Tuesday, December 24, 2019

A Christmas carol (1938) - adaptation of classic Christmas story by director Edwin L. Marin, starring Reginald Owen, Leo G. Carroll and Gene Lockhart

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 69 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029992/

Cast

Reginald Owen ... Ebenezer Scrooge
Gene Lockhart ... Bob Cratchit
Kathleen Lockhart ... Mrs. Cratchit
Terry Kilburn ... Tiny Tim
Barry MacKay ... Fred
Lynne Carver ... Bess
Leo G. Carroll ... Marley's Ghost
Lionel Braham ... Spirit of Christmas Present
Ann Rutherford ... Spirit of Christmas Past
D'Arcy Corrigan ... Spirit of Christmas Future
Ronald Sinclair ... Young Scrooge

Description: On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife. Scrooge dismisses the apparition but the first of the three ghosts, the Ghost of Christmas Past, visits as promised. Scrooge sees those events in his past life, both happy and sad, that forged his character. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows him how many currently celebrate Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas yet to Come shows him how he will be remembered once he is gone. To his delight, the spirits complete their visits in one night giving him the opportunity to mend his ways.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E8JiDnPcyE73sVfipSSdmfoXaXQiLTRL


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.09 GB, 2257 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 59 MB, 119 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish, Polish) posters and screenshots included

Monday, December 23, 2019

Remember the night (1940) - classic Christmas themed movie from director Mitchell Leisen, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray

Rating 7.6/10
Runtime: 94 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032981/

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck ... Lee Leander
Fred MacMurray ... John Sargent
Beulah Bondi ... Mrs. Sargent
Elizabeth Patterson ... Aunt Emma
Willard Robertson ... Francis X. O'Leary
Sterling Holloway ... Willie
Charles Waldron ... Judge in New York
Paul Guilfoyle ... District Attorney

Description: Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent. He postpones the trial because it is hard to get a conviction at Christmas time. But he feels sorry for her and arranges for her bail, and ends up taking her home to his mother for Christmas. Surrounded by a loving family (in stark contrast to Lee's own family background) they fall in love. This creates a new problem: how do they handle the upcoming trial?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XZvYXBoNTHY8B-XjjtSb83K3ixeT_Yc2


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.50 GB, 2284 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 778x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 300 MB, 448 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles Separate English, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Italian, Czech) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, December 15, 2019

The far country (1954) - another lesser known western from director Anthony Mann, starring James Stewart, Ruth Roman and Walter Brennan

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 97 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Anthony Mann
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048055/

Cast

James Stewart ... Jeff Webster
Ruth Roman ... Ronda Castle
Corinne Calvet ... Renee Vallon
Walter Brennan ... Ben Tatum
John McIntire ... Gannon
Jay C. Flippen ... Rube
Harry Morgan ... Ketchum
Steve Brodie ... Ives
Connie Gilchrist ... Hominy
Robert J. Wilke ... Madden

Description: In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef, and woe betide anyone standing in his way. He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness, until it finally strikes home...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1keSX7lqwkZwrPo5ZXAFROROtZymjsSik

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=45668370548415413013


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.62 GB, 3865 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 79/133 MB (main/commentary), 114/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Greek, German, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Adrian Martin. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Sunday, December 8, 2019

One-eyed Jacks (1961) - another lesser known western directed by Marlon Brando, starring himself, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado and Ben Johnson

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 142 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Marlon Brando
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055257/

Cast

Marlon Brando ... Rio
Karl Malden ... Sheriff Dad Longworth
Katy Jurado ... Maria Longworth
Ben Johnson ... Bob Amory
Slim Pickens ... Deputy Lon Dedrick
Larry Duran ... Chico Modesto
Sam Gilman ... Harvey Johnson
Timothy Carey ... Howard Tetley
Miriam Colon ... Red
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Carvey

