Max Wagner

Max Wagner

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wagner (November 28, 1901 – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 films in his career, most without receiving screen credit. Newspaper gossip columnists noted his rise from playing "Gangster #4", with no lines, and not carrying a gun, to "Gangster #2", with both lines and a gun. Wagner was one of five children, all boys, of William Wallace Wagner, a railroad conductor, and Edith Wagner, a writer who provided dispatches for the Christian Science Monitor during the Mexican Revolution. When he was 10 years old, his father was killed by rebels and the family moved to Salinas, California, where he met John Steinbeck, who became a lifelong friend. Steinback based the character of the boy in his novel The Red Pony on Wagner. Under the name "Max Baron", Wagner acted in many Spanish-language versions of English-language films, which studios made as a matter of course in the early days of sound films, He also served as a Spanish language coach for other actors, and appeared in many of the "Mexican Spitfire" films starring Lupe Vélez, where he also served to monitor Velez's Spanish ad-libs for profanity. Other series that Wagner appeared in include the Charlie Chan films, and Tom Mix serials, as well as others made by Mascot Pictures Corporation. In the 1940s, Wagner was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges, beginning with The Palm Beach Story In 1940 during the filming of "The Mad Doctor", Wagner was credited for driving 50,000 miles as an on-screen taxi driver on the studio back lots of Hollywood. Since his appearance as a cab driver in Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935), producers often cast him as a wise-cracking or henchman taxi driver. "I was cast as a taxi driver about five years ago", Wagner told a reporter. "And I was typed." In 1952, Wagner began to appear on television, in episodes of such shows as The Cisco Kid, Zane Grey Theater and Perry Mason, playing much the same kind of parts he played in the movies. He was a regular cast member on the western television series Gunsmoke, making nearly 80 appearances between 1959 and 1973. He also appeared in many episodes of The Rifleman, Bonanza, Cimarron Strip, The Wild Wild West and Maverick, including a guest-starring role in the 1959 Rifleman episode "Blood Brother." He also had roles in the original Star Trek and The Twilight Zone series. He appeared in more than 200 television episodes between 1952 and 1974. Notable film roles for Wagner include a supporting role in the cult science fiction classic Invaders from Mars (1953), an actor playing a gangster in the film-within-a-film segment of Bullets or Ballots (1936), and the bull farm attendant in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfighters (1945). Late in his career, he appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He also occasionally composed music, such as the Mexican folk ballad "Pedro, Rudarte y Simon" in the Western film The Last Trail (1933). Wagner died of a heart attack in Hollywood in 1975.

  • Title: Max Wagner
  • Popularity: 1.888
  • Fantatra ho an'ny: Acting
  • Birthday: 1901-11-28
  • Toerana nahaterahana: Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
  • pejy fandraisana:
  • Fantatra koa amin'ny maha: Maxwell Wagner
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Max Wagner Movies

  • 1930
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    El último de los Vargas

    El último de los Vargas

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1953
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    Invaders from Mars

    Invaders from Mars

    5.9 1953 HD

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  • 1946
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    Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    5.2 1946 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Thrill Seekers

    The Thrill Seekers

    6 1927 HD

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  • 1949
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    It Happens Every Spring

    It Happens Every Spring

    6.5 1949 HD

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  • 1934
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    Name the Woman

    Name the Woman

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Hell Bent for Love

    Hell Bent for Love

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1935
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    Charlie Chan in Shanghai

    Charlie Chan in Shanghai

    6.6 1935 HD

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  • 1926
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    Making Good

    Making Good

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Relay

    The Relay

    4.5 1927 HD

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  • 1927
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    Flashing Oars

    Flashing Oars

    3 1927 HD

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  • 1937
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    Step Lively, Jeeves!

    Step Lively, Jeeves!

    4.7 1937 HD

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  • 1938
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    Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

    7 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    The House Across the Bay

    The House Across the Bay

    5.3 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    Shed No Tears

    Shed No Tears

    5 1948 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Fighting Marines

    The Fighting Marines

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1966
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    Gunpoint

    Gunpoint

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1971
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    Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter

    6.5 1971 HD

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  • 1955
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    I Died a Thousand Times

    I Died a Thousand Times

    6.1 1955 HD

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  • 1953
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    Donovan's Brain

    Donovan's Brain

    6.1 1953 HD

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  • 1949
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    Flaxy Martin

    Flaxy Martin

    5.7 1949 HD

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  • 1974
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    Young Frankenstein

    Young Frankenstein

    7.9 1974 HD

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  • 1968
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    Rosemary's Baby

    Rosemary's Baby

    7.8 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    7 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Great Race

    The Great Race

    7.1 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    Hang 'em High

    Hang 'em High

    6.8 1968 HD

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  • 1965
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    Shenandoah

    Shenandoah

    6.8 1965 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Arkansas Traveler

    The Arkansas Traveler

    6 1938 HD

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  • 1938
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    Maid's Night Out

