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Preston Foster

Preston Foster (1900-1970) was an American actor with a career spanning over four decades in the film and television industry. He appeared in over 90 films, including "Annie Oakley" (1935), "My Friend Flicka" (1943) and "I Shot Jesse James" (1949). Foster also worked as a director on several TV shows in the 1950s.

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1932 IMDB Rating: 8.2

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chai...

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The Informer

The Informer

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British aut...

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Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1952 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discov...

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Heat Lightning

Heat Lightning

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1934 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

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The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls

Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1946 IMDB Rating: 7

On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

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I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1949 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mo...

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Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.

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Ladies They Talk About

Ladies They Talk About

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1933 IMDB Rating: 6.6

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

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Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston Foster) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

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My Friend Flicka

My Friend Flicka

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1943 IMDB Rating: 6.5

Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing grades, his father, Rob, blames the boy's lack of persona...

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