Ben Cooper

US Admiral John Hoskins' devotion to the Navy inspired his heroic efforts to retain active-duty status and command despite a crippling injury in World War II, as portrayed in this well-acted biography.

When Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo, he had one actress in mind-Anna Magnani. William's sense of casting proved as sharp as his ear for dialogue. Magnani won the Best Actress Oscar. for her bravura portrayal in this drama that received eight Academy Award. nominations (including Best Picture) and won three.

A botched robbery in a small town by an ex-Confederate and his sons leads one son to return to face the vengeful father of a boy accidentally killed.

Guts, determination and hard work lift a young woman out of brutal poverty into Academy Award-winning stardom as one of its highest paid actresses.

Jet Cosgrave has been swindled out of his father's ranch by a wicked uncle. He returns eight years later with a bunch of gunslingers headed by the psychopathic Duke Rankin, and sets about plotting his revenge. Distractions, in the comely shapes of naïve ranch girl Judy Polsen and Alice Austin, his uncle's fiancée, cannot deter Jet from the final showdown, but not before the two sides have already shed a lot of blood in dirt.

Gambling house operator Vienna seeks control of a town as archrival Emma Small sets out to force Vienna out of town. The timely arrival of Johnny Guitar thwarts Emma's dark plans, but doesn't prevent a showdown between the women. Based on Roy Chanslor's novel, "Johnny Guitar."

A small group of Texans (as the citizens of the Republic of Texas were known) hold out to the last man against the invading Mexican army.

When Texas cattle rancher John G. McElroy learns that the coming railroad will bypass his property, he recruits fellow ranchers to help him fight the railroad. The railroad executives hire Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody and Calamity Jane to defend their decision against the rancher and his guerrilla gang, but will the allegiance of these western legends waver?