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494,310 | 342,623 | 43,643 | 6 | Disappointing | Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell teamed up for producer Howard Hughes for the first time in " His Kind of Woman , " which also stars Raymond Burr , Vincent Price , and Marjorie Reynolds . In order to get back into the country , deported mobster Nick Ferraro ( Burr ) hires gambler Dan Milner ( Mitchum ) to come to Mexico... |
495,041 | 342,623 | 34,846 | 6 | She'll do anything to ward off the object of her affections | Norma Shearer , in her last film , is a wealthy woman desperate to stay away from her on-again / off-again boyfriend ( George Sanders ) in " Her Cardboard Lover . " To do this , she has Robert Taylor , a songwriter who's crazy about her , work off his gambling debt by pretending to be her boyfriend . A nice dramatic ro... |
494,430 | 342,623 | 43,615 | 6 | Light ' 50s comedy | Loretta Young is a " Half Angel " in this 1951 comedy starring Joseph Cotten , Cecil Kellaway , Jim Backus and Irene Ryan . The beautiful Miss Young plays Nora , who by day is a very professional-looking nurse and by night a glamorous seductress . Apparently she has a split personality , and when her conscious mind goe... |
493,787 | 342,623 | 39,279 | 6 | pleasant programmer | When a movie star accepts delivery of gown materials , she finds out that " The Corpse Came C . O . D . , " a B film with an above average cast : George Brent , Joan Blondell , and Adele Jergens . Brent plays Joe Medford , a newspaper reporter in hot competition with Rosemary Durant ( Blondell ) to get the best stories... |
494,312 | 342,623 | 348,150 | 6 | youth , thou glittering bauble | The Man of Steel is back , this time in the body and face of Brandon Routh , with Lois played by Kate Boswell . The rest of the cast includes Frank Langella , Kevin Spacey , and Parker Posey . In this version , the Man of Steel has been away from earth and returns after five years to find Lois with a boyfriend and a ch... |
493,995 | 342,623 | 34,886 | 6 | Sonja skates | 1942's Iceland is a wartime film about a playboy marine , James Murfin ( John Payne ) stationed in Iceland . There he meets Katina ( Henie ) , a lovely young woman in a hurry to get married so that her sister can marry a man who will bring some much-needed cash into the family . As in many cultures , the older girl mus... |
493,865 | 342,623 | 30,293 | 6 | Light entertainment starring Dunne and Fairbanks Jr . | Irene Dunne is glamorous Maggie Garret , famous Broadway star , who is supporting her family in " Joy of Living , " a 1938 comedy also starring Douglas Fairbanks , Jr . , Alice Brady , Jean Dixon , Guy Kibbee , Lucille Ball , and Eric Blore . When Dunne meets the wealthy , carefree Dan Webster , he tries to show her wh... |
494,383 | 342,623 | 34,941 | 6 | B movie from an A director | Van Heflin is a forensics man trying to solve a couple of murders in " Kid Glove Killer , " a 1942 MGM film also starring Marsha Hunt and Lee Bowman . As in " The Grand Central Murder , " it's Heflin's performance that puts this film across , though this time he is aided by the lovely Marsha Hunt as his assistant , who... |
495,203 | 342,623 | 39,244 | 6 | One big long concert | Carnegie Hall was made in 1947 and actually filmed in the newly refurbished Carnegie Hall . It's the story of a cleaner at the Hall named Nora ( Marsha Hunt ) who marries a pianist . He dies some time after they're married , and she's left to raise their son . She exposes him , by taking him to Carnegie Hall , to all... |
494,832 | 342,623 | 34,922 | 6 | The Emperor's wearing no clothes in this one | Joseph Cotten plays an American armaments engineer on the run from the Nazis in " Journey into Fear , " a 1943 film with a script by Cotten ( from a story by Eric Ambler ) and costarring Orson Welles and Delores del Rio . Cotten is working on a deal to supply Turkey with weapons to fight the Axis . The Nazis don't want... |
494,362 | 342,623 | 35,763 | 6 | Propaganda movie with a love triangle thrown in | Fantastic special effects highlight this World War II submarine drama starring Tyrone Power , Dana Andrews , and Anne Baxter - Power's last before going into the Marines . Power is charming as a man who captures the heart of Anne Baxter , who though he doesn't know it , just happens to be the girl of Dana Andrews , Pow... |
495,051 | 342,623 | 264,935 | 6 | movie by the numbers | Despite my summary comment , I did enjoy this film , most especially the performances of the young men , Gosling and Pitt . I also was not familiar with the work of Ben Chaplin . He was very good and reminiscent facially of Montgomery Clift with his somewhat haunted look . This is a Leopold Loeb / Rope type murder whic... |
