Michael Curtiz — Director (29)
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Errol Flynn / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: La carica dei Seicento / A Carga da Brigada Ligeira …
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
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Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) IMDb TMDB
Gold Is Where You Find It
director: Michael Curtiz actor: George Brent / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: Occidente in fiamme / Goldene Erde Kalifornien …
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
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Four Wives (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Four Wives
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Priscilla Lane / Rosemary Lane …
other title: Quatre Jeunes Femmes / Cuatro esposas …
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
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Daughters Courageous (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Daughters Courageous
director: Michael Curtiz actor: John Garfield / Claude Rains …
other title: Profughi dell'amore / Vier Töchter räumen auf …
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
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Front Page Woman (1935) IMDb TMDB
Front Page Woman
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Bette Davis / George Brent …
other title: Miss Repórter / Die Frau auf Seite 1 …
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
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The Kennel Murder Case (1933) IMDb TMDB
The Kennel Murder Case
director: Michael Curtiz actor: William Powell / Mary Astor …
other title: Il pugnale cinese / Le Mystère de la chambre close …
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Case of the Curious Bride
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Warren William / Margaret Lindsay …
other title: El caso de la novia curiosa
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.
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Virginia City (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Virginia City
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Errol Flynn / Miriam Hopkins …
other title: Carovana d'eroi / Uma Cidade Que Surge …
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
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The Hangman (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Hangman
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Robert Taylor / Tina Louise …
other title: Il boia / O Carrasco …
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town. However, the man is known and liked in the town, and the citizens band together to try to help him avoid capture.
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Jimmy the Gent (1934) IMDb TMDB
Jimmy the Gent
director: Michael Curtiz actor: James Cagney / Bette Davis …
other title: Ein feiner Herr / A la caza de herederos
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
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Private Detective 62 (1933) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Private Detective 62
director: Michael Curtiz actor: William Powell / Margaret Lindsay …
other title: Der Detektiv und die Spielerin / Private Detective
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
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Alias the Doctor (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Alias the Doctor
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Richard Barthelmess / Marian Marsh …
other title: Su gran sacrificio / Il segreto del dottore
Karl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is the one who takes the wrap and three years in prison. When he gets out, he finds Stephan is dead and a sick child needs an operation and he does brilliant surgery. This gets him noticed and his mother tells them that he is Stephan Brenner, not Karl Brenner. She tells Karl that he must cure sickness in the world. But, being that he is Stephan, he can no longer marry Lottie, as she is now his sister.