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#1
White Heat
Synopsis:
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Starring:
Paul Guilfoyle,
James Cagney,
Fred Clark
Plot:
gangster,
prison,
heist,
undercover,
psychopath,
chemical plant,
transmitter,
revenge,
explosion,
mother son relationship
...
#2
Key Largo
Synopsis:
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
Starring:
Edward G. Robinson,
Humphrey Bogart,
Thomas Gomez
#3
Rope
Synopsis:
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Cedric Hardwicke,
Alfred Hitchcock
Plot:
long take,
gay subtext,
rope,
leopold loeb case,
murder,
perfect murder,
party,
gay,
one word title,
pair of killers
...
#4
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Synopsis:
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.
Starring:
Walter Huston,
Humphrey Bogart,
Bruce Bennett
Plot:
mexico,
gold,
sierra madre mountains,
greed,
mining,
paranoia,
desert,
national film registry,
afi,
year 1925
...
#5
Dark Passage
Synopsis:
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
Starring:
Agnes Moorehead,
Humphrey Bogart,
Lauren Bacall
#6
The Big Sleep
Synopsis:
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Starring:
Regis Toomey,
Dorothy Malone,
Humphrey Bogart
#7
Mildred Pierce
Synopsis:
After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.
Starring:
Moroni Olsen,
Eve Arden,
Jack Carson
#8
To Have and Have Not
Synopsis:
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Walter Brennan,
Walter Sande
Plot:
french resistance,
famous line,
fishing,
stray bullet,
sidekick,
fishing boat,
fog,
bullet wound,
fishing line,
bar
...
#9
The Maltese Falcon
Synopsis:
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Humphrey Bogart,
Sydney Greenstreet
#10
Dive Bomber
Synopsis:
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Starring:
Errol Flynn,
Fred MacMurray,
Ralph Bellamy
Plot:
romantic rivalry,
fainting,
jealousy,
sexual predator,
marriage,
medicine,
naval officer,
fighter plane,
military,
u.s. navy
...
#11
High Sierra
Synopsis:
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart,
Arthur Kennedy,
Ida Lupino
#12
Angels with Dirty Faces
Synopsis:
In New York, the boys Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly are best friends and small time thieves. After a robbery, Rocky is arrested and sent to a reformatory school, where he begins his criminal career. Jerry escapes and later becomes a priest. After three years in prison, Rocky is released and demands the return of $100,000 deposited with his solicitor - prior to his jail term.
Starring:
James Cagney,
Pat O’Brien,
Humphrey Bogart
#13
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Synopsis:
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
Starring:
Errol Flynn,
Claude Rains,
Olivia de Havilland