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1. Tension (1949)
Passed | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan
Votes: 3,570
2. I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis
Votes: 445
3. Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery, Romance, Sport
A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.
Director: David Howard | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Evelyn Venable, Jimmy Wallington, Barbara Pepper
Votes: 175
4. Conflict (1936)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Pat's ability as a logging/mining camp fighter sets him up to box prizefighter Corrigan. Unknown to his supporters, he's actually in collusion with Corrigan to throw the fight - until he runs into reporter Maude.
Director: David Howard | Stars: John Wayne, Jean Rogers, Ward Bond, Tommy Bupp
Votes: 161
5. Kid Nightingale (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
A singing waiter gets into an argument with some obnoxious customers and winds up knocking them out. The incident is witnessed by a shady boxing promoter who sees an opportunity to cash in ... See full summary »
Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy
Votes: 245
6. Down Memory Lane (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, History, Music
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Steve Allen, Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 57
7. The Champ's a Chump (1936)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
As a ploy to sign a championship college boxer to a contract, Big Boy enrolls in the college the youth is attending.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Gertrude Messinger, Fred Kohler Jr., Harley Wood