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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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Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937 · Comedy
Botany Bay
1952 · Action
Springtime in the Rockies
1942 · Music
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959 · Horror
In Old Santa Fe
1934 · Crime
Dark Victory
1939 · Drama
Dodge City
1939 · Western
The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Comedy
West of the Pecos
1945 · Action
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948 · Thriller
Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s
1957 · Comedy
Jeanne Eagels
1957 · Drama
Blue Skies
1946 · Music
Crackerjack
1938 · Drama
Murder in the Air
1940 · Action
The Girl in White
1952 · History
Drum Beat
1954 · Western
The Tunnel
1935
Nightmare
1956 · Crime
Christmas in July
1940 · Romance
Istanbul
1957 · Crime
Klondike Annie
1936 · Comedy
Morning Glory
1933 · Romance
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
1942 · Thriller
Moon Over Miami
1941 · Comedy
Hills of Home
1948 · Adventure
Algiers
1938 · Mystery
Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu
1959
Kansas City Princess
1934 · Comedy
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Drama
North of the Great Divide
1950 · Western
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Horror
Murder by Contract
1958 · Thriller
Bulldog Drummond’s Peril
1938 · Mystery
A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Drama
The River’s Edge
1957 · Crime
The King’s Thief
1955 · History
Désirée
1954 · Romance
This Is the Night
1932 · Romance
The Hare Mail
1931 · Animation
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