Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The Cravet family builds their newspaper Oklahoma Wigwam into a business empire and Yancey Cravet is the adventurer-idealist who, to his wife’s anger, spurns the opportunity to become governor since this means helping to defraud the native Americans of their land and resources.
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Nightmare in the Sun movie storyline. Marsha (Ursula Andress), who lives on a ranch owned by her wealthy, jealous husband, Sam Wilson (Arthur O’Connell), picks up a hitchhiker (John Derek) on the road and brings him back to the ranch to make love.
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The Poseidon Adventure movie storyline. At midnight on New Year’s Eve, the SS Poseidon is struck by a 90-foot tidal wave and is capsized. Reverend Frank Scott leads nine survivors; an elderly couple, Manny and Belle Rosen headed to Israel to see their grandson.
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Anatomy of a Murder movie storyline. Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara), a lieutenant in the army, is arrested for the murder of a bartender, Barney Quill. He claims, in his defense, that the victim had raped and beaten up his wife Laura (Lee Remick). Although Laura supports her husband’s story, the local paper has reported that the police surgeon can find no evidence that she has been raped.
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The Great Race movie storyline. In the early 20th century, the Great Leslie – daredevil and all ’round Renaissance man always clad in white – has several world records to his name in daring feats of courage, always with the faithful Hezekiah by his side.
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The Great Impostor movie storyline. Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.
The Great Impostor (1961) Read More
Kissin’ Cousins movie storyline. The U.S. Federal Government has run into a dead end trying to negotiate the lease of mountaintop land owned by Pappy Tatum, in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, for use as an ICBM missile base.
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Picnic movie synopsis. The drifter Hal Carter hitchhikes by train to a small town to visit the college friend Alan Benson, who is the son of the industrialist Mr. Benson that is the wealthiest person in town. Hal asks for a small job to Ms. Helen Potts and the old lady feels affection for him and tells that nobody works in the Labor Day. She gives a breakfast to Hal and he meets her next door neighbor, the gorgeous Marjorie “Madge” Owens that is Alan’s girlfriend.
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Bus Stop is adapted by George Axelrod (who also co-wrote The Seven Year Itch (1955) also starring Monroe) and based on the hit Broadway play by William Inge.
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