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poster Stop Thief!
Stop Thief!
2mn - Crime, Comedy
A lad from a butcher shop is carrying a tray laden with a roast or a leg of lamb. A hobo grabs it and runs. The boy gives chase, joined by dogs, as neighbors watch the spectacle. The hobo jumps into a lar…
poster A Hundred Tricks
A Hundred Tricks
(2.8/5)
3mn - Comedy
poster A Clever Dummy
A Clever Dummy
19mn - Comedy
An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to profit off the invention.
poster Rogues' Tricks
Rogues' Tricks
4mn - Comedy, Action
Fun film from French master Georges Melies has a couple burglar's breaking into a man's home and having to hide when that man returns. Instead of a trick film or something that he's known for, the directo…
poster It's a Greek Life
It's a Greek Life
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …
poster Hydra
Hydra
94mn - Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transp…
poster Hansel Vs. Gretel
Hansel Vs. Gretel
87mn - Horror
When Gretel falls under a dark spell and organizes a coven of witches, Hansel must find the courage to fight his twin sister and the sinister forces controlling her.
poster Arachnicide
Arachnicide
91mn - Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
After years of experimenting, a researcher succeeds in creating an incubator that accelerates plant and animal growth. This technology is controlled by a powerful criminal organization and is being used t…
poster Dunces and Dangers
Dunces and Dangers
(3.2/5)
10mn - Comedy
Larry and his wife are desperately poor—with no food. However, the butcher and grocer show up to collect money they are owed and they won't take no for an answer. They are ready to take anything and every…
poster Hunky and Spunky
Hunky and Spunky
(2.8/5)
9mn - Animation
A short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave and his mother saves him. Preserved by the Academy Film…
poster Hatton Garden: The Heist
Hatton Garden: The Heist
87mn - Drama, Crime
Five aging criminals emerge from retirement to pull off the heist of the century, targeting London's legendary Hatton Garden safe deposit vault over a long weekend. When security systems fail and police r…
poster The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
13mn - Thriller
Two tramps hold up small-town Ferndale's railway station night operator Helen, lock her in a closet, and escape. Later, standing on a bridge over the freight yards, Helen sees the two bandits aboard an ou…
poster A Submarine Pirate
A Submarine Pirate
40mn - Comedy
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
poster Mercenaries
Mercenaries
89mn - Action
When the President's daughter is captured in a war-torn region, a lethal team of female commandos must infiltrate a fortress-like women's prison to pull off an impossible rescue.
poster Knock Off
Knock Off
91mn - Action, Adventure, Thriller
A fashion designer and his CIA agent business partner must join forces to stop a group of terrorists from smuggling explosives in counterfeit jeans during the handover of Hong Kong.
poster Filibus
Filibus
(3.3/5)
76mn - Crime, Drama, Mystery
The mysterious air pirate Filibus steals from the rich and then retreats to the safety of her airship, which is manned by a staff of mask-wearing lackeys who instantly obey her every command. When an este…
poster Uncle Josh's Nightmare
Uncle Josh's Nightmare
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy, Horror
Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedevilled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing film using a stationary camera much more valuable for i…
poster The Phantom Athlete
The Phantom Athlete
89mn - Adventure
In a plot similar to, but predating, the later Superman stories, a young girl, Jenny, is involved in several dangerous adventures as a result of her possession of a valuable jewel. Each time she is saved …
poster The Professor
The Professor
(3/5)
6mn - Comedy
Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares t…
poster Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment
(3.4/5)
21mn - Comedy
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner …
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