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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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I Dood It
1943 · Music
Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle
1955 · Adventure
Four Steps in the Clouds
1942 · Comedy
Sign of the Pagan
1954 · Drama
Night Was Our Friend
1951 · Romance
The Great Sinner
1949 · Romance
Red Light
1949 · Thriller
Another Man’s Poison
1951 · Crime
Passport to Destiny
1944 · Comedy
Here Come the Marines
1952 · Crime
Bright Road
1953 · Music
The Kettles in the Ozarks
1956 · Comedy
Two Weeks Vacation
1952 · Animation
Ratha Kanneer
1954 · Drama
A Man Called Peter
1955 · Family
Girl with Hyacinths
1950 · Mystery
Ecstasy
1933 · Drama
Mickey Steps Out
1931 · Comedy
Strategic Air Command
1955 · War
Saskatchewan
1954 · Adventure
Escape to Burma
1955 · Adventure
Allotment Wives
1945 · Drama
Corvette K-225
1943 · War
Flight to Hong Kong
1956 · Crime
Third Party Risk
1954 · Drama
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 · Comedy
Casbah
1948 · Crime
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 · Drama
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Romance
Dark Alibi
1946 · Crime
Havana Widows
1933 · Comedy
State of the Union
1948 · Comedy
The Sign of the Ram
1948 · Drama
Everything’s Rosie
1931 · Comedy
Spy Hunt
1950 · Thriller
A Hill in Korea
1956 · History
Jolson Sings Again
1949 · Drama
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Drama
Johnny Dark
1954 · Drama
Jinx Money
1948 · Crime
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