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70
61
7.0
/4992/
70
/125/
67
/72/
3.4
/2563/
76
/98/

Buck Privates (1941)
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
poster
66
39
6.7
/1890/
68
/33/
61
/38/
3.2
/1593/
60
/5/
78
/8/

The Undercover Man (1949)
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
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69
35
7.0
/1933/
68
/28/
68
/25/
3.3
/502/
80
/5/
64
/13/
cc age 10+

Edison, the Man (1940)
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
poster
66
32
6.6
/1167/
67
/38/
62
/28/
3.4
/1159/
67
/20/

Frontier Marshal (1939)
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
poster
65
27
6.7
/1136/
65
/20/
59
/24/
3.4
/217/
80
/5/
57
/5/

Branded (1950)
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.
poster
62
25
6.8
/1689/
66
/29/
60
/30/
3.3
/837/
50
/3/

Convicted (1950)
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
poster
69
17
6.9
/1181/
75
/8/
68
/12/
3.4
/604/
67
/6/

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
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65
15
6.4
/608/
61
/7/
63
/6/
75
/17/

The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
poster
64
13
6.9
/809/
61
/12/
64
/15/
3.4
/338/
60
/3/

Three Secrets (1950)
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
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52
8
6.4
/481/
56
/8/
48
/13/
43
/4/

The Unknown Man (1951)
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
poster
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6.7
/110/
60
/1/
60
/2/

Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
poster
48
?
5.7
/192/
40
/1/
48
/4/

How to Watch Football (1938)
Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game.
poster
?
6.2
/21/

John Smith (1922)
Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secretary, but is reluctant to tell her about his past.
poster
62
?
6.4
/142/
60
/1/

Home Movies (1940)
A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.
poster
65
?
6.6
/107/
70
/1/
60
/1/

Money to Loan (1939)
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
poster
67
?
6.5
/402/
73
/3/
64
/5/

Fly By Night (1942)
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escaped from a shady sanitarium, where he has been held prisoner by Nazi spies.
poster
?
5.9
/63/
50
/2/

Exposed (1938)
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
poster
57
?
5.7
/198/
56
/3/
60
/2/

Northwest Rangers (1942)
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
poster
58
?
6.2
/256/
60
/2/
53
/6/

The Golden Fleecing (1940)
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
poster
?
6.0
/67/
70
/1/

Mob Town (1941)
Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.
poster
41
?
7.4
/111/
10
/1/

Florian (1940)
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
poster
?
5.4
/108/
50
/1/

Behind the News (1940)
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
poster
53
?
6.0
/135/
48
/3/

Midnight Court (1937)
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
poster
61
?
6.3
/248/
60
/3/
62
/5/

Mr. District Attorney (1941)
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
poster
?
7.0
/10/
10
/1/

Some Blondes Are Dangerous (1937)
"Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his ever-loving girlfriend Judy Williams in favor of sexy blonde Rose Whitney.
poster
?
6.7
/100/
70
/1/
40
/2/

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
poster
46
?
6.5
/181/
40
/1/
45
/2/

Sinister Journey (1948)
Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage. Hoppy steps in when the young man is framed for murder.
poster
62
?
6.5
/328/
63
/3/
58
/6/

Stronger Than Desire (1939)
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
poster
48
?
6.4
/175/
40
/3/
40
/1/

Silent Conflict (1948)
One of Hoppy's Bar 20 ranch hands is tricked into participating in nefarious activities after being subjected to hypnosis.
poster
59
?
5.9
/152/
60
/2/

Opening Day (1938)
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
poster
54
?
5.3
/134/
55
/2/

Mental Poise (1938)
In this comedic short, a psychoanalyst encounters a patient who eerily resembles himself.
poster
67
?
6.8
/931/
67
/8/
67
/8/
3.3
/311/
67
/2/

The Great O'Malley (1937)
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien).
poster
55
?
6.2
/173/
60
/1/
45
/2/

An Hour for Lunch (1939)
Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunately, things don't go as planned.
poster
60
?
6.6
/507/
70
/5/
53
/5/
3.3
/204/
46
/4/

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
poster
47
?
5.4
/159/
63
/3/
38
/10/

You're a Sweetheart (1937)
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.
poster
58
?
6.3
/371/
60
/3/
57
/3/

Joe Smith, American (1942)
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
poster
55
?
5.5
/140/
55
/2/

Missing Witnesses (1937)
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
poster
?
6.5
/25/
60
/1/

Ex-Champ (1939)
A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
poster
?
7.0
/58/
60
/4/
60
/1/

Code of the Silver Sage (1950)
Arizona Territory is in the grip of outlaw terror and killer outlaws, secretly organized by Hulon Champion, who covers his power ambitions with the guise of a respectable firearms merchant. Hoping to eradicate the lawlessness plaguing the newspaperman Fred Gately prints a letter asking the president to visit the area. But Fred's killed by secret gang leader Champion, who also plans to assassinate the president. Undercover officer Rocky Lane teams with his assistant, Nugget, and Fred's spunky daughter to combat Champion's head gunslinger.
poster
62
?
6.6
/265/
63
/3/
58
/7/

They're Always Caught (1938)
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.
poster
61
?
6.1
/159/
65
/2/
60
/2/

Sucker List (1941)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have.
poster
?
5.6
/126/

Special Agent (1949)
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
poster
62
?
6.4
/250/
70
/1/
53
/3/

The Go-Getter (1937)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
poster
61
?
6.3
/482/
64
/5/
58
/5/

Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
poster
60
?
5.7
/376/
85
/2/
40
/1/

Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
poster
?
6.9
/63/

American Spoken Here (1940)
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
poster
64
?
6.0
/409/
75
/5/
58
/5/

We Who Are Young (1940)
A man violates company policy by getting married.
poster
60
?
6.2
/135/
60
/1/
60
/1/

I Stole a Million (1939)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.


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