494,787 | 342,623 | 56,957 | 6 | Not a very good vehicle for anyone | Certainly Anatole Litvak was no slouch as a director , but he missed the mark here in " Five Miles to Midnight , " a 1962 film starring Sophia Loren , Tony Perkins and Gig Young . Lisa Macklin ( Sophia Loren ) married to an American , believes that her husband ( Tony Perkins ) has been killed in an airplane crash . Act... |
494,514 | 342,623 | 64,526 | 6 | Based on Durrell collection | In 1938 Alexandria , a British schoolmaster ( Michael York ) befriends the wife of a banker named Justine ( Anouk Aimee ) , a mysterious woman whom he meets through a British officer ( Dirk Bogarde ) . She's actually a prostitute and political activist . Darley , the York character , finds out that Justine is heavily i... |
494,363 | 342,623 | 47,279 | 6 | good cast in cold war drama | Gregory Peck plays a U . S . Army Provost caught up in exchanging a married couple wanted by Russians for a captured American soldier in " Night People , " set in post-war Berlin . By today's standards , this film is on the talky side , with not much action . Although the script was nominated for an Oscar , it's proble... |
494,460 | 342,623 | 22,435 | 6 | ' 30s melodrama | This is a precode movie starring Norma Shearer , who looks gorgeous in all the gowns ( and is that the way people dressed for a football game in the ' 30s ? ) . Shearer plays a free spirit who doesn't believe in marriage and instead cavorts and travels with a reporter . Of course , she's kidding herself , and she wante... |
494,805 | 342,623 | 30,150 | 6 | Four brothers and one woman on an international search | Richard Greene , David Niven , George Sanders and William Henry are the four men part of " Four Men and a Prayer , " a 1938 John Ford film also starring Loretta Young . Frankly I felt as if I came in at the middle of this film , though I saw the whole thing - but I never actually did figure out the plot . The boys ' fa... |
494,587 | 342,623 | 30,151 | 6 | Silly screwball | Errol Flynn , Rosalind Russell , Olivia de Havilland and Patric Knowles prove that " Four's a Crowd " in this 1938 comedy directed by Michael Curtiz . With such a great cast , one would think this is a classic gem . Alas , no . In fact , due to a confusing script , it's in shambles . Fun shambles , but shambles . Walte... |
494,028 | 342,623 | 53,017 | 6 | Loneliness and the power of forgiveness | Montgomery Clift is a writer hired to be " Miss Lonelyhearts " for a newspaper in " Lonelyhearts , " a 1958 film also starring Robert Ryan , Myrna Loy , Delores Hart , and Maureen Stapleton in her film debut . About 30 years ago - yes , 30 - I saw the play " Miss Lonelyhearts " with none other than Kelsey Grammar , who... |
495,111 | 342,623 | 435,708 | 6 | Lea's energy and charm drives this one . | I enjoy the Hallmark Mystery Movie series , and " Jane Doe " is my favorite , due to the vivacious Lea Thompson , who brings a bright spirit to this " Scarecrow and Mrs . King " type formula of " mom is a government agent . " Thompson has quit the CSA but , like Al Pacino in " The Godfather II , " just when she thought... |
493,760 | 342,623 | 167,752 | 6 | Odd . I find it odd . | I was confused from the beginning of " The 4th Floor " because , fool that I am , it never once occurred to me that this young woman talking with William Hurt ( who is my age ) was actually his girlfriend . She looked like his daughter and in fact , with the 23 year difference in their ages , could have been . Once tha... |
495,197 | 342,623 | 113,243 | 6 | not of my generation but okay | I had some trouble getting into the teens in " Hackers " because for me , even the 1995 types seem like they're from another planet . A cast of now familiar faces ( Fisher Stevens , Angelina Jolie , Lorraine Bracco , Jonny Lee Miller , Jesse Bradford , Laurence Mason ) tell the story of a bunch of hackers who are about... |
493,716 | 342,623 | 47,209 | 6 | Jackie's back and Aunt Bea's got him | Good , atmospheric story of Jack the Ripper , in the person of a Mr . Slade , renting a sitting room and an attic room in a London home . Jack Palance , with his unusual looks and soft voice , is perfectly cast as the man who falls under suspicion of being the Ripper . He finds himself to attracted to the flirtatious ,... |
494,165 | 342,623 | 104,498 | 6 | why so hard on this movie ? | I was surprised at the strong negative comments toward this film in the " comments " section . It certainly doesn't deserve the skewering . When I first saw this movie , I thought it should have been a feature film . I was interested to read in one of the comments that that's exactly what it was , in a much darker vers... |
493,779 | 342,623 | 940,916 | 6 | okay look at some sad Hollywood deaths | Hollywood Heaven purports to be a documentary about the untimely and tragic deaths of Hollywood stars - but doesn't really give the topic a documentary treatment . It depends on clips and photos of a variety of stars - James Dean , George Reeves , Rock Hudson , W . C . Fields , Marilyn Monroe , Tyrone Power , Alan Ladd... |
