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A tough cop is assigned to protect a mobster's wife on a cross-country train that is taking her to testify against her husband and his criminal cronies.

A fanatical U.S. general launches a nuclear attack on Russia during the Cold War, but the President and his advisors are shocked to learn that the Russians have technology that will destroy the world in the event of an attack on them.

Frank Capra's Best Picture nominee about a wide-eyed patriotic bumpkin named Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), who's appointed to the Senate by corrupt politicos, chief among them and unbeknownst to Smith is a senior senator whom he idolized. Stewart was nominated for Best Actor and the film was up for a total of 10 Academy Awards. A TV series of the same name had a one-season run (1962-3).

Peter Davis directed this Oscar-winning critique of America's involvement in Vietnam that employs original film, news footage and interviews.

Propaganda film centering on the attempts by U.S. ambassador Joseph E. Davies to forge an alliance with the USSR during World War II.

Inventive cult classic set in a futuristic New York City, about a band of women who start a second American Revolution when their feminist leader is murdered. Honey, Adele Berti. Adelaide: Jeanne Satterfield. Zella: Flo Kennedy. Directed by Lizzie Borden.

In the poverty and chaos following World War II, an Italian father searches desperately for his stolen bicycle, the single object that he needs for the livelihood to support his young family.

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Short film debunking alleged historical "truths." Included: the role of Mrs. O'Leary's cow in the Chicago Fire; Emperor Nero fiddling as Rome burned; Lady Godiva riding naked through the streets of Coventry. Narrated by John Nesbitt. (Repeat).

Actor-humorist Robert Benchley stars in this comedy short, which examines the perils and pitfalls of bringing up a toddler. Directed by Roy Rowland. (Repeat).

Love triangle with wife (Jean Muir) and secretary (Beverly Roberts) battling for a playboy (Warren Hull). Stevenson: Joseph Crehan. Miss Baldwin: Minerva Urecal. Agatha: Clara Blandick. Blake: Gordon Hart. Garron: Addison Richards. Directed by Frank McDonald.

This entry in the "This Crime Does Not Pay" series examines the wartime ramifications of Government workers discussing their jobs within earshot of foreign agents. Donald Douglas, Harry Worth. Beulah: Gloria Holden. FBI Agent Freed: Barry Nelson. Ziggy: Dwight Frye.

Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) tangles with carnivorous plants, Nazis and a jumbo spider in this entry. Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger. Selim: Robert Lowery. Karl: Joe Sawyer. William Thiele directed.

Two knuckleheads on the lam from the police accidentally sign up for a hitch in the Navy, where they proceed to drive their superior off the deep end. If the two wacky sailors look familiar it's because one is played by the Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, while the other, Jack Haley, was the Tin Woodman in "The Wizard of Oz.".

Biography of composer Sigmund Romberg charts his career from his days as a musician in a New York City cafe to his successes on Broadway and at Carnegie Hall. The "Dancing Around" production number features Gene Kelly performing with his brother, Fred, the only on-screen pairing of the two.

An army deserter gets a job on the New York City waterfront, where he befriends a black dockworker and butts heads with a corrupt, racist union boss. Martin Ritt's first directorial effort was written by Robert Alan Aurthur, who adapted his television play "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall." Sidney Poitier reprises his role from the TV drama.

A detective investigates the murder of a food-supply executive in an overpopulated, undernourished dystopian Manhattan and uncovers a disturbing secret about the special ingredients that go into the making of the peoples' dietary staple.

A Rocky Mountain trapper assimilates with Native Americans in the 1820s, but becomes a legendary Indian killer after the Crow tribe kills his family in retaliation for leading the U.S. cavalry on a rescue mission through a sacred burial site.

Adaptation of Walter Mosley's novel about a WWII vet who is trapped in a web of intrigue when he agrees to look for a politician's girlfriend.

About three drug dealers on the run, and the Arkansas sheriff who lies in wait.

A group of escaped convicts take people hostage in a ghost town that was vacated because it was the location of a nuclear bomb test.

In 1840s France, a governess has an affair with a duke, which leads to disaster for her when the wife dies and she becomes a murder suspect. Additionally, the death turns out to have major political ramifications for the entire country. A Best Picture nominee.

Best Picture nominee about two engaged sophisticates who fall in love on an ocean voyage, and agree to meet atop the Empire State Building six months later to prove that their love affair was more than a shipboard romance. If they still feel the same way about each other, they will bid adieu to their betrotheds and start their affair anew. Director Leo McCarey remade the film in 1957 as "An Affair

David Janssen searches for a missing heiress and runs into a complicated murder case. Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Jacques Aubuchon, William Demarest, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter. Tough to figure out who, what, when. Joseph M. Newman directed.

Three juvenile delinquents kidnap an Oregon sheriff and hold him hostage in the middle of a forest fire.

A group of escaped convicts take people hostage in a ghost town that was vacated because it was the location of a nuclear bomb test.

An adaptation of the Irving Berlin Broadway hit musical about legendary Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who rose from backwoods gamin to the uppermost rungs of international stardom. An Oscar winner for Best Musical Score.

World War II service buddies reunite in a New York City bar 10 years after their discharge only to find they haven't that much in common anymore, until one of them gets in over his head with mobsters and the other two try to help him out of the jam. Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, who stars as one of the three GIs.

The owner of a successful cotton company is married to a teenager who refuses to have sex with him until she's 20. When the man burns down a rival's business, the enemy tries to claim the wife as his compensation.

Gordon Parks' adaptation of his own novel about a black teenager living in 1920s Kansas. After witnessing a murder, he must decide if he should come forward to clear the man being framed for the crime.