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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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Round-Up Time in Texas
1937 · Action
The Goose Steps Out
1942 · Comedy
Torpedo Run
1958 · War
The E-Flat Man
1935 · Comedy
Taxi Driver
1954 · Music
A Merry Mix-Up
1957 · Comedy
Let’s Be Happy
1957 · Music
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952 · Comedy
The Lovers
1958 · Drama
Gambling Ship
1933 · Drama
The Wedding Night
1935 · Romance
Warpath
1951 · Western
Pendekar Bujang Lapok
1959 · Music
Alcatraz Island
1937 · Romance
Roughly Speaking
1945 · Comedy
Evenings for Sale
1932 · Comedy
A Scandal in Paris
1946 · History
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Music
The Night My Number Came Up
1955 · Fantasy
Dramatic School
1938 · Romance
Supernatural
1933 · Horror
Girl Missing
1933 · Crime
Men Are Not Gods
1936 · Drama
The Falcon in Danger
1943 · War
Movie Maniacs
1936 · Comedy
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · Comedy
Callaway Went Thataway
1951 · Western
Pardon My Scotch
1935 · Comedy
Escape Route
1952 · Crime
Double Dynamite
1951 · Comedy
To the People of the United States
1944 · Documentary
New Mexico
1951 · Western
The Proud Rebel
1958 · Drama
Decision at Sundown
1957 · Western
Orphans’ Benefit
1941 · Animation
A Pain in the Pullman
1936 · Comedy
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957 · History
Mister 880
1950 · Crime
Beer Barrel Polecats
1946 · Comedy
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Western
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