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Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist

During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gangs feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region

In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacifics backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irrita

A corrupt D A Thurston Hall with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter James Cagney for manslaughter in order to silence him

A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids

A semi documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F Bull Halsey, Jr , from his assignment to command the U S naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal

Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that hell prove himself in the end

In West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss socialite daughter

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M Cohan

Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26 When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabots attractive wife, Linda, MacIllaney breaks up their marria

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I

Five members of a teen age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed deputy commissioner as a pol

When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents in training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism

The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom

A financially strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader

A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that governments plan for world domination

A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics Is he a demagogue in the making

Danny is a content truck driver, but his girl Peggy shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition Danny acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together

In 1920s Ireland, I R A members are being lead by the war mongering Dr Sean Lenihan James Cagney, as they fight oppressive British forces

After a roustabout sailer avoids being shanghaied in 1852 San Francisco, his audacity helps him to arise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast

A professional hitman is hired by a friend to commit two murders His friend pays him off in what turns out to be stolen money, and the police soon trace the money to him On the run, he kidnaps the girlfriend of the police detect

Quick tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her

An Irish American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rivals spy to produce spectacular live prologues for movie houses

A middle aged man tries to reconnect with his illegitimate son, who was given to an orphanage many years ago

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City

A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs

Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper

Inspired by Churchills Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers