The Ten Commandments (1956)
Adventure | Drama | Family | History
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
The River's Edge (1957)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.
Starring: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr., Chubby Johnson, Byron Foulger, Tom McKee, Frank Gerstle
Director: Allan Dwan
Der Tiger von Eschnapur / Le tigre du Bengale / The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
Adventure | Drama | Romance | Thriller
In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.
Starring: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walter Reyer, Claus Holm, Sabine Bethmann, Luciana Paluzzi, Jochen Brockmann, René Deltgen, Valéry Inkijinoff
Director: Fritz Lang
Les Miserables (1952)
Drama | History | Romance
After stealing a loaf a bread to feed a starving family, Jean Valjean is sentenced to ten years at hard labor as a galley slave. There he is taught to read and write by another prisoner and meets Javert, an obsessive policeman who was himself born to convict parents aboard a prison ship. After his release, Valjean is treated as a pariah but finally finds shelter in the home of a kindly bishop. Valjean repays the clergyman's generosity by stealing his silver plate. He is apprehended by the authorities and returned to the bishop but is amazed when the kindly old priest tells them that the valuable plates were a gift. This becomes a transforming experience for the ex-convict, who establishes himself under an assumed name in a small country village as factory manager and ultimately mayor. Unfortunately the newly-promoted Javert is assigned there as chief inspector. Although he doesn't recognize his old nemesis at first, the two clash over Javert's overzealous prosecution of the letter of the law. When a mentally challenged homeless man is arrested and accused of being Valjean, the conscience-ridden parole violator reveals his true identity to the court and the already suspicious Javert. Valjean is forced to abandon his property and with his adopted daughter again flee the relentless pursuit of Javert.
Starring: Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Debra Paget, Edmund Gwenn, Sylvia Sidney
Director: Lewis Milestone
Love Me Tender (1956)
Western
Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. Vance is involved in a train robbery, while a Confederate soldier, of Federal Government money. There is a conflict of interest, when Vance tries to return the money, against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates.
Starring: Elvis Presley, Richard Egan, Debra Paget, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Mildred Dunnock
Director: Robert D. Webb
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
Biography | Music
An entertaining biography of the "March King" John Philip Sousa, the man who gave the world some of its most stirring music.
Starring: Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey, Debra Paget
Director: Henry Koster
Tales of Terror (1962)
Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe. A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
Starring: Vincent Price, Maggie Pierce, Leona Gage, Peter Lorre, Joyce Jameson, Basil Rathbone, Debra Paget
Director: Roger Corman
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