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Comedy
Wheezer, Dickie, Uh-huh, and Stymie choose to play hooky from school again to go fishing with Joe and Farina. Meanwhile, Miss Kornman is taking her students to the beach and amusement pier free of charge. Spanky and Cotton deliver sick notes forged for Dickie, Stymie, and Wheezer by Joe and Farina to Miss Kornman, stating why they were absent.
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Leaving Beverly Hills, Claire Winslow goes to Switzerland to deliver some forgotten papers to her business man fiancé (planning to surprise him). Once there, she is told he has gone to politically unstable El Coronado in Central America. She goes to El Coronado and discovers he may have been abducted by rebels.
Adventure
An American gangster evades the New York Police's pursuit of him for a murder he didn't commit by fleeing to England with the victim's papers, having assumed his identity. Once in England he joins the British Army and finds romance and adventure on campaign in China.
spy film
After Japanese spies from the Black Dragon Society infiltrate United States borders, Federal Agent Rex Bennett is enlisted by the government to capture them. As Oyama Haruchi, leader of the dangerous paramilitary group, begins to destabilize the United States war effort through sabotage and corruption, Bennett must team up with British special agent Vivian Marsh and Chinese special agent Chang Sing to stop them and help win the war.
Adventure, Drama, thriller film
Adventure, silent film
Independently, the two protagonists, Diana Martin and Secret Service agent Larry Trent, are searching the jungle for missing relatives, her father and his brother. Tied up in this plot are ivory smugglers and a lost treasure hidden in the jungle.
Adventure
A strong force of mounted tribal Arabs launches a surprise attack on a French Foreign Legion fort in the North African desert, having previously intercepted and brutally massacred a relief column en route to the fort. After an Alamo-like battle, the more numerous Arabs capture the fort. Addressing the surviving Legionnaires as captives, the Arab leader makes passing reference to Pan-Islam as a motivation for the attacks.
Adventure
A cafe owner on a South Sea island plays a dangerous game of blackmail with a fugitive from justice.
Adventure
A diver inspects a merchant ship sunk near the California coast during World War II with a million dollars cash on board and becomes romantically involved.
Adventure, Western
Action, Adventure, Drama
Andre Tulane, descendant of a plantation family in 1820 Louisiana, is bound to Lili Scarlet, a gambling-ship queen, due to his debts. Together, they face off against river pirates (led by her former fiancé who take control of the boat.
Action, Adventure, Secret Agent, thriller film
A freelance photographer discovers an ancient treasure, the Peking Medallion, which also attracts the attention of a number of criminal gangs.
Crime
Anthony Waldron intends to steal a new submarine invention from Dr. Kittridge while blaming a fictitious mastermind he calls "Mr. M." To further this plan, Waldron uses a mind control drug he has developed called "Hypnotreme." However, a mystery villain soon appears claiming to be the real Mr.
Adventure
Thomas Stanswood, a veteran English mercenary serving the nobles of Renaissance Italy, accepts employment in the city-state of Siena. This former republic has been occupied by the Spanish Empire, and Don Carlos, the cold-blooded Imperial governor, seeks to legitimize his power by marrying into the locally prestigious Arconti family. Stanswood must protect the bride-to-be, Lady Orietta Arconti, whose friendly relations with the Spanish have put her in danger of assassination by a mysterious resistance group known as "the Ten".
Drama
After serving his time in prison, Joe Mundy (Hunter) regains his freedom. He forms an unexpected bond with a fellow inmate, who confides in him about the whereabouts of stolen gold. Upon his release, Joe is shadowed by the menacing Little Brother Williams (portrayed by Neville Brand) as he arrives in Glendale, Arizona.
Drama, propaganda film
In 1942, Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during World War II are helping to build a road. During the construction of a military supply road like the Burma Road and Ledo Road, the project is sabotaged by an English nobleman who is a German agent. Using a scientific device, the English nobleman is instrumental in the coordination of a Japanese air attack on supply trucks attempting to cross a key bridge.
Action, Adventure, fantasy film, Sword-and-sandal
{{Plot}} In a fictitious land, the evil sorcerer Munkar oppressively rules. Some warriors, King Kandor's forces, escaped into the forest, in order to continue to make a stand against the dark lord, but they're finally defeated. Now the fate of that land rests in the hand of Kane , a strong and lonesome barbarian.
Adventure, Drama
Following the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939 and the subsequent invasion of Poland, two brothers are sent to the gulag in Siberia. They manage to escape and undertake an epic attempt to make it to the border with Afghanistan.
Adventure, medieval film, swashbuckler film
Adventure
A lion trapper and his daughter Jean rendezvous with his hardheaded partner in the African jungle. Bomba befriends Jean and explains why trapping lions is wrong, and she comes to understand him. He later sabotages the men's plans, and with assistance from local Masai natives and lions, expels them from the area.
Drama
Pamela, a veterinarian from Pittsburgh, comes to Kenya to work on big-game hunter Steve Stratton's farm. He was expecting a man and doesn't want her there. The exotic animals Steve hunts and collects are precious to young native Odongo, who is employed by him.
Crime
Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees is primarily an action movie but it has a mythological and spiritual vein running through it. The character of Chacha worships the Hindu goddess Kali, and a statue of Kali is shown both in his home and in his office. Chacha is seen praying to the goddess in a temple.
Adventure
Terry (Gardner McKay) bets his friend Josh (Fred Clark) $20,000 that he can beat him in a boat race to Tahiti while using an all-female crew. Terry collects a crew including a murderess and a cocktail waitress.
Adventure, Biography, Drama
Alsatian missionary Albert Schweitzer refuses to modernize his French Congo hospital for U.S. sponsors.