California

1947

English

6.1

♡ 7

california

wagon train

Western

John Farrow Director

Martin Garralaga as Mexican Sheepherder

Barry Fitzgerald as Michael Fabian

Don Beddoe as Stark

Frank Mills as Wagon Train Member

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.

Caged

1950

English

7.6

♡ 6

50%

John Cromwell Director

Don Beddoe as Commissioner Sam Walker

Lee Patrick as Elvira Powell

Jan Sterling as Jeta Kovsky - aka Smoochie

Agnes Moorehead as Ruth Benton

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.

Gun Crazy

1950

English

7.6

♡ 22

91%

Joseph H. Lewis Director

Russ Tamblyn as Bart Tare

George Lynn as Holdup Victim

Don Beddoe as Man from Chicago

Trevor Bardette as Sheriff Boston

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

English

6.9

♡ 13

100%

76%

Action

babysitter

based on novel or book

Roy Ward Baker Director

Robert Foulk as Doorman

Vic Perrin as Elevator Operator

Don Beddoe as Mr. Ballew

Verna Felton as Mrs. Ballew

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

The Night of the Hunter

1955

English

8.0

♡ 54

93%

90%

Action

based on novel or book

Charles Laughton Director

John Dennis as Prison Guard

Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper

Frank Mills as Townsman

Don Beddoe as Walt Spoon

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Bride of Vengeance

1949

English

5.6

♡ 5

Mitchell Leisen Director

Don Beddoe as Councillor

Ian Wolfe as Councillor

Paulette Goddard as Lucretia Borgia

Nestor Paiva as Mayor

The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946

English

8.1

♡ 30

98%

93%

Action

bodily disabled person

Drama

post traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

William Wyler Director

Joyce Compton as Hat Check Girl

Don Beddoe as Mr. Cameron

Walter Baldwin as Mr. Parrish

Ethelreda Leopold as Nightclub Patron

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.