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Talk About a Stranger (1952)

Director(s): Writer(s): Cast(s): Plot: In an idyllic setting, a likable but dangerously volatile twelve-year-old boy tries to settle a score with his disagreeable, mysterious neighbor.

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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

They know him – and they shiver – the big names of Broadway, Hollywood and Capitol Hill. They know J.J.- the world-famed columnist whose gossip is gospel to sixty million readers! They know the venom that flickers in those eyes behind the glasses – and they fawn – like Sid Falco, the kid who wanted [...]

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Suspense (1946)

Director(s): Writer(s): Cast(s): Plot: The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position…

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

A Hollywood Story Director(s): Writer(s): Cast(s): Norma Desmond, Max Von Mayerling, Betty Schaefer, Sheldrake Plot(s): Attempting to elude creditors, down-on-his-luck Hollywood scriptwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) pulls into the driveway of the ramshackle mansion of Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) on a stretch of Sunset Boulevard. Norma is a former matinee star from the silent film [...]

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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Director(s): Writer(s): Cast(s): Plot: Rising reporter Michael Ward is a key witness in the murder trial of young Joe Briggs, who is convicted…

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Strange Impersonation (1946)

Director(s): Writer(s): Cast(s): Plot: A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anaesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by…

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Strange Fascination (1952)

He couldn't let her alone … Wait till you feel her. Director(s): Cast(s):

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Storm Warning (1951)

Unmasked by Warner Brothers! Director(s): Writer(s): Cast(s): Plot: Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman…