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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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Gran Casino
1947 · Music
The Eyes Have It
1945 · Animation
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · Comedy
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935 · Mystery
Andha Naal
1954 · Mystery
Wild and Woolly Hare
1959 · Comedy
My Pal Gus
1952 · Drama
The Cat That Hated People
1948 · Animation
Shotgun
1955 · Western
The Purple Heart
1944 · Drama
Run for Cover
1955 · Drama
Comanche
1956 · Western
This Island Earth
1955 · Horror
Everybody’s Hobby
1939 · Comedy
Cry Terror!
1958 · Crime
Framed
1947 · Crime
Garden of the Moon
1938 · Romance
First Comes Courage
1943 · War
Aag
1948 · Drama
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Comedy
The Abominable Snowman
1957 · Adventure
Modern Inventions
1937 · Comedy
Tulsa
1949 · Drama
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 · History
Mister Cory
1957 · Drama
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Music
Space Master X-7
1958
Anna Lucasta
1958 · Drama
Alice in Wonderland
1949 · Animation
Rope of Sand
1949 · Thriller
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Comedy
The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Drama
The Brute Man
1946 · Crime
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Drama
The Dybbuk
1937 · Drama
Paris After Dark
1943 · War
Follow a Star
1959 · Comedy
Bountiful Summer
1951 · Music
Invisible Invaders
1959 · Horror
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Action
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