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- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsEdmond O'BrienPamela BrittonLuther AdlerFrank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.
- DirectorJack DonohueStarsRed SkeltonArlene DahlAnn MillerA cameraman helps an heiress to get rid of her financial adviser, who wants to get her money.Connected to "D.O.A." by Pamela Britton.
- DirectorGerald MayerStarsDavid BrianArlene DahlBarry SullivanRip MacCool has learned early in life that "money talks" and after he arrives in San Francisco, he has no qualms about being ruthless in business, and his first fast-deal bilks Ada Stritch out of her hotel. A combination of shrewd deals and playing the stock market builds him a financial empire. He marries Lily Douvane, who presents him with a child, but Lily has some ambitions of her own and leaves him, taking a sizable chunk of his money on the way out. He soon marries Zoe Carnot, his son's nurse, loses and wins a fortune again, but sinks into gloom when Zoe dies giving childbirth. He keeps piling up the money and he soon has most of it in San Francisco, and there is about to be a run on the bank, operated by Ada Stritch, and the city and its citizens face ruin. Rip puts up his fortune against the bank and a hand of cards dictates winner-takes-all.Connected to "Watch the Birdie" by Arlene Dahl.
- DirectorDon HartmanStarsLana TurnerEzio PinzaMarjorie MainA beautiful romance between a singer and a persistent princeConnected to "inside Straight" by Barry Sullivan.
- DirectorsMelvin FrankNorman PanamaStarsEzio PinzaJanet LeighMillard MitchellAn Italian opera singer (Ezio Pinza) has a marriage of convenience with an innocent fan (Janet Leigh) from MississippiConnected to "Mr. Imperium" by Ezio Pinza.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsPaul DouglasJanet LeighKeenan WynnThe Pittsburgh Pirates' brash and abusive manager receives the help of an angel to win games and become a better person in the process.Connected to "Strictly Dishonorable" by Janet Leigh.
- DirectorsClarence BrownDon HartmanJohn SturgesStarsEthel BarrymoreKeefe BrasselleGary CooperComprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.Connected to "Angels in the Outfield" by Keenan Wynne.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsEsther WilliamsJoan EvansVivian BlaineThree women in three different situations report for induction at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and end up roommates. What follows is a frothy and fun musical.Connected to "It's a Big Country" by Keefe Brassel
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsIrene DunneDean JaggerJoan EvansWhat happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.Connected to "Skirts Ahoy" by Joan Evans.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsRichard BurtonJean SimmonsVictor MatureIn the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.Connected to "It Grows on Trees" by Dean Jagger.
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsSpencer TracyJean SimmonsTeresa WrightThis is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.Connected to "The Robe" by Jean Simmons
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsRobert MitchumTeresa WrightDiana LynnAround the turn of the 20th century, during a harsh northern California winter, members of a ranching family are squabbling among themselves while the two oldest sons go hunting for a panther that is killing their livestock.Connected to "The Actress" by Teresa Wright.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsJohn DerekDiana LynnKevin McCarthyTwo brothers, enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy on the verge of the Korean War, fall in love with the same girl.Connected to "Track of the Cat" by Diana Lynn.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry GatesA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ToddWilliam HartnellAkim TamiroffIn 1949, during the Chinese Civil War, British warship H.M.S. Amethyst sails up the Yangtse river but on the return trip, finds its way blocked by a barrage of fire from the Communist Chinese shore batteries.Connected to "D-Day the Sixth of June" by Richard Todd.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerHerbert LomPeggy CumminsA rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.Connected to "Battle Hell" by William Hartnell.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsVan JohnsonMartine CarolHerbert LomCarson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner.Connected to "Hell Drivers" by Herbert Lom.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsMartine CarolMischa AuerMichel PiccoliHaute Couture mannequin in Paris becomes involved in the activities of two rival jewel thief gangs.Connected to "Action of the Tiger" by Martine Carol.
- DirectorRichard PottierStarsSylvia LopezSonja ZiemannMichel PiccoliJacques Forestier, also a choreographer, an art decorator and a stage producer, is the very competent manager of "Tabarin", a renowned Parisian music-hall. A hard worker, he always wants the best for the public, at the expense of his health. He is assisted in his task by his wife Rosine and his lively secretary Mimi. Chance has it that one of the dancers he auditions for a new show is Florence, his former lover. He doesn't want her in the show but the spiteful belle has a rich influential protector who imposes her anyway. Some time later, Jacques falls victim of a heart attack...Connected to "The Foxiest Girl in Paris" by Mischa Auer.
- DirectorMaurice RégameyStarsAnnie CordyPierre MondyChristian MéryMartine runs a sports center for women ,but they are short of the readies .To avoid seizure,she turns her health club into a nightclub with plenty of whiskey and wild women.Connected to "Tabarin" by Annie Cordy.
- DirectorChristian-JaqueStarsBrigitte BardotJacques CharrierRonald HowardA naive French country girl in London helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through a heroic adventure of plot and counter-plot.Connected to "Cigarettes, Whiskey, and Wild Women" by Jean Carmet.
- DirectorGérard OuryStarsJacques CharrierMacha MérilFranca BettoiaA widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said.Connected to "Babette Goes to War" by Jacques Charrier.
- DirectorRenzo MerusiStarsAnita EkbergGeorges MarchalFranca BettoiaAnti-Communist propaganda flick, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army is seen through the eyes of an American journalist reporting from the Nationalists'side.Connected to "The Itchy Palm" by Franca Bettoia.
- DirectorVittorio CottafaviStarsLinda CristalEttore ManniGeorges MarchalRoman Emperor Octavian rules the empire from Rome, and his rival Marc Antony has taken Egyptian queen Cleopatra as his lover and seized the eastern empire, ruling it from Alexandria. Octavian intends to regain his empire by landing his army at Alexandria, besieging the city and capturing and executing the pair. However, while Octavian's army is bigger than Marc Antony's forces, he and Cleopatra have allies who can come to their aid. Both sides prepare for a final showdown.Connected to "The Dam on the Yellow River" by Georges Marchal.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsPierre MondyMartine CarolClaudia CardinaleAnother of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.Connected to "Legions of the Nile" by Ettore Manni.