    Maid's Night Out

    6.2 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Alcatraz Island

    Alcatraz Island

    4.9 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    God's Country and the Woman

    God's Country and the Woman

    4.2 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    Many Unhappy Returns

    Many Unhappy Returns

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

    The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Miracle Rider

    The Miracle Rider

    4.3 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Love on a Bet

    Love on a Bet

    7 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Crime Patrol

    The Crime Patrol

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1955
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    Illegal

    Illegal

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1935
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    Dr. Socrates

    Dr. Socrates

    6.4 1935 HD

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  • 1962
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    Pressure Point

    Pressure Point

    6.6 1962 HD

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  • 1950
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    Frenchie

    Frenchie

    5.7 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Robbery Under Arms

    Robbery Under Arms

    5.4 1957 HD

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  • 1930
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    Numbered Men

    Numbered Men

    4.6 1930 HD

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  • 1945
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    Radio Stars on Parade

    Radio Stars on Parade

    1 1945 HD

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  • 1932
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    Cock of the Air

    Cock of the Air

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1942
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    Matri-Phony

    Matri-Phony

    4.7 1942 HD

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  • 1969
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    True Grit

    True Grit

    7.4 1969 HD

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  • 1933
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    Arizona to Broadway

    Arizona to Broadway

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1937
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    We Who Are About to Die

    We Who Are About to Die

    6.8 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    Gridiron Flash

    Gridiron Flash

    3.3 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Walking on Air

    Walking on Air

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Blind Date

    Blind Date

    7 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Personality Kid

    The Personality Kid

    4.2 1934 HD

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  • 1938
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    Cocoanut Grove

    Cocoanut Grove

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1930
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    Going Wild

    Going Wild

    6 1930 HD

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  • 1936
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    Two in Revolt

    Two in Revolt

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    Tarnished Angel

    Tarnished Angel

    5.3 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    Paddy O'Day

    Paddy O'Day

    7 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Border Cafe

    Border Cafe

    6.3 1937 HD

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  • 1934
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    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

    5 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    Wings of the Navy

    Wings of the Navy

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Fast and Loose

    Fast and Loose

    5.7 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Mr. Moto in Danger Island

    Mr. Moto in Danger Island

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Return of the Cisco Kid

    The Return of the Cisco Kid

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    5th Ave Girl

    5th Ave Girl

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Gracie Allen Murder Case

    The Gracie Allen Murder Case

    5.5 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Girl from Mexico

    The Girl from Mexico

    4.2 1939 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Red Pony

    The Red Pony

    5.7 1949 HD

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  • 1938
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    Professor Beware

    Professor Beware

    6.1 1938 HD

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  • 1939
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    Reno

    Reno

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

    7.5 1939 HD

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  • 1951
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    Pier 23

    Pier 23

    5.2 1951 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Day the Bookies Wept

    The Day the Bookies Wept

    5 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Millionaire Playboy

    Millionaire Playboy

    2.7 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    4 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

    7.8 1940 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Lost Weekend

    The Lost Weekend

    7.632 1945 HD

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  • 1955
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    East of Eden

    East of Eden

    7.554 1955 HD

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  • 1936
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    Night Waitress

    Night Waitress

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Wings Over Honolulu

    Wings Over Honolulu

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Great O'Malley

    The Great O'Malley

    6.7 1937 HD

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  • 1946
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    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

    8.3 1946 HD

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  • 1962
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    To Kill a Mockingbird

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    8.001 1962 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    4 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Girl from Mandalay

    The Girl from Mandalay

    3 1936 HD

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  • 1972
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    Evil Roy Slade

    Evil Roy Slade

    6.2 1972 HD

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  • 1939
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    I'll Tell the World

    I'll Tell the World

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Daring Young Man

    The Daring Young Man

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1940
    imgMovies

    Charlie Chan in Panama

    Charlie Chan in Panama

    6.8 1940 HD

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  • 1937
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    Smart Blonde

    Smart Blonde

    6.2 1937 HD

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  • 1940
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    Mexican Spitfire

    Mexican Spitfire

    4.6 1940 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Truth About Murder

    The Truth About Murder

    5 1946 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Oil Raider

    The Oil Raider

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    7.8 1962 HD

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  • 1939
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    Money to Loan

    Money to Loan

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Trail of the Vigilantes

    Trail of the Vigilantes

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1966
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    A Big Hand for the Little Lady

    A Big Hand for the Little Lady

    7.1 1966 HD

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  • 1941
    imgMovies

    Ride on Vaquero

    Ride on Vaquero

    4.2 1941 HD

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  • 1940
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    Buck Benny Rides Again

    Buck Benny Rides Again

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    Overland to Deadwood

    Overland to Deadwood

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1932
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    The World and the Flesh

    The World and the Flesh

    6.5 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    Little Tough Guys in Society

    Little Tough Guys in Society

    1 1938 HD

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  • 1946
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    That Brennan Girl

    That Brennan Girl

    5.3 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel

    6.4 1945 HD

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  • 1936
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    Love Begins at Twenty

