Bigger Than Life is an American film made in 1956 directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, who also co-wrote and produced the film, about a school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control upon becoming addicted to cortisone.
WATCHTwo close friends, arrogantly and without remorse, kidnap and murder a young boy. They are caught and put to trial where their larger-than-life defense lawyer blames the Establishment for their actions.
WATCHAn army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.
WATCHA part-Indian mining engineer (Jeff Chandler) looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride (Jane Russell).
WATCHTab Hunter plays Ed Hackett, the son of gunslinger-turned-land baron Lee Hackett (Van Heflin) in this wide-screen western.
WATCHThis film covers the early history of post World War II educational films, especially those involving traffic safety by the Highway Safety Foundation under direction of Richard Wayman. In the name of promoting safe driving in teenagers, these films became notorious for their gory depiction of accidents to shock their audiences to make their point. The film also covers the role of safety films of this era, their effect on North American teenage culture, the ...
WATCHA World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
WATCHA trio of beautiful private-duty nurses that practice more than the medical arts must confront underground drug traffickers, racism and murder in their local hospital.
WATCHPresident Abe Lincoln would like to make peace with the Sioux Indians so he can transfer troops from the West to the South, where they are needed for Civil War duty. The Rebs hear of this and send a spy, Merrill, to pose as a Yankee and steal the gold that the Indians have promised to the Northerners.
WATCHWhen Cecil B. DeMille was set to direct a re-make of his 1938 swashbuckler The Buccaneer and suddenly became ill, his son-in-law, Anthony Quinn, jumped into DeMille's jodhpurs. In this version, Yul Brynner plays the starring role of debonair pirate Jean Lafitte, who is contacted by General Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston) to come to the aid of the United States when the British attack New Orleans during the War of 1812. Lafitte immediately falls in ...
WATCHAggie Hurley (Davis) is making up for a lifetime of making do. Her daughter Jane (Reynolds) is going to have a lavish wedding, even if Jane wants a simple ceremony. And even if Aggie's husband Tom (Borgnine) must give up his dream of owning his own taxi to finance the extravaganza. Barry Fitzgerald and Rod Taylor also star.
WATCHMarried middle-aged suburbanites fall in love and debate taking the extramarital plunge.
WATCHBroadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White's continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw's volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century. Originally intended to star Marilyn Monroe.
WATCHSenator Ransom Stoddard returns to his dusty hometown for the funeral of small-time outlaw Tom Doniphon. In flashbacks, Stoddard tells the story of how, with Doniphon's help, he rose to political prominence after killing a feared gunslinger.
WATCHWounded and weakened in Korean prison camps, GIs return to U.S. soil. Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr., a silver-star hero and ex-POW, faces trial for collaboration with the enemy. Paul Newman portrays the richly complex Hall.
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