American black-and-white films

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1939 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime....

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Bless Their Little Hearts

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in poorer districts of South Central Los Angeles.

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Oliver the Eighth

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1934 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his un...

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Thicker Than Water

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Olli...

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Love Affair

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1939 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

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My Favorite Wife

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1940 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Seven years after a shipwreck in which she was presumed dead, Ellen Arden arrives home to find that her husband Nick has just remarried. The overjoyed Nick struggles to break the news to his new bride...

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Holiday Inn

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn,...

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Detour

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1945 IMDB Rating: 7.3

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

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Kansas City Confidential

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discov...

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