Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.

Morocco

1930

English

7.0

♡ 11

83%

Josef von Sternberg Director

Gary Cooper as Légionnaire Tom Brown

Paul Porcasi as Lo Tinto

Adolphe Menjou as Monsieur La Bessiere

Francis McDonald as Sergeant Tatoche

Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.

Strange Confession

1945

English

6.5

♡ 4

31%

John Hoffman Director

Addison Richards as Dr. Williams

Ian Wolfe as Frederick - Brandon's Butler

George Chandler as Harper

Francis McDonald as Jose Hernandez

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in the death of the scientist's son.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

English

7.2

♡ 3

89%

70%

abraham lincoln assassination

lincoln assassination

yellow fever

John Ford Director

Paul Stanton as Agitating Orator

Lester Dorr as George A. Atzerodt

Francis McDonald as John Wilkes Booth

J.M. Kerrigan as Judge Maiben

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Abandoned

1949

English

♡ 9

75%

Joseph M. Newman Director

Charles Jordan as Charlie

Mike Mazurki as Hoppe

Frank Cady as Nolan - City Editor

Francis McDonald as Winey - Pool Player

A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.

The Nevadan

1950

English

6.3

♡ 6

55%

Gordon Douglas Director

Francis McDonald as Hotel Guest

Frank Faylen as Jeff

Jock Mahoney as Sandy

Forrest Tucker as Tom Tanner

A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.

Red Mountain

1951

English

6.1

♡ 3

25%

John Farrow Director

John Ireland as Gen. William Quantrill

Dan White as Jim Braden, Assayer

Carleton Young as Lt. Morgan

Francis McDonald as Marshal Roberts

Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries. He drags an innocent gold prospecting couple into trouble when the husband is accused of a murder he committed.

The Devil Is Driving

1932

English

6.1

♡ 3

Benjamin Stoloff Director

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mac

Lois Wilson as Nancy Evans

Geneva Mitchell as Nellie

Francis McDonald as Ticker

Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic. Not realizing the garage he works for is actually a front for a stolen car ring, Gabby soon finds himself mixed up in both murder and a liaison with the boss's girl.

Mamba

1930

English

5.8

♡ 2

Albert S. Rogell Director

Jean Hersholt as August Bolte

Francis McDonald as British Soldier

Noble Johnson as Hassim

Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Native Boy

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.

Shotgun

1955

English

6.0

♡ 4

12%

Lesley Selander Director

Robert J. Wilke as Bentley

Francis McDonald as Dishwasher

Rory Mallinson as Frank

Fiona Hale as Midge

Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory's Indian commissioner until the notorious Ben Thompson slays the marshal when he tried to make an arrest. Clay turns his back on a white-collar job and his girl to pursue the gang. Picking up a bounty hunter and a beautiful half-breed woman along the way, the little band follows the trail into Apache land where the lawman discovers that the outlaws plan to sell repeating rifles to the Indians.

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

English

7.7

♡ 32

97%

John Sturges Director

Harry Harvey as First Train Conductor

Lee Marvin as Hector David

John Ericson as Pete Wirth

Francis McDonald as Tall - White-haired Cafe Lounger

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

The Catman of Paris

1946

English

5.4

♡ 4

Fantasy

Horror

Mystery

Lesley Selander Director

Francis McDonald as Devereaux

Douglass Dumbrille as Henry Borchard

Anthony Caruso as Raoul

Robert J. Wilke as The Catman

When author Charles Regnier returns to Paris with a best-selling book that criticizes the government, he's tormented by frequent blackouts. After a mysterious cat-like creature slaughters people close to him, Charles is suspected of murder. Charles fears that he is the beast, but his paramour Marie and best friend Henry, believe he's innocent... until the creature begins to stalk Marie.

Battling Butler

1926

English

7.0

♡ 14

85%

Buster Keaton Director

Buster Keaton as Alfred 'Battling' Butler

Lillian Lawrence as Spinster Aunt at Wedding

Sally O'Neil as The Mountain Girl

Francis McDonald as The Prizefighter

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

Daughter of the Jungle

1949

English

4.7

♡ 5

Adventure

George Blair Director

Sheldon Leonard as Dalton Kraik

Charles Soldani as Liongo

Francis McDonald as Montu

Al Kikume as Native

An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by savage natives by a white woman who appears out of nowhere, and it turns out she is a lost heiress who herself crash-landed in the jungle years before.

A Girl in Every Port

1928

English

6.5

♡ 4

57%

Howard Hawks Director

Francis McDonald as Circus Manager

Myrna Loy as Jetta - Girl in Singapore

William Demarest as Man in Bombay

Leila Hyams as Widow in San Pedro, Belize

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come between them?

The Iron Mask

1929

English

7.0

♡ 5

100%

74%

Adventure

based on novel or book

Allan Dwan Director

Douglas Fairbanks as D'Artagnan

Francis McDonald as Fisherman

Rolfe Sedan as Louis XIII

William Bakewell as Louis XIV / Twin Brother

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.

Wild West Days

1937

English

6.4

♡ 4

Drama

movie serial

Western

Ford Beebe Director

Sidney Bracey as Charlie, Mute Printer [Chs. 3, 5, 8, 11-13]

Jack Rube Clifford as Corey [Chs. 5, 7-8]

Francis McDonald as Purvis - Assayer

John Bose as Townsman

Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Benton come to Brimstone and help their friends Larry Munro and his sister, Lucy , in their fight to retain control of Larry's rich ore mine. "Doc" Hardy , as an old friend of Wade's, joins them in their efforts to keep Matt Keeler , the scheming owner of "The Brimstone News", from his efforts to wrest control of Munro's property and mine. Keller employs a legion of henchmen, and sidelines at running runs guns to Red Hatchet and his tribe so they can also get in on the fray against the Munro's and Kentucky and friends.

Joe Dakota

1957

English

6.6

♡ 4

Richard Bartlett Director

Paul Birch as Frank Weaver

Francis McDonald as Joe Dakota

Anthony Caruso as Marcus Vizzini

Gregg Barton as Tom Jensen

A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out including the stranger's true identity.

Notorious

1946

English

7.9

♡ 90

96%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Ingrid Bergman as Alicia Huberman

Francis McDonald as Man

Alfred Hitchcock as Man Drinking Champagne at Party

George Lynn as Photographer

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.