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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.
- DirectorMelvin 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.
- DirectorClarence 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 HowardComedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish 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.
- DirectorMichel BoisrondChristian-JaqueRené ClairStarsJacqueline PorelPierre-Jean VaillardDarry CowlThe seven stages of woman - seven stories about French women and love in the sixties.Connected to "The Battle of Austerlitz" by Martine Carol.
- DirectorGeorges LautnerStarsLino VenturaFrancis BlancheBernard BlierA cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.Connected to "Love and the Frenchwoman" by Pierre-Jean Vaillard.
- DirectorMichel DrachStarsJean-Claude BrialyFrancis BlancheClaude BrasseurThe eccentric Comtesse de Saint-Plâs sells a black Citroën DS to car dealer Paul Souflé. He sells it to the young mathematics teacher Jacques Denzac who is about to marry.
- DirectorVittorio CaprioliStarsPierre ClémentiBeba LoncarCarlo CaprioliWhen his father dies, young lad travels to Milan to attend the funeral and decides to follow in his father's footsteps as a gigolo. He is successful at finding rich women to prey on, but finds himself caught up in a bidding war.Connected to "The Real Bargain" by Edwige Feuillère.
- DirectorEmilio MiragliaStarsHenry SilvaBeba LoncarKeenan WynnHenry Silva is a police inspector. A gang of robbers killed his son and he is accused of having killed a police informer and is kicked out of the Department. He will have to do all by himself to discover the truth.Connected to "Listen, Let's Make Love" by Beba Loncar.
- DirectorJack SheaStarsGuy StockwellSusan OliverLarry StorchEarthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.Connected to "The Falling Man" by Keenan Wynne.
- DirectorGordon WilesStarsMonte MarkhamSusan OliverMark MillerAn attractive young hitchhiker named Ginger meets and and takes up with a lonely, middle-aged advertising executive who is recently divorced. He is inspired by her free-spirited independence while she is drawn to his old-fashioned romanticism.Connected to "The Monitors" by Susan Oliver.
- DirectorPancho KohnerStarsJason RobardsSandy DennisJean SimmonsJason Robards is a man who decides he'd rather be a tree.Connected to "Ginger in the Morning" by Mark Miller.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsTony Lo BiancoDeborah RaffinSandy DennisA New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."Connected to "God Told Me To" by Sandy Dennis.
- DirectorMichael WinnerStarsCristina RainesAva GardnerChris SarandonA young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.Connected to "God Told Me To" by Deborah Raffin.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsKeith CarradineHarvey KeitelAlbert FinneyFrance, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant d'Hubert is forced into a duel with hot-headed irrational Lieutenant Feraud. The disagreement ultimately results in scores of duels spanning several years.Connected to "The Sentinal" by Cristina Raines.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsRichard PryorHarvey KeitelYaphet KottoWhen three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Connected to "Blue Collar" by Yaphet Kotto.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsWilliam HurtSigourney WeaverChristopher PlummerA janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsJohn SavageChristopher PlummerMarthe KellerA CIA operative takes justice in his own hands, as his girlfriend is brutally murdered by terrorists. He carefully designs a plan to hunt down the terrorists, after the crime, and executes them one by one.Connected to "Eyewitness" by Christopher Plummer.
- DirectorVéra BelmontStarsCharlotte ValandreyLambert WilsonMarthe Keller1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love affair and her slogans are tested by new knowledge and emotion, some of the Red youth want to expel her. When she goes with Stéphane to a seaside photo shoot, her father goes to the police. Stéphane faces charges, so leaving to cover the war in Indochina looks appealing. In a parallel story, Nadia's mother meets again her prewar lover, released from Siberia, who challenges the French Reds with very real scars and word of Stalin's anti-Semitism.Connected to "The Amateur" by Marthe Keller.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsBrian DennehyChloe WebbLambert WilsonAn architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.Connected to "Red Kiss" by Lambert Wilson.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerDanny DeVitoKelly PrestonA physically perfect but innocent man goes in search of his long-lost twin brother, who is short, a womanizer, and small-time crook.Connected to "The Belly of an Architect" by Chloe Webb.
- DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVitoA married couple tries everything to drive each other out of the house in a vicious divorce battle.Connected to "Twins" by Danny DeVito.
- DirectorJeff KanewStarsKathleen TurnerJay O. SandersCharles DurningA female PI babysitting for a boyfriend gets stuck with his daughter and the case of her murdered father.Connected to "The War of the Roses" by Kathleen Turner.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsBarbara HersheySam ShepardMary Beth HurtA lawyer is hired to defend an old college friend accused of murdering her husband.Connected to "V.I. Warshawski" by Jay O. Edwards.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsVal KilmerSam ShepardGraham GreeneA young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.Connected to "Defenseless" by Sam Shepard.
- DirectorGary O. BennettStarsBetty BuckleyCarolyn McCormickIona MorrisIt's the year 2042 and the threat is real...women are going to prison for terminating their pregnancies. An investigating reporter is determined to reveal the truth behind the convictions.Connected to "Thunderheart" by Graham Greene. Second Billed was Katharine Crost. As this was her only credited role, here the list ends.