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The Perfect Furlough
1958 · Romance
A Thunder of Drums
1961 · Western
The Sap from Syracuse
1930 · Romance
Fright Night
1947 · Comedy
Island of Lost Women
1959 · Adventure
A Coy Decoy
1941 · Comedy
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963 · Family
The Road Back
1937 · War
Smiley
1956 · Comedy
Siamo tutti inquilini
1953 · Comedy
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · War
Sky Giant
1938 · Romance
Smashing the Rackets
1938 · Drama
The Cranes Are Flying
1957 · Romance
Chained Soldier
2024 · Animation
You Must Be Joking
1965 · Comedy
The Fighting Lady
1944 · Documentary
Stanley and Livingstone
1939 · Adventure
On the Bowery
1956 · Documentary
Battle Fever J
1979
I Thank a Fool
1962 · Drama
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Romance
The Beat Generation
1959 · Crime
Exclusive
1937 · Drama
Return of the Frontiersman
1950 · Western
Evening – Night – Morning
1920 · Drama
Deliver Us from Evil
1966 · Drama
The Phantom Stagecoach
1957 · Western
They Were So Young
1954 · Crime
The Wild World of Batwoman
1966 · Crime
Block Busters
1944 · Comedy
The Oblong Box
1969 · Horror
Please Turn Over
1959 · Comedy
The Oscar
1966 · Drama
What a Whopper
1961 · Comedy
In the Meantime, Darling
1944 · War
The San Francisco Story
1952 · Western
The Full Treatment
1960 · Thriller
How to Make a Monster
1958 · Horror
24: Redemption
2008 · Adventure
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