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Double Crossbones (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Double Crossbones
other title: I filibustieri delle Antille / Sørøvernes skræk
Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben. They avoid being killed by faking a case of the pox, which causes the panicked captain and crew to desert the ship. The two find themselves alone, and when a lucky cannon shot hits a mast on a British ship, they find themselves mistaken for pirates. They sail to Tortuga, where they recruit such notorious corsairs as Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, Anne Bonney, and Blackbeard to lay siege to Chaleston and expose the villain Elden.
The Purple Mask (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Purple Mask
other title: La maschera di porpora / Die purpurrote Maske
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
Star in the Dust (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Star in the Dust
director: Charles F. Haas actor: John Agar / Mamie Van Doren
other title: Esecuzione al tramonto / Noch heute sollst du hängen
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
A Day of Fury (1956) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Day of Fury
director: Harmon Jones actor: Dale Robertson / Mara Corday
other title: L'Ovest selvaggio / Stunden des Terrors
Town marshal Alan Burnett life is saved by a stranger he meets on the trail. His rescuer turns out to be Jagade, a gunslinger just returned after years away, who finds when he gets into town that he can't abide the peace that has been settled between "his" people (i.e. the saloon-keepers, gamblers, etc.) and the righteous, "respectable" folk.
The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Black Shield of Falworth
director: Rudolph Maté actor: Tony Curtis / Janet Leigh
other title: Lo scudo dei Falworth / Kongens ridder
In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
director: Charles Barton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello
other title: Gianni e Pinotto e l'assassino misterioso / Deux nigauds chez les tueurs
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
Frenchie (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Frenchie
director: Louis King actor: Joel McCrea / Shelley Winters
other title: Yvonne la francesina / Revolverlady
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 she's determined to find out the other.