493,957 | 342,623 | 104,450 | 6 | possession obsession , CODA style | As TV movies go , this is a pretty good one , dealing with codependency . Connie Selleca , who co-wrote the scrpit , is very good as a newswoman who suspects her husband of infidelity , despite his protests ( and some evidence to the contrary ) . Kevin Dobson plays the husband . This is a good study of an adult child o... |
494,846 | 342,623 | 43,390 | 6 | Loretta goes postal | Loretta Young was 38 when she made " Cause for Alarm " and the actress , who started in silent films , was a couple of years away from beginning her highly successful television series . Because Hollywood back in the golden era didn't have much use for actresses over 30 , and no use for actresses over 35 , Young , like... |
493,626 | 342,623 | 171,580 | 6 | a strange mixture | This film , with the usual excellent Renee Zwelleger performance , is a strange mixture of comedy and drama . It succeeds quite well at walking that line , too . The underlying plot - a woman driven to living out her dream in order to avoid a harsh reality - is played pretty much straight through as comedy , but with Z... |
494,131 | 342,623 | 43,292 | 6 | disappointing | Alan Ladd has an " Appointment with Danger " in this 1951 film also starring Phyllis Calvert , Jack Webb , Jan Sterling and Paul Stewart . Ladd is a postal inspector who goes undercover to stop a robbery after his partner is murdered and a nun ( Calvert ) can identify the man leaving the murder scene . It's up to Ladd ... |
495,123 | 342,623 | 39,545 | 6 | A new view of Marlowe | Philip Marlowe is on the case , and we see everything from his point of view as he is the camera . The only time we see Marlowe is when he looks in a mirror or fills us in on aspects of the story , which he does at the beginning , middle , and end . The plot actually has a neat twist to it , though I found the camera t... |
494,722 | 342,623 | 338,526 | 6 | you can't kill it , it's already dead | I'm an enormous fan of Hugh Jackman's so I watched this movie . I'm a bit distressed that , besides X-Men , Hugh can't get a blockbuster film deserving of his talent and charisma - which I witnessed first-hand watching him on stage in " Boy From Oz . " I have to say up front I'm not a particular fan of the horror film ... |
493,944 | 342,623 | 25,718 | 6 | early Hopkins and McCrea | Miriam Hopkins was an excellent Broadway actress who found a wonderful career in films , even if she never achieved legendary status . In this 1934 movie , she plays the richest woman in the world , undoubtedly a take-off on Barbara Hutton . Desiring to find a man who can love her for herself and not her money , she an... |
494,807 | 342,623 | 22,208 | 6 | young stars cut their teeth on this early drama | Barbara Stanwyck is a " Night Nurse " in this 1931 film also starring Joan Blondell , Ben Lyon and Clark Gable . Stanwyck and Blondell stumble on a murder for trust fund plot , and Stanwyck gets help from a bootlegger she helped when he was shot . I like what one of the IMDb reviewers said , that this was an " evil of ... |
493,974 | 342,623 | 57,191 | 6 | Okay Elvis fare | As someone else mentioned , 1963 is still early enough that Elvis Presley looks like he's enjoying himself in " It Happened at the World's Fair , " which also stars Gary Lockwood , Joan O'Brien and Vicky Tiu . Pilots Mike ( Elvis ) and Danny ( Lockwood ) find themselves without a plane after it's confiscated for debts ... |
494,842 | 342,623 | 39,840 | 6 | The background story is more interesting | Allegedly , Susan Hayward got this breakthrough role because every other Hollywood actress turned it down , due to the fact that it is the story of Bing Crosby's wife , Dixie Lee . Whatever , it got Susan an Oscar nomination and put her on the road to meatier parts . As other comments have pointed out , this was probab... |
494,716 | 342,623 | 427,576 | 6 | Fun and a good mystery | I am really enjoying the Hallmark Mystery Series . This entry , Murder Weekend , I felt was superior to the first " Mystery Woman " entry I saw . First of all , it had the stunningly beautiful , creamy-voiced Beth Broderick as a diva mystery writer . The rest of the cast was perfect for this series , plus the actual my... |
493,635 | 342,623 | 60,463 | 6 | frothy ' 60s comedy | What a warm , wonderful actress Doris Day is , what a knockout , what a screen presence . And just think , at the age of 42 ( ancient by Hollywood standards in 1966 ) she was playing a desirable woman lusted after by several men . Glass Bottom Boat is a very ' 60s comedy in look and subject matter - the space age and s... |
494,507 | 342,623 | 22,268 | 6 | Star-making film despite miscasting | Jean Harlow is the " Platinum Blonde " a reporter falls for in this 1931 film , directed by Frank Capra and also starring Loretta Young and Robert Williams . The gorgeous 18-year-old Young plays a reporter who hangs with the guys - I think NOT , though she acquits herself well . The story concerns a reporter , Stew Smi... |
