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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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Bait
1954 · Crime
Pappy’s Puppy
1955 · Animation
The Fire Alarm
1936 · Comedy
Relentless
1948 · Western
The Road to Singapore
1931 · Drama
Terror Is a Man
1959 · Horror
I Was an Adventuress
1940 · Drama
The Harder They Fall
1956 · Drama
St. Louis Blues
1958 · Drama
The Street with No Name
1948 · Thriller
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Crime
Broadway Gondolier
1935 · Comedy
Ann Carver’s Profession
1933 · Drama
Hit the Deck
1955 · Romance
A Lawless Street
1955 · Western
Super-Rabbit
1943 · Comedy
The Mummy’s Curse
1944 · Fantasy
The Woman in Question
1950 · Mystery
Wish upon a Pike
1938 · Family
The Man Without a Face
1950 · Thriller
The Lion’s Busy
1950 · Comedy
Samurai Vendetta
1959 · Drama
Yankee Buccaneer
1952 · History
The Queen of Spades
1949 · Drama
Laughter
1930 · Comedy
The Purple Mask
1955 · Adventure
Five Golden Flowers
1959 · Romance
Rembrandt
1936 · Drama
Things Are Looking Up
1935 · Comedy
First Lady
1937 · Comedy
Affair in Trinidad
1952 · Romance
The Gangster
1947 · Crime
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951 · War
Don Diego and Pelagia
1928 · Comedy
Spawn of the North
1938 · Romance
Murder Is My Business
1946 · Crime
Girl’s Dormitory
1958 · Comedy
Belle Starr
1941 · Western
Sangaree
1953 · Drama
Gold Dust Gertie
1931 · Comedy
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