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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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Professor Beware
1938 · Comedy
The Little Hut
1957 · Comedy
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 · Adventure
My Sister Eileen
1942 · Comedy
The Red House
1947 · Drama
Phantom from Space
1953 · Horror
Vihtori ja Klaara
1939 · Comedy
Picture Snatcher
1933 · Crime
Jamaica Inn
1939 · Thriller
Bachelor Apartment
1931 · Drama
Johnny Tremain
1957 · Drama
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · Comedy
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Drama
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 · War
Little Giant
1946 · Comedy
The Duke of West Point
1938 · Drama
The Lady Pays Off
1951 · Romance
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958 · War
Niagara Falls
1941 · Comedy
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Comedy
The Astounding She-Monster
1957 · Horror
Gun for a Coward
1956 · Western
The Years Between
1946 · Romance
Totò in the Moon
1958 · Comedy
Rhythm on the Range
1936 · Western
Betty Boop’s Bizzy Bee
1932 · Comedy
The Man from Colorado
1948 · Drama
Time Bomb
1953 · Thriller
Fort Apache
1948 · Western
Diplomaniacs
1933 · Comedy
If Winter Comes
1947 · Drama
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Drama
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
1949 · Comedy
Things to Come
1936 · Drama
Duffy’s Tavern
1945 · Music
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945 · Thriller
I Was an American Spy
1951 · Drama
Elmer Elephant
1936 · Comedy
Hearts in Bondage
1936 · Drama
Bored of Education
1936 · Comedy
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