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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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Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Drama
Colt Comrades
1943 · Western
King Solomon’s Mines
1950 · Adventure
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Western
June Bride
1948 · Comedy
A Bullet Is Waiting
1954 · Crime
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Romance
Pushover
1954 · Crime
B.F.’s Daughter
1948 · Romance
Jail Bait
1937 · Comedy
Night Train to Munich
1940 · Thriller
The Cheat
1931 · Drama
Joan of Paris
1942 · Romance
Cafe Society
1939 · Comedy
Shooting Straight
1930 · Drama
Operator 13
1934 · Drama
Dear Murderer
1947 · Thriller
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957 · Western
Eight Iron Men
1952 · War
The Warrior’s Husband
1933 · Comedy
Pearl of the South Pacific
1955 · Adventure
Fear and Desire
1952 · War
She Wouldn’t Say Yes
1945 · Comedy
Desert Fury
1947 · Drama
If a Body Meets a Body
1945 · Comedy
The Florodora Girl
1930 · Drama
Los Tres Huastecos
1948 · Drama
The Mayor of Hell
1933 · Drama
No Way Out
1950 · Crime
Dhool Ka Phool
1959 · Family
Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife
1938 · Romance
Condemned to Live
1935 · Horror
Alive and Kicking
1958 · Comedy
Here Comes Carter
1936 · Comedy
So Dark the Night
1946 · Crime
Toxi
1952 · Drama
The D.I.
1957 · Drama
Black Orpheus
1959 · Romance
Little Red Riding Rabbit
1944 · Comedy
Jericho
1937 · Adventure
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