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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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This Other Eden
1959 · Drama
Frontier Pony Express
1939 · Western
Model for Murder
1959 · Drama
Glory Alley
1952 · Drama
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · History
Feline Frame-Up
1954 · Comedy
The Barbarian and the Geisha
1958 · Romance
Confidentially Connie
1953 · Comedy
You Can’t Buy Luck
1937 · Romance
The Space Children
1958
In the Bag
1956 · Animation
A Blueprint for Murder
1953 · Thriller
Outpost
1944 · Animation
Robbery Under Arms
1957 · Western
Arctic Fury
1949 · Adventure
The Madonna’s Secret
1946 · Drama
Shield for Murder
1954 · Drama
Ask a Policeman
1939 · Comedy
The Man in Grey
1943 · Romance
Kismet
1944 · Romance
Officer Duck
1939 · Comedy
Moose Hunters
1937 · Animation
Betrayed
1954 · Drama
The Lady Says No
1951 · Romance
Poem of the Sea
1958 · Drama
The Headless Ghost
1959 · Horror
All Mine to Give
1957 · Drama
Passport to Shame
1958 · Drama
Voodoo Man
1944 · Mystery
The Law in Her Hands
1936 · Drama
The Iroquois Trail
1950 · Western
Saturday Evening Puss
1950 · Comedy
Lawyer Man
1932 · Drama
Billy Boy
1954 · Animation
The Last Gangster
1937 · Thriller
Secret of the Incas
1954 · Action
The Housekeeper’s Daughter
1939 · Comedy
Freedom Radio
1941 · War
Le Million
1931 · Music
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · Adventure
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