Movies: Exotic Places
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- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsAlan LaddGail RussellWilliam BendixNeale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. After their buddy Bill is murdered, they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsFred MacMurrayAva GardnerRoland CulverAfter WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancée who now has amnesia.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGary CooperMarlene DietrichAdolphe MenjouA cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergMel FerrerNicholas RayStarsRobert MitchumJane RussellWilliam BendixNick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsCharles BoyerHedy LamarrSigrid GurieA wanted jewel thief ensconced in the Casbah meets a beautiful woman who makes him long for an escape.
- DirectorRay MillandStarsRay MillandMaureen O'HaraClaude RainsHigh stakes battle of wits and morals between gentlemen crooks, set in beautiful Portugal. A smuggler is hired to kidnap the rich husband of an American woman who's just arrived in Lisbon.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsVan HeflinRuth RomanHoward DuffIn Kenya, in 1903, when escaped murderer Abel McCracken instigates the Nukumbi tribe to raid white settlements, colonist John Gale organizes a human hunt to capture McCracken.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsRichard ConteVictor McLaglenRichard CarlsonAn American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by bellicose Bedouin bandits.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsMaureen O'HaraPaul HubschmidVincent PriceAn English-educated Bedouin princess returns to Bagdad to find her father murdered, a corrupt ruling Pasha in charge and various local factions warring for control of the Caliphate.
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyBinnie BarnesA female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.
- DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsTrevor HowardDorothy DandridgeEdmund PurdomA jewel thief pulls off a big heist, stabs his partner-in-crime in the back, dumps his girlfriend and goes on the run with the loot. The ex-partner and the girlfriend team up to go after him.
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsMaria MontezRobert PaigeSabuA war-weary newsman (Robert Paige) joins a Spanish dancer (Maria Montez) hunting down a Nazi puppet in North Africa.
- DirectorLeslie FentonStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeDouglas DickAfter WW2, two army buddies, one of them terminally-ill, embark on a series of adventures in South-East Asia and run across a dangerous criminal and his pretty secretary.
- DirectorJames FloodStarsLoretta YoungCharles BoyerWarner OlandWhile she is in Shanghai visiting her sick aunt, young New York socialite Barbara Howard falls in love with Russian banker Dmitri Koslov. Everything would be for the best, if only Dmitri were not keeping a secret that could jeopardize their union: he is only half-Russian, and the other half is Chinese.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsErrol FlynnCornell BorchersJohn BentleyA suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
- DirectorBasil DeardenEliot ElisofonStarsCharlton HestonLaurence OlivierRichard JohnsonIn the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsMaria MontezJon HallTurhan BeyYoung, lovely Naila becomes queen of the ancient Egyptian kingdom of Khemis after her father is killed in a slave revolt. Continuing her penchant for going incognito among the people, she seeks out rebel leader Herua. But through palace treachery, she herself is captured and enslaved. After various adventures, she finds herself rescued by (and attracted to) the very rebel she was seeking. Will gratitude or revenge win out? Gorgeous scenery and costumes.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsYul BrynnerRichard WidmarkGeorge ChakirisA flight crew tries to save the survivors of a shipwreck off the coast of Japan during a raging typhoon.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsMaximilian SchellDiane BakerBrian KeithIn 1883, ship captain Hanson plans a shipwreck salvage mission in The Dutch East Indies to retrieve a cargo of pearls but an unexpected volcano eruption and a state-ordered transport of convicts upset his plans.
- DirectorRonald NeameStarsYul BrynnerSal MineoJack WardenA hunted revolutionary leads a rag tag group of individuals through the desert in an attempt to elude the security forces and escape the fictitious Arab country of Zahrain.
- DirectorCharles Marquis WarrenStarsJoan FontaineJack PalanceCorinne CalvetDuring the Cold War, a mysterious plane carrying $3 million arrives at Tangier airport, and various interested parties try to grab the cash.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichClive BrookAnna May WongA notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsPier AngeliPhilip CareyDennis PriceRip Reardon, ex-Army flier, returns to his home in French Morocco and finds his wife dead, and he suspects she has been murdered. Police Colonel Moussac insists she committed suicide. Rip begins to suspect not only his friends but also a mysterious brunette, Ynez, a Casbah night-club singer with whom he begins to fall in love. Repeated efforts to kill Rip are made but he ultimately finds the evidence which sends him gunning against the killer...but is he mistaken?
