Sunday, February 14, 2021

The defiant ones (1958) - classic drama from director Stanley Kramer, starring Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel and Charles McGraw

Rating 7.6/10
Runtime: 96 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051525/

Cast

Tony Curtis ... John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier ... Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel ... Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw ... Capt. Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr. ... Big Sam
King Donovan ... Solly
Claude Akins ... Mack
Lawrence Dobkin ... Editor
Whit Bissell ... Lou Gans

Description: After the truck transporting them is sideswiped and run off the road in a heavy rainstorm two convicts, John 'Joker' Jackson - who is white - and Noah Cullen - who is black, go on the run. They hate each other but being chained together forces them to cooperate. Their goal is to travel 60 miles north where Noah once worked and catch a train that he hopes is still running that route. Meanwhile the humane Sheriff Max Muller organizes a posse to track them down in a civilized manner and respecting justice. Joker and Cullen reach a small farm where a lonely woman helps them to get rid of their chains. She offers to drive her car with Joker and her son Billy while Cullen would escape through the swamp to the railroad. But when Joker learns that she sent Cullen to a trap, he leaves her and is shot in the shoulder by Billy. Joker seeks out Cullen to save him and when they meet each other, their former hatred has changed to friendship and respect.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gpUV55cUJW1Qmt0V4kQV_qupdB6e_nA4


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.63 GB, 2405 KBps, 23.976 fps, 796x480 (5:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 83 MB, 120 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

Friday, February 12, 2021

The tarnished angels (1957) - little known drama directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone and Jack Carson

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051055/

Cast

Rock Hudson ... Burke Devlin
Robert Stack ... Roger Shumann
Dorothy Malone ... LaVerne Shumann
Jack Carson ... Jiggs
Robert Middleton ... Matt Ord
Alan Reed ... Colonel Fineman
Alexander Lockwood ... Sam Hagood
Christopher Olsen ... Jack Shumann
Robert J. Wilke ... Hank

Description: 1932. The Flying Schumanns entourage - decorated Great War fighter pilot Roger Schumann, his daredevil parachutist wife LaVerne Schumman, mechanic Jiggs, and the Schumanns' now nine year old son Jack Schumann - travel the air show circuit, largely living off prize money won in air races. At their latest stop at the Delta Field Air Show in New Orleans, they are befriended by New Orleans Picayune reporter Burke Devlin, who, due to their tight finances, offers them accommodations in his small one bedroom apartment with him. Burke, covering the air show, wants to do a story on the nomadic lives of the pilots and their entourages traveling the air circuit, especially when he learns of the complex relationship between Roger, LaVerne and Jiggs, which is not always harmonious due to a long held issue, and despite LaVerne and Jack idolizing imperfect Roger. Burke, in getting involved personally with the Schumanns, adds an extra level of complexity to their already troubled family life, which is made even more complex with the involvement of businessman Matt Ord into their livelihood. What happens within this collective makes Burke further examine his work as a reporter, which he sees as not just stating the facts.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/140Sy550AkPlaJHcJoBvp15Zq1PALAAAm


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.55 GB, 2450 KBps, 23.976 fps, 854x364 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 66/54 MB (main/commentary), 101/82 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (including 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, German, Turkish, Greek, 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 critic 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, February 7, 2021

The young lions (1958) - little known war drama from director Edward Dmytryk, starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Dean Martin, Hope Lange, Barbara Rush and Maximilian Schell

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 167 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052415/

Cast

Marlon Brando ... Lt. Christian Diestl
Montgomery Clift ... Noah Ackerman
Dean Martin ... Michael Whiteacre
Hope Lange ... Hope Plowman
Barbara Rush ... Margaret Freemantle
May Britt ... Gretchen Hardenberg
Maximilian Schell ... Capt. Hardenberg
Dora Doll ... Simone
Lee Van Cleef ... 1st Sgt. Rickett

