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Amazon Prime Video
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7.6
/23276/
77
/548/
71
/268/
3.5
/19419/
85
/26/
81
/406/
73
/12/

The Bishop's Wife (1947)
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
poster
81
69
7.5
/4495/
76
/74/
71
/68/
3.9
/2897/
100
/26/
85
/37/

Gentleman Jim (1942)
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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71
61
7.0
/4179/
68
/58/
66
/57/
3.4
/3356/
100
/7/
59
/71/

Black Legion (1937)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
poster
66
53
6.9
/3470/
76
/65/
70
/45/
3.1
/1690/
78
/815/
44
/5/

The Egg and I (1947)
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
51
7.0
/3294/
66
/65/
67
/66/
3.5
/2113/
71
/7/
68
/16/

It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
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Kanopy
70
46
7.0
/2146/
68
/37/
70
/36/
3.5
/1187/
73
/9939/

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
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MGM Plus
41
30
4.7
/2243/
50
/50/
48
/40/
2.4
/1800/
43
/7/
14
/44/

The Ape (1940)
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?
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70
28
7.0
/840/
69
/10/
75
/16/
3.4
/320/
71
/89/

First Love (1939)
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousin's boyfriend.
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23
6.4
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65
/2/
53
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80
/127/

Three Girls About Town (1941)
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
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67
17
6.4
/431/
67
/4/
69
/4/
67
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Go West, Young Lady (1941)
A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of outlaws.
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59
16
6.4
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60
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63
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50
/73/

Slim (1937)
Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.
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Amazon Prime Video
48
15
5.8
/945/
54
/13/
55
/21/
3.1
/505/
14
/9/

Lady Gangster (1942)
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners have different ideas.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
11
6.4
/721/
61
/19/
55
/14/
3.2
/267/
50
/2/

The House Across the Bay (1940)
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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5.8
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66
/3/
50
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40
/17/

The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the Pacific. He lets paint her picture on his bomber, the "Bamboo Blonde" and becomes a hero with his crew sinking a Japanese battleship and shooting down a Japanese fighter wing. Back in New York, he leaves his fiancée and engages him to Louise.
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MGM Plus
37
8
4.5
/498/
45
/6/
26
/16/
2.9
/281/
12
/369/

Assassin of Youth (1938)
A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.
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MGM Plus
44
5
5.7
/341/
54
/5/
45
/10/
20
/3/

Billy The Kid Returns (1938)
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.
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?
6.8
/62/

Little Orphan Annie (1938)
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
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4.6
/80/
50
/1/
50
/1/

Secret Evidence (1941)
A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.
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?
5.1
/51/

Home in San Antone (1949)
Posing as unemployed musicians, Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, are being helped by Ted Gibson owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas. Gibson is impoverished because he keeps buying his kleptomaniac Uncle Zeke out of trouble, supports his Ma, and Grandpa. He wants to marry Jean Wallace, and doesn't know that Acuff and his musicians are traveling incognito for the radio show "Who Am I Helping?" If he guesses their identity, he wins $100,000.
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7.0
/40/
10
/1/

A Wonderful Life (1950)
Sponsored by The Protestant Film Commission, this religiously-affiliated tale centers around citizen Henry Wood (played by Oscar winner James Dunn from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"), who loved family and church, gave to the needy, and donated most of his money to charity. Now deceased, his somewhat neglected daughter reflects on his past and ponders that age-old question, did he indeed have such "a wonderful life"?
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61
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5.6
/157/
60
/1/
60
/1/

Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
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58
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5.7
/304/
70
/1/
48
/4/

An Angel from Texas (1940)
A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
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6.5
/55/
60
/1/

Moonlight in Vermont (1943)
A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.
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5.7
/99/
65
/2/
40
/4/

