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The Black Swan (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Black Swan
director: Henry King actor: Tyrone Power / Maureen O'Hara …
other title: Il cigno nero / Den sorte svane …
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
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The Mississippi Gambler (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Mississippi Gambler
director: Rudolph Maté actor: Tyrone Power / Piper Laurie …
other title: L'avventuriero della Louisiana / Die Welt gehört ihm! …
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
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Bullets or Ballots (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bullets or Ballots
director: William Keighley actor: Edward G. Robinson / Joan Blondell …
other title: Le belve della città / Guerra ao Crime …
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
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The Crowd Roars (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Crowd Roars
director: Howard Hawks actor: James Cagney / Joan Blondell …
other title: L'urlo della folla / Der Schrei der Menge …
Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
director: Alexander Hall actor: Robert Montgomery / Evelyn Keyes …
other title: L'inafferrabile signor Jordan / Urlaub vom Himmel …
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
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The Last Mile (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Last Mile
director: Samuel Bischoff actor: Preston Foster / Howard Phillips …
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
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'G' Men (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
'G' Men
director: William Keighley actor: James Cagney / Margaret Lindsay …
other title: La pattuglia dei senza paura / Der FBI-Agent …
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
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Calcutta (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Calcutta
director: John Farrow actor: Alan Ladd / Gail Russell …
other title: Kalkutta / Calcuta …
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
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My Gal Sal (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
My Gal Sal
director: Irving Cummings actor: Rita Hayworth / Victor Mature …
other title: Follie di New York / Die Königin vom Broadway …
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
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Singapore (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Singapore
director: John Brahm actor: Fred MacMurray / Ava Gardner …
other title: Singapur / Singapour …
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
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Dust Be My Destiny (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dust Be My Destiny
director: Lewis Seiler actor: John Garfield / Priscilla Lane …
other title: Weg aus dem Nichts / Defiendo mi vida …
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.