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Laura

In one of the most celebrated 1940s film noirs, Manhattan detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) investigates the murder of Madison Avenue executive Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) in her fashionable apartment. On the trail of her murderer, McPherson quizzes Laura's arrogant best friend, gossip columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) and her comparatively mild fiancé, Shelby Carpenter (Vincent Price).

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Novelist Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) and publisher Austin Spencer (Sidney Blackmer) intend to show how lawyer Roy Thompson (Philip Bourneuf) has been using circumstantial evidence in capital punishment trials. They concoct a scheme in which flimsy evidence will point to Garrett as a murder suspect, but Spencer will exonerate him at the end. Meanwhile, they keep the plan a secret from Spencer's daug

The Loved One

The suicide of his expatriate uncle (John Gielgud) draws Englishman and poet Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) into California's booming funeral industry. Dennis falls for spiritual funeral home stylist Aimee (Anjanette Comer), whose boss, Mr. Joyboy (Rod Steiger), also has designs on her. Meanwhile, he's drawn into a crooked scheme by the cemetery's owner, Henry Glenworthy (Jonathan Winters), to shoot

The Best Years of Our Lives

Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage soda jerk job. Bank executive Al (Fredric March) gets into trouble for offering favorable loans to veterans. After losing both hands in the war, Homer (Harold Russell) returns

Sealed Cargo

During World War II, Pat Bannon (Dana Andrews) is the captain of the Daniel Webster, a fishing boat off the coast of Massachusetts. Short on men for a journey to Newfoundland, he hires Conrad (Philip Dorn), a stranded Danish sailor, to work on his ship. He also agrees to transport a woman named Margaret (Carla Balenda) to a remote Newfoundland village. But when Bannon learns that his boat's radio

Westward Passage

Nick Allen (Laurence Olivier) is an idealistic writer who refuses to give in to the commercial advice of his editor. His loving wife, Olivia (Ann Harding), supports his artistic integrity, but, after the birth of their daughter, she begs Nick to be practical. The resulting strain leads to divorce. Six years later, Olivia, who has since remarried, and Nick, now a successful author, cross paths on a

Merrily We Live

The wealthy Kilbourne family is tired of Mrs. Kilbourne (Billie Burke) hiring ex-convicts as servants. After a servant steals the family's silver, Mrs. Kilbourne agrees to never hire another drifter for help. But when a rough-looking man named Rawlins (Brian Aherne) arrives at her doorstep, she cannot help but hire him as the new chauffeur. As Rawlins catches the eye of their oldest daughter, Jerr

My Bill

Mary (Kay Francis) was relatively well off, until her husband died in the middle of the Great Depression. Now she finds herself with four kids and quickly diminishing resources. She sends the three eldest children to stay with a wealthy aunt, but the youngest boy, Bill (Dickie Moore), remains with her. Mother and son try to make a go of it amidst the gossip and censure of the townsfolk. Fortunatel

Angels Wash Their Faces

New York land baron Alfredo Martino (Eduardo Ciannelli) has started burning down his own buildings and cashing in on the insurance, but he needs a fall guy. He finds the perfect target in Gabe Ryan (Frankie Thomas), a nice kid with a troubled past and a bad habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Gabe's big sister, Joy (Ann Sheridan), then teams up with her brother's ragtag juvenile h

Down in San Diego

A guy (Ray McDonald) and his girlfriend (Bonita Granville) thwart a wartime spy ring at a California Navy base.

Seven Miles From Alcatraz

Alcatraz inmates Champ and Jimbo, who were gangsters on the outside, learn about the attack on Pearl Harbor and get the idea that the island prison they call home is sure to be the next attack site. They break out of jail and make it to a tiny lighthouse isle, where they take the few inhabitants hostage. But when Champ and Jimbo uncover a Nazi plot to take over the lighthouse, the crooks must choo

Hitler's Children

Anna Muller (Bonita Granville), a U.S. citizen studying at the American Colony School in Germany, befriends both a teacher, "Nicky" Nichols (Kent Smith), and Karl Bruner (Tim Holt), a student at a neighboring school who joins the Hitler Youth. Years after they graduate, Karl returns as a Nazi officer and sends Anna -- now a teacher herself -- to a labor camp. While Karl praises the changes in Anna

Youth Runs Wild

The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.

The Truth About Murder

A district attorney (Morgan Conway) opposes his lawyer girlfriend (Bonita Granville) on a case until a polygraph ends it.

These Three

Martha (Miriam Hopkins) and Karen (Merle Oberon) graduate from college and turn an old Massachusetts farm into a school for girls. The friends are aided in their venture by local doctor Joe Cardin (Joel McCrea), who begins a relationship with Karen, and a prominent woman whose granddaughter, Mary (Bonita Granville), later enrolls in the new school. Mary soon reveals herself to be a spiteful child

Beloved Brat

Roberta (Bonita Granville) is raised in a wealthy home, and she is ignored by her busy parents. As her behavior worsens, she is placed in a boarding school for troubled girls, and she is given responsibilities to teach her manners.

