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- StarsEric BerryPhillip BradyEva CondonAn old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorJosé BohrStarsMiguel ArenasConsuelo FrankRamón Armengod
- DirectorHenrik GaleenStarsBrigitte HelmPaul WegenerIván PetrovichA scientist with an interest in genetics impregnates a sex worker with the seed of a hanged murderer. The sex worker gives birth to a child who has no concept of love, whom the scientist adopts.
- DirectorDel LordStarsJudy CanovaAllen JenkinsGuinn 'Big Boy' WilliamsJudy McCoy, a fortune teller with a circus, learns she has inherited some property and heads west to collect. When she arrives in the desert ghost town, she learns that a stipulation in the will is that she has to return the property to the rightful owners, an Indian tribe, before she gets the remaining inheritance. A gambling ring, led by Honest John Richards, will gain possession of the town if it is not returned to the Indians. The latter believe the town is haunted, because of the schemes of Honest John, and do not want it.
- DirectorGustaf MolanderStarsUlla JacobssonUlf PalmeCarl-Hugo CalanderThree Scottish mercenaries killing all living in a rectory , but a little girl survive.
- DirectorRichard QuineStarsPaul HenreidPatricia MedinaHans ConriedIn ancient Baghdad, a magician uses his powers and his magic box to save slave girls.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsGuillermo CallesEsther FernándezGilberto GonzálezIn this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
- DirectorMario MattoliStarsErminio MacarioIsa BarzizzaGianni AgusEva Bianchi, who works as a manicure in a beauty salon in Milan, falls in love with the owner Adamo Rossi. But Adam, who at first always gives her roses, now no longer seems interested in her.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsBobby ToddBettina MoissiJoana Maria GorvinAn apple juice producer can't decide between his wife and his secretary and tries to commit suicide. Being committed to psychiatry, he falls asleep and dreams of adventures as Adam and Eve in heaven and hell.
- StarsWarren StevensRussell CollinsIn this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.
- DirectorAlan BromlyStarsAndrew OsbornPhilip KingJeremy SpenserThe Mazarin Stone, a yellow diamond which is part of the British Crown jewels, has been stolen. Sherlock Holmes is hired by the British government to retrieve it.
- DirectorFred CarrStarsMarc ConnellyEdward AshleyJohn ShayIn the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding and dooms him to life as a ghost until one of his descendants performs a brave deed. Simon believes he may be saved when he meets Cuffy Williams, an American kinsman stationed with a troop of soldiers at the castle in 1943. Will this blood relative save the family honor, or will his blood be as yellow as the rest of the Cantervilles?
- DirectorFred CarrStarsMarc ConnellyGeorge ReevesCloris LeachmanTim O'Halloran travels from Ireland to America for his love, Kitty Malone. He gets a job on the railroad, where he meets the leprechaun, Rory. Out of this encounter, strange and wonderful things happen for all.
- DirectorDada GunjalStarsDurga KhoteNirupa RoyD.K. Sapru
- DirectorJean DevaivreStarsJean-Claude PascalGianna Maria CanaleErich von StroheimWhen 1 of 2 Foreign Legion officers is killed after witnessing a secret experiment on a death ray (capable of shooting down aircraft) in southern Morocco, the other gets vengeance by infiltrating the organization responsible.
- DirectorAdolfo Fernández BustamanteStarsAdalberto MartínezMaría VictoriaRenée DumasCarnival worker is recruited by police to impersonate an old lady whose relatives want to kill her.
- DirectorErnesto CortázarStarsMiroslavaFernando FernándezJorge ReyesRivas is an insurance sales man who hadn't been lucky in his life. He offered many times to live less years in exchange of a better live. Tasia (the dead) came for him, since he had wasted all the years to live. Tasia offer him some extra days for living in exchange to stay with him at home to understand better this world. This is a comedy with a similar story line to Meet Joe Black filmed many years before.
- DirectorA. Barr-SmithStarsEsme PercyErnest JayCecile ChevreauA pianist aboard a train reads the palms of passengers and predicts their deaths. Soon those deaths begin to happen.
