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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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Key Largo
1948 · Thriller
Rough Shoot
1953 · Crime
Jeopardy
1953 · Drama
Bone Trouble
1940 · Animation
The Unknown Man
1951 · Drama
Barnacle Bill
1941 · Comedy
Rich and Strange
1931 · Romance
My Life for Ireland
1941 · Drama
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · Drama
Satellite in the Sky
1956 · Drama
Up in the World
1956 · Comedy
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Drama
Seven Were Saved
1947 · Drama
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938 · Crime
The Locket
1946 · Crime
The Silent Village
1943 · War
The Long Gray Line
1955 · Drama
What a Life
1939 · Drama
Tension
1949 · Crime
Eager to Live
1953 · Drama
The Black Room
1935 · Horror
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
1938 · Drama
Poison Pen
1939 · Drama
Behold My Wife!
1934 · Romance
You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap
1942 · Animation
Three Loan Wolves
1946 · Comedy
The Prowler
1951 · Thriller
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Music
Magic Town
1947 · Romance
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Comedy
Daisy Kenyon
1947 · Drama
Army Girl
1938 · Comedy
City in Darkness
1939 · Mystery
The Little Giant
1933 · Crime
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935 · Comedy
Gun Glory
1957 · Western
That Uncertain Feeling
1941 · Comedy
The Lawless Frontier
1934 · Western
The Man Without a Body
1957 · Horror
Against the Wind
1948 · Action
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