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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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Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Comedy
Follow the Sun
1951 · Drama
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Mystery
The Big Noise
1944 · Comedy
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Thriller
Broadway Musketeers
1938 · Music
The Unholy Garden
1931 · Romance
Indiscreet
1931 · Drama
Charlie Chan in Egypt
1935 · Mystery
Winner Take All
1932 · Drama
Rebel in Town
1956 · Western
The Clairvoyant
1935 · Thriller
Denver and Rio Grande
1952 · Western
I Married a Woman
1958 · Comedy
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · History
Perfect Strangers
1945 · Romance
The Gay Sisters
1942 · Romance
Wicked as They Come
1956 · Drama
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Romance
British Intelligence
1939 · Drama
Party Girl
1958 · Romance
Saddle Legion
1951 · Adventure
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Drama
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · Adventure
Molly and Me
1945 · Comedy
Night of the Blood Beast
1958 · Horror
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Drama
Riding High
1950 · Comedy
Walk Into Paradise
1956 · Adventure
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958 · Drama
Judge Hardy and Son
1939 · Comedy
From Hell It Came
1957 · Horror
You Only Live Once
1937 · Crime
The Mating Season
1951 · Comedy
Night World
1932 · Drama
The First Traveling Saleslady
1956 · Western
Innocent Sinners
1958 · Drama
The Dancing Masters
1943 · Comedy
Putty Tat Trouble
1951 · Comedy
Raintree County
1957 · Romance
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