A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.

Born Yesterday

1950

English

7.5

♡ 16

95%

85%

Action

based on play or musical

George Cukor Director

Mike Mahoney as Elevator Operator

Judy Holliday as Emma 'Billie' Dawn

William Holden as Paul Verrall

Grandon Rhodes as Sanborn

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

English

5.9

♡ 2

Michael Curtiz Director

Dennis Morgan as Bill Craig

Grandon Rhodes as Dr. Newman

Ruth Lee as Miss Brand

Frank Cady as Mr. Wentworth

Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948

English

6.3

♡ 3

55%

Gordon Douglas Director

Grandon Rhodes as Adolph Mizner

Frank Ferguson as Carl Bemish

Charles Evans as Dr. Homer Allen

Louise Allbritton as Dr. Toni Neva

A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?

The 27th Day

1957

English

6.1

♡ 6

20%

William Asher Director

Ron Nyman as Commuter

Kenneth Gibson as Scientist

Donnelly Rhodes as Television Technician

Grandon Rhodes as UN Presiding Officer

Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on an alien saucer, where an alien gives each a container holding three capsules. The alien explains that no power on earth can open a given container except a mental command from the person to whom it is given, then anyone may take a capsule and, by speaking a latitude and longitude at it, cause instant death to all within a given radius: thus each of the five has been provided with the power of life and death. Then, they are given 27 days to decide whether to use the capsules, and returned to the places from which each one came...

Larceny

1948

English

6.8

♡ 2

George Sherman Director

Bill Walker as Butler

Grandon Rhodes as Harry Carson

Paul Brinegar as Mechanic

Dan Duryea as Silky Randall

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

Angel Face

1952

English

7.2

♡ 13

77%

Otto Preminger Director

Robert Gist as Miller

Chuck Hicks as Nightclub Patron

Grandon Rhodes as Prison Chaplain

Amzie Strickland as Woman

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

Magnificent Doll

1946

English

6.1

♡ 6

8%

black and white

Drama

History

Frank Borzage Director

Pierre Watkin as Harper

Ruth Lee as Mrs. Gallentine

Peggy Wood as Mrs. Payne

Grandon Rhodes as Thomas Jefferson

While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

English

7.8

♡ 40

100%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Joseph Cotten as Charlie Oakley

Grandon Rhodes as Rev. MacCurdy

Robert Quarry as Santa Rosa Teenager

Irving Bacon as Station Master

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

1956

English

6.3

♡ 13

73%

Fred F. Sears Director

Charles Evans as Dr. Alberts

Grandon Rhodes as Gen. Edmunds

Forbes Murray as Military Officer at Experiment

Thomas Browne Henry as Vice Adm. Enright

Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.

White Heat

1949

English

8.1

♡ 25

94%

parent child relationship

Raoul Walsh Director

John Roy as Convict

Grandon Rhodes as Dr. Harris

Edmond O'Brien as Hank Fallon aka Vic Pardo

Robert Foulk as Oil Refinery Payroll Guard

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

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Born Yesterday

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Larceny

Angel Face

Magnificent Doll

Shadow of a Doubt

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

White Heat