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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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The Witching Hour
1934 · Drama
Berkeley Square
1933 · Romance
Three Arabian Nuts
1951 · Comedy
The Young Lovers
1954 · Drama
The Man with Two Faces
1934 · Drama
The Fountainhead
1949 · Drama
The Yellow Balloon
1953 · Crime
Black Jack
1950 · Adventure
Toward the Unknown
1956 · Drama
Lucky Ghost
1942 · Comedy
Africa Screams
1949 · Adventure
The Great American Pastime
1956 · Comedy
Flowing Gold
1940 · Drama
Too Many Husbands
1940 · Comedy
Skirts Ahoy!
1952 · Comedy
She Knew All the Answers
1941 · Comedy
The Champ
1931 · Drama
Mrs. Parkington
1944 · Romance
The House of Fear
1945 · Mystery
24 Hour Alert
1955 · Drama
Good Sam
1948 · Romance
The Right to Live
1935 · Drama
Squareheads of the Round Table
1948 · Comedy
The Flying Serpent
1946 · Thriller
Journey into the Night
1921 · Drama
Castle Sinister
1948 · Thriller
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Western
Golden Gloves
1940 · Drama
The Girl on the Pier
1953 · Crime
Sharey Chuattar
1953 · Drama
Sky Trooper
1942 · Animation
The Bamboo Blonde
1946 · Romance
Murder on the Blackboard
1934 · Thriller
Rugged Bear
1953 · Comedy
Guest Wife
1945 · Comedy
The Wages of Fear
1953 · Adventure
The Phantom Express
1932 · Romance
San Diego I Love You
1944 · Comedy
Pride of the Bowery
1940 · Comedy
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · Crime
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