494,192 | 342,623 | 35,552 | 6 | The Fox in Georgia | Red Skelton and Ann Rutherford are " Whistling in Dixie " in this 1942 programmer also starring Guy Kibbee and Rags Ragland ( in a dual role ) . Skelton played the role of Wally Benton a couple of times . On radio , Benton is " The Fox , " a detective , but in his private life he gets dragged into real mysteries as wel... |
493,515 | 342,623 | 43,141 | 6 | Typical ' 40s unmarried woman with no room for romance | Major slapstick is the highlight of " A Woman of Distinction , " a 1950 film starring Rosalind Russell , Ray Milland , Edmund Gwenn and Janis Carter . Russell has one of her uptight , cold women roles so often depicted in the ' 40s . You know the one , no room or time for romance until a man melts her down . The melter... |
493,576 | 342,623 | 104,943 | 6 | A little better than the other version | There are two versions of Carolyn Warmus ' story - this one and another 1992 version starring Jenny Robertson and Joe Penny . So Carolyn doesn't beat out Amy Fisher , of whom it was said , " Jesus Christ didn't have that many movies made of his life . " This TV movie , starring Virginia Madsen and Chris Sarandon , is s... |
493,927 | 342,623 | 52,990 | 6 | A producer tries to get a doctor on television | Paul Muni is " The Last Angry Man " in this 1959 film directed by Daniel Mann and also starring Luther Adler , David Wayne , Betsy Palmer and Billy Dee Williams . This has the look and feel of a TV show , and evidently it may have been on Playhouse 90 before being done as a feature film . The movie is interesting for a... |
494,198 | 342,623 | 109,156 | 6 | pretty good | Crystal Bernard is " As Good as Dead " in this 1995 film written and directed by Larry Cohen . Before the day of home computers , Larry Cohen's grammar school-aged daughter had to write a short report . Mr . Cohen used the typing agency where I worked to type his scripts . So on a Sunday , I took a cab to his beautiful... |
494,686 | 342,623 | 439,698 | 6 | Dated but entertaining TV show from the ' 50s | Promenade seems to be a special produced by Max Liebman for TV in 1955 . It does not appear to have been a series . In the ' 50s and the ' 60s especially , variety shows were all the rage , led by that Sunday night staple , Ed Sullivan , as well as Perry Como and many others . It seems like every singer and comedian ... |
494,793 | 342,623 | 100,450 | 6 | enjoyable , light film for Teri Garr fans | There are very few TV movies that are comedies . This is one , and , while trite , it was enjoyable and good , distracting entertainment . Teri Garr fans will especially like it , as she is at the top of her form here as a young mom who overhears some strange doings on the baby monitor and sets out to investigate . The... |
494,239 | 342,623 | 29,662 | 6 | disappointing | 1937's " This is My Affair " could have been better but as it is , barely gets by . Robert Taylor stars as a Navy lieutenant who is asked by President McKinley to get the name of the men robbing banks all over the country , and his mission is to be kept secret between the two of them . Taylor infiltrates the gang by be... |
493,946 | 342,623 | 29,659 | 6 | The Prince and the Showgirl | Certainly the giggly prepubescent females who flocked to the movies in the 1930s just loved this silly comedy starring the Queen of the Ice , Sonja Henie and up and coming matinée idol Tyrone Power . " Thin Ice " skates on a pretty thin script but has some standout ice numbers by Henie . While some of her skating posit... |
494,186 | 342,623 | 36,324 | 6 | Another British episode of " The Saint " | When a man is killed on his doorstep , Simon Templar ( Hugh Sinclair ) tries to find out the reason in " The Saint Meets the Tiger , " a 1943 film also starring Gordon McLeod , Jean Gillie and Wylie Watson . In this episode , The Saint has a butler ( Wylie Watson ) who regrets not taking a job in Chicago so he could wo... |
493,755 | 342,623 | 452,594 | 6 | Bleh | Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are going through " The Break-Up " in this 2006 comedy-drama that also stars Judy Davis , Ann-Margret , Jason Bateman and Vincent D'Onofrio . Vaughn plays a funny guy who is in the Chicago city tour business with his brothers . Aniston is his girlfriend , who works in an art gallery . ... |
494,746 | 342,623 | 29,675 | 6 | Cary Grant was second-billed ! | It's rare to see the iconic Cary Grant get second billing , but in 1937 , he did , under Edward Arnold in " The Toast of New York . " This is the purported story of financial schemer Jim Fisk ( Arnold ) , who , in the 1800s , tried to corner the gold market , oversold stock to his railroad company , and fled to New Jer... |
