Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer (66)
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Les Misérables (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Les Misérables
director: Richard Boleslawski actor: Fredric March / Charles Laughton …
other title: Die Elenden / Los miserables
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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The Doorway to Hell (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Doorway to Hell
director: Archie Mayo actor: Lew Ayres / Dorothy Mathews …
other title: Au seuil de l’enfer / La senda del crimen …
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
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The Bowery (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Bowery
director: Raoul Walsh actor: Wallace Beery / George Raft …
other title: Spavalderia / El arrabal
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
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The Fan (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Fan
director: Otto Preminger actor: Jeanne Crain / Madeleine Carroll …
other title: Il ventaglio / L'Éventail de Lady Windermere …
Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband. The couple's happy marriage is placed at risk when he starts paying visits to a mysterious beautiful newcomer, Mrs. Erylnne, who is determined to make her entry into London's high society. Worse, the secret gets back to Margaret that Windermere has been giving Mrs. Erylnne large sums of money.
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Apartment for Peggy (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Apartment for Peggy
director: George Seaton actor: Jeanne Crain / William Holden …
other title: Amore sotto i tetti / Eine Dachkammer für zwei …
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
director: Alfred L. Werker actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Le avventure di Sherlock Holmes / Sherlock Holmes …
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: Ronald Colman / Loretta Young …
other title: Bulldog Drummond schlägt zurück / Un aventurero audaz …
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
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Viva Zapata! (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Viva Zapata!
director: Elia Kazan actor: Marlon Brando / Jean Peters …
other title: Viva Zapata ! / ¡Viva Zapata! …
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
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Road House (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Road House
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Ida Lupino / Cornel Wilde …
other title: I quattro rivali / Com o Amor Nasceu o Ódio …
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
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Cry of the City (1948) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Cry of the City
director: Robert Siodmak actor: Victor Mature / Richard Conte …
other title: L'urlo della città / Schrei der Großstadt …
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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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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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
director: Robert D. Webb actor: Robert Wagner / Terry Moore …
other title: Tempeste sotto i mari / Duellen på havets bund …
Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the Rhys brothers, Mike decides to take his men to the dangerous 12-mile reef to dive for more sponges. Mike suffers a fatal accident when he falls from the reef leaving Tony to carry on the business. But now he has a companion, Gwyneth Rhys.