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Blindfold (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Blindfold
director: Philip Dunne actor: Rock Hudson / Claudia Cardinale …
other title: L'affare Blindfold / Blindebuk …
A patient being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Snow is a government scientist. General Pratt hides him in a secret place known as "Base X," forcing Dr. Snow to wear a blindfold whenever he is taken there ...
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
director: John Cromwell actor: Tyrone Power / George Sanders …
other title: Il figlio della furia / Abenteuer in der Südsee …
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
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Pinky (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Pinky
director: Elia Kazan actor: Jeanne Crain / Ethel Barrymore …
other title: Pinky, la negra bianca / O Que a Carne Herda …
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
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Johnny Apollo (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Johnny Apollo
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Tyrone Power / Dorothy Lamour …
other title: Il prigioniero
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
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The Late George Apley (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Late George Apley
director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Ronald Colman / Peggy Cummins …
other title: Schiavo del passato / Un mariage à Boston …
Bostonites George and Catherine Apley live a proper life in a social circle. However, their daughter Eleanor's love for Howard Boulton and their son John's union with Myrtle threatens their home.
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Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Demetrius and the Gladiators
director: Delmer Daves actor: Victor Mature / Susan Hayward …
other title: I gladiatori / Demetrius og gladiatorerne …
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
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The Egyptian (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Egyptian
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Edmund Purdom / Victor Mature …
other title: Sinuhe l'egiziano / Sinuhe Ægypteren …
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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The Robe (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Robe
director: Henry Koster actor: Richard Burton / Jean Simmons …
other title: La tunica / Men jeg så ham dø …
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.