Trumpet players Danny (Fred Astaire) and Hank (Burgess Meredith) have been avoiding graduation for seven years so that they can continue playing with their college band. They hire pretty Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) as the band's agent and as she quickly increases their earning power the boys find themselves with flourishing musical careers. Ellen is one day hired as Artie Shaw's band manager and makes plans for Danny and Hank to audition for Shaw. Both however are keen rival
Oscar winners Robert De Niro Robert Duvall play brothers the Reverend Desmond Spellacy and Tommy Spellacy who are drawn together after many years apart in this tale of murder and sibling rivalry...
A remake of 'Valley Of The Giants' 'The Big Trees' features Kirk Douglas as an ambitious lumberman who wants to make a fortune from the Redwood Forest by pushing a religious sect off their land. His many adventures include organising the religious sect to take action and leading them against their enemies as well as saving a heroine from a runaway train.
Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is an impoverished Parisian medical student who overhears Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) saying that he wished somebody would murder his wealthy aunt so that he could collect the inheritance. Radek decides to kill the old lady and her maid but is surprised by an incredibly shortsighted burglar, Heurtin (Burgess Meredith). When Heurtin stumbles over the dead body he unwittingly incriminates himself and becomes the focal point of the police investigation.Inspector Maigret (Charles Laughton) has to solve one of his most infamous cases as he persues the murderer across the rooftops and streets of Paris. As the two protagonists play a deadly game of cat and mouse, Maigret confronts his suspect in a stunning climax on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Paris... As You Have Never Seen It Before! John Radek (Franchot Tone) is an impoverished Parisian medical student who overhears Billy Kirby (Robert Hutton) saying that he wished somebody would murder his wealthy aunt so that he could collect the inheritance. Radek decides to kill the old lady and her maid but is surprised by an incredibly short sighted burglar Heurtin (Burgess Meredith). When Heurtin stumbles over the dead body he unwittingly incriminates himself and becomes the focal point if the police investigation. Inspector Maigret (Charles Laughton) has to solve one of his most infamous cases as he pursues the murdered across the rooftops and streets of Paris. As the two protagonists play a deadly game of cat and mouse Maigret confronts his suspect in a stunning climax on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Kirk Douglas plays Jim Fallon a hard-nosed lumberjack intent on making his fortune from California's famous giant redwood trees. The territory he has designs on though is inhabited by a religious colony that begs him not to strip their land of the mighty sequoias...
In The Big Trees Kirk Douglas plays Jim Fallon a hard-nosed lumberjack intent on making his fortune from California's famous giant redwood trees. The territory he has designs on though is inhabited by a religious colony that begs him not to strip their land of the mighty sequoias... Released in 1952 Douglas is at his dynamic best in this beautifully photographed film set in picturesque Northern California. Presented in its original Academy Frame aspect ratio this special editio
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