Films with: Nichols, Dudley

Air Force

The Flying Fortress Mary-Ann and its crew leave San Francisco for Honolulu on a routine training flight the day before Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. Subsequently, the crew mans the Mary-Ann through action at Wake Island, the Philippines, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and Australia. The B-17 seen in many of the scenes would later be lost in action with its crew over the Pacific.

DVD 12586

And then there were none

Ten people, strangers to each other, are invited to a lavish estate on an island. The tension mounts as, one by one, they are murdered.

DVD 1624

Bells of St. Mary's

Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the entire school may be razed to make way for a parking lot.

DVD 368

Bringing up Baby

An heiress determined to catch a zoologist uses her pet leopard, Baby, to get his attention.

DVD 5271

Eugene O'Neill The long voyage home

The merchant ship Glencairn rolls and shivers in the black North Atlantic. On board, her anxious crewmen search the sky for German planes and hope they'll survive The Long Voyage Home.

DVD 4620

For whom the bell tolls

"The story of Robert Jordan (Cooper), an American demolition expert who lends his abilities to the anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. Assisting him is a band of warriors that includes the strong-willed Pilar (Katina Paxinou), the dangerously undependable Pablo (Akim Tamiroff), and the lovely, innocent Maria (Bergman). As danger mounts, Robert and Maria develop a closeness that blossoms into one of the screen's greatest love stories."--Container.

DVD 209

Informer

The scene is Dublin, 1922. Gypo Nolan stumbles through a foggy Irish night, his brain pickled in whiskey and his soul tormented by shame and fear. Gypo is an informer, a turncoat who betrayed his friend to the British police for 20 pounds. Now he can't spend the money fast enough, nor can he run from his treachery fast enough as he brawls, brags, swaggers and lies his way toward his fate.

DVD 5648

Lost patrol

A terse drama about British cavalryman lost in the Mesopotamian desert during World War I. They are pursued constantly by Arab sharpshooters. When the leader of the patrol is killed, McLaglen takes charge of the eleven ragged survivors. This film established John Ford's reputation as a director internationally.

DVD 5651

Man hunt

A British hunter on vacation in the Bavarian Alps, in the forests near Adolf Hitler's home, gets Hitler in his gun sight, pondering whether or not he should shoot him.

DVD 6630

Mary of Scotland

Historical drama about the ill-fated Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin Elizabeth, Queen of England.

DVD 5649

Pinky

Pinky Johnson is a pretty, light-skinned Negro nursing student who's been passing for white, a fact she's kept secret from her Granny and the young doctor she's in love with.

DVD 9994

Scarlet Street

Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues delectable Kitty from her abusive boyfriend Johnny. Smitten, amateur painter Chris lets Kitty think he's a wealthy artist. At Johnny's urging, she lets Chris establish her in an apartment (with his shrewish wife's money). There, Chris paints masterpieces; but Johnny sells them under Kitty's name, with disastrous and ironic results.

DVD 5304

Spanish earth The 400 million.

The Spanish Earth is a docudrama on the Civil War in Spain that dramatizes the effects of the fascist uprising and invasion on the ordinary citizen, using actual scenes of the fighting. Shows how the city of Fuentedueña works on an irrigation project while dealing with the war. The 400 Million. The Japanese aggression against China in 1937 forced the Chinese communists to join Chiang Kai-shek's Kwomintang to take up the battle against their common enemy. Filmed in 1938 and focusing on the battle of T'aiertshwang, this film shows all aspects of a war: the battle, the preparations, refugees, casualties and victims, the fear and distress, the human misery and the courage, and the land under fire.

DVD 2686

Stagecoach

A group of passengers with nothing in common are stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.

DVD 4623

Stagecoach

Nine desparate travelers are thrust together on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.

DVD 31

This land is mine

The manner and cowardice of Albert Lory, a mother-fixated, slovenly school teacher in an unnamed country in Europe, are the subjects of his students' cruel jokes. Yet Lory's true inner courage is brought to light when the Nazis try to bribe him to keep his mouth shut in a court where he is being tried for a murder he did not commit. Instead, in the face of Nazi threats, he stands and delivers an impassioned speech on the preciousness of liberty.

DVD 10467

Tin star

"A greenhorn sheriff who hasn't worn his badge long ... and won't live to wear it much longer unless he gest some savvy help"--Container insert.

DVD 12687

Toast of New York

"With his partner Nick Boyd (Cary Grant), 19th century Wall Street buccaneer Jim Fisk (Edward Arnold) employs high finance and low cunning to create an empire built on railroads, shipping lines, gold and flimflam. Boyd and Fisk are as thick as the thieves they are until they both fall for the same alluring, ambitious woman"--Container.

DVD 10883