- DirectorRyôhei AraiStarsShinobu ArakiKôtarô BandôTakaji FukuiA woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators.
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsGilbert RolandMona MarisBen WeldenEvil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, Faud and they send several henchmen into the royal palace, who then knock Kasim unconscious. Faud and Hassan dispatch a couple of different hirelings to take Kasim into another part of the town and murder him.Kasin comes to and gets away, but has been wounded. Omar, a beggar, takes Kasim to his home and nurses him back to health. But, it takes a few weeks for Kasin to get healthy and, by that time, Hassan has a firm grip on the duties of a Caliph. In a storeroom, Kasim finds a coat of mail with a great hawk emblazoned across the chest and promptly decides this is the costume he will wear while fighting to get his old job back. Meanwhile, the Emir of Telif shows up with his daughter, Princess Azala, with the intent of marrying her off to the local Caliph. They do not know that the current-Caliph on the royal-throne is the evil twin-brother of the man they think he is.
- DirectorChaturbhuj DoshiStarsNirupa Roy
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsPreston FosterPat ConwayJeff DonnellDestination 60,000 tells the story of test pilots flying an experimental supersonic fighter designs from Edwards Air Force Base.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgJulien DuvivierStarsGloria JeanAlan CurtisFrank CravenBank robbers Cliff Banks and Sam Baker go their separate ways while being chased by the law. Now fleeing alone, Cliff begins to reflect, via flashback, on the various events and unsavory people in his life that lead to his life of crime. Cliff ends up in the idyllic rural town of Paradise Valley. He discovers the local people are very trusting and decides the town would be the perfect place to pull a scam. He meets a farmer named Clem Broderick and his strange blind daughter Jane, who seems to have supernatural powers; she can use a dowsing rod to find water, has ESP, and can control the forces of nature. Despite all her powers, she is unable to read Cliff's mind and discover his plan to steal the Broderick farm out from under them. However, after Jane discovers what the stranger is up to, she invokes a vision in which Cliff is terrorized by the forces of nature and drowns in the river. Cliff, now shaken, vows to reform, and in the process save Clem's life when he is attacked by a bear.
- DirectorErnesto RemaniStarsJoão AlbertoJoão AlbertoArrelia
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyMarie DéaFernand LedouxIn medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsPierre FresnayJosseline GaëlNoël RoquevertRoland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world, and after one year, the devil comes and asks for his due.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsDoris SvedlundBirger MalmstenEva HenningA film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.
- DirectorJamil SulongStarsAziz JaafarZaitonRahmah RahmatA mystical tale of a brother and sister who lost their mother at an early age.
- DirectorPattannaStarsVyjayanthimalaAnjali DeviGemini Ganesan
- DirectorPierre ChevalierStarsEddie ConstantineMaria FrauFrançois PerrotA group of bandits conspire to kidnap a scientist who can help them manufacture diamonds.Unbeknownst to them , the FBI is already on their case.
- DirectorConrado CondeStarsRita GomezRic RodrigoEtang DischerThe enchantment of a thousand-and-one delights are now yours to behold in this rare and magnificent fantasy.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsWarner BaxterHillary BrookeJerome CowanDr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsWarner BaxterStephen DunneLois MaxwellDr. Ordway tries to prove that his patient was framed for arson.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsWarner BaxterMicheline CheirelRoger DannOn a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. He becomes involved in a case involving the stabbing of an old man. The man's son, not all that mentally stable, believes he killed his own father in a rage because his father disliked his new bride, the daughter of a cabaret knife-thrower. Investigating the case, Ordway finds that the business of the legal copying art masterworks may also be involved.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsWarner BaxterJohn LitelDusty AndersonThe Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of an artist accused of murdering his model during one of his blackout spells.
- DirectorRaymond RouleauStarsSimone SignoretYves MontandJean DebucourtSalem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
- DirectorCarlos Hugo ChristensenJerry WarrenCarlos SchlieperStarsErnesto VilchesJohn CarradineChela BonCompilation of two Chilean titles, the first adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club," the second the tale of younger siblings dominated by their evil elder brother.