494,478 | 342,623 | 818,120 | 6 | Better than some | Let's face it : " Mystery Woman " " McBride " and " Jane Doe " are about as bad as you can get . They have no pacing and most of the time suffer from poor direction and bad scripts . What these series have going for them are attractive leads , sometimes okay mysteries , and if you have an elderly relative at home who i... |
494,824 | 342,623 | 25,250 | 6 | ' 30s newspaper story | Paul Muni has to get used to hearing " Hi , Nellie ! " when he's demoted to the Heartthrobs column in this 1934 film also starring Glenda Farrell and Ned Sparks . When bank official Canfield disappears at the same time as $500 , 000 and the bank has to close , all the other papers print that Canfield took the money . M... |
493,593 | 342,623 | 29,581 | 6 | Torchy and Steve McBride go after a killer | This 1937 " Torchy Blane " film , " Smart Blonde " has Torchy Blane ( Glenda Farrell ) trying to find out who killed an entrepreneur who just purchased a night club and some gambling establishments . Torchy is a witness to the murder . Later on , one of the suspects , the dead man's bodyguard , is also found dead . Tor... |
493,582 | 342,623 | 44,997 | 6 | In love and war | If you like battle scenes , " One Minute to Zero " is for you . Produced by Howard Hughes , it stars Robert Mitchum , Ann Blyth , Richard Egan , Charles McGraw and William Talman . Mitchum and the other men are fighting the Korean War and Ann Blyth , a war widow , is working for the United Nations . They fall in love ,... |
493,651 | 342,623 | 79,268 | 6 | disappointing attempt at an old-fashioned war film | A soldier is put into the position of accompanying his lover's husband on a dangerous mission in " Hanover Street , " starting Harrison Ford and Lesley-Anne Down . This film was done at the beginning of Harrison Ford's career as a star , and the results are disappointing . It plays more as a made-for-TV movie , especia... |
493,449 | 342,623 | 29,529 | 6 | Depression escapism with beautiful people | Second Honeymoon is a fluffy comedy which probably had its genesis in " Private Lives . " It concerns a beautiful divorcée ( Loretta Young ) who , upon marrying her second husband ( Lyle Talbot ) runs into her first ( Tyrone Power ) . Everyone is rich , magnificently dressed , and does a lot of traveling in the spiri... |
493,799 | 342,623 | 29,517 | 6 | Early Van Heflin | Saturday's Heroes is a 1937 programmer starring a very young Van Heflin as a college football hero . And what better time for TCM to show this film than on Super Bowl weekend ? As others more knowledgeable than me have pointed out , the issues raised in the film exist today : college football is big business and fill... |
494,223 | 342,623 | 29,516 | 6 | Pleasant film that becomes more of an curiosity toward the end | Jean Harlow and Clark Gable teamed up for the last time in this light film , " Saratoga , " about a young woman , her wealthy fiancée ( Walter Pidgeon ) , and the horse breeding farm deeded to a bookie ( Gable ) to pay off a gambling debt . Harlow wants to handicap horses and lay bets to pay off the marker , and Gable ... |
493,477 | 342,623 | 102,220 | 6 | I liked the original better | With a few changes , and for reasons known only to themselves , the powers that be remade 1956's " A Kiss Before Dying " in 1991 . Now the sisters are twins , and the plot is taken out further - rather than just getting engaged , Ellen now marries the killer . That's not a spoiler - we see him murder her sister in the ... |
494,120 | 342,623 | 86,859 | 6 | remake of " Out of the Past " | Against all Odds is a 1974 moody remake of the noir classic " Out of the Past " and ultimately less successful . This time around , it's not Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer ( though Greer appears in this films as the owner of a football team ) but Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward . The film also stars James Woods , Alex Ka... |
494,781 | 342,623 | 40,444 | 6 | A crook replaces a lookalike doctor | Paul Henried plays a double role in " Hollow Triumph , " a 1948 film also starring Joan Bennett . Henried is John Muller who , the minute he gets out of prison , hatches a robbery plot of a casino with his old gang . None of them want to go along with it , but Muller bullies them into it . It doesn't go as planned . Th... |
493,677 | 342,623 | 36,092 | 6 | On the other side of Brokeback Mountain | Jean Arthur meets cowboy John Wayne in the 1943 comedy , " A Lady Takes a Chance . " Arthur is Molly , a woman with plenty of suitors , though none is a prize , who takes a cross-country bus tour - conducted by Phil Silvers . While watching a rodeo , one of the riders falls on top of her . Turns out it's a fella named ... |
