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Jet Pilot
1957 • Romance • Adventure • Action
John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot (Janet Leigh) claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to d…
Why matched: genres Romance, Adventure
Man in the Saddle
1951 • Western
A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means o…
Why matched: genres Western
The Tall Target
1951 • Thriller • Mystery • History
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Mystery
The Woman on Pier 13
1950 • Drama • Thriller
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Father's Little Dividend
1951 • Romance • Comedy
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
Why matched: genres Romance, Comedy
Dial 1119
1950 • Thriller • Crime
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution. Intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, he holds the patrons of a bar hostage.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
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
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