    Love Begins at Twenty

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Great Diamond Robbery

    The Great Diamond Robbery

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1927
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    The First Auto

    The First Auto

    3.7 1927 HD

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  • 1935
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    Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1937
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    San Quentin

    San Quentin

    6.5 1937 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

    6.408 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Hired Wife

    Hired Wife

    6.8 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

    6.9 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Men Against the Sky

    Men Against the Sky

    4.4 1940 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1940
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    Lucky Partners

    Lucky Partners

    5.9 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Mad Doctor

    The Mad Doctor

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Ghost Breakers

    The Ghost Breakers

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Rhythm on the River

    Rhythm on the River

    7 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Wildcat Bus

    Wildcat Bus

    4.6 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Caught

    Caught

    6.5 1949 HD

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  • 1936
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    Sons o' Guns

    Sons o' Guns

    4.3 1936 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Girl on the Front Page

    The Girl on the Front Page

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Sainted Sisters

    The Sainted Sisters

    7 1948 HD

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  • 1939
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    Our Leading Citizen

    Our Leading Citizen

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1939
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    Cafe Society

    Cafe Society

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1941
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    Cyclone on Horseback

    Cyclone on Horseback

    5.8 1941 HD

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  • 1940
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    Pop Always Pays

    Pop Always Pays

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1944
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    Boss of Boomtown

    Boss of Boomtown

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1940
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    You Can't Fool Your Wife

    You Can't Fool Your Wife

    4.5 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    Come on Danger

    Come on Danger

    5.7 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

    Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

    5.7 1943 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    6.2 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Sabotage Squad

    Sabotage Squad

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1936
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    Chatterbox

    Chatterbox

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1941
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    Texas

    Texas

    6.5 1941 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Good Bad Girl

    The Good Bad Girl

    5.5 1931 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

    4.5 1942 HD

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  • 1932
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    Renegades of the West

    Renegades of the West

    5.5 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Rockabye

    Rockabye

    6.2 1932 HD

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  • 1931
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    Suicide Fleet

    Suicide Fleet

    4.286 1931 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    4.3 1941 HD

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  • 1936
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    The House of a Thousand Candles

    The House of a Thousand Candles

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1942
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    Obliging Young Lady

    Obliging Young Lady

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1937
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    Stage Door

    Stage Door

    6.93 1937 HD

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  • 1942
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    Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

    Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

    5.2 1942 HD

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  • 1939
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    Off the Record

    Off the Record

    6 1939 HD

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  • 1942
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    Panama Hattie

    Panama Hattie

    4 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    Penrod and His Twin Brother

    Penrod and His Twin Brother

    5 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Big Game

    The Big Game

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1945
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    Circumstantial Evidence

    Circumstantial Evidence

    4.8 1945 HD

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  • 1939
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    Scouts to the Rescue

    Scouts to the Rescue

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    6.8 1943 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Secret of Convict Lake

    The Secret of Convict Lake

    6.5 1951 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Miracle of the Bells

    The Miracle of the Bells

    6.1 1948 HD

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  • 1948
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    Half Past Midnight

    Half Past Midnight

    6 1948 HD

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  • 1942
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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    6.3 1942 HD

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  • 1935
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    3 Kids and a Queen

    3 Kids and a Queen

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1949
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    Reign of Terror

    Reign of Terror

    6.9 1949 HD

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  • 1945
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    A Medal for Benny

    A Medal for Benny

    4.5 1945 HD

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  • 1936
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    Bullets or Ballots

    Bullets or Ballots

    6.5 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Black Legion

    Black Legion

    6.529 1937 HD

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  • 1942
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    Moontide

    Moontide

    6.3 1942 HD

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  • 1937
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    You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

    7.116 1937 HD

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  • 1973
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    Terror in the Wax Museum

    Terror in the Wax Museum

    5.283 1973 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Beach Story

    7 1942 HD

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  • 1938
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    Painted Desert

    Painted Desert

    5.8 1938 HD

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  • 1936
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    Dancing Pirate

    Dancing Pirate

    5.4 1936 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Racket

    The Racket

    6.3 1951 HD

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  • 1952
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    Flaming Feather

    Flaming Feather

    5.8 1952 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Lost Jungle

    The Lost Jungle

    3.4 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Lost Jungle

    The Lost Jungle

    3 1934 HD

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  • 1963
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    4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

    5.1 1963 HD

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  • 1933
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    Before Dawn

    Before Dawn

    5.6 1933 HD

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  • 1947
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    Tycoon

    Tycoon

    5.3 1947 HD

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  • 1934
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    She Had to Choose

    She Had to Choose

    4 1934 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

    7.3 1942 HD

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  • 1960
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    Ice Palace

    Ice Palace

    5.8 1960 HD

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  • 1967
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    Return of the Gunfighter

    Return of the Gunfighter

    6.1 1967 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Garden

    The Garden

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    8.442 1959 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS5 E26

    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.1 1971 HD

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