As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Ramrod

1947

English

6.6

♡ 8

47%

André De Toth Director

Trevor Bardette as Bailey - Circle 66 Hand

Charles Ruggles as Ben Dickason

Don DeFore as Bill Schell

Nestor Paiva as Curley

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

Primrose Path

1940

English

6.8

♡ 4

67%

Action

alcoholism

based on novel or book

Gregory La Cava Director

Bobby Barber as Benny - Man in Diner

Nestor Paiva as Bluebell Manager

Charlie Hall as Man in Diner

Edgar Dearing as Motorcycle Policeman

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.

Four Guns to the Border

1954

English

6.0

♡ 3

Richard Carlson Director

Paul Brinegar as Barber

John McIntire as Dutch

Nestor Paiva as Greasy

Mary Field as Mrs. Pritchard

A group of outlaws plan and execute a robbery in a small town. However, things go awry as the team attempt a getaway, when a couple of the locals attempting to follow them, are ambushed by marauding natives.

Alias Jesse James

1959

English

6.4

♡ 3

38%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Rhonda Fleming as Cora Lee Collins

Nestor Paiva as Grigsby

Wendell Corey as Jesse James

Margaret Bert as Townswoman

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.

The Case Against Brooklyn

1958

English

6.5

♡ 2

33%

Paul Wendkos Director

Nestor Paiva as Finelli

Joe Turkel as Henchman Monte

Margaret Hayes as Lil Polombo nee Alexander

Darren McGavin as Pete Harris

A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.

A Thousand and One Nights

1945

English

6.0

♡ 8

43%

Alfred E. Green Director

John Abbott as Ali

Trevor Bardette as Hasson

Nestor Paiva as Kahim

Richard Hale as Kofir

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.

On Dangerous Ground

1951

English

7.2

♡ 8

89%

78%

Action

based on novel or book

Nicholas Ray Director

Nestor Paiva as Bagganierri

Ida Lupino as Mary Malden

Ian Wolfe as Sheriff Carrey

William Challee as Thug

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

The Dancing Masters

1943

English

6.1

♡ 8

40%

Malcolm St. Clair Director

Edward Earle as Clerk at Airport

Robert Mitchum as Mickey Halligan

Nestor Paiva as Silvio - Ringleader

William Haade as Truck Driver

The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ballet school, and getting involved with an inventor. A young Robert Mitchum has an uncredited cameo role as a fraudulent insurance salesman.

The Sign of Zorro

1958

English

6.9

♡ 6

Norman Foster Director

Lisa Gaye as Constancia

Guy Williams as Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro

Nestor Paiva as Innkeeper

Than Wyenn as Licenciado Pina

In this film, edited from eight episodes of Disney's hit TV series, Don Diego returns home to find his town under the heel of a cruel dictator, Capitan Monastario. Diego dons the mask of Zorro to fight the evil commandant's tyranny, and, with the help of his mute servant Bernardo, free the pueblo from his oppression.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962

English

6.5

♡ 7

43%

ss (nazi schutzstaffel)

War

Vincente Minnelli Director

Kathryn Givney as Elena von Hartrott

Lee J. Cobb as Julio Madariaga

Angela Lansbury as Marguerite Laurier

Nestor Paiva as Miguel

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.

The Southerner

1945

English

7.1

♡ 14

92%

Jean Renoir Director

Nestor Paiva as Bartender

Beulah Bondi as Granny Tucker

Betty Field as Nona Tucker

Anne Cornwall as Townswoman

Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?

The Three Stooges in Orbit

1962

English

5.6

♡ 15

67%

Edward Bernds Director

Nestor Paiva as Chairman

John Roy as Crew Member

Peter Brocco as Doctor Appleby

Norman Leavitt as Williams

The fate of the planet in the hands of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe? That's exactly the situation the trio finds themselves in when they befriend a wacky scientist and must defend his secret invention from a pair of malevolent Martians. Sight gags, slapstick and plenty of nyuks abound as the Stooges bumble their way through an adventure of intergalactic proportions.

Hold That Ghost

1941

English

7.2

♡ 7

100%

Arthur Lubin Director

Paul Newlan as Big Fink

Nestor Paiva as Glum

Frank Richards as Gunman

Amzie Strickland as Nightclub Patron

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

The Sea Hawk

1940

English

7.6

♡ 14

94%

Michael Curtiz Director

Edgar Buchanan as Ben Rollins

Nestor Paiva as First Slavemaster

Errol Flynn as Geoffrey Thorpe

Anthony Warde as Whipper

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

The Last Crooked Mile

1946

English

6.1

♡ 4

96%

Philip Ford Director

Sheldon Leonard as Ed 'Wires' MacGuire

Nestor Paiva as Ferrara

Ben Welden as Haynes

George Chandler as Roller Coaster Operator

A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.

I, the Jury

1953

English

6.1

♡ 3

40%

Harry Essex Director

Peggie Castle as Charlotte Manning

John Qualen as Dr. R.H. Vickers

Frank Richards as Killer Thompson

Nestor Paiva as Manuel

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.

All That Heaven Allows

1955

English

7.6

♡ 18

91%

older woman younger man relationship

Romance

widow

Douglas Sirk Director

Nestor Paiva as Manuel

Merry Anders as Mary Ann

Forrest Lewis as Mr. Weeks

Agnes Moorehead as Sara Warren

Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.