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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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For Crimin’ Out Loud
1956 · Comedy
Rhapsody Rabbit
1946 · Comedy
Grand Central Murder
1942 · Comedy
The Black Vampire
1953 · Thriller
The Card
1952 · Comedy
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950 · Crime
The Scarlet Coat
1955 · War
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · War
Seed
1931 · Drama
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Crime
The Letter
1940 · Drama
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955 · Drama
Lost Angel
1943 · Drama
The Bribe
1949 · Drama
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Adventure
Turnabout
1940 · Comedy
Mr. Ace
1946 · Drama
Two Smart People
1946 · Romance
Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Drama
Flaxy Martin
1949 · Drama
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Comedy
One Desire
1955 · Drama
South of Algiers
1953 · Drama
The House of the Seven Gables
1940 · Drama
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1953 · Action
One Mysterious Night
1944 · Mystery
Miracle in the Rain
1956 · Drama
Carnegie Hall
1947 · Drama
The Cimarron Kid
1952 · Western
Donald’s Vacation
1940 · Animation
My Brother Jonathan
1948 · Drama
Two Guys from Texas
1948 · Western
Bannerline
1951 · Drama
Aah
1953 · Drama
Bitter Rice
1949 · Crime
Nabonga
1944 · Adventure
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Mystery
San Fernando Valley
1944 · Western
Bravissimo
1955 · Comedy
The Second Greatest Sex
1955 · Western
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