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The Indian Tomb 1959 Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris cavalry of Eschanapurs maharajah Chandra, who burn a whole village just for letting them pass invoking traditional hospitality A spider weaves a web so the trackers wont look for the

Rancho Notorious 1952 A western based on the story Gunsight Whitman by Silvia Richards Vern Haskell, a nice rancher, seeks out to avenge his fiances death when she is killed during a robbery His revenge leads him to Chuck a luck, Altar Keanes ranch set up to hide criminals, and he finds more than he

House by the River (1950) The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. His crippled brother John Byrne coincidently comes to his house in that moment, and Stephen asks him to h

Human Desire (1954) Jeff Warren, a Korean War vet just returning to his railroad engineer's job, boards at the home of co-worker Alec Simmons and is charmed by Alec's beautiful daughter. He becomes attracted immediately to Vicki Buckley, the sultry wife of brutish railroad supervisor Carl Buckley, a

Clash by Night 1952 The bitter and cynical Mae Doyle returns to the fishing village where she was raised after deceptive loves and life in New York She meets her brother, the fisherman Joe Doyle, and he lodges her in his home Mae is courted by Jerry DAmato, a good and naive man that owns the boat wh

The Big Heat (1953) Dave Bannion is an upright cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters' payroll. When a bomb mean

Metropolis (1927) Sometime in the future, the city of Metropolis is home to a Utopian society where its wealthy residents live a carefree life. One of those is Freder Fredersen. One day, he spots a beautiful woman with a group of children, she and the children quickly disappear. Trying to follow her

M (1931) In Germany, Hans Beckert is an unknown killer of girls. He whistles Edvard Grieg's 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', from the 'Peer Gynt' Suite I Op. 46 while attracting the little girls for death. The police force pressed by the Minister give its best effort trying unsuccessfully to arre

When a conservative middle-aged professor engages in a minor dalliance with a femme fatale, he is plunged into a nightmarish quicksand of blackmail and murder.

American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) In the spring of 1942, following the blockade-run that took General Douglas MacArthur and his staff from the Philippines to the safety of Australia, the survivors of a bombed-and-sunk PT Boat make their way to shore. The skipper tells his men they have to

When a lovely wife and her new husband, settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers he may want to kill her.

You Only Live Once (1937) Joan is the secretary to the public defender in a large city. She is in love with a career criminal named Eddie, and she believes that he is a basically good person who just had some tough breaks. She uses her influence to get him released early, and he tries to go straight

Western Union (1941) Vance Shaw gives up outlawing and goes to work for the telegraph company; his brother Jack Slade leads outlaws trying to prevent the company connecting the line between Omaha and Salt Lake City. Lots of Indian fighting and gunplay.

Moonfleet (1955) Somewhere in the 18th century Great Britain, noble but penniless young boy John Mohune is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of b

The Return of Frank James (1940) Frank James, the brother of Jesse James, has been laying low, living as a farmer and taking care of Clem, the son of one of the members of the James gang. He gets word that Jesse was killed by Bob and Charlie Ford, he hoped that the law would deal with them but when

Spies (1928) Haghi is a criminal mastermind whose ubiquitous spy operation is always several steps ahead of the police and the government's secret service. Enter Agent 326, the daring and dashing young man, who thinks his disguise as a dirty, bearded vagrant is fooling the unknown mastermind and his

Scarlet Street (1945) Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apar

Cloak and Dagger (1946) Toward the end of World War II, the allied secret service receives a partial message indicating that the Germans are researching nuclear energy to build atomic bombs. In Midwestern University, the scientist Alvah Jesper is called up by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) t

Ministry of Fear (1944) Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know who to turn to.

While the City Sleeps (1956) Death of media magnat Amos Kyne is causing power struggle between his executives. In the meantime New York women become prey of a serial killer. Reporter Edward Mobley is in that circumstances faced with almost impossible missions: to catch the killer, to prevent the med

Hangmen Also Die! (1943) On May 27, 1942 the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia/Moravia, the "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, died from the bullets of unidentified resistance fighters. Hangmen Also Die is the story of Heydrich's assassination in fictionalized form. It was Bertolt Brecht's only co

Man Hunt (1941) British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

Tiger of Bengal (1959) An architect travels to the remote city of Eschnapur to oversee some work being done at the bequest of the local Maharajah. Along the way the architect meets and falls in love with a beautiful temple-dancer. The Maharajah also loves this dancer and plans to marry her despite f

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) Berlin police inspector Lohmann investigates a case, in which all clues lead to a man, who's in a hospital for mental illnesses for since many years - Dr. Mabuse.

In the Basement 2014 A documentary that reveals what its subjects do in their respective basements

Vier um die Frau 1921 Harry Yquem, a wealthy broker, remains obsessed with delusions of his devout wifes infidelity

Woman in the Moon (1929) Thirty years ago, at a scientific conference, Prof. Manfeldt presented his theory on the existence of gold on the Moon. It was greeted with laughter by the assembled academics. Today, Herr Helius has ambitious plans to build a spaceship... and take it to the Moon! Windegger,

Fury 1936 Based on the story Mob Rule by Norman Krasna Joe Wilson and Katherine Grant are in love, but he doesnt have enough money for them to get married So Katherine moves across the country to make money But things go disastrously wrong for Joe when he stops in a small town and is mistaken for a

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 Tom Garretts a reporter on leave from his job As Toms having difficulty writing the book, his boss, publisher Austin Spencer, suggests he write a non fiction book on capital punishment, The pair set out to frame Tom for a murder he didnt commit in order to eradicate ca

Die Nibelungen Siegfried 1924 Bold, fearless Siegfried travels to King Gunthers castle On the way he kills a dragon, and an evil dwarf king, thus gaining a treasure and a magic helmet of invisibility and illusion In return for permission to marry Gunthers sister Kriemhild, Siegfried agrees to use th

You and Me 1938 Mr Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight Among his employed prison graduates are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to ma

The Wandering Image 1920 Mia May has surrendered herself to a disciple of free love, and, having given birth to a child, marries the twin brother and Doppelganger of her chosen lover