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Appointment with Happiness
1954
Battle Circus
1953 · Romance
A Message to Garcia
1936 · Romance
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942 · Comedy
Stand by for Action
1942 · Action
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 · Drama
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Drama
Battle Cry
1955 · War
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Action
Atlas
1961 · Fantasy
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Western
Sword of the Conqueror
1961 · Adventure
Voodoo Woman
1957 · Horror
West of Shanghai
1937 · Adventure
Macabre
1958 · Horror
The Avenger
1962 · History
Arena
1953 · Western
Emergency Call
1952 · Thriller
Three Bad Sisters
1956 · Drama
Long John Silver
1954 · Action
Newsboys’ Home
1938 · Crime
The Delinquents
1957 · Drama
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 · Western
Come Drink with Me
1966 · Action
New York Confidential
1955 · Crime
Shock Treatment
1964 · Drama
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Drama
Space Monster Wangmagwi
1967 · Horror
Malaga
1954 · Drama
The Spiral Staircase
1946 · Horror
Stark Fear
1962 · Horror
Kolberg
1945 · Drama
Days of Glory
1945 · Documentary
Embraceable You
1948 · Drama
Jan Žižka
1956 · War
The Last Blitzkrieg
1959 · War
The River of Love
1960 · Romance
East of the River
1940 · Drama
Two Thousand Maniacs!
1964 · Horror
Yaar Nee?
1966 · Horror
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