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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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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942 · Thriller
There’s That Woman Again
1938 · Crime
Bell, Book and Candle
1958 · Romance
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934 · Comedy
Varsity Show
1937 · Music
A Lady Without Passport
1950 · Crime
Wise Girl
1937 · Comedy
Non-Stop New York
1937 · Romance
The Rabbit Trap
1959 · Drama
Let’s Make It Legal
1951 · Comedy
The Shadow on the Window
1957 · Crime
Curse of the Faceless Man
1958 · Horror
The Man From Cairo
1953 · Drama
Sailor Beware
1956 · Comedy
The Lodger
1944 · Horror
Muzzle Tough
1954 · Animation
Chicago
1927 · Crime
War and Peace
1956 · Romance
More Than a Secretary
1936 · Romance
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 · Comedy
A Summer Place
1959 · Romance
The Arnelo Affair
1947 · Crime
No Room at the Inn
1948 · Drama
Crook’s Tour
1940 · Comedy
The Final Test
1953 · Drama
Dummy Ache
1936 · Comedy
The Black Rose
1950 · History
The Lusty Men
1952 · Drama
The Saint in London
1939 · Mystery
The Fighting 69th
1940 · Action
Steal Wool
1957 · Comedy
Together Again
1944 · Comedy
Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears
1944 · Animation
These Glamour Girls
1939 · Comedy
Terror from the Year 5000
1958
Dead End
1937 · Drama
People Are Bunny
1959 · Animation
The Second Woman
1950 · Drama
Clive of India
1935 · Adventure
Primrose Path
1940 · Drama
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