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After a failed attempt at running for governor, D A Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall

With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors one of whom begins to fall for her

A small town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy

The story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian Jim expects his fiancee Holly, but before she arrives, he dies

At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air freight company is forced to risk his pilots lives in order to win an important contract, as a traveling American showgirl stops in town

Western legends Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid are played against each other over the law and the attentions of vivacious country vixen Rio McDonald

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the two traitors whose treachery caused the defeat of McNallys unit and the loss of a close friend

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover

John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O Henrys most celebrated stories from his New York Period 1902 1910 in this anthology film

A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes

A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex wife from quitting and remarrying, using an exclusive interview with a death row convict as an enticement to buy himself some time to win her back

After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy

The author of a best selling fishing guide is actually extremely inexperienced in the sport, which causes mayhem when he is entered into a competition

A tuna fisherman marries a woman who doesnt love him

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self absorbed Pharaoh, obsessed with the security of his next life

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with old friend, Sheriff J P Hara Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher whos trying to steal their water

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family Before the complex case is over, hes seen murder, blackmail and what might be love

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The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young women come between them

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Loreleis fiance, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act

During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer

A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career

Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son

While trying to secure a 1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby