Monday, December 28, 2020

The great Rupert AKA Christmas wish (1950) - Christmas family classic from director Irving Pichel, starring Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore and Tom Drake

Rating 6.6/10
Runtime: 187 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Irving Pichel
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042524/

Cast

Jimmy Durante ... Mr. Louie Amendola
Terry Moore ... Rosalinda Amendola
Tom Drake ... Peter 'Pete' Dingle
Frank Orth ... Mr. Frank Dingle
Sara Haden ... Mrs. Katie Dingle
Queenie Smith ... Mrs. Amendola
Chick Chandler ... Phil Davis

Description: A heartwarming holiday classic about a New York family who is down on their luck at Christmas time. Shortly before Christmas, they move into a ground floor apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just when it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel, not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever. Rupert the Squirrel (created using George Pal's Academy Award winning animation technique) will charm young and old alike, while Jimmy Durante shines when he sings Jingle Bells and other well-loved Christmas carols in the evocative voice that made him one of America's recording legends.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/xaoy71tp


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.30 GB, 3727 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 754x576 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 70 MB, 111 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles Separate English and Greek posters and screenshots included

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Bell book and candle (1958) - Christmas-themed comedy from director Richard Quine, starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs and Elsa Lanchester

Rating 6.9/10
Runtime: 102 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Richard Quine
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051406/

Cast

James Stewart ... Shepherd Henderson
Kim Novak ... Gillian Holroyd
Jack Lemmon ... Nicky Holroyd
Ernie Kovacs ... Sidney Redlitch
Hermione Gingold ... Bianca de Passe
Elsa Lanchester ... Queenie Holroyd
Janice Rule ... Merle Kittridge

Description: Gillian Holroyd is a modern-day witch living in Greenwich Village. A publisher named Shep Henderson moves into the apartment above hers and she becomes interested in him. When she learns he is going to marry her college nemesis, Merle Kittridge, Gillian uses her cat, Pyewacket, to cast a love spell on Shep. Shep is immediately enamored with Gillian and breaks up with Merle on the morning of their wedding. Gillian makes it so that author Sidney Redlitch visits Shep in the hope that Shep will publish his next book, about witches in New York. When Gillian learns that her warlock brother, Nicky, is collaborating with Sidney, she is worried that Shep will learn about her true nature and her spell on Shep. Since Gillian finds herself actually falling in love with Shep, something that will make her lose her powers, she must make a choice as to what she really wants...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/ctp3rduy


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.01 GB, 4204 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x554 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 80/63 MB (main/commentary), 109/86 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 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, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is isolated music score. 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 13, 2020

La bete humaine AKA The human beast (1938) - classic crime movie directed by Jean Renoir, starring Jean Gabin, Simone Simon and Fernand Ledoux

Rating 7./10
Runtime: 100 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Jean Renoir
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029557/

Cast

Jean Gabin ... Jacques Lantier
Simone Simon ... Séverine Roubaud
Fernand Ledoux ... Roubaud
Blanchette Brunoy ... Flore
Gérard Landry ... Le fils Dauvergne
Jenny Hélia ... Philomène Sauvagnat
Colette Régis ... Victoire Pecqueux
Claire Gérard ... Une voyageuse
Charlotte Clasis ... Tante Phasie, la marraine de Lantier

Description: Jacques Lantier is a train engineer who is prone to violent seizures, a condition he attributes to his forefathers' habit of excessive drinking. Roubaud is a train conductor on the same railroad that Lantier works on, married to the much younger Séverine. When Roubaud catches wind of his wife's affair with her godfather, the wealthy M. Grandmorin, he kills him during a train journey in a fit of jealousy. He makes sure that Séverine is also present, making her an accomplice to murder. Lantier, despite having witnessed them quite clearly in the train corridor, hides the fact during the investigation as he is attracted to Séverine. They both begin an affair, all the while Roubaud becomes increasingly withdrawn and starts to gamble. Séverine urges Lantier to kill her husband so that they would be free but she is unaware of Lantier's unfortunate condition...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/n6g7ifc0


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.29 GB, 3320 Kbps, 24 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 73 MB, 104 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-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish, Italian) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Two rode together (1961) - little known western directed by John Ford, starring James Stewart, Richard Widmark and Shirley Jones

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 109 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Ford
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055558/

Cast

James Stewart ... Marshal Guthrie McCabe
Richard Widmark ... First Lt. Jim Gary
Shirley Jones ... Marty Purcell
Linda Cristal ... Elena de la Madriaga
Andy Devine ... Sgt. Darius P. Posey
John McIntire ... Maj. Frazer
Paul Birch ... Judge Edward Purcell
Willis Bouchey ... Mr. Harry J. Wringle
Henry Brandon ... Chief Quanah Parker

Description: Pressed into service by his superior, the immoral marshal of the 1880s Tascosa, Guthrie McCabe, resentfully accepts to negotiate and retrieve a small group of white captives taken years earlier by the Comanches' formidable chief, Quanah Parker. Accompanied by the old friend and honourable U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant, Jim Gary, McCabe who is in it for the money rather than justice, will soon find himself deep into one of the most shielded Indian territories, only to face troublesome and unanticipated complications. What happens when the prisoners refuse to be freed?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/l4ezkip1


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.90 GB, 3809 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x552 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 99 MB, 127 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

