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Directed by Frank BorzageOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Pirate filmsActors Paul Henreid,
Maureen O'Hara,
Walter Slezak,
Binnie Barnes,
John Emery,
Barton MacLaneRating62%
Dutch sea captain Laurent van Horn (Henreid) is shipwrecked off the coast of the Spanish settlement of Cartagena. After being held and sentenced to death, van Horn and his crew manage to escape. Five years later, van Horn has established himself as the mysterious pirate known only by the name of his ship: The Barracuda. After infiltrating the vessel ferrying her to her wedding, they capture Francisca Alvarado (O'Hara) who has been arranged to marry the corrupt governor (Slezak). Wishing to avoid further bloodshed aboard the escort ship, Francisca offers to marry van Horn if he will spare the escort, to which he agrees. Over time Francisca and van Horn become attracted to each other and set out to defeat the villainous governor Don Juan Alvarado and treacherous pirates Du Billar and Capt., 1h36
Directed by David Lean,
George PollockOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Ghost films,
Films based on plays,
Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Noel CowardActors Rex Harrison,
Constance Cummings,
Kay Hammond,
Margaret Rutherford,
Joyce Carey,
Marie AultRating69%
Seeking background material for a mystery he is working on, novelist Charles Condomine (Harrison) invites eccentric medium Madame Arcati (Rutherford) to his home in Lympne, Kent, to conduct a séance. As Charles, his wife Ruth (Cummings), and their guests the Bradmans barely restrain themselves from laughing, Madame Arcati performs peculiar rituals and finally goes into a trance. Charles then hears the voice of his dead first wife, Elvira (Hammond). When he discovers that the others cannot hear her, he passes off his odd behaviour as a joke. When Arcati recovers, she is certain that something extraordinary has occurred, but everyone denies it., 1h2
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeActors Lon Chaney, Jr.,
Brenda Joyce,
J. Carrol Naish,
Milburn Stone,
Lloyd Bridges,
Addison RichardsRating64%
Jeff Carter (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is testing a vaccine for influenza. He is working for tycoon, Roger Graham (J. Carrol Naish), who takes the credit and the profit for Jeff's discovery. Roger cares more about profits than safety. Jeff resigns and is blacklisted by his boss. He heads to South America to perfect the formula. Graham has used this opportunity to release the drug and romance Jeff's attractive wife, Mary (Brenda Joyce). When Jeff hears that his son has died, he takes revenge., 1h23
Directed by S. Sylvan SimonOrigin USAGenres ComedyActors Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello,
Rags Ragland,
Lucille Ball,
Bob Haymes,
Jean PorterRating62%
A barber, Buzz Curtis (Bud Abbott), and a porter, Abercrombie (Lou Costello), work for a Hollywood salon. They are sent to the office of agent Norman Royce (Warner Anderson) to give him a haircut and a shoeshine. On the way there they run into former co-worker Claire Warren (Frances Rafferty), who is about to star as the lead in a new musical. At the same time her co-star Gregory LeMaise (Carleton G. Young), whose fame is dwindling, arrives and invites her to join him at lunch. She declines, which angers him., 1h27
Directed by Carol Reed,
Garson KaninOrigin United-kingdomGenres War,
DocumentaryThemes Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Political films,
Documentary films about World War II,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Leslie Banks,
Peter Ustinov,
Sam Levene,
Richard AttenboroughRating69%
Un récit documentaire de l'invasion alliée de l'Europe pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale compilé à partir des images tournées par près de 1400 caméramans., 2h10
Directed by Robert Z. LeonardOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Ginger Rogers,
Lana Turner,
Walter Pidgeon,
Van Johnson,
Edward Arnold,
Keenan WynnRating65%
The film focuses on various guests staying at New York City's famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Among them are lonely screen star Irene Malvern, in town with her maid Anna for a childhood friend's wedding and the premiere of her latest movie; war correspondent Chip Collyer, mistaken for a jewel thief by Irene but playing along to catch her attention; flyer Capt. James Hollis, wounded in World War II and facing perilous surgery in three days; wealthy shyster Martin X. Edley, who is trying to sign the Bey of Aribajan to a shady oil deal; Oliver Webson, a cub reporter for Collier's Weekly hoping to expose Edley; and bride-to-be Cynthia Drew, whose upcoming wedding is endangered by her belief her fiancé Bob is in love with Irene Malvern. Also on the scene are Bunny Smith, the hotel's stenographer/notary public, who hopes to escape her low income roots by marrying Edley, and reporter Randy Morton, who loiters in the lobby hoping to stumble upon a scoop for his newspaper.