2024-06-28
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A struggling female singer in 1930s Paris pretends to be a male performer who works as a drag queen, at the behest of a gay cabaret performer who befriends her. She becomes very successful, but also draws the amorous attention of a gangster who is confused by his strong attraction to this person he believes is a man. Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse's score won an Oscar.
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, s
Adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" chronicles the machinations of a handsome American opportunist living the good life in Europe, where he takes drastic steps to maintain his good fortune.
A U.S. engineer is menaced by Nazi agents aboard a Greek cargo ship.
Dramatizations of stories about peoples' unusual bequests in their final wills, including a woman who left a fortune to a cat and a condemned convict who donated his corneas to a blind girl.
A Dutch freedom fighter named Vincent joins a group of conspirators after fleeing to Lisbon to escape the Nazis. The leader of the conspirators informs Vincent that a Nazi mole is hiding among their group, and tasks Vincent with finding the traitor.
In World War II Martinique, a charter-boat owner agrees to a smuggling deal in an effort to help an attractive pickpocket get back to America. Later, when his first mate is taken hostage and pumped for information, the skipper must come to his rescue.
A 1939 look at work being carried out in American research laboratories, including solar-energy projects and diet experiments that scientists hoped would help cure color blindness.
European locations highlight this tale of a burglar (George Hamilton) with his eye on the gems in a Paris vault. Olga: Marie Laforet. Ace: Joseph Cotten. Nicolai: Maurice Evans. Von Schenk: Wolfgang Preiss. Cameos by Lilli Palmer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Carroll Baker. Don Taylor directed.
A young hunter comes upon a bear cub, a cougar and a deer who have become friends in the wild, and faces the decision of whether to take aim at them or leave them be.
In postwar Germany, neo-Nazis and militant nationalists team up against the occupying forces in a plot to sabotage any plans to establish peace in the country.
An entry in the "World Adventures" series that visits the Pearl River in China, palaces in Siam and the Temple of 500 Buddhas in Japan.
Romance, World War II intrigue, a heroic American expatriate, a brave Czech freedom fighter, arrogant Nazis, patriotic Frenchmen, blackmail, black-marketeers and the usual suspects make this Best Picture even more an audience favorite as time goes by. Director Michael Curtiz scored an Oscar, as did the script.
Contact with criminals in a prison transforms a young woman into an embittered convict, where she fights to survive among brutal and hardened inmates. Eleanor Parker was nominated for Best Actress as the imprisoned woman and Hope Emerson received a Best Supporting Actress nod as the institution's sadistic matron. The screenplay was also Oscar nominated.
To impress her miserly uncle and his companion, a Hong Kong housekeeper poses as a wealthy mansion owner.