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So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950 • Comedy
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jai…
Why matched: genres Comedy
Hans Christian Andersen
1952 • Music • Comedy • Family
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Why matched: genres Music, Comedy
O. Henry's Full House
1952 • Drama • Comedy
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so h…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
Backfire
1950 • Thriller • Mystery • Crime
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up mur…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
To Catch a Thief
1955 • Thriller • Mystery • Romance
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entan…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
Westbound
1959 • Western
As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, d…
Why matched: genres Western
Crime Wave
1953 • Thriller • Crime
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doin…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Serenade
1956 • Music • Drama • Romance
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he m…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 • Drama • Crime
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Silver Chalice
1954 • Drama • Romance • History
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventuall…
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Room for One More
1952 • Comedy • Family
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orph…
Why matched: genres Comedy, Family
Springfield Rifle
1952 • War • Western
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately ne…
Why matched: genres War, Western
Riding Shotgun
1954 • Western
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang.
Why matched: genres Western
The Enforcer
1951 • Drama • Thriller
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 • Adventure • History
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
Why matched: genres Adventure, History
Strangers on a Train
1951 • Thriller • Crime
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated per…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Storm Warning
1951 • Drama • Thriller
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Auntie Mame
1958 • Drama • Comedy
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the fat…
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
The Opposite Sex
1956 • Music • Romance • Comedy
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but…
Why matched: genres Music, Romance
Illegal
1955 • Drama • Crime
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent cr…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime