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- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsJane WymanCharlton HestonClaire TrevorThe success story of a dressmaker who comes to run a group of fashion shops at the expense of her love life.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsJennifer Jason LeighStephen LangBurt YoungSet in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsWilliam HoldenDeborah KerrThelma RitterIn the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJune AllysonFrank LovejoyAn ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJune AllysonHarry MorganBiography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsJames StewartJoanne DruGilbert RolandShrimpers and oilmen clash after an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oil rig.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsRichard ToddRuth RomanMercedes McCambridgeSent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKim NovakJeff ChandlerAgnes MooreheadThe life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
- DirectorWilliam BerkeStarsRobert LoggiaGerald S. O'LoughlinEllen ParkerThe hardworking detectives of the 87th Precinct in an unnamed city during a massive heat wave investigate the seemingly random murders of policemen.
- DirectorsMel FerrerStuart HeislerMax OphülsStarsFaith DomergueGeorge DolenzDonald BukaThe daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJames StewartJeff ChandlerDebra PagetTom Jeffords tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches in Arizona territory.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsCary GrantJosé FerrerPaula RaymondWhile on vacation in a Latin American country, an American neurosurgeon and his wife become tangled in a revolutionary uprising against a tyrannical dictator.
- DirectorMaxwell ShaneStarsFarley GrangerAnthony QuinnAnne BancroftA mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsVittorio GassmanBarry SullivanPolly BergenA fugitive is pursued by a lawman who is obsessed with his capture.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsRobert TaylorJanet LeighGeorge RaftAfter witnessing a murder, honest cop Eddie Kelvaney is silenced by gangster Dan Beaumonte, prompting Eddie's brother, Detective Chris Kelvaney, to search for the killer.
- DirectorsSeth HoltBasil DeardenStarsGeorge NaderMaggie SmithBernard LeeIn London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsSean McCloryJoanne JordanRay MiddletonA priest is about to see his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen in a long time--because his brother, a gang leader, has been serving a stretch in prison.
- DirectorsMervyn LeRoyAnthony MannStarsRobert TaylorDeborah KerrLeo GennAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
- DirectorHarold F. KressStarsBarry SullivanArlene DahlGeorge MurphyAn insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.
- DirectorFernando AyalaStarsCarlos CoresJulia SandovalVassili LambrinosA washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.
- DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsLyle TalbotJohn ArcherA vicious killer escapes from San Quentin with a canister of what he believes to be heroin but is actually a radioactive substance that threatens all Los Angeles.
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsDennis O'KeefeAbbe LanePaul StewartA former military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with her own agenda.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsEdmond O'BrienFrank LovejoyWilliam TalmanTwo friends pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsCliff RobertsonDolores DornBeatrice KayA teenager who witnesses the murder of his father vows to exact revenge on the four mobsters involved in the killing.
- DirectorMax NosseckStarsLawrence TierneyAllene RobertsMarjorie RiordanParoled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.