Friday, November 27, 2020

No highway in the sky (1951) - little known drama directed by Henry Koster, starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns and Jack Hawkins

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 98 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Henry Koster
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043859/

Cast

James Stewart ... Theodore Honey
Marlene Dietrich ... Monica Teasdale
Glynis Johns ... Marjorie Corder
Jack Hawkins ... Dennis Scott
Janette Scott ... Elspeth Honey
Elizabeth Allan ... Shirley Scott
Ronald Squire ... Sir John - Director

Description: Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. His theory is that the planes are susceptible to metal fatigue after a specific amount of time in the air. The absent minded Honey boards the Reindeer class plane and only realizes that this plane is due to fail in the next few hours after the plane is airborne. He decides to warn the crew and creates an incident regardless of whether he is right or wrong...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/178lrq4y


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.33 GB, 3401 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 772x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 144
Audio : 163/57 MB (main/commentary), 232/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = FLAC/AAC, VBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, German) 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 Jeremy Arnold and Bob Koster. 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 15, 2020

The Bedford incident (1965) - lesser known thriller from director James B. Harris, starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, James MacArthur and Martin Balsam

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 102 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: James B. Harris
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058962/

Cast

Richard Widmark ... Capt. Eric Finlander U.S.N.
Sidney Poitier ... Ben Munceford
James MacArthur ... Ens. Ralston
Martin Balsam ... Lt. Cmdr. Chester Potter M.D., U.S.N.
Wally Cox ... Seaman Merlin Queffle
Eric Portman ... Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke - Deutsche Marine
Michael Kane ... Cmdr. Allison - Executive Officer, Bridge

Description: Tension is high aboard the destroyer USS Bedford as it tracks a Soviet submarine in the North Atlantic. Capt. Eric Finlander runs a taut, disciplined ship and his stern approach isn't appreciated or understood by the lone civilian on board, journalist Ben Munceford. The sub they are tracking can only stay under for a maximum of 24 hours and Finlander has every intention of being right there when it has to surface. With the ship on what is essentially a constant war footing, the officers and men are always on edge. Mistakes are inevitable...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/slz1nbal


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.56 GB, 3597 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 100 MB, 138 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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


Thursday, November 12, 2020

No way out (1950) - little known thriller/film noir from director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Linda Darnell and Stephen McNally

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 106 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042792/

Cast

Richard Widmark ... Ray Biddle
Sidney Poitier ... Dr. Luther Brooks
Linda Darnell ... Edie Johnson
Stephen McNally ... Dr. Dan Wharton
Mildred Joanne Smith ... Cora Brooks
Harry Bellaver ... George Biddle
Stanley Ridges ... Dr. Sam Moreland

Description: The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident Dr. Luther Brooks. When brother John dies while Luther tries to save him, Ray is certain it's murder and becomes obsessed with vengeance. But there are black racists around too, and the situation slides rapidly toward violence.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/tpr2joc9


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.77 GB, 3713 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 640x480 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 155
Audio : 195/53 MB (main/commentary), 256/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English hearing impaired closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, German) 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 noir historian Eddie Muller. 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 30, 2020

Panique AKA Panic (1946) - little known French film noir from director Julien Duvivier, starring Viviane Romance and Michel Simon

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 99 min
Language: English
Country: France
Directed by: Julien Duvivier
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038824/

Cast

Viviane Romance ... Alice
Michel Simon ... Monsieur Hire
Max Dalban ... Capoulade
Émile Drain ... Monsieur Breteuil dit le petit caporal
Guy Favières ... Monsieur Sauvage
Louis Florencie ... L'inspecteur Marcelin
Charles Dorat ... L'nspecteur Michelet

Description: In the suburbs of Paris, an old maid has just been murdered. Every body talks about that, except the misanthrope Mr Hire. The same evening, Alice, just getting out of jail, arrives and meets up with her lover Alfred again. They act as they do not know each other, for Alice went to jail to spare Alfred. But Mr Hire falls in love with Alice, and he suspects who the murderer is.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/0r5mbwzx


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.17 GB, 3154 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 73 MB, 104 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 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-Brazilian, Greek) posters and screenshots included

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Caught (1949) - little known film noir from director Max Ophüls, starring James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes and Robert Ryan

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 88 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Max Ophüls
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040221/

Cast

James Mason ... Larry Quinada
Barbara Bel Geddes ... Leonora Eames
Robert Ryan ... Smith Ohlrig
Frank Ferguson ... Dr. Hoffman
Curt Bois ... Franzi Kartos
Ruth Brady ... Maxine
Natalie Schafer ... Dorothy Dale

Description: It was Leonora Eames' childhood dream come true. She had married Smith Ohlrig, a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a nightmare once she realizes the truth about her husband - he is power mad and insane! Since he will not grant her a divorce, she leaves her life of luxury on Long Island and goes to work as a receptionist in an impoverished doctor's office in NYC's lower east side. After Smith deceives her into a temporary reconciliation, Leonora becomes pregnant. By the time she realizes she is expecting, she and one of the doctors, Larry Quinada (James Mason), have fallen in love. But she is again lured backed to her wealthy husband to give her child financial security. Her sadistic husband is hell-bent on keeping her and her child prisoner. What will happen to Leonora?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/x2w2uip9


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.20 GB, 3656 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 656x480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 174 MB, 275 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = FLAC, VBR


Subtitles (Separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish) posters and screenshots included