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- DirectorBarry MahonStarsErrol FlynnBeverly AadlandJohn McKayErrol Flynn , playing himself as a war correspondent, helps Fidel Castro overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista . The film was shot, with Castro's cooperation, while he was still fighting Batista.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsJack PalanceAnita EkbergNigel PatrickAn English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. He flees to the continent, where he embarks on the life of his dreams; spending lavishly and pursuing women (including Anita Ekberg). A detective (Jack Palance) tracking him soon discovers he's not the only one searching for him, and begins to suspect there's more to the case than just an ordinary jewel theft.
- DirectorRené CardonaAlbert LewinStarsSteve ForrestLiliane MontevecchiJames Robertson JusticeSeveral mysterious deaths are attributed to an ancient stone idol.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsRandolph ScottForrest TuckerMala PowersA special agent from Chicago is sent out west to bring in the notorious Reno brothers.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsCharlton HestonEleanor ParkerAbraham SofaerThe Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsJean PetersJeffrey HunterConstance SmithIn a Georgia swamp, a young hunter stumbles upon a wanted fugitive and his daughter, and helps them return to civilization.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJames MasonDorothy DandridgeBroderick CrawfordA band of dishonest seamen plan a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
- DirectorRussell RouseStarsSusan HaywardJeff ChandlerJacques Bergerac1850 adventure story of the Basque immigrants on their way to California, their struggle with the Indians, and the development of a complicated love triangle.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerVictor McLaglenLuciana PaluzziOff the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsLex BarkerDorothy HartPatric KnowlesTarzan acts as a guide for two British government agents recently arrived in Africa to secure a great cache of diamonds for the English military. However, the agents are not what they seem.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGregory PeckVirginia MayoRobert BeattyDuring the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneMary MurphyFrancis L. SullivanDown-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsBurt LancasterVirginia MayoRobert DouglasDardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsJohn EricsonMari BlanchardCharles McGrawTension and rivalry among a crew of steeplejacks.
- DirectorChristian NybyStarsHelmut DantineWilliam TalmanDonna MartellCorrupt prison authorities use convict labor to run mines.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsDennis MorganPatricia MedinaWilliam TalmanA love triangle tears apart two partners prospecting for uranium in Colorado.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsCharles McGrawAdele JergensWilliam TalmanA well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.
- DirectorDouglas SirkStarsRock HudsonRobert StackDorothy MaloneStory of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats.
- DirectorWill PriceStarsJohn PayneMaureen O'HaraHoward Da SilvaIn 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsCornel WildeYvonne De CarloRaymond BurrIn Mexican California, a land feud erupts and murder is committed when rich landowner Don Domingo reneges on an earlier verbal promise made by his father to grant to the tenant Melo family a piece of land.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsGregg PalmerAllison HayesAutumn RussellZombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsDick PowellPaula RaymondAdolphe MenjouA New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
- DirectorHarry KellerStarsDorothy PatrickArthur FranzBarbra FullerBud Dolliver, a former WWII hero and an ex-convict, returns to his hometown in an effort to make a new life for himself, but even with help from cannery worker Lou Jellison he finds living down his reputation difficult. He manages to get a job at Kelsey's Boat Yard because an accident caused by Kelsey Bunker's no-good son Junior endangered Bud's life and revealed his excellent war record. He does well at the job, but Joe Pettigrew (NOT played by Gig Young), personnel manager of the cannery, is jealous of Lou's feeling for Bud. He frames Bud for a robbery committed by himself and Junior Bunker. Bud's alibi is weak because he is trying to protect Lou's reputation as on the night of the robbery they were out of the state trying to get married.