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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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Storm Warning
1950 · Drama
Fingers at the Window
1942 · Thriller
Up in Central Park
1948 · Music
The Long Arm
1956 · Crime
The Night Before Christmas
1941 · Animation
The Outriders
1950 · Western
Chain Lightning
1950 · Action
Father Brown
1954 · Mystery
There’s One Born Every Minute
1942 · Comedy
The Living Ghost
1942 · Thriller
Polly of the Circus
1932 · Drama
Crash Dive
1943 · Action
Big House, U.S.A
1955 · Crime
Dial 1119
1950 · Thriller
The Long Night
1947 · Romance
Duel in the Jungle
1954 · Adventure
Reign of Terror
1949 · History
Crime Wave
1953 · Thriller
Restless Knights
1935 · Comedy
The Stone Flower
1946 · Fantasy
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947 · Thriller
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 · Crime
The Way to the Stars
1945 · Romance
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 · Romance
The Beachcomber
1954 · Drama
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Comedy
Hang Tuah
1956 · Action
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Western
The Man Behind The Gun
1953 · Western
The Well Groomed Bride
1946 · Comedy
Blue Cat Blues
1956 · Animation
Frieda
1947 · Drama
Ambassador Bill
1931 · Comedy
Finis Terræ
1929 · Drama
Baiju Bawra
1952 · Drama
Sealed Cargo
1951 · Drama
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · War
A Plumbing We Will Go
1940 · Comedy
Edge of Doom
1950 · Crime
Candlelight in Algeria
1944 · War
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