Perc Launders
Oyuncu · 1904 – 1952 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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Film8.0GizemDramZengin medya patronu Charles Foster Kane kendi özel şatosu Xanadu'da ölür. Ölürken son söz olan Rosabud'u fısıldar. Bütün gazetelerde Kane ile ilgili değişik hayat hikayeleri yayınlanır. Genç bir gazeteci Kane'nin son sözünün ne anlama geldiğini araştırmak için görevlendirilir. Gazeteci Kane'nin yakınlarıyla iletişime geçer. Biz de Kane'nin geçmişine tanık oluruz. Bu bireysel hikaye aynı zamanda mükemmelliyetçiliğin ve otoriter yönetimin hazin sonuçlarını da göstermektedir.
Film8.3DramJoe Gillis (William Holden) genç bir senaristtir. Film, Gills’in bir havuzda kanlar içinde yatarken görüntüsü ile başlar ve daha sonra altı ay öncesine gideriz. Senaryolarını satamayan ve parasız kalan Joe’nun başı eski borçlarıyla derttedir. Alacaklılardan kaçar ve Sunset Bulvarı’ndaki bir eve sığınarak saklanır. Buradaki ev sahibi ise, sessiz filmler döneminde ün yapmış aktrislerden Norma Desmond’dır (Gloria Swanson). Eski ününü hemen geri kazanabileceğini düşünen Norma, kendi yazdığı bir senaryoyla sinema dünyasına dönmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Joe kendisine senaryo yazımı konusunda yardım edebileceğini söyler ve böylelikle Norma onun bu evde yaşamasına izin verir.
Film7.7SuçGerilimBir trende karşılaşıp birbirlerinin babası ile karısını öldürmeyi düşünen iki kişinin hikâyesi, on yıldır ABD'de olan İngiliz Alfred Hitchcock'un ilgisini çekti. Yönetmen, her zamanki gibi, fiyatı düşürmek için adını vermeden kitabın film haklarını 7 bin 500 dolara aldı. Hikâye malum: Zengin psikopat Bruno (Robert Walker), tenis yıldızı Guy'a (Farley Granger), onun karısı ile kendisinin babasını öldürme işini değiş-tokuş etmelerini teklif eder. Derken fikrini uygulamaya koyar ve Guy'dan karşılığını bekler...
Film7.6DramKronik bir alkolik olan Don Birnam, içkiyle olan savaşında bir türlü galip gelememektedir. Kardeşiyle yapacağı hafta sonu gezisi öncesi birkaç kadeh içki içmek için dışarı çıkması, felakat gibi bir hafta sonu geçirmesine neden olacaktır. Kadehlerin ardı arkası hiç kesilmeyecek ancak Don yeterli parayı bir türlü bulamayacaktır. Kendinden geçmiş bir şekilde barları dolaşan genç adam, hayallerinden bile vazgeçmeye hazırdır.
Film7.4SuçGizemUzun yıllar saklandığı kasabada kimliği belirsiz kişilerce vurularak öldürülen Andersen'ın olayı sigorta şirketinin en gözüpek çalışanlarından Jim Reardon'ın ilgisini çeker. Cinayeti araştırmaya başlayan Jim, İsveçli olarak da bilinen Andersen'in tanıdıklarıyla konuştukça makdülün karanlık geçmişine tanık olur. Bağlantıları kurdukça geçmişte yaşanan bir hırsızlık olayına ulaşır. Sigorta şirketine 250 bin dolara mal olan bu dava kapanalı altı yıl olsa da Jim'in vazgeçmeye niyeti yoktur.
Film6.3KorkuKomediAs novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · 122 votes
Film7.1SuçGerilimAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Kiss of Death
1947 · 172 votes
Film7.2SuçGizemAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
The Naked City
1948 · 293 votes
Film6.5DramRomantikOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
They Won't Believe Me
1947 · 50 votes
Film6.7SuçGizemSoon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · 177 votes
Film7.1DramGerilimAfter years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
The Enforcer
1951 · 117 votes
Film6.1DramWhen Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
The Lady Gambles
1949 · 34 votes
Film6.6KomediSuçWhile watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Lady on a Train
1945 · 54 votes
Film6.0MaceraKomediBanished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Seven Sinners
1940 · 38 votes
Film5.4SuçGerilimA police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946 · 26 votes
Film6.6SuçDramA warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · 9 votes
Film6.6Bilim KurguKorkuDr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · 49 votes
Film6.2SuçGizemSuave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor. There's no shortage of suspects: the costume designer to whom he was married, a tyrannical director, a beautiful young French starlet, a Shakespeare-quoting producer, even a New York gangster. Helping The Falcon solve the crime is a cute, wise-cracking cab driver and a pair of bumbling cops.
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944 · 14 votes
Film6.2WesternArriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.
The Virginian
1946 · 25 votes
Film7.3KomediRomantikThe singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an offer of ten dollars to sing at a dubious night club on the edge of town where a band led by Happy Marshall is playing.
And the Angels Sing
1944 · 7 votes
Film6.0WesternFrenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
Frenchie
1950 · 12 votes
Film7.7AksiyonWesternKnowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in time to save Banker Stockton and his money from Carter's men. When Stockton then lends the ranchers money, Carter has them burned out. Bob knows Carter is responsible and when Carter's henchman Saunders is recognized, Bob goes into action.
Code of the West
1947 · 3 votes
Film7.2KomediRomantikPolly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Bachelor Mother
1939 · 82 votes
Film6.6GerilimSuçSteve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947 · 22 votes