Nancy Drew, Detective

Teen sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville), always eager to solve a mystery, grows suspicious when eccentric dowager Mary Eldridge (Helena Phillips Evans) vanishes after promising a small fortune to Nancy's school. Though Miss Eldridge's accountant claims she's gone away for her health, Nancy senses foul play when a lost carrier pigeon delivers a cryptic clue. Despite the warnings of her dad (John

Nancy Drew -- Reporter

Girl sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) is always on the case when a mystery springs up in River Heights. This time, Nancy enters an amateur journalism contest and runs smack into a plot to frame an innocent young woman for murder. With the aid of her long-suffering chum, Ted (Frank Thomas Jr.), and some legal advice from her attorney dad (John Litel), Nancy nabs an elusive piece of evidence tha

Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter

There's a murder in a small town, local man Matt Brandon (Aldrich Bowker) is accused, and he has personal friend and reputed attorney Carson Drew (John Litel) as his lawyer. Drew and his plucky teenage daughter, Nancy (Bonita Granville), head out to see what's going on. But the elder Drew isn't the only one interested in solving the case; young Nancy bands together with her friend Ted Nickerson (F

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Based on the popular book by Carolyn Keene, this mystery finds amateur sleuth Nancy Drew determined to rope her boyfriend, Ted, into helping her investigate the strange occurrences that elderly sisters Rosemary and Floretta Turnbull have been experiencing in their Victorian-era house. When the Turnbulls are accused of murder, Nancy must act quickly to save the sisters from jail and discover who's

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Back home after two years of military service, Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) anticipates returning to college and his girlfriend, Kay (Bonita Granville). Andy's subsequent erratic behavior convinces his alarmed parents, James (Lewis Stone) and Emily (Fay Holden), that they must interfere, but Andy expresses his determination to propose to Kay. Back at college, Andy is disappointed when Kay temporaril

Of Human Hearts

When preacher Ethan Wilkins (Walter Huston) relocates to a small, hardscrabble town on the Ohio River, he's surprised by the poor treatment he gets from the locals, but bears it quietly. His son, Jason (James Stewart), however, hates the town. Against his father's wishes, he aspires to be a doctor, and demands that his mother (Beulah Bondi) sell off her few possessions to pay for his education. Wh

Vivacious Lady

Peter is a professor who gets hitched to a singer named Francey on a whim while visiting New York City. But when Peter returns home, he is less than eager to introduce his new bride to his domineering father, whom he knows will not approve. He also has to contend with his jealous former fiancée. As Peter tries to keep his married status a secret, a number of amusing missteps happen along the way.

You Can't Take It With You

Sweet-natured Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) falls for banker's son Tony Kirby (James Stewart). But when she invites her snooty prospective in-laws to dinner to give their blessing to the marriage, Alice's peculiar extended family -- including philosophical grandfather Martin Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), hapless fledgling ballerina sister Essie (Ann Miller) and fireworks enthusiast father, Paul (Sa

The Shop Around the Corner

Alfred Kralik and Klara Novak are employees at Matuschek and Company, a general store in Budapest. Klara and Alfred are constantly at odds with each other, butting heads and disagreeing on almost everything. Both are enamored of their respective pen pals, who serve as welcome distractions in their lives. Little do they know, they are each the other's pen pal and, despite outward differences, have

The Stratton Story

This fact-based sports drama chronicles the life of famous pitcher Monty Stratton. Stratton (James Stewart), a star athlete, loses his leg when his hunting rifle misfires during a wilderness outing. Initially, Stratton's career is derailed, and he wallows in the depth of depression; however, with the encouragement of his loving spouse, Ethel (June Allyson), he decides to get back in the game. Equi

Carbine Williams

Leading the troubled life of a moonshiner, David Marshall Williams (James Stewart) winds up in jail after a raid on his operation results in the death of an investigating officer. While serving time, the headstrong Williams gains the attention of warden H.T. Peoples (Wendell Corey), who sees unrealized potential in the convict and gives him access to a tool shop. While tinkering away, Williams man

Bell, Book and Candle

In the late 1950s, Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a modern-day witch living in New York City's Greenwich Village. When she encounters charming publisher Shepherd Henderson (James Stewart), she decides to make him hers by casting a love spell. Gillian takes added pleasure in doing so because Henderson is engaged to her old college rival (Janice Rule). However, Gillian finds herself actually falling

Vertigo

Hitchcock's romantic story of obsession, manipulation and fear. A detective is forced to retire after his fear of heights causes the death of a fellow officer and the girl he was hired to follow. He sees a double of the girl, causing him to transform her image onto the dead girl's body. This leads into a cycle of madness and lies.