- DirectorEdward DeinStarsEric FlemingMichael PateKathleen CrowleyWhile a malady is claiming the lives of young women in a Western town, a sinister gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsJoe E. BrownMarguerite ChapmanWilliam WrightAfter the military turns him down, a man proves himself a hero by cracking a Nazi spy ring.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsLois HallJames CardwellWilliam WrightAn airplane, carrying policeman and gangsters, crash-lands in a jungle, where they discover a white girl and her father, lost twelve years previously in another plane crash. The father and daughter are living quietly with the natives but are eager to get back to civilization, since the girl has a large estate and fortune she can claim. She makes a deal with the pilot to return for her after she has shown him how to escape by the river. A tribal medicine-man and the head gangster attempt to prevent the pilot's escape.
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsGeorge SandersWendy BarrieJames GleasonA scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.
- StarsUtaemon Nakamura
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsLeslie BradleyDavid HannafordLily LapidusSir William Magnus lives in an old drafty castle with his daughter and his two grandchildren, Peter and Judy. Few visitors call and when there are guests they do not stay long, freezing cold as the place is. One day, in the company of their playmate Bobby, the castle's only servant's nephew, Peter and Judy discover a sick baby - dragon. Far from being terrified, the three kids immediately understand that the little monster will be their savior.
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsSebastian FischerIlaria OcchiniRolf TasnaLegendary hero Siegfried uses a magic sword to fight a huge, fire-breathing dragon.
- DirectorJohn BaxterStarsBud FlanaganChesney AllenHazel CourtA soldier is knocked unconscious during a train journey and has a series of bizarre dreams.
- DirectorMarc AllégretEdgar G. UlmerStarsHedy LamarrMassimo SeratoAlba ArnovaAt a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.
- DirectorEdgar NevilleStarsConchita MontesIsmael MerloNina Polán
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsTom ConwayJean BrooksPaula CordayPosing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.
- DirectorWilliam ClemensStarsTom ConwayJean BrooksElaine ShepardAfter a passenger plane crash lands at a local airport, the rescue crew is shocked to find there is no one aboard.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsTom ConwayBarbara HaleVeda Ann BorgThe Falcon investigates the murder of an actor on a Hollywood backlot.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsTom ConwayMona MarisMartha VickersAn artist's daughter becomes suspicious when new paintings by her supposedly dead father begin turning up in New York. When a gallery owner is murdered, the Falcon and Miss Wade head for Mexico City to investigate.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsTom ConwayPaula CordayEdward BrophyThe Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsTom ConwayHarriet NelsonJane RandolphTom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsTom ConwayPaula CordayVince BarnettA wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen and murders ensue.
- DirectorStanley LoganStarsGeorge SandersTom ConwayJane RandolphTom Lawrence, Gay's brother, takes over for his injured sibling in a case which involves Nazi espionage and political assassination.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsJohn ConteTom TryonMarshall ThompsonA traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
- DirectorHarald BraunStarsWerner KraussDieter BorscheGisela UhlenA woman with a troubled past connects with two refugees while working at a homeless camp after World War II.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsJoseph CottenGeorge SandersDebra PagetIn 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsJohnny WeissmullerSherry MorelandWilliam HenryJungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsPierre BrasseurSerge ReggianiYves MontandIt's Paris in the winter after its liberation. A tramp who may also be Destiny predicts that Jean Diego will fall in love with a beautiful girl. That same evening, Jean meets Malou.
- DirectorErnesto RemaniStarsElina ColomerRaúl del ValleVíctor FerrariA rancher makes a pact with the devil to achieve happiness and love.
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsGeorge SandersWendy BarrieAllen JenkinsThe Falcon investigates jewel thieves who are working with hard up socialites to defraud insurance companies. First of the Falcon series.
- DirectorLance ComfortLawrence HuntingtonStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Sean BarrettPatricia CuttsA young woman discovers her grandfather owns the true Aladdin's lamp and discovers it's handsome Genie inside as well.
