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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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Alfalfa’s Aunt
1939 · Comedy
Piccadilly Jim
1936 · Comedy
Old Bones of the River
1938 · Comedy
Seven Days’ Leave
1942 · Comedy
Sudden Fear
1952 · Thriller
Angels Over Broadway
1940 · Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Thriller
The Three Troubledoers
1946 · Comedy
Talk About a Stranger
1952 · Mystery
The Man from Laramie
1955 · Western
Appointment with Danger
1950 · Drama
Everybody’s Woman
1934 · Drama
Higher Than a Kite
1943 · Comedy
Give a Girl a Break
1953 · Romance
Block-Heads
1938 · War
Admiral Nakhimov
1947 · Drama
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959 · Thriller
Mister Scoutmaster
1953 · Comedy
Make Mine a Million
1959 · Comedy
Piker’s Peak
1957 · Animation
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
1948 · Thriller
The King and Four Queens
1956 · Adventure
Johnny Concho
1956 · Western
The Spessart Inn
1958 · Music
Catch as Cats Can
1947 · Animation
The Zurich Engagement
1957 · Comedy
Oh, Mr. Porter!
1937 · Comedy
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936 · Drama
Appointment with Venus
1951 · Romance
Marked Woman
1937 · Drama
Drop the Curtain
1955 · Comedy
Three Young Texans
1954 · Western
The Devil’s Party
1938 · Drama
Tea for Two Hundred
1948 · Comedy
Turn the Key Softly
1953 · Drama
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943 · Crime
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948 · Drama
The Captive Heart
1946 · Drama
Side Streets
1934 · Drama
Man in the Vault
1956 · Thriller
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