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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 Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Drama
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932 · Drama
Battle Cry
1955 · War
Westward Whoa
1936 · Comedy
Payment on Demand
1951 · Drama
Men in Fright
1938 · Comedy
Rage at Dawn
1955 · Action
Chickens Come Home
1931 · Comedy
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Western
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · Western
The Eddy Duchin Story
1956 · Romance
Legion of Terror
1936 · Action
Le Amiche
1955 · Romance
Voodoo Woman
1957 · Horror
La Bohème
1926 · Drama
West of Shanghai
1937 · Adventure
The Littlest Rebel
1935 · Drama
Macabre
1958 · Horror
Easy Living
1937 · Comedy
No Parking Hare
1954 · Comedy
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · History
Pistol Harvest
1951 · Western
Pies and Guys
1958 · Comedy
Arena
1953 · Western
Song of the Saddle
1936 · Comedy
Emergency Call
1952 · Thriller
The Miracle Woman
1931 · Drama
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950 · Comedy
Three Bad Sisters
1956 · Drama
China Clipper
1936 · Drama
Commotion on the Ocean
1956 · Comedy
Long John Silver
1954 · Action
Newsboys’ Home
1938 · Crime
Them Thar Hills
1934 · Comedy
The Delinquents
1957 · Drama
Arms and the Man
1958 · Romance
Three Wise Fools
1946 · Comedy
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 · Western
Public Cowboy No. 1
1937 · Western
Manfish
1956 · Adventure
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