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Ten Tall Men (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Ten Tall Men
other title: 텐 톨 맨 / タルファ駐屯兵
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dance, Girl, Dance
7.7 (7 ratings) director: 多萝西·阿兹娜 actor: 玛琳·奥哈拉 / 路易斯·海沃德
other title: 跳吧,女孩子 / 댄스, 걸, 댄스
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling moxia.cc troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
The Woman on the Beach (1947) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Woman on the Beach
director: 让·雷诺阿 actor: 琼·贝内特 / Robert Ryan
other title: 海滩上的女人 / 海滨艳妇(港)
Woman on the Beach is a controversial film noir, an intense psychological drama about the world�s leading artist, recently blinded, who is obsessed with his condition and takes out his frustrations on his beautiful wife. A Coast Guard officer, recuperating from injuries suffered during the war, is drawn into their quiet conflict, and they become locked in an odd symbiotic relationship. This was the last American film by the French screen legend Jean Renoir. Critically panned when first released, the film later developed a cult following by many who consider it an existential masterpiece.

A WWII Coast Guard veteran, Lt. Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan), is plagued by nightmares of his combat days. One day, he meets a woman, Peggy Butler (Joan Bennett), walking on a beach, picking up pieces of wood. Butler is married to a grumpy, blind painter, Ted Butler (Charles Bickford). Despite his affections for his fianc�e Eve (Nan Leslie), whose father is a boat builder, Scott falls in love with Peggy and soon breaks off the engagement. Peggy reveals that she blinded her husband years earlier by throwing a glass at him during an ugly spat, ruining his career and her own ambitions to be an upper-class socialite. Scott fears that Ted is suspicious that he is having an affair with Peggy and becomes so paranoid that he begins to believe that Ted is faking his blindness — and sets out to prove it. This was the fifth and final American film by the great French writer-director Jean Renoir.
The Train (1964) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Train
7.6 (8 ratings) director: 约翰·弗兰克海默 actor: 伯特·兰卡斯特 / 保罗·斯科菲尔德
other title: 战斗列车 / 铁路敢死队
As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
8.6 (10 ratings) director: 伊利亚·卡赞 actor: 多萝西·麦克吉尔 / 琼·布朗德尔
other title: 브룩클린의 나무 성장 / Ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.