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Directed by Clarence BrownOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WesternThemes Films about animals,
Films about families,
Children's filmsActors Gregory Peck,
Jane Wyman,
Claude Jarman Jr.,
Henry Travers,
Clem Bevans,
Margaret WycherlyRating71%
Ezra "Penny" Baxter (Gregory Peck), once a Confederate soldier, and his wife Ora (Jane Wyman), are pioneer farmers near Lake George, Florida in 1878. Their son, Jody (Claude Jarman, Jr.), a boy in his pre-teen years, is their only surviving child. Jody has a wonderful relationship with his warm and loving father. Ora, however, is still haunted by the deaths of the three other children of the family. She is very somber, and is afraid that Jody will end up dying if she shows her parental love to him. Jody finds her somewhat unloving and unreasonable., 1h25
Directed by John BrahmOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeActors Laraine Day,
Brian Aherne,
Robert Mitchum,
Gene Raymond,
Sharyn Moffett,
Ricardo CortezRating70%
A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be (Day) who, as a child, was falsely accused of theft. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac, inveterate liar, and eventually a murderess., 1h32
Directed by Henry LevinOrigin USAGenres Swashbuckler,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Louis Hayward,
George Macready,
Una O'Connor,
Barbara Britton,
Henry StephensonRating66%
The grandson of the Count of Monte Cristo is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned on Devil's Island. He escapes and seeks revenge against those responsible for his imprisonment., 1h2
Directed by Gordon Douglas,
James AndersonOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
CrimeActors Morgan Conway,
Dick Wessel,
Esther Howard,
Anne Jeffreys,
Rita Corday,
Ian KeithRating58%
Luxurious diamonds are stolen but before the thief can safely hide them aboard an ocean liner he is strangled by ex-conman Cueball. Cueball takes the valuable diamonds and is given refuge by Filthy Flora, madam of the Dripping Dagger Bar, and then continues on murdering people that he believes are trying to double-cross him. Dick Tracy allows his attractive girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the diamonds but is put in grave danger when Cueball vows to eliminate . . ., 1h56
Directed by Leo ArnchtamGenres Drama,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about classical music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Boris Chirkov,
Vasili Merkuryev,
Mikhail Mikhajlovich Derzhavin,
Vladimir Droujnikov,
Valentina Serova,
Mikhaïl YanchineRating68%
, 58minutes
Directed by John HustonOrigin USAGenres War,
DocumentaryThemes Medical-themed films,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Documentaire sur une personnalité,
Documentary films about health care,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Political films,
Documentary films about World War IIActors Walter HustonRating73%
Bouleversant témoignage sur les horreurs de la guerre censuré jusqu’en 1980, Que la lumière soit est aujourd’hui considéré comme l’un des meilleurs films jamais réalisés sur les conséquences psychologiques de la guerre., 1h44
Directed by Leslie ArlissOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Swashbuckler,
Adventure,
HistoricalActors Margaret Lockwood,
James Mason,
Patricia Roc,
Griffith Jones,
Michael Rennie,
Felix AylmerRating67%
Caroline (Patricia Roc) invites her beautiful, green-eyed friend Barbara (Margaret Lockwood) to her upcoming wedding to wealthy landowner and local magistrate Sir Ralph Skelton (Griffith Jones). A scheming Barbara soon has Sir Ralph totally entranced. Caroline, wishing only his happiness, stands aside, and even allows Barbara to persuade her to be the maid of honour so as to lessen the scandal of the abrupt change of brides. At the wedding reception, Barbara meets a handsome stranger, Kit Locksby (Michael Rennie). It is love at first sight for both, but too late.