2024-09-27
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive i
A town marshal tries to resolve a dispute between homesteaders and cattlemen. When both sides become progressively threatening, the marshal assembles a team to keep the peace. Based on the novel "Trail Town" by Ernest Haycox.
A portrait of "a couple of drunks on the sea of booze" follows a couple who descend into alcoholism and eventually separate, but after the husband gets clean he hopes for a reconciliation for the sake of their daughter. The Henry Mancini-Johnny Mercer theme song won an Oscar. Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick were nominated for Best Actor and Actress.
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Gene Autry tries to help a disabled jockey get back in the saddle in time to win the big race and risks losing his own spot in the competition when his horse goes missing. Droopy: Sterling Holloway. Cal: Tristam Coffin.
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive i
Roy Rogers, Sheila Ryan, Barton MacLane, Arline Judge, Pat Brady, Bob Nolan. Fast and entertaining. Joseph Kane directed.
Randolph Scott uses the power of the press to combat tyranny. Lunsford: David Brian. Gabe: Ray Teal. Flora: Phyllis Thaxter. Amy: Helena Carter. Shorty: Bob Steele. Luther: Dick Jones. Directed by Edwin L. Marin.
A gunman (Randolph Scott) hunts his fiancée's killer (George Macready), now a respected citizen. Katie: Marquerite Chapman. Della: Sally Eilers. Combs: Forrest Tucker. Abbie: Barbara Reed. Yordy: Joe Sawyer. Andy: Wallace Ford. Directed by Ray Enright.
An earthy bandito and an Irish soldier of fortune with a penchant for explosives team to rob a bank in 1913 Mexico. When the hole blown in the bank wall frees dozens of political prisoners, the Irishman becomes a hero of the people.
A widowed bank teller discovers $10,000 on the street and finds out it is from his own bank. As a suspect, he is forced to go on the run with his seven children and, with the help of his babysitter, keep the cops off his trail.
Married middle-aged suburbanites fall in love and debate taking the extramarital plunge.
Best Picture nominee about a bickering couple who are divorcing and go to great lengths to get under one another's skin, including pursuing new dalliances and attempting to sabotage each other's romances. Leo McCarey won a Best Director Oscar.