After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.

Run for Cover

1955

English

6.7

♡ 3

68%

Nicholas Ray Director

Denver Pyle as Harvey

Jack Lambert as Larsen

Trevor Bardette as Paulsen

Irving Bacon as Scotty

An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

O.S.S.

1946

English

6.6

♡ 3

33%

anti-nazi resistance

Drama

oss (office of strategic services)

Irving Pichel Director

Jean Del Val as Conductor

Geraldine Fitzgerald as Ellen Rogers / Elaine Duprez

Don Beddoe as Gates

Jack Lambert as German Lieutenant

The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.

The Harvey Girls

1946

English

7.0

♡ 5

100%

George Sidney Director

Norman Leavitt as 2nd Cowboy

Edward Earle as Jed Adams

Jack Lambert as Marty Peters

Paul Newlan as Station Agent

On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

Border Incident

1949

English

7.0

♡ 6

smuggling (contraband)

Thriller

undocumented immigrant

Anthony Mann Director

Jack Lambert as Chuck

Martin Garralaga as Col. Rafael Alvarado

Fred Graham as Leathercoat with Motorcycle

Howard Da Silva as Owen Parkson

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

The Great Gatsby

1949

English

6.5

♡ 3

30%

40%

Drama

film noir

long island, new york

Music

Mystery

Romance

Elliott Nugent Director

Ruth Hussey as Jordan Baker

Elisha Cook Jr. as Klipspringer

Ray Walker as Real Estate Man

Jack Lambert as Reba

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Machine-Gun Kelly

1958

English

6.1

♡ 4

Roger Corman Director

Susan Cabot as Florence 'Flo' Becker

Charles Bronson as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly

Mitzi McCall as Harriet

Jack Lambert as Howard

George Kelly is angry at the world and scared to death of dying. A career bank robber, Kelly gets his confidence from his Thompson SMG and his girl Flo. After a botched robbery, Flo, Kelly and his gang try their hand at a more lucrative job: kidnapping.

Day of the Outlaw

1959

English

7.3

♡ 11

100%

André De Toth Director

Robert Ryan as Blaise Starrett

Frank DeKova as Denver, Bruhn's Gang

Tina Louise as Helen Crane

Jack Lambert as Tex

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.

The Killers

1946

English

7.7

♡ 24

100%

Robert Siodmak Director

Jack Lambert as 'Dum-Dum' Clarke

Edmond O'Brien as Jim Reardon

Ava Gardner as Kitty Collins

Bill Walker as Sam

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.