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We Were Strangers (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
We Were Strangers
director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: Jennifer Jones / John Garfield …
other title: Wir waren uns fremd / Les insurgés …
China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high official, assassinate him, and blow up the whole Cuban hierarchy at the ensuing state funeral. Together with a band of dedicated revolutionaries, they begin digging.
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三个陌生人 (1946) [Movie] Douban
Three Strangers
director: 让·尼古拉斯科 actor: 彼得·洛 / 西德尼·格林斯垂特 …
other title: Three Strangers
According to a legend, if three strangers gather before an idol of Kwan Yin (the Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny) on the night of the Chinese New Year and make a common wish, Kwan Yin will open her eyes and her heart and grant the wish. In London 1938 on the Chinese New Year, Crystal Shackleford has such an idol and decides to put the legend to the test. She picks two random strangers off the street, and puts the proposition to them. They decide that an ideal wish would be for a sweepstakes ticket they buy equal shares in to be a winner. After all, everyone needs money and a pot is very easy to divide equally, right?
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Moby Dick (1956) [Movie]
Moby Dick
director: John Huston actor: Gregory Peck / Richard Basehart …
other title: Moby Dick - La balena bianca / 백경 …
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
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The Red Badge of Courage (1951) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Red Badge of Courage
director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 奥迪·墨菲 / 比尔·莫尔丁 …
other title: 铁骑雄师 / 铁血雄师 …
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB Eggplant.place WikiData
Murders in the Rue Morgue
director: 罗伯特·弗洛里 actor: 希妮·福克斯 / 贝拉·卢戈西 …
other title: 莫格街谋杀案 / 莫尔格街谋杀案 …
In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.
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The Kremlin Letter (1970) [Movie] Eggplant.place IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
The Kremlin Letter
director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 奥逊·威尔斯 / 毕比·安德松 …
other title: 铁幕来鸿 / 谍网藏龙 …
After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.
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The Stranger (1946) [Movie] Douban IMDb Eggplant.place TMDB WikiData
The Stranger
7.0 (13 ratings) director: 奥逊·威尔斯 actor: 爱德华·罗宾逊 / 洛丽泰·扬 …
other title: 陌生人 / 陌生客 …
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
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Juarez (1939) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Juarez
director: 威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 保罗·穆尼 / 贝蒂·戴维斯 …
other title: 锦绣山河 / Juarez et Maximilien …
Louis Napoleon III takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximillian Hapsburg to add Mexico to his empire. of Mexico.
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Let There Be Light (1980) [Movie] Eggplant.place IMDb Douban
Let There Be Light
director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 沃尔特·休斯顿
other title: 上帝说要有光 / San Pietro, Let There Be Light …
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during their treatment. It deals with what would now be called PTSD, but at the time was categorised as psychoneurosis or shell-shock. Government officials deemed this 1946 film counterproductive to postwar efforts; it was not shown publicly until 1981.
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) [Movie] Douban
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 黛博拉·蔻儿 / 罗伯特·米彻姆
other title: 明情 / 荒岛仙窟日月情(港/台) …
德博拉克尔饰演的修女被困于太平洋的一个孤岛上，与英勇的海军军官一起度过了一段惊险刺激而又无比浪漫的日子。他们一起在岛上躲避日军。结果这位军官深深地爱上了这位美丽善良而又虔诚的修女。但他们之间的爱情却使这位修女陷入了爱与神职的交战中。但它们之间忠贞的爱情，能否是他们终成眷属呢？
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Moby Dick (1956) [Movie] IMDb Douban Eggplant.place TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Moby Dick
6.8 (9 ratings) director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 格利高里·派克 / 理查德·贝斯哈特 …
other title: Moby Dick - La balena bianca / 백경 …
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
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Key Largo (1948) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Key Largo
7.2 (12 ratings) director: 约翰·休斯顿 actor: 亨弗莱·鲍嘉 / 劳伦·白考尔 …
other title: 盖世枭雄 / 缓慢调 …
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.