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Chain Lightning (1950) Matt Brennan runs into Jo Holloway, the Red Cross girl he romanced in Europe when he was a flyer in World War II, when he is offered a job by jet manufacturer Leland Willis as a test pilot. Carl Troxell, wants to sell an escape cockpit to the Air Force. He wants Matt to stall

Hitler (1962) Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who nearly gained dominance over the entire western world--at the cost of millions of lives--Hitler.

Beachhead (1954) On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard

Dallas (1950) After Confederate officer Blayde Hollister's home and family are destroyed by the Marlowe Brothers during the Civil War, he swears revenge, refusing to surrender and becoming a wanted man. In order to pursue the three brothers into Texas, Hollister fakes his own death in a staged gunfi

The Glass Key (1942) During the campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associating to the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Pa

Along Came Jones (1945) Riding into Payneville, easy-going cowboy Melody Jones is mistaken by the townsfolk for notorious gunman Monte Jarrad. The real Jarrad is hiding out wounded on the ranch of childhood sweetheart Cherry. She has the idea of sending Jones off to decoy the pursuing posse, but onc

The Monster and the Girl (1941) Scot Webster tries to save his sister Susan from the clutches of gangster W.S. Bruhl. When Scot comes to Bruhl's rented room, one of the gangster's henchmen collapses into his hands, killed by a gunman. The murderer tosses his gun to Scot and disappears. Since all the

Tokyo Joe (1949) Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.

The Negro Soldier (1944) Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

Among the Living 1941 Paul Raden Albert Dekker, hopelessly insane son of Maxim Raden, hated owner of the Radentown mills, is in a strait jacket in a secret room in the family mansion, while the body of his father is lowered into a grave Twenty five years earlier, the brutal father had hurled Paul ag

Blue Skies 1946 Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub opener Johnny, who cant stay committed to anything in life for very long

The Star 1952 Middle aged Oscar winning actress Margaret Elliot Maggie to those that know her is a Hollywood has been Her life is in shambles She clings to the hope of resurrecting her past movie stardom as a leading ingenue No one will hire her, shes penniless with creditors selling off anything th

Island of Desire 1952 Based on and screenplay adapted from a Hugh Brooke story that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and was not a novel Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe, a U S Military hospital ship nurse, and Marine Corporal Michael J Chicken Dugan, are the only survivors when their ship hits a mi