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62 years ago:
The Fire Within (FR)
Original title: Le Feu follet
Although his alcoholism has been treated, Alain still feels he is deeply unwell and does not feel he can leave the detoxification clinic once and for ...
1963-10-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2593

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55 years ago:
Deadlock (DE)
After pulling off a bank robbery two bandits meet in a deserted mining town to divide their loot but an old miner tries to steal it from them.
1970-10-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/79830

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95 years ago:
The Pay-Off (US)
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes...
1930-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/166500

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99 years ago:
The Winning of Barbara Worth (US)
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daught...
1926-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/96395

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70 years ago:
Seagulls Die in the Harbour (BE)
Original title: Meeuwen sterven in de haven
A pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images the wa...
1955-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/64355

A poster for Seagulls Die in the Harbour.

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94 years ago:
The Range Feud (US)
Clint Turner is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Judy's father, a rival rancher who was an enemy of his own father, and his best friend, Sher...
1931-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/98413

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44 years ago:
Just Before Dawn (US)
In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some ...
1981-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/39982

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89 years ago:
The Garden of Allah (US)
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
1936-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/151848

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56 years ago:
The Structure of Crystal (PL)
Original title: Struktura kryształu
Two friends who used to study physics together are forced to make tough decisions as their lives take different paths.
1969-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/167267

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72 years ago:
The Big Heat (US)
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicio...
1953-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/14580

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43 years ago:
Cane River (US)
A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity—the light-s...
1982-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/495199

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61 years ago:
Send Me No Flowers (US)
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two ...
1964-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/4939

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83 years ago:
Midnight in Paris (FR)
Original title: Monsieur La Souris
On a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr. La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start ...
1942-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/297171

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57 years ago:
Paper Lion (US)
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
1968-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/86284

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53 years ago:
What the Peeper Saw (IT,GB)
Original title: La tua presenza nuda!
A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub acciden...
1972-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/112355

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93 years ago:
What Scoundrels Men Are! (IT)
Original title: Gli uomini, che mascalzoni...
Bruno, a chauffeur having some problem in keeping a job, meets one morning Mariuccia, a taxi driver’s daughter working as a perfumery’s shop assistant...
1932-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/63182

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59 years ago:
Our Trip to Africa (AT)
Original title: Unsere Afrikareise
Originally commissioned by an Austrian couple in 1961 to photograph a travel diary documenting their wild game hunt, Kubelka shot three hours of film ...
1966-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/109398

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33 years ago:
Simple Men (IT,GB,US)
Two diametrically opposite brothers set off on a journey to reunite with their estranged father but when their motorcycle breaks down while passing th...
1992-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/47802

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42 years ago:
The Osterman Weekend (US)
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy...
1983-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12239

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96 years ago:
Woman in the Moon (DE)
Original title: Frau im Mond
A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful...
1929-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/3007

Classic Movies Today @classicfilms.bsky.social · 19h

55 years ago:
Atlantic Wall (FR,IT)
Original title: Le Mur de l’Atlantique
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance ...
1970-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/61231

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41 years ago:
Songwriter (US)
Doc Jenkins may be one of country music's most beloved stars, but his private life is a wreck. He's split up with his longtime partner, Blackie Buck, ...
1984-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/69722

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58 years ago:
The Stranger (DZ,FR,IT)
Original title: Lo straniero
Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of viole...
1967-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/31332

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37 years ago:
The Accused (US)
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney...
1988-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10868

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75 years ago:
Walk Softly, Stranger (US)
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
1950-10-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/88075

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