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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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The Window
1949 · Thriller
Kala Pani
1958 · Drama
Destination Tokyo
1943 · War
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930 · Drama
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Romance
You Can’t Buy Everything
1934 · Drama
One Good Turn
1955 · Comedy
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
1959 · Crime
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946 · Crime
My Brother’s Keeper
1948 · Thriller
There Goes My Heart
1938 · Romance
Santa Fe Stampede
1938 · Western
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · Drama
The Well
1951 · Drama
The Lone Hand
1953 · Western
Traveling Saleslady
1935 · Comedy
Even as IOU
1942 · Comedy
Joy of Living
1938 · Comedy
Forever Female
1953 · Romance
We Want Our Mummy
1939 · Comedy
Ransom!
1956 · Thriller
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Crime
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
1948 · Crime
Bell-Bottom George
1944 · Comedy
Inside Straight
1951 · Drama
Blithe Spirit
1945 · Fantasy
Society Dog Show
1939 · Comedy
The Blow Out
1936 · Animation
Flying Saucer Daffy
1958 · Comedy
The Invisible Monster
1950 · Crime
The Barbarian
1933 · Romance
By Your Leave
1934 · Comedy
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938 · Comedy
Women in War
1940 · War
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938 · Mystery
Watusi
1959 · Adventure
Banjo on My Knee
1936 · Comedy
Sitting on the Moon
1936 · Drama
Carry On Teacher
1959 · Comedy
Murder by Television
1935 · Thriller
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