Slander House (1938)
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.
poster
43
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6.1
/134/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Rider from Tucson (1950)
In order to make Tug Cardwell (William Phipps) sign over his rich gold claim to them, John Avery (Robert Shayne), Gypsy Avery (Veda Ann Borg) and Jackson (Marshall Reed) hire Bob Rankin (Douglas Fowley') to kidnap Tug's sweetheart Jane Whipple (Elaine Riley). Rankin hides Jane and then demands half the mine from the other crooks. Dave Saunders (Tim Holt) and Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin), friends of Tug's, find Jane and taker her to safety. The conspirators then shoot Rankin, capture Tug and force him to take them to his claim. Dave and Chito are close behind.
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58
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5.7
/352/
60
/2/
56
/5/

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
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52
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5.9
/482/
59
/9/
40
/37/

Espionage Agent (1939)
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
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51
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6.1
/264/
46
/3/
48
/4/

Times Square Playboy (1936)
A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding.
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5.6
/69/
50
/1/

The Old Swimmin' Hole (1940)
Teenager Betty Elliott has decided to take over the business and social affairs of her father Doc Elliott. She thinks her father should marry the widowed mother, Julie Harper, of her boyfriend Chris Harper. Doc has been a real friend and father to Chris, who, under his guidance, has learned to take care of all the sick animals in town, but lack of money keeps the widow from sending Chris on to finish high school and medical training is out of the question. Wealthy Grandpa Harper sends his attorney Baker to tell Mrs. Harper that all of Jimmy's dreams could be realized if the widow, whom the grandfather dislikes, would give up custody of her son. The lawyer also begins to court Julie and this throws a kink in Betty's plans to see her father and the widow get married. Written by Les Adams
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61
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6.5
/346/
60
/2/
60
/5/

Within the Law (1939)
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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59
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5.9
/150/
60
/1/

The Chaser (1938)
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
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MGM Plus
55
?
6.5
/382/
50
/2/
51
/11/

That Brennan Girl (1946)
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
?
5.8
/177/
100
/1/

Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
When the bank is robbed, Gene and the boys are singing nearby and the Chief arrests them as gang members but lets them go thinking they will lead them to the others.
poster
?
4.6
/35/

Hot Steel (1940)
Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
poster
59
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6.1
/127/
70
/1/
47
/3/

I Married a Doctor (1936)
City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople.
poster
49
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5.9
/124/
40
/3/

Quick Money (1937)
Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.
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Amazon Prime Video
53
?
5.6
/126/
50
/1/
55
/4/

Here's Flash Casey (1938)
After graduating college an aspiring photographer lands his first job--with a big city newspaper.
poster
55
?
5.3
/118/
45
/6/
67
/3/

Chain Gang (1950)
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
?
5.7
/224/
60
/1/
20
/6/

Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.
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Amazon Prime Video
61
?
6.3
/113/
60
/1/

Trail to San Antone (1947)
Gene Autry is back near the saddle, trying to help out a crippled jockey. Gene is certain that the jockey can ride in the Big Race if the lad can regain his self-confidence. Meanwhile, Gene and comical sidekick Sterling Holloway have another problem on their hands: A rogue stallion has "kidnapped" Gene's prize mare. Piloting a plane, Autry seeks out and locates the stallion.
poster
56
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5.6
/207/
60
/1/
52
/4/

The Life of the Party (1937)
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
poster
59
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5.9
/379/
62
/9/
56
/10/

They Made Me a Killer (1946)
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
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Amazon Prime Video
52
?
5.7
/216/
53
/6/
47
/7/

Telephone Operator (1937)
A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.
poster
56
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6.2
/233/
45
/2/
47
/3/

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
poster
54
?
6.3
/136/
60
/1/
40
/3/

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.
poster
?
5.6
/26/

Gambling Ship (1938)
A gambler uses his winnings to help support an orphanage.
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?
6.3
/71/
55
/4/

Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
poster
77
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6.2
/147/
90
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80
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A Criminal Is Born (1938)
An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.


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