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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1959 and Earlier
4,692 movies from 1959 and earlier, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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The Overtaxed
1959 · Comedy
Cobra Woman
1944 · Fantasy
The Lost Patrol
1934 · War
I’ll Name the Murderer
1936 · Comedy
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Comedy
Hot Cars
1956 · Action
Tonight or Never
1931 · Comedy
Scream
1949 · Mystery
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950 · Action
Quality Street
1937 · Drama
The Killer Is Loose
1956 · Crime
The Deep Six
1958 · Drama
Between Two Worlds
1944 · Drama
David and Bathsheba
1951 · Romance
Neapolitan Turk
1953 · Comedy
The Flirting Widow
1930 · Comedy
Craig’s Wife
1936 · Drama
Doctor at Sea
1955 · Comedy
Jamaica Run
1953 · Adventure
The Lower Depths
1936 · Romance
The Overcoat
1952 · Comedy
If I Were King
1938 · History
Flying Devils
1933 · Adventure
The Bells Go Down
1943 · Drama
Marie Antoinette
1938 · History
The Mouse That Roared
1959 · Comedy
Too Much, Too Soon
1958 · Drama
No Other Woman
1933 · Drama
Chance at Heaven
1933 · Romance
Secrets of the French Police
1932 · Crime
Yahudi
1958 · Romance
Men Are Such Fools
1938 · Drama
The Night Riders
1939 · History
Busy Bodies
1933 · Comedy
Charley’s Aunt
1941 · Comedy
Pal Joey
1957 · Comedy
Donovan’s Brain
1953 · Horror
White Woman
1933 · Drama
Laughing Gravy
1931 · Comedy
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957 · Action
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