494,565 | 342,623 | 161,514 | 6 | From a prolific novelist of teen books | Even though this apparently is not a movie produced by Lifetime , it has Lifetime written all over it . It's based on a Lurlene McDaniel story of two teenagers in love , but the young man has cancer . McDaniel has written many novels for teens , often with a spiritual theme . I can really see this film appealing to a y... |
494,569 | 342,623 | 106,386 | 6 | Another great Amy Irving performance | How many times have I watched something for a period of time before realizing that I'm looking at Amy Irving ? This film was no exception . The woman is a chameleon , and though she certainly has been recognized for her work , I think she's underrated . The plot of this film is mildly interesting - a man convicted of m... |
494,864 | 342,623 | 443,632 | 6 | Not really up to par | The 2006 film " The Sentinel , " which stars Michael Douglas , Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Basinger is a fair movie that makes a good rental . It's the story of a Secret Service man who is framed for an assassination attempt on the President ( David Rasche ) and sets out to find out who's framing him while Sutherland is ... |
493,978 | 342,623 | 29,345 | 6 | Trite story and some good singing | On the Avenue was made in 1937 and starred Madeline Carroll , Dick Powell , Alice Faye and the Ritz Brothers . A musical revue does a send-up of a wealthy family , which outrages them . The writer , Gary Blake , accuses the young woman of the family , Mimi Caraway ( Carroll ) of being a bad sport . She invites him to... |
493,462 | 342,623 | 20,695 | 6 | early talkie shows its age | Basil Rathbone is a dashing , intense-looking Philo Vance in " The Bishop Murder Case , " an early talkie that shows signs of the painful transition from silents . I actually had quite a bit of trouble with the sound . I saw it on television and had difficulty understanding what was being said at times . The film , nev... |
494,218 | 342,623 | 82,715 | 6 | A TV movie based on " I , the Jury " | Kevin Dobson is Mike Hammer in this version of " I , the Jury " by Mickey Spillane - this one called " Margin for Murder , " directed by Daniel Haller in 1981 . It also stars Cindy Pickett , Donna Dixon , Charles Hallahan , Asher Brauner and John Considine . When a friend of Mike's is murdered in what appears to be a c... |
493,701 | 342,623 | 25,422 | 6 | early Stanwyck | Barbara Stanwyck is young and a lovely as a woman whose fiancée is killed by an angry husband just before their wedding . Embittered , she retreats to the mountains and finds healing in the affections of Frank Morgan , who plays a wealthy attorney who falls in love with her . Stanwyck marries him , though explains to p... |
493,628 | 342,623 | 249,478 | 6 | derivative but still good | A very good movie with fine performances by John Travolta , Vince Vaughn and the rest of the cast . Travolta's performing is the centerpiece and he brings warmth to the role of the father . The film offers us atmosphere and suspense aplenty . Not the most original plot in the world but very entertaining . There was one... |
495,028 | 342,623 | 117,007 | 6 | Delta on a roll | A revenge on all those who wronged me films , this one starring the wonderful Delta Burke . I doubt anyone involved took this movie very seriously . Delta is totally over the top , intentionally , I think , as a woman who goes nuts after a hysterectomy is performed to save her life . Her husband and best friend were pa... |
494,783 | 342,623 | 1,249,299 | 6 | Entertaining | Hallmark Channel is big on recognizable stars and mediocre scripts that move like molasses . " Dear Prudence " had the stars and the mediocre script , but it actually moved a little faster than , say , " Mystery Woman . " Jane Seymour plays a household hints TV lady who goes on vacation at her boss ' mountain place in ... |
494,993 | 342,623 | 48,291 | 6 | Bogie as a missionary in China | Humphrey Bogart experiences " The Left Hand of God " in this 1955 film also starring Gene Tierney , Lee J . Cobb , Agnes Moorhead and Lee J . Cobb . Bogart is Father O'Shea , who arrives at a mission in China to take over religious duties . The casting of Bogart should tell you something right away . While there , he w... |
494,293 | 342,623 | 29,157 | 6 | Watch , Yawn and Sleep | Live , Love and Learn is a 1937 MGM film starring Robert Montgomery , Rosalind Russell , Robert Benchley and Monte Wooley . Surprisingly , it's not very good . Russell is an heiress who marries poor artist Montgomery , only to see him become successful and interested in money - the very thing she was trying to escape... |
494,119 | 342,623 | 110,588 | 6 | Uneven story of fascinating people in a fascinating time | Jennifer Jason Leigh is Dorothy Parker in " Mrs . Parker and the Vicious Circle , " a 1994 film also starring Campbell Scott , Peter Gallagher , Stanley Tucci , Matthew Broderick , Gwenyth Paltrow , Jennifer Beals , Lili Taylor , Martha Plimpton , Wallace Shawn - a large , excellent cast which would be needed to tell t... |
