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Big House, U.S.A

Big House, U.S.A

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

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Les Girls

Les Girls

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 6.6

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story...

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Operation Pacific

Operation Pacific

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 6.6

During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eve...

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The Young Stranger

The Young Stranger

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 6.6

The lack of communication between a wealthy film producer and his troubled teenage son after the boy is involved in an altercation at a movie theater leads to even more trouble.

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Forever Female

Forever Female

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 6.6

An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.

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Bright Road

Bright Road

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

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Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 6.5

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and...

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Flesh and Fury

Flesh and Fury

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appe...

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The Wayward Bus

The Wayward Bus

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Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.

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Westbound

Westbound

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 6.5

As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying...

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