Description: Double-crossed by his mentor and partner-in-crime, Dad Longworth, after a successful bank robbery, the last of the gang, Rio, finds himself incarcerated in Sonora, Mexico. Consumed by an insatiable thirst for retribution, Rio escapes after five long years of imprisonment, hell-bent on making Dad - now the respectable sheriff of Monterey, California - pay, only to fall for his beautiful stepdaughter, Louisa. Under those circumstances, love is stronger than the need for revenge, as Dad robs Rio of something precious again. Now, Dad wrongfully accuses Rio of robbing a bank. Will Rio take revenge on Dad, the ruthless one-eyed jack?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dwLliyWbBXStBl2FMx-XhSTMQP5xgR2w

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=12511664608530016213


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.04 GB, 2051 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 854x460 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 136/81 MB (main/commentary), 131/78 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Greek, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Czech, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Stephen Prince. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Hondo (1953) - classic western from director John Farrow, starring John Wayne, Geraldine Page and Michael Pate

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 84 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Farrow
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045883/

Cast

John Wayne ... Hondo Lane
Geraldine Page ... Angie Lowe
Ward Bond ... Buffalo Baker
Michael Pate ... Vittorio
James Arness ... Lennie
Rodolfo Acosta ... Silva
Leo Gordon ... Ed Lowe
Tom Irish ... Lt. McKay

Description: Hondo Lane, a despatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. They believe they are safe, as there is a treaty with the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio. Lane knows better though, as the Army has just broken the treaty, causing the Apache to seek revenge on settlers. Lane has a run-in with Angie's reprobate husband and is forced to kill him, not knowing who he is. Vittorio captures Lane and to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that Lane is her husband, unaware that Lane has killed her real husband. In order to protect her from a forced marriage with one of the Apache, Lane reluctantly goes along with the lie, though he knows the truth must eventually come out, to Vittorio and to Angie, both.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ffxLRJRHd80BjXcUbLa-4DfNAmpJI2b4

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=24106147481729915088


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.35 GB, 4008 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 269/51 MB (main/commentary), 448/85 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Turkish, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historians Leonard Maltin, Frank Thompson and actor Lee Aaker. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Mackenna's gold (1969) - another 1960s western from director J. Lee Thompson, starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif and Telly Savalas

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 128 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: J. Lee Thompson
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064615/

Cast

Gregory Peck ... Sheriff Mackenna
Omar Sharif ... John Colorado
Telly Savalas ... Sergeant Tibbs
Camilla Sparv ... Inga Bergerman
Keenan Wynn ... Sanchez
Julie Newmar ... Hesh-Ke
Ted Cassidy ... Hachita
Lee J. Cobb ... The Editor
Raymond Massey ... The Preacher
Burgess Meredith ... The Storekeeper
Anthony Quayle ... Older Englishman
Edward G. Robinson ... Old Adams
Eli Wallach ... Ben Baker

Description: In the harsh and unforgiving landscape of 1870s Arizona, Marshal Mackenna is taken hostage by John Colorado, a ruthless Mexican outlaw, who believes that the stoic sheriff has memorised a map which leads to the fabled canyon of gold, the Cañón del Oro. As the sacred gold belongs to the Apaches, no white man shall get his hands on the precious treasure; however, Colorado's cutthroats, greedy townsfolk, and renegade U.S. Cavalry officers have all caught the fever of gold. The journey to the legendary valley is long and perilous but very promising; nevertheless, what good is a mountain of riches when you're dead?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EaEJ8lcQ0SRMpqETDI7uSE4xlHi6Gvhk

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=39905962763756292200


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.37 GB, 2651 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x436 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 160 MB, 175 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Swedish, Dutch, Czech, Polish) posters and screenshots included

Friday, November 22, 2019

The unforgiven (1960) - lesser known western from director John Huston, starring Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn and Audie Murphy

Rating 6.7/10
Runtime: 121 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Huston
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054428/