Description: World War II. Movie Focuses on the military and personal lives of three men for the duration of the war. The first is Lieutenant Christian Diestl of the German SS. A self-professed non-political person, he believed that Hitler and the Nazis would be good for Germany by bringing a new prosperity to working class people like him, and that the few casualties of war are a necessary means to the desired end. The second and third are US Army Privates Michael Whiteacre and Noah Ackerman, who meet and befriend each other at the draft board office. Michael is a famous Broadway entertainer, who doesn't want to see any action and uses whatever means available because of his celebrity status to get a non-combat posting away from the battlefields. Jewish Noah, slight of build, is a sensitive man and all alone in the world before meeting Michael, which make him a seemingly easy target for those who are against him in any way. On the personal side, Christian, while posted in France, and a Frenchwoman named Françoise, fall in love despite she despises him being one of the Nazi aggressors. He also embarks on a sexual tryst with Gretchen Hardenberg, the wife of his commanding officer, the marriage a cold one which has made both husband and wife cold people. Noah marries the former Hope Plowman, a gentile, just prior to being shipped overseas. Their marriage was one, solely on the surface, that was met with disapproval by her provincial father, who had never met a Jew before Noah. And Michael's girlfriend, socialite Margaret Freemantle, who is working in the USO, wanted to get married before his deployment like Noah and Hope did. Although Margaret doesn't want to see Michael get hurt, she also wants him to take responsibility for doing his meaningful part for the American war effort, especially as she had seen and despised Nazism when she was in Bavaria on vacation prior to the war. The war itself changes Christian, Noah and Michael in different ways, the former two whose biggest literal and figurative battles may be with forces on their supposed sides.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NRPEAshieZXuBXZ4guXom7mm4DTuNmFR


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.32 GB, 2837 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024*434 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 536/78 MB (main/commentary), 448/66 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC, CBR/VBR

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

Double audio track information
This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary with film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman. 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, January 31, 2021

Long day's journey into night (1962) - less known drama directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell

Rating 7.6/10
Runtime: 171 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/

Cast

Katharine Hepburn ... Mary Tyrone
Ralph Richardson ... James Tyrone
Jason Robards ... Jamie Tyrone
Dean Stockwell ... Edmund Tyrone
Jeanne Barr ... Kathleen

Description: One day in the early twentieth century in the life of the outwardly "loving" yet dysfunctional Tyrone family - parents James and Mary, and their two surviving adult sons Jamie and Edmund - at their Connecticut seaside summer home is presented. Mary has recently been released from a sanatorium for addiction to morphine. She got hooked on it during the difficult pregnancy with Edmund. As such, she secretly blames him for her addiction. Although Mary is purportedly clean, the male members of the family can't help but believe that she is still getting her fixes when she is alone. Edmund, a mariner, also recently arrived home. They are all aware deep in their hearts that Edmund is suffering from consumption, and not a summer cold as they all say it is, as they await the official diagnosis. James, formerly an actor, is a spendthrift despite having money. He, however, is not unwilling to spend money on whiskey or get rich quick schemes, largely buying what ends up being worthless real estate. Jamie largely blames his father for not spending the money early in their illnesses for Mary and Edmund's health/medical problems. Otherwise, Jamie has largely been aimless in his life. He has followed in James' footsteps in becoming an actor solely because James gave him the opportunity, but places no effort in it as a career. In addition to these issues, all three male members of the family drink to excess. These family issues are played out as the long day turns into night...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HaGQ77Rl4zJiWVQ0o0nTe5VNRld1ga8n


Video and audio information:

Video : 4.70 GB, 3946 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1022*576 (16:9), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 163 MB, 132 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, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Peyton Place (1957) - lesser known drama from director Mark Robson, starring Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Hope Lange, Lloyd Nolan and Arthur Kennedy

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 157 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Mark Robson
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050839/

Cast

Lana Turner ... Constance MacKenzie
Lee Philips ... Michael Rossi
Lloyd Nolan ... Dr. Swain
Arthur Kennedy ... Lucas Cross
Hope Lange ... Selena Cross
Russ Tamblyn ... Norman Page
Terry Moore ... Betty Anderson
Diane Varsi ... Allison MacKenzie

Description: It's the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule the town with their high moral standards, which they try to pass on to their offspring. The adults, especially those that wield power largely through their positions and/or through their wealth, will not tolerate anything they believe morally improper, even if there is a hint of impropriety without comprehensive evidence to back up the hints. As their offspring grow from teenagers to adults, they learn that there is much hypocrisy by the adults lying underneath that façade of proper Christian morals. The offspring begin to rebel in different ways, which is brought to public scrutiny with the arrival into town of an "outsider", the new young high school principal Michael Rossi, and through a murder trial.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/jlqj5yrv


