Released Date:
1944-11-01
Languages:
English, Mandarin
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
138 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (3822 Reviews)
Director:
Mervyn LeRoyDalton Trumbo (screen play)
Ted W. Lawson (based on the book)
Robert Considine (based on the book)
The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the personal account by Doolittle Raider Ted Lawson. Stunned by Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America needed a victory - badly. To that end, Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, a former air racer and stunt pilot, devises a plan for a daring raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he must train army bomber pilots to do something no one ever dreamed possible - launch 16 fully loaded bombers from an aircraft carrier! Remarkable in its accuracy, this movie even uses film footage from the actual raid.
Released Date:
1945-05-25
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2091 Reviews)
Robert Nathan (screenplay)
Joseph Schrank (screenplay)
Paul Gallico (story)
Pauline Gallico (story)
Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp.
Released Date:
1951-06-30
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
101 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (86343 Reviews)
Director:
Alfred HitchcockRaymond Chandler (screen play)
Czenzi Ormonde (screen play)
Whitfield Cook (adaptation)
Patricia Highsmith (from the novel by)
Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the 'bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.
Released Date:
1952-04-08
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
122 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.6 (391 Reviews)
Director:
Leo McCareyGenres:
DramaMyles Connolly
John Lee Mahin (adaptation)
Leo McCarey (screenplay)
Leo McCarey (story)
John Jefferson comes home from a trip overseas a strangely changed man. His already nervous wreck of a mother is distraught by the way he seems to be feigning feelings for her and his father that he no longer has. Plus, his odd refusal to accompany the family to church on Sunday not only disturbs her but their priest as well. He also seems to be making fun of and smirking at his father's jubilant expressions of patriotism. His poor mother cannot imagine what could have caused such a change in her favorite son, who used to be loving and church-going and now seems remote from both. He also gets strange calls and goes off to strange "meetings" with no explanation. He is also being watched by an FBI agent who comes to the home and greatly disturbs John's mother with his odd questions about him. Eventually the horrible truth comes out: John is a Communist spy! No wonder he has no real feelings for his family and shuns the church he once loved!During a high-speed chase, John is killed, but he had previously recorded an address to the graduating class of his alma mater, warning them of the temptations of Communist recruiters, which his mother and father listen to fondly as the leave the graduation, hoping that the students he posthumously addressed will take heed of his warning.
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