Cast

Burt Lancaster ... Ben Zachary
Audrey Hepburn ... Rachel Zachary
Audie Murphy ... Cash Zachary
John Saxon ... Johnny Portugal
Charles Bickford ... Zeb Rawlins
Lillian Gish ... Mattilda Zachary
Albert Salmi ... Charlie Rawlins
Joseph Wiseman ... Abe Kelsey

Description: The Zacharys are a thriving and respected family on the Texas frontier. Father Will Zachary was killed by Kiowa Indians, leaving his oldest son Ben as the head of the family. Both Ben and his mother Mattilda are very protective of the Zacharys' adopted daughter, Rachel, who was adopted as an infant; her other brothers, Cash and Andy, treat her as they would any sister. When Indians claim that the Zachary daughter is one of their own, stolen in a raid, other whites turn their backs on the Zacharys when the truth is revealed by Mother. Cash, the hotheaded brother, reacts violently upon learning his "sister" is a "red-hide Indian." He leaves the family but returns to help them fight off an Indian raid...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GhnSkgmF3-SKiuM0tzOpk-rC_6TeHS2A

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=99383893463503954574


Video and audio information:

Video : 4.70 GB, 5539 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x436 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 102 MB, 117 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Turkish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Major Dundee (1965) - classic western from director Sam Peckinpah, starring Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton and James Coburn

Rating 6.7/10
Runtime: 136 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059418/

Cast

Charlton Heston ... Maj. Amos Charles Dundee
Richard Harris ... Capt. Benjamin Tyreen
Jim Hutton ... Lt. Graham
James Coburn ... Samuel Potts
Michael Anderson Jr. ... Tim Ryan
Senta Berger ... Teresa Santiago
Mario Adorf ... Sgt. Gomez
Brock Peters ... Aesop
Warren Oates ... O. W. Hadley

Description: In 1864, the Apache warriors led by Sierra Charriba slaughter a Union troop of soldiers and a family of settlers. They abduct their three sons and flee to Mexico. Major Amos Charles Dundee, who was disgraced at the Battle of Gettysburg and sent to a POW outpost in New Mexico, decides to hunt down Sierra Charriba and his Apache seeking for glory. He recruits an army of Confederate prisoners-of-war, black soldiers, a reverend that knows the boys and outcast people and chases the Apache group seeking also revenge, crossing illegally the border with Mexico.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qiY5yLfdcsanq2ie0RpvxJM8QkfvoRyF

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=50534921748577223852


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.18 GB, 3292 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x436 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 435/82 MB (main/commentary), 448/82 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Romanian, Bulgarian closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing ipaired), Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Turkish, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historians Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Friday, October 25, 2019

Pociąg AKA Night train (1959) - great Polish thriller from director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, starring Leon Niemczyk, Lucyna Winnicka and Zbigniew Cybulski

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 98 min
Language: Polish
Country: Poland
Directed by: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053176/

Cast

Lucyna Winnicka ... Marta
Leon Niemczyk ... Jerzy
Zbigniew Cybulski ... Staszek
Aleksander Sewruk ... Lawyer
Teresa Szmigielówna ... Lawyer's Wife
Helena Dabrowska ... Train Controller
Ignacy Machowski ... Passenger
Zygmunt Zintel ... Passenger suffering from insomnia
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski ... Train Controller

Description: Two strangers, Jerzy (Leon Niemczyk) and Marta (Lucyna Winnicka), accidentally end up holding tickets for the same sleeping chamber on an overnight train to the Baltic Sea coast. While handsome, well dressed and rather laconic, Jerzy seems ill at ease, while Marta is not talkative and would prefer to be alone. Staszek (Zbigniew Cybulski) is a student and Marta's spurned lover, and will not leave her alone. When the police enter the train in search of a murderer on the run, rumors fly and everything seems to point toward one of the main characters as the culprit.


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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13eFEoxEXSkNYIJV_oOPltiQ1CAxvEIaj

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=35321779306916965007


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.45 GB, 2120 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 768x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 179 MB, 256 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6 channels, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English, French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Greek, Italian) posters and screenshots included