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Captain Pirate (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Captain Pirate
director: Ralph Murphy actor: Louis Hayward / Patricia Medina …
other title: Il corsaro / Die schwarze Isabell …
In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."
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Noose for a Gunman (1960) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Noose for a Gunman
director: Edward L. Cahn actor: Jim Davis / Lyn Thomas …
other title: Braço É Braço / Morgen sollst du sterben …
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
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The Slowest Gun in the West (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Slowest Gun in the West
director: Herschel Daugherty actor: Phil Silvers / Jack Benny …
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Finsterwald, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid.
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Three Secrets (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Three Secrets
director: Robert Wise actor: Eleanor Parker / Patricia Neal …
other title: Tre segreti / Três Segredos …
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
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Slightly Scarlet (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Slightly Scarlet
director: Allan Dwan actor: John Payne / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: Veneri rosse / Straße des Verbrechens …
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.
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Man in the Dark (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Man in the Dark
director: Lew Landers actor: Edmond O'Brien / Audrey Totter …
other title: L'uomo nell'ombra
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.
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The Turning Point (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Turning Point
director: William Dieterle actor: William Holden / Edmond O'Brien …
other title: Furore sulla città / Le Cran d'arrêt …
Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.
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The Delta Factor (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Delta Factor
director: Tay Garnett actor: Yvette Mimieux / Christopher George …
other title: Der Delta Faktor / El factor Delta …
Action-packed espionage thriller based on a book by Mickey Spillane. A man who has been framed for a large-scale robbery escapes from prison, but is caught and given a choice between returning behind bars and working for the CIA. He is enlisted to rescue a scientist from a dictator-run island, disguised as a drug dealer with another agent posing as his wife, while simultaneously plotting to prove his innocence.
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The Midnight Story (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Midnight Story
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / Gilbert Roland …
other title: Mezzanotte a San Francisco / Os Olhos do Padre Tomasino …
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
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From the Terrace (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
From the Terrace
director: Mark Robson actor: Paul Newman / Joanne Woodward …
other title: Dalla terrazza / Von der Terrasse …
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
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Mr. Soft Touch (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Mr. Soft Touch
director: Gordon Douglas / Henry Levin actor: Glenn Ford / Evelyn Keyes …
other title: Purificazione / Der Mann, der zu Weihnachten kam …
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
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Man with the Gun (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Man with the Gun
director: Richard Wilson actor: Robert Mitchum / Jan Sterling …
other title: Sangue caldo / Sozinho Contra a Cidade …
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.