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Directed by Douglas Sirk,
Edgar George UlmerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Historical,
Noir,
RomanceActors Hedy Lamarr,
George Sanders,
Louis Hayward,
Gene Lockhart,
Hillary Brooke,
Rhys WilliamsRating64%
In Bangor, Maine in 1824, a cruel young girl named Jenny Hager pushes a terrified Ephraim Poster into a river knowing he cannot swim. She is prepared to let him drown until Judge Saladine happens by, at which point Jenny jumps into the water and takes credit for saving the boy's life., 1h40
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Adventure,
Historical,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Heist filmsActors George Sanders,
Signe Hasso,
Carole Landis,
Akim Tamiroff,
Gene Lockhart,
Alma KrugerRating65%
The rogue (George Sanders) who would later call himself Eugène François Vidocq is born in a prison cell, the twelfth child of a woman who steals a loaf of bread each time she needs shelter to give birth. As the boy grows into a man, he is constantly in and out of jail. As the story begins, he and his cutpurse cellmate and associate, Emile Vernet (Akim Tamiroff), escape using a file hidden in a birthday cake provided by Vernet's aunt Ernestine., 1h42
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Serial killer filmsActors George Sanders,
Lucille Ball,
Charles Coburn,
Boris Karloff,
Cedric Hardwicke,
Joseph CalleiaRating69%
Sandra Carpenter (Lucille Ball) is an American who came to London to perform in a show, but now is working as a taxi dancer. She is upset to find out that friend and fellow dancer Lucy Barnard (Tanis Chandler) is missing and believed to be the latest victim of the notorious "Poet Killer," who lures victims with ads in the newspaper's personal columns and sends poems to taunt the police., 1h37
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
CrimeActors Claudette Colbert,
Robert Cummings,
Don Ameche,
Rita Johnson,
George Coulouris,
Ralph MorganRating67%
Alison Courtland, a wealthy New Yorker, hasn't a clue how she ended up on a train bound for Boston. When she phones her husband, Richard, the police listen in and learn from Richard that his wife has threatened him with a gun. On a flight home, fellow passenger Bruce Elcott falls in love with the married but unhappy Alison. Her husband makes Alison begin seeing Dr. Rhinehart, a psychiatrist. But it turns out that Rhinehart is a fake. He is actually Charles Vernay, a photographer hired by Richard Courtland, who is having an affair with another woman and hopes to get rid of Alison for good., 1h29
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Melodrama,
RomanceActors Jane Wyman,
Rock Hudson,
Agnes Moorehead,
Conrad Nagel,
Virginia Grey,
William ReynoldsRating75%
Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is an affluent widow in suburban New England, whose social life involves her country club peers, college-age children, and a few men vying for her affection., 1h38
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport filmsActors Zarah Leander,
Ferdinand Marian,
Karl Martell,
Werner Finck,
Paul Bildt,
Julia SerdaRating60%
Astrée and her aunt from Sweden are vacationing in Puerto Rico. Astrée is enchanted by the local habanera music as well as by Don Pedro de Avila, a rich and powerful landowner and former bullfighter. Upon embarkation, she spontaneously decides to stay; she runs down the gangway, finds him waiting for her, and soon is married., 2h5
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Films about films,
Films about racismActors Lana Turner,
Juanita Moore,
John Gavin,
Sandra Dee,
Susan Kohner,
Dan O'HerlihyRating77%
In 1947, widow Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) dreams of becoming a famous Broadway actress. Losing track of her young daughter Susie at the beach (portrayed as a child by Terry Burnham), she asks a stranger named Steve Archer (John Gavin) to help her find the girl. Susie is found and looked after by Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), a black single mother who also has a daughter, Sarah Jane (portrayed as a child by Karin Dicker), who is about Susie's age. Sarah Jane inherited her father's fair skin and can pass for white. She does this with fierce zeal and fervor, taking advantage of her European heritage and features. In return for Annie's kindness, Lora temporarily takes in Annie and her daughter. Annie persuades Lora to let her stay and look after the household, so that the widow can pursue an acting career., 1h39
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Melodrama,
RomanceActors Rock Hudson,
Lauren Bacall,
Robert Stack,
Dorothy Malone,
Robert Keith,
Robert J. WilkeRating73%
Self-destructive, alcoholic nymphomaniac Marylee (Dorothy Malone) and her insecure, alcoholic playboy brother Kyle (Robert Stack) are the children of Texas oil baron Jasper Hadley (Robert Keith). Spoiled by their inherited wealth and crippled by their personal demons, neither is able to sustain a personal relationship., 1h48
Directed by Douglas SirkOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Melodrama,
RomanceActors Jane Wyman,
Rock Hudson,
Barbara Rush,
Agnes Moorehead,
Otto Kruger,
Gregg PalmerRating69%
Spoiled playboy Bob Merrick's (Rock Hudson) reckless behavior causes him to lose control of his speed boat. Rescuers send for the nearest resuscitator, located in Dr. Phillips's house across the lake. While the resuscitator is being used to save Merrick, Dr. Phillips suffers a heart attack and dies. Merrick ends up a patient at Dr. Phillips's clinic, where most of the doctors and nurses resent the fact that Merrick inadvertently caused Dr. Phillips's death.