- DirectorHeinz HelbigStarsHans MoserMaria AndergastElise Aulinger
- DirectorRyôhei AraiStarsTakako IrieMichiko AiYoshitaro Sadato
- DirectorBin KatôStarsKôichi AiharaToshio ChibaJun Fujikawa
- DirectorKinnosuke Fukada
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuChieko MurataMieko Kondô
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsOle OlsenChic JohnsonGloria JeanTwo zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
- DirectorVictor M. GoverStarsTod SlaughterPatrick BarrTucker McGuireA manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.
- DirectorHans H. ZerlettStarsMargot HielscherAlbert MatterstockAlice TreffIn the antique shop J.M. Mauritius, there's astonishment when a young, beautiful woman, Gabriele Euler, inquires about an old fortress crest, which can be seen in the background on an old tapestry - it's, in fact, the same crest engraved on an old, silver jar belonging to Gabriele: a family heirloom. She discovers, that the crest is the landmark for Burg Uhlenfels. Determined to find out more about her allegedly noble roots, Gabriele takes off to explore Castle Uhlenfels... unaware it's haunted.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsKatsuko WakasugiTakashi WadaNoriko KitazawaA blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
- DirectorFord BeebeStarsJohnny SheffieldMorris AnkrumAnn E. ToddBomba the Jungle Boy informs ne'er-do-well lion hunters that the lions were meant to roam the jungle freely. Since they pay him no attention, Bomba must save the lions (and Jean, incidentally).
- DirectorLewis D. CollinsRay TaylorStarsRussell HaydenJane AdamsLionel AtwillFollowing the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defense against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsLeo GorceyHuntz HallBernard GorceyThe Bowery Boys find themselves in London, in an old mansion complete with a dungeon, an ominous bell tower and the ghost of an old hangman.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsMargaret O'BrienJames CraigMarsha HuntAlpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsJerzy PichelskiAdam PawlikowskiJerzy MoesPoland, during the World War. Lotna is a magnificent specimen of Arabian horse, the pride of her owner, too old to actually ride her but to whom she remains faithful nevertheless. The Polish cavalry army is also proud of their land, and loyal to rules, and custom. The German army is leading an overwhelming speed attack with tanks, an almost unheard of weapon, and bringing a way of life to an end. It's the last battle between Lotna (speed horse) and Blitzkriega (speed war).
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsDorothy LamourBrian DonlevyClaire TrevorSemi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. After meeting her at the club, he is present when her boss (and more?) is killed, and she is arrested for the crime. Sentenced to death, Malone and his faithful secretary set out to find the real murderer, who is probably also responsible for a protection racket Malone is investigating.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsMarjorie MainPercy KilbrideRichard LongThe Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically".
- DirectorThomas A. BlairStarsWilliam BartholmayDavid BradleyGrosvenor GlennMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
- DirectorLew BrownStarsPhilip CarlislePhilip FavershamUta HagenMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
- DirectorHudson FaucettGeorge SchaeferStarsMaurice EvansJudith AndersonHouse JamesonMacbeth (Maurice Evans), the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his King and takes the throne for himself.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsBasil RathboneEllen DrewJohn HowardA crazed physician marries a wealthy women and, with the help of his demented assistant, murders them for their money.
- DirectorJames P. HoganStarsDavid BruceEvelyn AnkersGeorge ZuccoA university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsRyô IkebeShirley YamaguchiKaoru YachigusaLavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
- DirectorDonald SwansonStarsTommy MachakaHarriet QubekaDavid MukwanaziIn a black township in South Africa, a stolen treasure chest passes from hand to hand until it is finally returned to its original owner.
- DirectorRoger PigautStarsPatrick de BardineSylviane RozenbergJacques FaburelThis interesting little French film is set in a run-down suburb of Paris. It's about a group of bored children making mischief to fill the days (eg sticking a cat up a tree and then calling the fire brigade so they can watch them get it down!) One of them has a Chinese kite, with a message on a piece of paper in Chinese on it. His mates try to grab it to sell to an antique shop. One night, one of the boys and his sister are visited by a mysterious Chinaman and are promptly floated off on their bed to China in their pyjamas. The Chinaman clicks his fingers and they appear once again in their everyday clothes, and have all sorts of adventures in China.
- DirectorCurt SiodmakHerbert L. StrockStarsRichard CarlsonKing DonovanJean ByronThe Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.