, 1h15 Directed byRobert Wise, Léonide Moguy OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Romance ThemesSpy films, Political films ActorsGeorge Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Robert Armstrong, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart, H. B. Warner Roles Eben Kareem Rating61% In the spring of 1941, American journalist Michael Gordon (George Sanders) and his colleague, William Chalmers (Robert Anderson), arrive in Damascus. When Chalmers is murdered, Gordon sets out to find out why. He is helped along by glamorous secret agent Yvonne (Virginia Bruce), who is on the trail of a group of Nazi saboteurs. Intrigue centers around the actions of Josef Danesco (Gene Lockhart) who offers to sell information, as well as French diplomatic official Andre Leroux (André Charlot) and Eric Latimer (Alan Napier), the owner of the Hotel International, both suspected of having connections with the Nazis.
, 1h42 Directed byMichael Curtiz OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Crime, Melodrama, Romance ThemesFilms set in Africa, Political films, Films based on plays ActorsHumphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet Roles Muezzini Rating84% Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
Directed byWilliam Witney, John English OriginUSA GenresScience fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror ActorsHenry Brandon, Robert Kellard, Olaf Hytten, Tom Chatterton, Luana Walters, George Cleveland Roles Tribal Chieftain Rating67% Fu Manchu attempts to conquer the world by acquiring the Sceptre of Genghis Khan, which will unite the people of Asia under his rule. Allan Parker allies himself with the traditional British literary nemeses of Fu Manchu, Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associate, Dr. Flinders Petrie after his father is kidnapped and killed by Fu Manchu's dacoits.
, 1h57 Directed byRobert Parrish, George Stevens OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure ThemesPoésie, Political films, Adaptation d'un poème ActorsCary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Eduardo Ciannelli, Sam Jaffe, Joan Fontaine Roles Thug Chieftain (uncredited) Rating71% On the Northwest Frontier of India, circa 1880, contact has been lost with a British outpost at Tantrapur in the midst of a telegraph message. Colonel Weed (Montagu Love) dispatches a detachment of 25 British Indian Army troops to investigate, led by three sergeants of the Royal Engineers, MacChesney (Victor McLaglen), Cutter (Cary Grant), and Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), long-time friends and veteran campaigners. Although they are a disciplinary headache for their colonel, they are the right men to send on a dangerous mission. Accompanying the detail are six Indian camp workers, including regimental bhisti (water carrier) Gunga Din (Sam Jaffe), who longs to throw off his lowly status and become a soldier of the Queen.
, 1h5 Directed byIrving Pichel OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesMusical films ActorsRamón Novarro, Rosemary Lane, Gene Lockhart, Lola Lane, Kathleen Burke, Stanley Fields Roles Kisub Rating60% Le puissant Sheik Ahmed Ben Nesib, lit avec intérêt un article de journal décrivant l'arrivée de la gâtés héritière américaine Phyllis Murdok "Flip" en Arabie. L'article explique que Flip fiancée à Lord Eustache Byington, se mariera avec lui seulement si elle perd dans une course à cheval contre le sien. Flip , recherche un cheval. Amusé par l'idée d'une telle femme indépendante, le Sheik veut la rencontrée.
, 1h17 Directed byJohn G. Blystone OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesChildren's films ActorsJanet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ginger Rogers, James Dunn, Dick Foran, Beryl Mercer Roles Man at Greenwich Village Party Rating60% After their graduation from college, friends Catherine Furness (Janet Gaynor), Chris Thring (Charles Farrell), Mack McGowan (James Dunn) and Madge Rountree (Ginger Rogers) move to New York City. Madge hopes to become an actress, lawyer Chris wants to work for a big firm, Mack aspires to being a radio crooner, and Catherine desires to be a writer. Although the quartet are great friends, their relationships are strained by their romantic entanglements, for Catherine is in love with Chris, who has eyes only for Madge, while Madge cannot make up her mind between Chris and Mack, who adores Catherine.