Dick Tracy (
1990) | IMDb:
6.2
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Reds (
1981) | IMDb:
7.3
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
Starring:
Warren Beatty
,
Diane Keaton
,
Edward Herrmann
,
Jerzy Kosiński
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Sorvino
The Frisco Kid (
1979) | IMDb:
6.3
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
The Fortune (
1975) | IMDb:
5.7
Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.
Starring:
Stockard Channing
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Warren Beatty
,
Ian Wolfe
,
Rose Michtom
,
Brian Avery
Pollyanna (
1960) | IMDb:
7.4
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Directed by:
David Swift
Witness for the Prosecution (
1957) | IMDb:
8.4
An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of confusion.
Starring:
Charles Laughton
,
Tyrone Power
,
Marlene Dietrich
,
Elsa Lanchester
,
John Williams
,
Ian Wolfe
The Silver Chalice (
1954) | IMDb:
4.6
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 eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Starring:
Virginia Mayo
,
Pier Angeli
,
Jack Palance
,
Paul Newman
,
Walter Hampden
,
Joseph Wiseman
A Place in the Sun (
1951) | IMDb:
7.7
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Starring:
Montgomery Clift
,
Elizabeth Taylor
,
Shelley Winters
,
Anne Revere
,
Keefe Brasselle
,
Fred Clark
The Miracle of the Bells (
1948) | IMDb:
6.6
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
Starring:
Fred MacMurray
,
Alida Valli
,
Frank Sinatra
,
Lee J. Cobb
,
Harold Vermilyea
,
Charles Meredith
Wilson (
1944) | IMDb:
6.4
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
Starring:
Alexander Knox
,
Geraldine Fitzgerald
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Ruth Nelson
,
Cedric Hardwicke
,
Charles Coburn
Directed by:
Henry King