henry Kolker), has lived a cloistered life free of any scandal. Although she is devoted to her father and supports his political aspirations, she longs for a life of her own. Believing she needs some excitement in her life, Mary's free-spirited Uncle Hannibal (Harry Davenport) takes her dancing at a nightclub, which the police raid for gambling. When Horace learns that press reporters have discovered Mary's name on the police report, he sends his daughter off to the family's Palm Beach, Florida mansion., 2h17
Directed by William WylerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Historical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about religion,
Political filmsActors Gary Cooper,
Dorothy McGuire,
Anthony Perkins,
Richard Eyer,
Richard Hale,
Robert MiddletonRating72%
The film is set in Jennings County, Indiana in 1863. Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper) is a farmer and patriarch of the Birdwell family whose Quaker religion conflicts with his love for the worldly enjoyments of music and horse racing. Jess's wife Eliza, (Dorothy McGuire) a Quaker minister, is deeply religious and steadfast in her refusal to engage in violence. Jess's daughter Mattie (Phyllis Love) wants to remain a Quaker but has fallen in love with dashing cavalry officer Gard Jordan (Peter Mark Richman), a love that is against her mother's wishes. Jess's youngest child "Little" Jess (Richard Eyer) is a feisty child whose comical feud with his mother's pet goose causes her heartache. Jess's elder son Josh (Anthony Perkins) is torn between his hatred of violence and a conviction that to protect his family he must join the home guard and fight the invaders., 1h30
Directed by Fritz Lang,
Lesley SelanderOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about capital punishmentActors Sylvia Sidney,
Spencer Tracy,
Bruce Cabot,
Walter Abel,
Walter Brennan,
Edward EllisRating77%
En route to meet his fiancée, Katherine Grant (Sylvia Sidney), Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy) is arrested on flimsy circumstantial evidence for the kidnapping of a child. Gossip soon travels around the small town, growing more distorted through each retelling, until a mob gathers at the jail. When the resolute sheriff (Edward Ellis) refuses to give up his prisoner, the enraged townspeople burn down the building, two of them also throwing dynamite into the flames as they flee the scene. Unknown to anyone else there, the blast frees Wilson, but kills his little dog Rainbow, who had run in to comfort him in the cell., 1h33
Directed by William WylerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films based on playsActors Miriam Hopkins,
Merle Oberon,
Joel McCrea,
Bonita Granville,
Catherine Doucet,
Alma KrugerRating73%
Following graduation, college friends Karen Wright and Martha Dobie transform Karen's Massachusetts farm into a boarding school with the assistance of wealthy benefactor Amelia Tilford, who enrolls her malevolent granddaughter Mary. Karen and local doctor Joe Cardin begin to date, unaware Martha is in love with him., 1h39
Directed by Richard Rosson,
William Wyler,
Howard HawksOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Edward Arnold,
Joel McCrea,
Frances Farmer,
Walter Brennan,
Andrea Leeds,
Mary NashRating68%
The story focuses on ruthless Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold), who will stop at nothing to achieve his goal as he rises in rank from lowly lumberjack to the head of the logging industry in 19th century Wisconsin. His determination to succeed eventually leads him to end his relationship with saloon singer Lotta Morgan (Frances Farmer) and marry Emma Louise Hewitt (Mary Nash), the daughter of his boss Jed Hewett (Charles Halton), in order to secure a partnership in his business., 1h31
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Action,
Historical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about capital punishmentActors Steve McQueen,
Linda Evans,
Richard Farnsworth,
Slim Pickens,
Billy "Green" Bush,
Elisha Cook, Jr.Rating67%
Tom Horn, a legendary frontier scout and tracker who helped capture Geronimo, drifts around the quickly disappearing western frontier. The story begins as he rides into a small town and provokes prizefighter Jim Corbett, ending up in a livery stable, unconscious and badly bruised., 1h46
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Crime,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about families,
Films about capital punishmentActors James Stewart,
Dean Martin,
Raquel Welch,
Don "Red" Barry,
George Kennedy,
Will GeerRating64%
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop (James Stewart) arrives in town with the intention of freeing his brother Dee (Dean Martin) from the gallows. Dee and his gang have been arrested for a bank robbery in which Maria Stoner's husband was killed by gang member Babe Jenkins (Clint Ritchie). After freeing his brother, Mace successfully robs the bank on his own after the gang has fled with the posse in pursuit., 1h37
Directed by Elliot SilversteinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Action,
Musical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Musical films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Jane Fonda,
Lee Marvin,
Michael Callan,
Dwayne Hickman,
Nat King Cole,
Stubby KayeRating66%
Catherine Ballou (Jane Fonda), who wants to be a schoolteacher, is returning home by train to Wolf City, Wyoming, to the ranch of her father, Frankie Ballou (John Marley). On the way, she unwittingly helps accused cattle rustler Clay Boone (Michael Callan) elude his captor, Sheriff Maledon (Bruce Cabot), when Boone's Uncle Jed (Dwayne Hickman), a drunkard disguised as a preacher, distracts the lawman., 2h9
Directed by William Dieterle,
Otto Brower,
David Selznick,
Josef von Sternberg,
King Vidor,
William Cameron Menzies,
Sidney FranklinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about capital punishmentActors Jennifer Jones,
Joseph Cotten,
Gregory Peck,
Lionel Barrymore,
Herbert Marshall,
Lillian GishRating66%
Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish)., 2h45
Directed by William Wyler,
John WatersOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternActors Gregory Peck,
Jean Simmons,
Charlton Heston,
Carroll Baker,
Burl Ives,
Charles BickfordRating78%
Wealthy sea captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) travels to the American West to join his fiancée Patricia (Carroll Baker) at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), referred to by all as the "Major". Terrill has been feuding with Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives), the patriarch of a poorer, less refined ranching clan, over water rights in the arid grazing lands of the high plains.