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My Favorite Brunette

1947

My Favorite Brunette

1947
6.6
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Angel on My Shoulder

1946

Angel on My Shoulder

1946
6.4
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
A Night in Casablanca

1946

A Night in Casablanca

1946
6.8
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946
6.2
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
The Stork Club

1945

The Stork Club

1945
4.7
After aspiring singer Judy Peabody rescues the elderly J.B. Bates from drowning, she assumes that the disheveled man is a vagrant and goes back to her job checking hats at New York City's famed Stork Club. But Bates is actually a grateful millionaire who becomes Judy's anonymous benefactor, and before long the working girl is swathed in minks and diamonds, much to the dismay of her suspicious beau.
The Bells of St. Mary's

1945

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945
6.8
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.
Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945
6.2
The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
Brewster's Millions

1945

Brewster's Millions

1945
6.8
Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.
Blithe Spirit

1945

Blithe Spirit

1945
6.9
A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife.
Utah

1945

Utah

1945
5
A singing ranch foreman (Roy Rogers) and his friend (George "Gabby" Hayes) urge a chorus-girl heiress (Dale Evans) not to sell the property.
One Body Too Many

1944

One Body Too Many

1944
5
An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.
It Happened Tomorrow

1944

It Happened Tomorrow

1944
6.7
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

1943
4.2
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943
7.4
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
They Got Me Covered

1943

They Got Me Covered

1943
5.9
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
Duke of the Navy

1942

Duke of the Navy

1942
5
A fake general sends two sailors on a wild-goose chase for buried treasure.
Private Snuffy Smith

1942

Private Snuffy Smith

1942
3.8
A hillbilly moonshiner enlists in the army. Monogram Pictures' comedy was inspired by the then-popular comic strip character.
¿Quién te quiere a tí?

1942

¿Quién te quiere a tí?

1942
5.5
Neither he nor she are very handsome, not to say ugly, and how they would like to be good looking to give and receive compliments, and that someone loves them.
Flying Blind

1941

Flying Blind

1941
2.7
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.
King of the Zombies

1941

King of the Zombies

1941
5.1
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.