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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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So This Is Washington
1943 · Comedy
The Song of Ceylon
1934 · Documentary
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Drama
Cry of the City
1948 · Drama
The Unguarded Moment
1956 · Crime
Towed in a Hole
1932 · Comedy
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 · Romance
Along the Great Divide
1951 · Western
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Drama
Lili
1953 · Drama
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948 · Drama
In the Wake of the Bounty
1933 · Action
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953 · Drama
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Drama
Possessed
1931 · Romance
The Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Drama
Tortoise Beats Hare
1941 · Animation
My Outlaw Brother
1951 · Western
Terror by Night
1946 · Crime
Captain from Castile
1947 · Adventure
Play Girl
1932 · Drama
Munimji
1955 · Romance
The Mating of Millie
1948 · Romance
Seven Days Ashore
1944 · Romance
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · War
The Thief
1952 · Crime
Devil’s Canyon
1953 · Crime
The Woman in Red
1935 · Drama
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 · Comedy
The Feminine Touch
1956 · Drama
Bathing Beauty
1944 · Music
Lucky Partners
1940 · Drama
You’re Never Too Young
1955 · Comedy
East Side, West Side
1949 · Romance
Rumba
1935 · Drama
Francis
1950 · Family
Dragon Around
1954 · Comedy
Broken Dreams
1933 · Drama
Intruder in the Dust
1949 · Crime
The Two Mouseketeers
1952 · Animation
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