494,664 | 342,623 | 270,288 | 6 | Bizarre story based on the writings of Chuck Barris | TV producer Chuck Barris has " Confessions of a Dangerous Mind " in this 2002 movie directed by George Clooney and starring Sam Rockwell , Drew Barrymore , Julia Roberts and George Clooney with appearances by Dick Clark , Jaye P . Morgan , Brad Pitt and others . In Barris ' writings , he claims that all the time he was... |
494,038 | 342,623 | 21,493 | 6 | Early talkie | The Truth About Youth is a 1930 film of special interest because of two of its young stars , Loretta Young and Myrna Loy . The story concerns a housekeeper's daughter Phyllis ( Young ) who is engaged to the young man of the house , " The Imp " ( David Manners ) . He has just turned 21 and has been raised by a triumvi... |
493,778 | 342,623 | 161,081 | 6 | doesn't pass the acid test | The acid test is , if huge stars weren't in this film - could it have been a made for television movie ? Alas , the answer for this one is an unqualified yes . There is nothing original about this script and it is structurally poor . It could have been so much better with just a little attention paid to it , but as it ... |
493,826 | 342,623 | 44,331 | 6 | Gilda meets Notorious | Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford re-team for " Affair in Trinidad , " a 1952 film also starring Alexander Scourby , Juanita Moore and Valerie Bettis . Hayworth plays Chris Emery , a nightclub performer whose husband Neil dies by apparent suicide that turns out to be murder . His brother Steve ( Ford ) shows up on the day o... |
494,882 | 342,623 | 24,684 | 6 | A mild-mannered professor comes up against the real world | John Barrymore is " Topaze " in this 1933 film based on a French play . The film also stars a young and beautiful Myrna Loy . Professor Topaze is a very morally grounded teacher who is always honest , and when a student does bad work , he's marked down for it . Unfortunately for Professor Topaze , the mother of one of ... |
493,597 | 342,623 | 44,379 | 6 | Thrown together Cold War drama | Dana Andrews has " Assignment : Paris " in this 1952 Cold War drama that also stars George Sanders and Marta Toren . Andrews is Jimmy Race , an ambitious reporter in the Paris office of the New York Herald Tribune ; his boss is George Sanders . Race is assigned the espionage trial of a captured American by the Hungaria... |
494,718 | 342,623 | 438,502 | 6 | Fun watching | Of all the shows in the Hallmark mystery series , I have to say I like the " Jane Doe " entries the best so far . One of the things that makes it the most interesting of the three - which includes Mystery Woman and McBride - is the dichotomy between the family life of the main character and her life as an agent for the... |
494,513 | 342,623 | 48,216 | 6 | Flawed Previn-Comden-Green musical | Gene Kelly , Dan Dailey , and Michael Kidd are army buddies in " It's Always Fair Weather , " a 1955 musical film directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly . The film also stars Cyd Charisse and Delores Gray . At the end of World War II , Ted Riley ( Kelly ) , Doug Hallerton ( Dailey ) , and Angie Valentine ( Kidd ) ret... |
494,092 | 342,623 | 52,168 | 6 | Low-budget thriller | 1958's " Screaming Mimi " is based on a novel by Frederic Brown and stars Anita Ekberg , Philip Carey , Harry Townes and Gypsy Rose Lee . Ekberg is Virginia , aka Yolanda , a drop-dead gorgeous exotic dancer who is institutionalized after nearly being murdered at her stepbrother's house . The kindly psychiatrist ( Town... |
495,202 | 342,623 | 244,244 | 6 | Disappointing | I'm a fan of Hugh Jackman's , so I looked forward to seeing " Swordfish , " which also stars another actor I like , John Travolta . The film was not produced with an eye to my demographic , so I did not like it as much as some people may have . Travolta plays this incredibly ruthless man , someone committed to keeping ... |
494,895 | 342,623 | 56,089 | 6 | I feel like one | Beautiful scenery is the highlight of " I Thank a Fool , " which stars Susan Hayward , Peter Finch and Diane Cilento . Finch plays a prosecutor who manages to get Hayward sentenced to prison for the mercy killing of her boyfriend . When she gets out , she has to change her name , but still , she can't get a job . Finch... |
495,037 | 342,623 | 36,579 | 6 | Nice thriller | George Sanders experiences some " Action in Arabia " in this 1944 RKO film that also stars Virginia Bruce . Sanders is a reporter in Damascus who wants to find the killers of a fellow reporter . He uncovers a Nazi plot of the Germans attempting to turn the Arabs against the Allies . It's not much , but there's some gre... |
495,001 | 342,623 | 25,028 | 6 | When one Ruby Keeler isn't enough . . . try Dr . Silver's Golden Elixir | Dames is a mindless Depression musical starring Dick Powell , Ruby Keeler , Joan Blondell , Zasu Pitts , Hugh Herbert and Guy Kibbee . Herbert plays Ezra Ounce , part of the moral right and president of the Ezra Ounce Foundation of American Morals who wants to stop filth , and one way to do this is to close those dec... |
