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The Return of Wildfire (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Return of Wildfire
In this above-average western, a villainous land grabber attempts to force horse ranchers to sell their ranches so he can become king of the horse market. One stubborn rancher refuses to relent and his killed. His two surviving sisters then continue the fight. They are soon assisted by a passing drifter who ends up falling for one of them. In the end a gunfight between the good and bad guys ensues.
Orchestra Wives (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Orchestra Wives
other title: Ce que femme veut / Voglio essere più amata
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
Blue, White and Perfect (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Blue, White and Perfect
other title: Il mistero dei diamanti / Contrabando
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
Waterfront at Midnight (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Waterfront at Midnight
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined Barstow's gang. Things get worse after a bloody shootout, in which Mike apparently guns down his own brother.
Riders in the Sky (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Riders in the Sky
director: John English actor: Gene Autry / Champion
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones but decides instead to help Anne Lawson clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson, of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary, who shoots witness Pop Roberts Morgan. Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.
Loophole (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Loophole
other title: La morsa si chiude / Evadido
Bank teller Mike Donovan (Barry Sullivan) takes the first step on the road to Perdition when he fails to report a $49,000 shortage. Accused of theft, Donovan is fired from his job. He is then prevented from finding other employment by Javert-like insurance investigator Gus Slavin (Charles McGraw). Despite many setbacks, Donovan attempts to clear his muddied name.
Rockin' in the Rockies (1945) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rockin' in the Rockies
director: Vernon Keays actor: Moe Howard / Larry Fine
Rancher Rusty Williams is away at agricultural college and leaves his spread in the hands of his older cousin Shorty. Shorty wants to do more than run a ranch, however -- he wants to prospect for gold, but he has no money. He recruits a pair of partners in the guise of two runaway vagrants and a pair of backers in two stranded singers. But then Rusty shows up, and his four somewhat bumbling hired hands manage to compound Larry and Curly's deep ineptitude, and Rusty wants them all out of his hair.
Star Dust (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Star Dust
director: Walter Lang actor: Linda Darnell / John Payne
other title: Estrellas fugaces / La Rançon de la gloire
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.