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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 Half-Naked Truth
1932 · Comedy
Doña Bárbara
1943 · Drama
The Youth of Maxim
1935 · War
Son of Ingagi
1940 · Horror
The Children Are Watching Us
1943 · Drama
Here Come the Girls
1953 · Music
Parachute Jumper
1933 · Drama
Sailor of the King
1953 · Drama
Footsteps in the Dark
1941 · Crime
Homecoming
1941 · Drama
Dangerous Years
1947 · Drama
Tiger in the Smoke
1956 · Crime
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · Drama
Counter-Attack
1945 · War
Mystery Submarine
1950 · Thriller
Young Widow
1946 · Drama
Miss Polly
1941 · Comedy
The Brave Engineer
1950 · Family
A Ham in a Role
1949 · Comedy
They Won’t Believe Me
1947 · Drama
Frenchie
1950 · Western
They Came to Blow Up America
1943 · War
The Eternal Sea
1955 · Drama
The Dognapper
1934 · Animation
A Study in Scarlet
1933 · Thriller
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 · Drama
Rotation
1949 · Drama
Union Station
1950 · Thriller
The Silver Fleet
1943 · War
Letty Lynton
1932 · Drama
The Man from Down Under
1943 · Drama
Carnival in Costa Rica
1947 · Music
The Bad Lord Byron
1949 · Drama
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Drama
A Life of Her Own
1950 · Drama
The Scarlet Empress
1934 · History
Back to Bataan
1945 · Drama
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 · Western
Shree 420
1955 · Comedy
You’ll Never Get Rich
1941 · Comedy
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