Stars in My Crown (1950)
Stars in My Crown (1950) Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction with a few of his parishioners. A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson's interference in the scientific treatment o
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Bird of Paradise (1932) A young man falls overboard and is saved by a beautiful Polynesian girl. They fall in love, but their idyll is smashed when the local volcano begins to erupt. The man discovers that the local custom is to sacrifice a young woman to the volcanic gods. They try to escape but re
Frenchie (1950)
Frenchie 1950 Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West Her reason Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson But she only knows one of the two who did and shes determined to find out the other
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) After their luxury cabin cruiser crashes on a reef, Bob Rainsford finds himself washed ashore on a remote island. He finds a fortress-like house and the owner, Count Zaroff, seems to be quite welcoming. Apart from Zaroff's servant Ivan, the only other people present ar
The Outriders (1950)
The Outriders (1950) Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union g
Ride the High Country (1962)
Ride the High Country (1962) Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. He hires an old partner, Gil Westrum, and his young protege Heck to assist him. Steve doesn't know, however, that Gil and Heck plan to steal the gold, with or without
Colorado Territory (1949)
Colorado Territory 1949 Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job He doesnt like his new partners except dance hall girl Colorado and anyway fancies Julie Ann newly arrived from the east to set up home with her father Maybe time to get out Unfortunately he also has a
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea. His wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
Ramrod (1947)
Ramrod (1947) A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew o
Sullivans Travels (1941)
Sullivans Travels (1941) Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, and naive director of fluff films, with a heart-o-gold, who decides he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. Much to the chagrin of his producers, he sets off in tramp's clothing with a single dime in his pocket t
The Virginian (1946)
The Virginian (1946) Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustl
Fort Massacre (1958)
Fort Massacre (1958) During the Indian Wars in the Southwest, a sergeant assumes command of a cavalry detachment after it is mauled in an Apache ambush that killed its captain and seriously wounded its lieutenant. The surviving troopers must reach either a larger cavalry column or a wagon train the
Cattle Drive (1951)
Cattle Drive (1951) The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowhere. He is found by a cowboy on a cattle drive and the lad must start learning the hard lessons of working in a team if he wants to make it to San Diego.
Black Horse Canyon (1954)
Black Horse Canyon (1954) In spite of the more-than-pedestrian B-title, this minor-A western from Universal is more of a character study of three people than it is a run-of-the-mill western. It has only a couple of gunshots and no killings and no blood-letting, and is ideally suited for the laconic,
Border River (1954)
Border River (1954) A Confederate officer and his men journey to Mexico to buy guns to continue the war effort. A Union officer determines to stop them.
The More the Merrier (1943)
The More the Merrier (1943) It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. W
Union Pacific (1939)
Union Pacific (1939) One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' a
Trooper Hook (1957)
Trooper Hook (1957) After a band of Indians kill a group of soldiers, Sergeant Hook captures them and their leader Nanches. Among the prisoners is Nanches' son and the boy's white mother captured by them nine years earlier. Hook's assignment is to escort the mother and son to the woman's husband. Tr
The Tall Stranger (1957)
The Tall Stranger (1957) Ned Bannon comes across rustlers and is shot and left for dead, but is found in time by a wagon train heading for California. When he recovers he becomes suspicious of the two outsiders who are leading the train into a dead-end valley owned by his hostile half-brother. Bravi
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent (1940) Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European correspondent because he is fed up with the dry, reports he currently gets. Jones' first assignment is to get the inside story on a secret treaty agreed between two European coun
Four Faces West (1948)
Four Faces West (1948) Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rid
Cattle Empire (1958)
Cattle Empire (1958) After serving a five year prison sentence for allowing his men to destroy a town in a drunken spree, a trail boss is hired by the same town's leading citizen to drive their cattle to Fort Clemson. Complicating matters, a rival cattle baron also hires the cattle driver to lead hi
Dead End (1937)
Dead End (1937) The Dead End Kids are introduced in their intricate East Side slum, overlooked by the apartments of the rich. Their antics, some funny, some vicious, alternate with subplots: unemployed architect Dave is torn between Drina, sweet but equally poor, and Kay, a rich man's mistress; gang
The Great Mans Lady (1942)
The Great Mans Lady (1942) In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pione
Buffalo Bill (1944)
Buffalo Bill 1944 A fictionalized account of the life of William F Buffalo Bill Cody A hunter and Army Scout in the early part of his life, he rescues a US Senator and his beautiful daughter, Louisa Frederici Cody is portrayed as someone who admires and respects the Indians and is a good friend of Y
These Three (1936)
These Three (1936) This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play's lesbian theme. The plot concerns schoolteachers Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, both of whom are in love with Dr. Joe Cardin. The malicious lie of one of their students in
The Silver Horde (1930)
The Silver Horde (1930) Boyd Emerson loves the wealthy Mildred Wayland, but so does Boyd's unscrupulous rival in the Yukon salmon fisheries, Frederick Marsh. The two battle for Mildred's hand and for control of the thriving fishing business.
Kept Husbands (1931)
Kept Husbands (1931) Blue collar steelworker Richard Brunton (McCrea) saves two of his fellow workers after an accident at a factory. In gratitude, his boss, millionaire Arthur Parker invites Richard for dinner with his family. Arthur's daughter Dot (Mackaill) is instantly impressed and infatuated w
The Great Moment (1944)
The Great Moment 1944 In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to Dr W T G Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity Frost drives to a country farmhouse and gives the medal to Mortons widow, Elizabeth Morton who explain
Espionage Agent (1939)
Espionage Agent 1939 When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability
Internes Cant Take Money (1937)
Internes Cant Take Money (1937) In a fantastically art-deco hospital, young Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, who's been in prison and can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and
Primrose Path (1940)
Primrose Path 1940 Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean spirited grandmother The Hill is not a good part of town, however When she meets and falls for a hard working man, they marry and she hides her past from
Wichita (1955)
Wichita 1955 Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas His skill as a gun fighter make him a perfect candidate for Marshal but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town
The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
The Gunfight at Dodge City 1959 Bat Masterson doesnt look for trouble, but he doesnt walk away from it When an army sergeant in Hays City tries to kill Bat and dies for his trouble, Bat heads for Dodge City where Ed, his brother, is city marshal and a candidate for county sheriff running against the
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Chance at Heaven 1933 Blackstone Blacky Gorman, rising service station owner, is blessed with the devotion of supremely sweet and noble Marje Harris, but he meets coquettish and silly debutante Glory Franklyn and, between Glorys charm and his social ambition, is snared into an upscale marriage that
The Unseen (1945)
The Unseen 1945 Governess Elizabeth Howard fears that David, both her widowed employer and the man she loves, could be the strangler thats stalking women in the small New England town where they live So do the police His little son Barnaby knows who the killer is but wont tell Elizabeth becomes conv
South of St Louis (1949)
South of St Louis 1949 In Missouri during the Civil War, the Three Bell Ranch belonging to Kip Davis, Charlie Burns and Lee Price is destroyed by Luke Cottrell and his guerrilla raiders Cottrell plunders the region for personal gain rather than in the name of the Union, as he claims Driven from thei