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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
A daughter visits her family to introduce them to her Black fiancé, whose kindness and loving demeanor changes the hearts of her reluctant parents.
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The Whole Town's Talking
Clerk Arthur Jones (Edward G. Robinson) lives a dull life until someone realizes that he looks like gangster "Killer" Mannion (also Robinson). After Jones is brought in by the police and his identity is verified, he is given a note to assuage any other suspicious policeman. Jones is hired by a newspaper to write about Mannion and starts dating Wilhelmina Clark (Jean Arthur). However, when Jones returns home one night, Mannion is waiting and demands the note so that he can roam freely.
The Awful Truth
Jerry (Cary Grant) and Lucy (Irene Dunne) are a married couple who doubt each other's fidelity: Jerry suspects Lucy and her music teacher (Alexander D'Arcy) of spending an evening together, and Lucy is convinced Jerry lied about a business trip. When the jealous pair file for divorce, both rush into new relationships, but quickly realize their love never died. The soon-to-be-divorced husband and wife then both scramble to spoil each other's chances for newfound romance.
Gidget
A self-conscious teen gains confidence when two surfers show interest, challenging her insecurities and changing how she sees herself.
Forbidden
In this fast-paced potboiler, a district attorney begins having an affair with a staid librarian, who ultimately gets pregnant with their child.
Mickey One
A stand-up comic with gambling debts runs away to Chicago to escape the mob, but his yearning to get back on stage may compromise his new identity.
Cactus Flower
A dentist pretends he's married to avoid committing to his girlfriend. When she asks to meet his wife, he enlists his nurse to pose as his spouse.
Holiday
Johnny (Cary Grant) seems like a solid match for Julia (Doris Nolan), the socialite daughter of Edward Seton (Henry Kolker). Assured that Johnny is a worthy suitor, Edward approves of the pairing. But, as Johnny's wanderlust surfaces -- he is more interested in traveling than in business -- Edward starts to have doubts. Johnny also begins to wonder if he might not be a better match for Linda (Katharine Hepburn), Julia's outspoken younger sister, with whom he has much more in common.
You Can't Run Away From It
A spoiled heiress teams up with an enterprising reporter to escape her domineering father's plan of keeping her from getting married.
Anatomy of a Murder
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler (James Stewart) takes the case of Army Lt. Manion (Ben Gazzara), who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife (Lee Remick) claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick (Brooks West) and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer (George C. Scott) to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner (Kathryn Grant), who's hiding a dark secret.
Oliver!
In 1830s London, orphan Oliver Twist escapes to join a band of young pickpockets led by the sly Fagin in this musical take on Dickens' classic tale.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
A daughter visits her family to introduce them to her Black fiancé, whose kindness and loving demeanor changes the hearts of her reluctant parents.
Queen Bee
A naive, working-class Chicagoan enters a world of bitter jealousy and manipulative power plays when invited to Atlanta by her socialite elder cousin.
Rusty Leads the Way
With the help of his canine buddy, Rusty, a kind, young kid performs good deeds for people and befriends a blind girl in the process.
The Howards of Virginia
When his impoverished past is uncovered, Matt Howard (Cary Grant) is promptly fired by the Peytons, a wealthy family in Williamsburg during the Revolutionary War era. Undeterred, Matt returns to court the family's daughter, Jane (Martha Scott), and the two marry and raise a family in the Virginia backwoods, infuriating the Peytons. The birth of a crippled son results in years of tension between Matt and Jane, and, when Matt decides to join the army, Jane makes a stunning decision.
Miss Sadie Thompson
In postwar Honolulu, a former sex worker finds herself courted by a love-struck Marine as a religious zealot sets his sights on reforming her.
Dead Reckoning
A war hero steps off a train and into a world of gambling, blackmail and murder while searching for a fellow vet who inexplicably disappeared himself.
It Happened to Jane
When a shipment of expired shellfish arrives to her New England lobstery, Jane Osgood decides to take a capitalist railroad tycoon to court.
The Fuller Brush Girl
Fired from her job as a switchboard operator, a daffy young woman tries her hand at door-to-door cosmetics sales only to get mixed up in a murder rap.
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
The machinations of a lusty landlord threaten the bliss of a couple trying to determine their character compatibility by living together platonically.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
A daughter visits her family to introduce them to her Black fiancé, whose kindness and loving demeanor changes the hearts of her reluctant parents.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A youth leader and idealist fights false accusations and corruption from the political machine that engineered his appointment to the U.S. Senate.