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The Adventures of Tartu (1943) IMDb TMDB
The Adventures of Tartu
other title: Le avventure di Tartù
British Captain Terence Stevenson accepts an assignment even more dangerous than his everyday job of defusing undetonated bombs. Fluent in Romanian and German and having studied chemical engineering, he's parachuted into Romania to assume the identity of Captain Jan Tartu, a member of the fascist Iron Guard. Tartu makes his way to Czechoslovakia to steal the formula of a new Nazi poison gas and sabotage the factory of its manufacturing.

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Billy the Kid (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Billy the Kid
director: David Miller actor: Robert Taylor / Brian Donlevy …
other title: Terra selvaggia / Der letzte Bandit …
Billy "The Kid" Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who postpones his life of crime when he is befriended and hired by peaceful cattle rancher Eric Keating. When Keating is killed by a rival, Billy seeks revenge, even if it means opposing his old friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.

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Hold Your Man (1933) IMDb TMDB
Hold Your Man
director: Sam Wood actor: Jean Harlow / Clark Gable …
other title: L'uomo che voglio / Ganovenbraut …
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

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Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Arsène Lupin Returns
other title: A Volta de Arsène Lupin / La vuelta de Arsenio Lupin …
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?

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Whipsaw (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Whipsaw
director: Sam Wood actor: Myrna Loy / Spencer Tracy …
other title: Le 4 perle / On a volé les perles Koronoff …
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.

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The Bride Walks Out (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Bride Walks Out
director: Leigh Jason actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Gene Raymond …
other title: La forza dell'amore / Cásate y verás …
Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on Michael’s $35-per-week job.

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Libeled Lady (1936)
Libeled Lady
director: Jack Conway actor: Jean Harlow / William Powell …
other title: La donna del giorno / Lustige Sünder …
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.