When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

Sorry, Wrong Number

1948

English

7.3

♡ 11

86%

husband wife relationship

Anatole Litvak Director

Joyce Compton as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend

Amzie Strickland as Dance Team Member

Wendell Corey as Dr. Philip Alexander

Dorothy Neumann as Elizabeth Jennings

Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

The One and Only

1978

English

5.8

♡ 5

55%

dysfunctional marriage

Carl Reiner Director

Lucy Lee Flippin as Agatha Franklen

Henry Winkler as Andy Schmidt

Amzie Strickland as House Mother

Kim Darby as Mary Crawford

Andy Schmidt manages to win fellow student Mary’s heart, but getting a job after college turns out much harder than expected. Desperate and dreaming of stardom, he tries wrestling.

Moonrise

1948

English

7.0

♡ 10

100%

Frank Borzage Director

Dane Clark as Danny Hawkins

Irving Bacon as Judd Jenkins

Amzie Strickland as Minor Role

William A. Boardway as Townsman

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970

English

6.2

♡ 6

50%

Anton Leader Director

Stubby Kaye as Bartender

Ray Ballard as Carson

Amzie Strickland as Hotel desk clerk

Wally Cox as Mr. Bester

A simple-minded blacksmith named Charley, well loved by the townsfolk, saves for a year to send off for a mail-order bride.

You Only Live Once

1937

English

7.2

♡ 30

100%

77%

Action

based on a true story

Fritz Lang Director

Jack Carson as Attendant in First Gas Station

Sylvia Sidney as Joan Graham

Barton MacLane as Stephen Whitney

Amzie Strickland as Young Woman

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Penelope

1966

English

6.2

♡ 11

64%

Arthur Hiller Director

Ian Bannen as James B. Elcott

Peter Falk as Lt. Bixbee

Amzie Strickland as Miss Serena

Lloyd Kino as Toshi

When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is secretly in love with her. However, he abandons the money when the police approach. Penelope becomes determined to admit to the crime, but neither James nor the police believe her story.

711 Ocean Drive

1950

English

6.8

♡ 5

62%

Joseph M. Newman Director

Amzie Strickland as Dame at Boxing Match

George DeNormand as Deputy Sheriff

Joanne Dru as Gail Mason

Edmond O'Brien as Mal Granger

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

The Girl He Left Behind

1956

English

5.2

♡ 8

15%

David Butler Director

Brett Halsey as Army Recruit

Marjorie Bennett as Madeline's Friend

Chuck Hicks as Minor Role

Amzie Strickland as Women's Club Member

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David Butler's 1956 film stars '50s teen favorites Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, with supporting roles played by Jim Backus, Jessie Royce Landis, Murray Hamilton, Henry Jones, James Garner, Alan King, Ernestine Wade, David Janssen and Raymond Bailey.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

English

7.4

♡ 7

100%

husband wife relationship

noir

Romance

Lewis Milestone Director

Ann Doran as Bobbi St. John

Walter Baldwin as Dempsey

Amzie Strickland as Nightclub Patron

Darryl Hickman as Sam - As a Child

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

English

6.6

♡ 6

51%

Action

Adventure

Comedy

door to door salesman

Lloyd Bacon Director

Lee Patrick as Claire Simpson

Amzie Strickland as Dancer

Barbara Pepper as Wife Watching TV

Mary Treen as Woman Selling Magazine

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

Sudden Fear

1952

English

7.5

♡ 12

92%

san francisco, california

Thriller

David Miller Director

Arthur Space as George Ralston

Gloria Grahame as Irene Neves

Jack Palance as Lester Blaine

Amzie Strickland as Reception Guest

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

Tonight and Every Night

1945

English

6.2

♡ 4

35%

Victor Saville Director

Queenie Leonard as Cockney Woman

Rod Alexander as Dancer

Amzie Strickland as Showgirl

Richard Haydn as Specialty

An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

English

7.0

♡ 5

62%

Anatole Litvak Director

Edward G. Robinson as Dr. Clitterhouse

Irving Bacon as Foreman of Jury

Claire Trevor as Jo Keller

Amzie Strickland as Patient

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.

Curse of the Undead

1959

English

6.0

♡ 3

40%

Edward Dein Director

Margaret Bert as Dan's Housekeeper

Michael Pate as Drake Robey

Amzie Strickland as Frank's Wife

Edward Binns as Sheriff

A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill. Doc Carter, his lovely daughter Dolores, and preacher Dan Young have their hands full caring for the infirm. When one of the patients dies unexpectedly, Dan notices two puncture wounds on her neck. His investigation leads him to the strange gunslinger Drake Robey, who always seems to be slower on the draw than his opponents, but who—despite being outdrawn, and even shot—always manages to survive these deadly encounters. Dan soon discovers that Drake also has an aversion to crucifixes, sleeps in coffins, and cannot tolerate sunlight...

Kotch

1971

English

6.6

♡ 2

75%

67%

Action

based on novel or book

Jack Lemmon Director

Paul Picerni as Dr. Caudillo

Amzie Strickland as Film Narrator

Tamar Cooper as Nurse

Darrell Larson as Vincent Perrin

When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.

The Gypsy Moths

1969

English

6.3

♡ 4

43%

John Frankenheimer Director

Bill Zuckert as Magistrate

William Windom as V. John Brandon

Sheree North as Waitress

Amzie Strickland as Women's Club Member

Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948

English

7.0

♡ 3

83%

John Farrow Director

Edward Earle as Accident Witness

Paula Raymond as Companion

Edward G. Robinson as John Triton

Amzie Strickland as Secretary

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

English

7.0

♡ 1

55%

husband wife relationship

Charles Walters Director

Betty Blythe as Guest in Lobby

Amzie Strickland as Guest in Lobby

Margaret Bert as Mary

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

1938

English

7.1

♡ 11

45%

unconsummated marriage

wife

Ernst Lubitsch Director

Joseph Crehan as American Tourist

Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Hedwige

Lenore Aubert as Party Guest

Amzie Strickland as Undetermined Role

American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.

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Brother Orchid

Sorry, Wrong Number

The One and Only

Moonrise

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

You Only Live Once

Penelope

711 Ocean Drive

The Girl He Left Behind

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Fuller Brush Girl

Sudden Fear

Tonight and Every Night

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Curse of the Undead

Kotch

The Gypsy Moths

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

The Barkleys of Broadway

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife