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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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Angel Face
1952 · Crime
Bad Girl
1931 · Drama
Wyoming Outlaw
1939 · Western
The Gay Desperado
1936 · Comedy
Show Boat
1951 · Romance
The Stratton Story
1949 · Drama
Home at Seven
1952 · Crime
Suspense
1946 · Drama
Contraband
1940 · Thriller
The Iron Sheriff
1957 · Western
Diamond Jim
1935 · Drama
Broken Lance
1954 · Western
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · War
Girls in the Night
1953 · Thriller
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
1946 · Adventure
Fear Strikes Out
1957 · Drama
The Alligator People
1959 · Horror
Night and the City
1950 · Crime
Danger Within
1959 · War
Giant from the Unknown
1958 · Horror
Miss Julie
1951 · Drama
Woman Chases Man
1937 · Comedy
Diamond City
1949 · Drama
Love on a Bet
1936 · Romance
Nothing But the Truth
1941 · Comedy
A Woman’s Face
1938 · Crime
Hawaiian Holiday
1937 · Comedy
Bowery Champs
1944 · Action
Over 21
1945 · Comedy
We Dive at Dawn
1943 · Drama
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Drama
The Younger Brothers
1949 · Western
Cops and Robbers
1951 · Comedy
Yolanda and the Thief
1945 · Fantasy
The Phantom Speaks
1945 · Mystery
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940 · Western
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Drama
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Music
Ivan
1932 · Drama
The Inspector General
1949 · Romance
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