New Mexico Territory, August 1879. The few surviving members of a cavalry column, which has been relentlessly decimated by the Apaches, attempt to reach Fort Crain. On their way through a hostile land, the obsessive and ruthless Sergeant Vinson takes to the limit the battered will of the troopers under his command.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

English

7.8

♡ 16

90%

Frank Capra Director

John Roy as Farmer

Irving Bacon as Frank

Ann Doran as Girl on Bus

Douglass Dumbrille as John Cedar

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Since You Went Away

1944

English

7.5

♡ 10

77%

79%

Action

based on novel or book

John Cromwell Director

Irving Bacon as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge

Lloyd Corrigan as Mr. Mahoney

Terry Moore as Refugee Child on Train

Walter Baldwin as Train Station Gateman

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

If I Had a Million

1932

English

6.9

♡ 10

100%

Ernst Lubitsch Director

Irving Bacon as China Shop Salesman

Joyce Compton as Marie - Waitress

Frank Hagney as Mike - Carnival Bouncer

Lester Dorr as Pedestrian at Accident

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

The Spoilers

1942

English

6.7

♡ 7

44%

Ray Enright Director

William Haade as Deputy Joe

John Elliott as Engineer Kelly

Irving Bacon as Hotel Manager

Paul Newlan as Miner

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

English

7.3

♡ 9

75%

Richard Thorpe Director

John Wengraf as Big Man

Lloyd Corrigan as Dr. Bruce Clayworth

Myrna Loy as Nora Charles

Irving Bacon as Tom

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

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.

State of the Union

1948

English

7.2

♡ 8

80%

Frank Capra Director

Irving Bacon as Buck Swenson

Arthur O'Connell as First Reporter

Margaret Hamilton as Norah

Pierre Watkin as Sen. Lauterback

An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

The Return of Frank James

1940

English

6.6

♡ 12

71%

Fritz Lang Director

Irving Bacon as Bystander

Barbara Pepper as Nellie Blane

Lloyd Corrigan as Randolph Stone

George Chandler as Roy

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

O. Henry's Full House

1952

English

7.2

♡ 3

68%

Henry King Director

Robert Foulk as Cop

Irving Bacon as Ebenezer Dorset

Thomas Browne Henry as Manager

Norman Leavitt as Yokel

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

A Star Is Born

1937

English

7.3

♡ 24

100%

husband wife relationship

Victor Fleming Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Minor role

Fredric March as Norman Maine

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Posture Coach

Irving Bacon as Station Agent

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

English

8.2

♡ 15

96%

91%

Action

based on a true story

Mervyn LeRoy Director

Allen Jenkins as Barney Sykes

Irving Bacon as Bill - Barber

Douglass Dumbrille as District Attorney

Everett Brown as Sebastian T. Yale

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

Sweethearts

1938

English

6.2

♡ 5

54%

W.S. Van Dyke Director

Irving Bacon as Assistant Director

Gene Lockhart as Augustus

Ethelreda Leopold as Chorus Girl

Forrester Harvey as Tailor's Assistant

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

English

♡ 15

97%

inspired by a true story

Charles Chaplin Director

Addison Richards as Bank Manager

Ethelreda Leopold as Garden Party Guest

Irving Bacon as Pierre Couvais

Wheaton Chambers as Val Bert - Pharmacist

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Meet John Doe

1941

English

7.6

♡ 20

92%

Frank Capra Director

Irving Bacon as Beany

Regis Toomey as Bert

Forrester Harvey as Bum

Gene Lockhart as Mayor Lovett

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Exclusive

1937

English

6.3

♡ 7

Alexander Hall Director

Horace McMahon as Beak McArdle

Irving Bacon as Dr. Boomgarten

Cornel Wilde as Reporter

Charles Ruggles as Tod Swain

Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

English

7.2

♡ 13

71%

Raoul Walsh Director

Regis Toomey as Fitzhugh Lee

William Hopper as Lt. Frazier

Walter Baldwin as Settler

Irving Bacon as Uniform Salesman

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

You Can't Take It with You

1938

English

7.8

♡ 18

94%

88%

Action

based on play or musical

Frank Capra Director

Irving Bacon as Henry - the Head Waiter

Ann Doran as Maggie O'Neill

Sidney D'Albrook as Trustee

Rosemary Theby as Woman

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

His Girl Friday

1940

English

7.8

♡ 37

99%

90%

Action

based on play or musical

Howard Hawks Director

Irving Bacon as Gus

Ann Doran as Newspaper Office Worker

Regis Toomey as Sanders

Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

English

8.1

♡ 34

100%

88%

Action

based on novel or book

John Ford Director

Robert J. Anderson as Hungry Boy

Trevor Bardette as Jule - Bouncer at Dance

Irving Bacon as Truck Driver

Darryl Hickman as Winfield

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

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Fort Massacre

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Since You Went Away

If I Had a Million

The Spoilers

The Thin Man Goes Home

Shadow of a Doubt

State of the Union

The Return of Frank James

O. Henry's Full House

A Star Is Born

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Sweethearts

Monsieur Verdoux

Meet John Doe

Exclusive

They Died with Their Boots On

You Can't Take It with You

His Girl Friday

The Grapes of Wrath