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.67 GB, 3277 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024*436 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 503/90/90 MB (main/commentary/commentary), 448/80/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6/2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR/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, Dutch, Greek, German, Turkish, Finnish) posters and screenshots included

Triple audio track information

This movie contains three audio tracks, one is original English, and the others are commentary with filmmaker Willard Carroll and actors Terry Moore and Russ Tamblyn. 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 tracks on Track 2 and Track 3)

Saturday, January 16, 2021

He ran all the way (1951) - little known film noir directed by John Berry, starring John Garfield, Shelley Winters and Wallace Ford

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 78 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: John Berry
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043625/

Cast

John Garfield ... Nick Robey
Shelley Winters ... Peg Dobbs
Wallace Ford ... Fred Dobbs
Selena Royle ... Mrs. Dobbs
Gladys George ... Mrs. Robey
Norman Lloyd ... Al Molin
Robert Hyatt ... Tommy Dobbs
Clancy Cooper ... Stan

Description: The uptight and dumb small time thief Nick Robey and his partner and only friend Al Molin steal $10,000.00 from a man, but the heist goes wrong. Al Molin is killed by a policeman and Nick shoots him in the spine. He hides out in a public swimming pool and meets the lonely spinster Peggy Dobbs in the water. Nick uses Peggy to lie low. He offers a ride in a taxi to her and she invites him to her apartment, where she introduces her family to him. When Nick discovers that he killed the cop, he decides to use Peggy's apartment as hideout to wait the police manhunt cool down. When Nick finds that Peggy loves him, he invites her to leave town with him and asks her to buy a used car. However, Nick cannot trust anybody and believes Peggy has betrayed him.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/tr0gam1u


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.55 GB, 4695 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788*576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 155
Audio : 54 MB, 96 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles Separate English (although seem to be not 100% accurate translation), French, Spanish) posters and screenshots included

Monday, January 11, 2021

A double life (1947) - lesser known film noir from director George Cukor, starring Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien and Shelley Winters

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 105 min
Language: English/Italian/Swedish
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039335/

Cast

Ronald Colman ... Anthony John
Signe Hasso ... Brita Kaurin
Edmond O'Brien ... Bill Friend
Shelley Winters ... Pat Kroll
Ray Collins ... Victor Donlan
Philip Loeb ... Max Lasker
Millard Mitchell ... Al Cooley
Joe Sawyer ... Ray Bonner

Description: Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, it's terrible to be around him. That's the reason why his wife Brita divorced him; although she still loves him and works with him, she couldn't stand living with him anymore. So when Anthony accepts to play Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him and with each day his mind gets filled more and more with Othello's murderous jealousy.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/vcRLpGR2yLE


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.56 GB, 2123 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 648*480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 337 MB, 448 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC-3, CBR


Subtitles Separate English, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Topkapi (1964) - little known heist movie directed by Jules Dassin, starring Peter Ustinov, Melina Mercouri and Maximilian Schell

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 120 min
Language: English/French/Turkish/German/Greek/Italian
Country: USA
Directed by: Jules Dassin
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058672/

Cast

Melina Mercouri ... Elizabeth Lipp
Peter Ustinov ... Arthur Simon Simpson
Maximilian Schell ... Walter Harper
Robert Morley ... Cedric Page
Jess Hahn ... Hans Fisher
Gilles Ségal ... Giulio the Human Fly
Akim Tamiroff ... Gerven - the Cook
Titos Vandis ... Harback
Ege Ernart ... Maj. Ali Tufan

Description: Beautiful thief Elizabeth Lipp and criminal genius Walter Harper put together a plan to steal an emerald-encrusted dagger from Istanbul's Topkapi Palace. As part of their crew, they hire small-time hustler Arthur Simon Simpson to act as their fall guy. When the Turkish secret police capture Simpson at the border, they persuade him to spy on his partners in crime, mistakenly believing that they're Communist Agents plotting an assassination.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/s4n07yqp


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.94 GB, 2318 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 796*480 (1.66:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 144
Audio : 164 MB, 192 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AC-3, CBR


Subtitles (English 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, German, Greek, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Swedish) posters and screenshots included

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://workupload.com/file/pFJTdGHAt52


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