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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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Way of a Gaucho
1952 · Adventure
It’s a Great Feeling
1949 · Music
It Happened in Penkovo
1958 · Romance
On Distant Shores
1958 · War
First a Girl
1935 · Comedy
John Paul Jones
1959 · Romance
Forbidden Fruit
1952 · Drama
Kentucky
1938 · Romance
Down to Earth
1947 · Fantasy
Pluto’s Judgement Day
1935 · Comedy
Born to Be Bad
1934 · Drama
The High and the Mighty
1954 · Action
Calm Yourself
1935 · Romance
Apache Territory
1958 · Action
He Walked by Night
1948 · Crime
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944 · Mystery
The Rose Tattoo
1955 · Drama
Justice Is Done
1950 · Drama
Bought!
1931 · Drama
The White Parade
1934 · Drama
The Secret Fury
1950 · Crime
Badman’s Territory
1946 · Action
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939 · Family
Tripoli
1950 · Adventure
Keep ’Em Flying
1941 · Comedy
Show Biz Bugs
1957 · Animation
Beauty for Sale
1933 · Romance
Adventure
1945 · Romance
Mystery House
1938 · Adventure
The Sisters
1938 · Drama
Swing Shift Cinderella
1945 · Animation
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942 · Crime
The Mummy’s Ghost
1944 · Horror
The Ware Case
1938 · Drama
Champion Without Crown
1946 · Drama
It’s a Big Country
1951 · Comedy
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Drama
Dressed to Kill
1941 · Thriller
Red River Robin Hood
1942 · Western
I Bury the Living
1958 · Horror
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