494,159 | 342,623 | 28,872 | 6 | Nice to think about young love | I admit not knowing much about the part of British history conveyed in " Fire over England . " The main interest for me was seeing the two young lovers , Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier , who began their affair during this film . What a beautiful couple , what a great love , and what a sad end to it . You'd never dre... |
493,665 | 342,623 | 434,185 | 6 | McBride will grow on you | I've seen several episodes of " McBride " and I like it a little better each time I see it . John LaRoquette is very good in everything . As McBride , I love how much he can communicate with just a wry glance . In this particular episode , McBride's client is double-crossed during a custody case by his psychiatrist . T... |
493,985 | 342,623 | 48,527 | 6 | The sun is shinin ' , I didn't expect the sun to be shinin ' | So sayeth Barry Sullivan in " Queen Bee " referring to Joan Crawford , the ruler of a southern household in this 1955 drama , which also stars John Ireland , Barry Sullivan , Betsy Palmer and Fay Wray . Cousin Jennifer Stewart ( Lucy Marlow ) arrives for a visit and immediately senses there are a few problems in the ho... |
494,095 | 342,623 | 56,101 | 6 | Soapy hospital drama starring a lot of young Turks | 1962's " The Interns " is sort of the " Valley of the Dolls " of the hospital set , with a lot of young actors starting their careers in movies : Michael Callan , Nick Adams , James MacArthur , Anne Helm , Stefanie Powers , and some veterans - Telly Savalas , Buddy Ebsen and Cliff Robertson . The gorgeous model Suzy Pa... |
493,922 | 342,623 | 487,264 | 6 | Typical | Mystery Woman : At First Sight is another entry into the Hallmark series . Kudos to director Kellie Martin on this one - there wasn't an establishing shot of the bookstore every 30 seconds . In this episode , Samantha Kinsey finds her birth mother Hannah ( Kathryn Harrold ) - just as the woman is about to be arrested... |
495,146 | 342,623 | 82,353 | 6 | slow but effective | This movie is great fun to see William Hurt , James Woods and Sigourney Weaver at the beginnings of their careers and when they were experiencing a good deal of success . The rest of the cast is top-notch . The story is very interesting and effective , though I found the film a bit uneven and slow . |
494,818 | 342,623 | 285,293 | 6 | truly frightening | This is the true story of Sante Kimes and her son , Kenny Kimes , focusing specifically on their murder of wealthy New Yorker Irene Silverman , whose body has never been found . I have seen other material done on this nut job team , and it is a fascinating study of complete psychopaths . Mary Tyler Moore is a wonderful... |
494,516 | 342,623 | 36,533 | 6 | Funny entry into the Skelton series | Released in 1943 , " Whistling in Brooklyn " is the last of the films which starred Red Skelton as radio detective Wally " The Fox " Benton who gets involved in real-life murders . All he wants to do is marry his girlfriend ( Ann Rutherford ) , but something always delays the wedding . Jean Rogers as a reporter and Rag... |
495,147 | 342,623 | 116,845 | 6 | intriguing and seductive | The center of this film is the interesting performance of Jon Bon Jovi as a somewhat mysterious actor who is portraying a hit man in a play written by Lambert Wilson . Bon Jovi is very effective and keeps you guessing throughout . Wilson is excellent as a confused playwright half in love with an ingenue but who finds ,... |
493,732 | 342,623 | 21,225 | 6 | Dated early talkie | The chirons at the beginning of 1930's " Outward Bound " tell us in aching detail how Sutton Vane's play took the London stage by storm . It subsequently was done on Broadway not once but twice ( the second time was some years after this film ) , and the film uses three of the play's original cast : Leslie Howard , Ber... |
493,645 | 342,623 | 101,536 | 6 | Cute movie , but I was looking at the nerd | Obviously this film was intended for a young audience , which is why none of the posted comments mention the presence of Tyrone Power Jr . , who is the only reason I watched this movie . " California Casanova " doesn't pretend to be anything but what it is - light entertainment featuring attractive people with lots of ... |
493,854 | 342,623 | 56,209 | 6 | ruthless business types hit the screen again | Dana Andrews is an ambitious public relations man in " Madison Avenue , " a 1962 film that also stars Eleanor Parker , Jeanne Crain , Eddie Albert , Kathleen Freeman , Howard St . John and Henry Daniell . By 1962 , this was no longer an A cast , and this is a second tier film at best . Andrews romances reporter Peggy S... |
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