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, 1h44
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Spy
Themes Spy films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Paul Lukas, Henry O'Neill, Dorothy Tree
Rating66%
Dr. Karl Kassel (Paul Lukas) comes to America to rally support for the Nazi cause among German Americans. He instructs his audience at a German restaurant that the Führer has declared war on the evils of democracy and that, as Germans, they should carry out his wishes. Kurt Schneider (Francis Lederer), an unemployed malcontent, joins the cause and eventually becomes a spy for the group. A letter written by Schneider to a liaison in Scotland is intercepted by a British Military Intelligence officer (James Stephenson), leading to the ring's downfall.

, 2h15
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Charles Barton, James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy
Rating70%
The 1862 Pacific Railroad Act signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad westward across the wilderness toward California, but financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau. Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

, 1h38
Directed by Félix Gandéra
Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Victor Francen, Jacques Baumer, Véra Korène, Fernand Fabre, Henri Guisol, Georges Spanelly
Rating58%
Le commandant d'Espinac est retrouvé assassiné. S'étant disputé la veille du meurtre avec le capitaine Bruchot, celui-ci est accusé. Le capitaine va devoir mener sa propre enquête s'il veut se disculper. Ses soupçons vont se poser sur l'un des trois officiers attachés à son unité.

, 1h36
Directed by Amleto Palermi
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Silvana Jachino, Nerio Bernardi, Cesco Baseggio, Checco Durante, Guido Celano, Polidor
Rating56%

Directed by Sam Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Warren Hull, Al Kikume, Rex Downing, Edward Earle, Kenneth MacDonald, Don Beddoe
Rating62%
Mandrake and his assistant Lothar are working the cruise lines and make the acquaintance of Professor Houston who has developed a radium energy machine, which is much coveted by a masked Crime Lord known as "The Wasp". The Wasp unleashes his army of accomplices in waves to steal the invention by any means necessary. Mandrake and his allies finally catch up to "The Wasp" and discover the Crime Lord is actually a scientist who posed as a close friend of Houston's.

, 1h30
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Kenny Baker, Martyn Green, Leslie Phillips
Rating64%

Directed by Tex Avery
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Animation
Actors Mel Blanc, Tex Avery
Rating68%
Il s'agit d'une parodie loufoque des films de "Tough Guys" (Les durs, les gangsters). On y voit les douteux exploits d'une bande de bouledogues anthropomorphes braquant des banques, se livrant à des casses, montant un "coup fumant" pour voler les bijoux d'une actrice célèbre, Lott'a Jewels (Desta de Bijoux).

, 1h22
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Robert Taylor, Myrna Loy, Henry O'Neill, Douglas Fowley, Bernard Nedell, Charles Lane
Rating61%
Two people meet in a park (Cora, played by Myrna Loy, and William "Bill" Overton, played by Robert Taylor). They become acquainted and each discovers that the other is also poor. They try to get 50 cents to eat at a restaurant but a man complains to the police. They convince a policeman to give them 50 cents by saying that they are engaged (which they are not).

, 1h
Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films
Actors Dolores Costello, Virginia Weidler, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Selmer Jackson, Don Beddoe, Mary Forbes
Rating73%
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.

, 1h
Directed by Ricardo Cortez
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber
Rating63%

, 1h40
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films
Actors Annabella, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan, Margo Lion, Pierre Renoir, Viviane Romance
Rating68%
Curfew bells are ringing at night in Paris, while a man and his drunken girlfriend Jacqueline walk down the street. Pierre Gilieth comes out of house #25 looking very frightened, both Pierre Gilieth and Jacqueline accidentally collide while consumed in their distraction. Pierre Gilieth decides to walk away but leaves a streak of blood on Jacqueline's dress. Immediately, she realizes her dress is stained with blood and gasps. The film cuts to his peering through Venetian blinds in Barcelona. A detective follows him around town, while Pierre Gilieth meets with fellow Frenchmen in a bar, who pick his pocket to give his identifications away to the detective. When Pierre Gilieth finds out he tries to fight the thieves, but then refuses to have the police investigate the matter.

, 1h26
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, William Frawley, Moroni Olsen, Joyce Compton
Rating66%

, 56minutes
Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Action, Musical, Western
Actors Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Al Bridge, Edmund F. Cobb, June Storey, Tully Marshall
Rating65%
While driving a herd of cattle in northern Montana, cowboys Gene Autry (Gene Autry), Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette), and Steve (Tully Marshall) cross the border into Canada. Riding alone, Steve stumbles upon a convoy of fur smugglers who stab him and leave him to die in the woods. Before dying, he manages to scrawl the initials "HH".

, 1h2
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Frankie Darro, Grant Withers, Lillian Elliott, John St. Polis, Ben Welden, Pat Flaherty
Rating54%
Seventeen-year-old Tommy Ryan lives with Mrs. O‘Meara, a seamstress, and her teenage son Eddie. Tommy’s exact status is unclear; Mrs. O’Meara’s says he is a friend of her son Eddie and “stays here with us and a finer lad never trod the green earth.” Tommy works in a grocery store and more than pulls his weight around the O’Meara home, but his foster brother Eddie is unemployed and hanging around a pool hall with a gang of teenage thieves led by Mike Hearn, the pool hall owner.

, 1h4
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Barbara Read, Pamela Blake, J. M. Kerrigan, Helen Wood
Rating59%
Alice Fisher (Anne Shirley) is the daughter of Lew Fisher (J. M. Kerrigan), a grocery store owner. She is surprised when he reveals he has college money for her. Alice rolls into a boarding house and becomes friends with room mates Dotty Spencer (Barbara Read) and Merle Scott (Pamela Blake). Dotty suggests Alice to join a sorority if she spikes up her looks and earns a few more bucks.

Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Actors Barton MacLane, Eve Arden, Tom Brown, Jack La Rue, Frank Jenks, Oscar O'Shea
Rating52%