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The Raid (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Raid
director: Hugo Fregonese actor: Van Heflin / Anne Bancroft …
other title: La spia dei ribelli / Unter zwei Flaggen …
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
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Six Bridges to Cross (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Six Bridges to Cross
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / George Nader …
other title: La rapina del secolo / Seine letzte Chance …
Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million. The story delves into the psychology of the perpetrators, as well as the intricate mechanics of the hold-up.
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Black Tuesday (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Black Tuesday
director: Hugo Fregonese actor: Edward G. Robinson / Jean Parker …
other title: Pioggia di piombo / Mardi, ça saignera! …
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
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The Tall Men (1955) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Tall Men
director: Raoul Walsh actor: Clark Gable / Jane Russell …
other title: Gli implacabili / Nas Garras da Ambição …
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
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Branded (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Branded
director: Rudolph Maté actor: Alan Ladd / Mona Freeman …
other title: Il marchio di sangue / Das Brandmal …
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.
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High Wall (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
High Wall
director: Curtis Bernhardt actor: Robert Taylor / Audrey Totter …
other title: La muraglia delle tenebre / Anklage - Mord …
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
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Rough Night in Jericho (1967) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rough Night in Jericho
director: Arnold Laven actor: Dean Martin / George Peppard …
other title: Due stelle nella polvere / A noite dos pistoleiros …
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
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Sylvia (1965) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sylvia
director: Gordon Douglas actor: Carroll Baker / George Maharis …
other title: L'Enquête / Das Vorleben der Sylvia West …
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
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Secret of the Incas (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Secret of the Incas
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Charlton Heston / Robert Young …
other title: Il segreto degli Incas / Den skjulte by …
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.
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Mystery Street (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Mystery Street
director: John Sturges actor: Ricardo Montalban / Sally Forrest …
other title: La strada del mistero / Die Tote in den Dünen …
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
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Union Station (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Union Station
director: Rudolph Maté actor: William Holden / Nancy Olson …
other title: L'ultima preda / Menschen ohne Seele …
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
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When Worlds Collide (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
When Worlds Collide
director: Rudolph Maté actor: Richard Derr / Barbara Rush …
other title: Quando i mondi si scontrano / Verdens undergang …
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.