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cc age 13+

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
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Kanopy
82
73
7.8
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76
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76
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96
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84
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86
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Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
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MGM Plus
71
7.5
/50160/
72
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69
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3.7
/39224/
69
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83
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59
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cc age 8+

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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72
68
6.9
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66
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100
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76
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61
/9/

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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73
67
7.2
/9876/
71
/182/
70
/180/
3.7
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77
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77
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Angel Face (1953)
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
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70
63
6.9
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66
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63
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3.3
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85
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68
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79
/9/

Pat and Mike (1952)
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
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72
61
6.7
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70
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66
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100
/9/
77
/39/
58
/5/

Sunday in New York (1963)
An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.
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Disney Plus
59
6.3
/27802/
68
/1185/
63
/710/
3.1
/25807/
56
/27/
60
/1437/
46
/5/
cc age 7+

Pete's Dragon (1977)
Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
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58
7.0
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68
/66/
66
/66/
3.5
/3777/
72
/52/

His Kind of Woman (1951)
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
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71
58
7.2
/4734/
71
/110/
68
/73/
3.5
/2867/
78
/9/
69
/19/

Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
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Peacock Premium
68
57
7.6
/3514/
65
/120/
62
/56/
3.4
/2760/
69
/2152/
cc age 5+

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
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70
56
7.1
/3104/
70
/35/
66
/41/
3.4
/1388/
80
/10/
78
/69/
58
/6/

Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
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51
5.8
/1013/
60
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48
/12/
3.2
/212/
26
/97/

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
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50
5.9
/1507/
67
/35/
64
/36/
3.1
/672/
22
/9/
29
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Hurry Sundown (1967)
A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
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65
50
6.8
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69
/62/
63
/59/
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58
/72/

M (1951)
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
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65
50
6.2
/2468/
70
/99/
63
/65/
3.1
/1209/
80
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57
/48/

Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
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58
47
6.0
/2906/
64
/111/
59
/52/
3.3
/4534/
41
/1986/

Friday Foster (1975)
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
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62
40
6.4
/2377/
65
/47/
58
/32/
3.2
/1181/
60
/38/

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
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66
37
7.3
/1678/
64
/45/
66
/42/
3.4
/1063/
60
/19/

The Girl Most Likely To... (1973)
An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
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MGM Plus
44
37
5.1
/4134/
56
/113/
51
/88/
2.6
/2085/
17
/6/
37
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Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
The former leader of a commando rescue attempt into Vietnam tries to discover why his squad members are being murdered, one-by-one, after the war is over.
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58
36
5.4
/1170/
51
/39/
53
/22/
3.0
/1994/
92
/12/
38
/8/

Crazy Mama (1975)
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
52
35
5.7
/1663/
52
/33/
60
/44/
2.9
/1672/
34
/111/

Macabre (1958)
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.
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62
35
6.5
/1152/
65
/24/
60
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3.3
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55
/45/

I Love Melvin (1953)
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk, and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
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60
35
6.6
/2592/
70
/32/
57
/27/
3.2
/957/
45
/263/

Boys' Night Out (1962)
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. In secret, they get themselves an apartment with a beautiful young woman, Kathy, for romantic rendezvous. But Kathy does not tell them that she is a sociology student researching the sexual life of the white middle-class male.
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43
34
4.5
/3669/
54
/55/
44
/46/
2.8
/2407/
24
/21/
35
/95/

Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
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76
33
7.3
/1151/
60
/11/
69
/18/
3.5
/406/
100
/5/
84
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Bright Victory (1951)
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
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The Roku Channel
53
32
5.4
/2175/
64
/71/
46
/29/
2.9
/1079/
44
/1031/

Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
When a decaying Russian satellite crashes on the island, the Professor uses a key component for a barometer. With that device, he learns that a massive wave is going to swamp the island. In desperation, the castaways lash their huts together into one structure in order to have any chance to ride the disaster out.
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30
6.1
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58
/29/
52
/20/
3.1
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40
/5/
45
/19/

The Opposite Sex (1956)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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63
30
6.5
/1665/
65
/34/
62
/20/
3.3
/465/
57
/101/

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
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62
29
6.6
/1568/
67
/20/
69
/19/
3.2
/711/
46
/95/

The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
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28
6.9
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67
/23/
61
/17/
3.3
/273/
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/150/

Above and Beyond (1953)
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
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MGM Plus
57
26
6.4
/1254/
65
/27/
51
/22/
3.2
/588/
50
/6/
48
/15/

Johnny Cool (1963)
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
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63
25
6.4
/1054/
70
/13/
68
/17/
3.2
/419/
52
/480/

Deep in My Heart (1954)
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
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63
25
6.7
/1193/
67
/27/
66
/23/
3.3
/1014/
50
/10/

Hollywood Story (1951)
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
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61
24
6.1
/1074/
70
/18/
42
/12/
3.3
/381/
66
/568/

Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
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Hoopla
59
24
5.7
/1008/
63
/19/
57
/16/
3.1
/335/
59
/1182/

Hello Down There (1969)
Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
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23
6.5
/982/
60
/15/
62
/12/
3.3
/267/
63
/108/

Ask Any Girl (1959)
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
poster
63
23
6.8
/1289/
68
/16/
47
/13/
3.3
/401/
67
/6/
67
/5/

I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
poster
65
23
6.7
/927/
69
/22/
61
/10/
3.3
/254/
64
/264/

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
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52
21
6.3
/1087/
61
/11/
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/20/
3.3
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40
/5/
28
/5/

Easy Living (1949)
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
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53
21
5.9
/946/
57
/16/
50
/12/
47
/128/

Advance to the Rear (1964)
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless Heath and Brackenbury must now lead a ragtag group on a classified mission to protect a transport for the U.S. Treasury. Complicating matters is Martha Lou Williams, a Confederate agent posing as a lady of the evening.
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54
21
5.7
/823/
51
/18/
55
/22/
3.1
/237/
47
/73/

Francis in the Navy (1955)
In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.
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67
20
6.3
/551/
73
/35/
66
/21/
3.3
/581/

When Magoo Flew (1954)
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plane thinking it to be a theater. Little does Magoo know the man he is sitting next to is actually a thief and when a detective appears on the plane to track the thief down, Magoo thinks it's all part of the movie. After doing some wing walking, Magoo reenters the plane and exposes the thief to the detective. When the plane lands, Magoo remarks that they should have shown a cartoon particularly one with that "delightful near sighted fellow".
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Hoopla
58
20
5.9
/725/
57
/15/
68
/12/
3.2
/251/
50
/88/

Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
poster
Criterion Channel
53
20
6.0
/1169/
57
/28/
58
/15/
3.1
/516/
43
/7/
40
/7/

Androcles and the Lion (1952)
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
poster
66
20
6.5
/584/
66
/3/
68
/3/
64
/843/

The Great Lover (1949)
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
19
5.7
/621/
38
/8/
54
/16/
3.2
/200/
53
/105/

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
17
4.9
/1069/
61
/24/
50
/18/
2.9
/675/
28
/21/
cc age 9+

C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the boy's invention from him.


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