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Adventure
Sea captain Jim Marsden is about to be hanged for a murder he didn't commit, and is rescued from the gallows by two of his crewmen. To clear the captain's name, they head for the island of Pulinan, where they believe the real murderer is hiding. During the search for the killer, one thing leads to another and Jim and the crew soon find that their troubles have just started.
Adventure, Crime, Drama
crime thriller film, thriller film
Set in the late 1960s, the story revolves around three main characters: Edward, a banker, and two of his children: Megan and Tom. Megan Cartwright is 21 and has never left her family but then moves to London and discovers her full potential. Meanwhile, her older brother, Tom, struggles to process the suicide of his close friend.
Adventure, Drama, romance film
Adventure
Scientist Thomas Edmunds (William Desmond) and his daughter Mary (Gloria Shea) attend the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio to find a pilot. They select pilot Bob Raymond (Tom Tyler) from the U.S. Border Patrol, to demonstrate an anti-gravity device called the "Contragrav".
Adventure
Jim Wilson receives a telegram that his brother, who served in the French Foreign Legion has died. He decides to join the Legion and requests to be assigned to a particular commander, Savatt. The Legion is walking to their next outpost when they find a soldier who quickly dies, but manages to tell them he deserted and had no choice.
Adventure, war film
A band of USO entertainers is trapped behind enemy lines in Korea in 1950. They include singer Lorry Evering, who, after being attacked, attracts the interest of an army sergeant who attempts to guide the group of civilians to safety.
Adventure, mystery film
Steve Daggett (Cameron Mitchell) fights to protect Fidel Castro from dangerous pro-Batista counterrevolutionaries. Steve comes to Cuba to find his friend Hank Miller (Logan Field) who has been missing for a while. It turns out that he has been captured by Fernando (Eduardo Noriega), the leader of the pro-Batista forces, who needs Hank to convert their airplanes into bombers.
Adventure, Drama
In a café, a Polish seaman, Joseph Conrad, tells a story... In the 1880s, a ship's captain called Davidson is left by his wife. He gets drunk and visits Farrell's Bar, where the star attraction is the singer, Laughing Anne.
Action, Adventure, Horror
thumb|300px|right|The Romantic was praised by critics for its smooth animation and unique visual style. Set in a world of autumn landscapes, a young man, the Romantic, falls out of love with his girlfriend. He visits the goddess Love, asking her to restore his feelings.
Adventure, Comedy, documentary film
Adventure
In 1945, a boy investigates after his friend's father has his sense of security violated when he is brutally beaten by an unknown attacker while working.
Adventure, Drama, historical film
Adventure, Western
The Canadian Mounties abandon horses to pursue a gang of gold and fur thieves, using boats, canoes, and airplanes. The film's story begins when Cpl. Jim Montgomery of the R.C.M.P.
Adventure
Successful author Beatrice Lynn is commissioned by her publisher to go to the Outback and locate the "legendary" white man, Mara, who heads an Aboriginal Australian tribe. Travelling by camel, she is abducted by an Afghan cameleer, Akbar Jhan. He and his group of Aboriginal people provide pituri, a narcotic, to other Aboriginal people.
spy film
Nazi spies, led by the mysterious "Master Key", kidnap Professor Henderson in order to acquire his "Orotron machine" which is capable of extracting gold from sea water. FBI agent Tom Brant, aided by reporter Janet Lowe and Detective Lt. Jack Ryan, attempt to rescue him and crack the Nazi spy ring.
Drama
In Panama, some men arrive on a passenger ship, Major Owens and Mr Buddington. Bugginton is looking for a missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti. He tracks her to Marechal's former mistress, Colette, who lives with another former Parisian, Gabrielle.
Crime
A group of saboteurs called the "Order of the Flaming Torch" who are trying to undermine the "social order" of the United States kidnaps several prominent scientists, including Colonel Robert Barton, the father of Billy Barton, the leader of a group of young local street toughs. When FBI Agent Jim Bradford investigates the mysterious disappearances, Billy is reluctant to help the authorities. Billy's gang team up with the FBI and the youthful "Junior G-Men", led by Harry Trent in order to stop the saboteurs.
Adventure
James 'Jim' Hudson, an adventurer and accompanied by allies, goes after Nazi agents who have a new death ray called the Paratron...
Action, Action Comedy, Adventure, Comedy, family film, fantasy film, slapstick, sport film, teen film
Adventure
Tim Tyler stows away on a ship bound for Africa to find his father, Professor James Tyler. He meets, and is joined by, Lora Lacey, who is chasing the criminal "Spider" Webb, the man responsible for framing her brother.
Adventure
In the Burmese town of Lashio, the convoys of an American transport company keep being attacked. Head driver is Cliff Weldon. His brother Mike comes to visit.
mockumentary
A documentary filmmaker hears of J.C. Sullivan who may know the fate of the Hollandia, a Norwegian ship that sailed to Antarctica in 1905 and disappeared. J.C.
Adventure
The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.