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Barbara Bel Geddes
Actress 1922 - 2005

Barbara Bel Geddes

New York City, New York, USA

Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American actress, artist and children's author. She is best known for her role in the television drama series Dallas as matriarch Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Ewing. Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway... Read full bio →

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The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

Barry Shear 1971 1h 33m

Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town.

The Five Pennies

The Five Pennies

Melville Shavelson 1959 1h 57m

Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.

Vertigo

Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock 1958 2h 8m 8.9

An ex-police officer is asked to follow an old friends wife who thinks she is being followed by ghosts. A classic Hitchcock about a man who’s afraid of heights and a woman he must unfortunately follow to great heights.

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

Henry Hathaway 1951 1h 32m 7.0

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets

Elia Kazan 1950 1h 36m 7.7

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

Caught

Caught

Max Ophüls 1949 1h 28m 8.0

It was her childhood dream come true. She had married a man worth millions. But her innocent dream became a tormented nightmare once she realized the truth about her husband. He was more than a millionaire, he was absolutely insane!

I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

George Stevens 1948 2h 14m 7.0

The ups and downs of a Norwegian immigrant family, circa 1910.

Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

Robert Wise 1948 1h 28m 7.0

Mitchum plays drifter cowboy Jim Garry. After receiving a job-offer letter from smooth-talking Tate Riling (Preston), Garry rides into an Indian reservation and finds himself in the middle of a feud between cattle ranchers and homesteaders. What Garry doesn't realize is that Riling, the man he now works for, is crooked.

The Long Night

The Long Night

Anatole Litvak 1947 1h 41m 6.0

City police surround a building attempting to capture a suspected murder. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

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