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsHumphrey BogartLee J. CobbMärta TorénA cynical American expatriate gets involved in smuggling and gun-running for the rebels during the 1925 Syrian insurgency against French occupation.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsVictor MatureYvonne De CarloGeorge DolenzIn 1940, in the colony of French Sudan, a Tuareg uprising is being instigated by an evil emir but the French Army, aided by an American gun-runner, intends to pacify the region.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsYvonne De CarloCarlos ThompsonRaymond BurrIn northwest Africa, a tribal leader tries to stir up a rebellion against the ruling powers.
- DirectorJohn BerryStarsYvonne De CarloTony MartinPeter LorreThe life, loves and adventures of a classic Casbah thief.
- DirectorAndrew MartonStarsRex ReasonDiana DouglasMyron HealeyDuring World War II, David Simms pilots supplies between India and China over the Himalaya Mountains. One day he's forced to miss a flight and is replaced by his friend, Bill March. March's plane is lost en route and Simms feels guilty. Back in America he meets March's widow, Elaine. They marry and then both travel to Tibet to learn more about March's fate and about a mysterious Tibetan mask which has come into their possession.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsTyrone PowerLoretta YoungAnnabellaFerdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsVictor McLaglenJon HallFrances FarmerThe son of an island chieftain, young Kehane defiantly opposes the efforts by crooked pearl hunter Bucko Larson to invade his domain. Larson and his minions hope to dissuade our hero by introducing him to seductive Ruby.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsGeorge SandersRichard JohnsonFaten HamamahAn assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum.
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsWilliam GarganIrene HerveyCharles LangAn American foreign correspondent, Jim Wilson, and his wife Frankie, who wishes he would give up his traveling job and settle down in one location, get involved with some foreign spies of an unnamed country (Japan, in this USA pre-WWII film) who have plans to steal a diamond treasure from the Bombay Clipper.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsVera RalstonRichard ArlenErich von StroheimDeresco, owner of a night club in neutral Portugal, works as a free-lance spy for everybody who can afford his price. He tries to get information from US agent John Craig with help from immigrant dancer Maritza, but she falls in love with him. Craig becomes a special guest at Deresco's casino, but there you can't be sure of the occupation of everybody, as well as in their political intentions.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsRonald ReaganRhonda FlemingNigel BruceThe theft of a jeweled treasure is within an adventurer's grasp when he is restrained by his love for a good woman. Now he must help her and the kid he was hired to rob escape as the Chinese Civil War nears Hong Kong.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsRay MillandArlene DahlWendell CoreyIn Jamaica, amid murder and deceit, a schooner skipper and a land developer search for the sunken ship containing proof regarding the identity of the true heirs of a legendary Jamaican estate.
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsCurd JürgensOrson WellesSylvia SymsMark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are out of order and Macao refuses him entry. Unable to go ashore, Conrad is a permanent passenger on the ferry with Hart, who detests him. It's all one long, lazy voyage for Conrad until one fateful trip when an encounter with a typhoon and pirates forces Conrad to choose between an aimless drifter's life and becoming a man again.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsLola LaneJames CraigEduardo CiannelliA beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsClaudette ColbertJack HawkinsAnthony SteelDuring the 1950s, in British-controlled Malaya, rubber-tree planters face many difficulties and dangers, including bandit attacks and nationalist guerrilla ambushes.
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsJeff ChandlerMarilyn MaxwellAnthony QuinnTough Duke Mullane tries to open a new mine in the jungle, but the natives turn hostile...except for one lissome dancer.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsAlan LaddRossana PodestàLloyd NolanA gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsAlan LaddShelley WintersJ. Carrol NaishIn 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsLoretta YoungAlan LaddWilliam BendixDuring the Japanese invasion of China, a cynical, macho profiteer meets a compassionate, beautiful schoolteacher.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsBoris KarloffBeverly RobertsRicardo CortezKarloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsSteve CochranHildegard KnefPaul HubschmidAn out-of-work and penniless American pilot is offered work in Mozambique and promptly becomes an unwitting pawn in a world of drug smuggling, kidnap and murder.
- DirectorNathan JuranStarsAnthony QuayleSylvia SymsDerek FowldsDuring the Mahdist insurrection in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, veteran colonial Private Baker teams up with freshly arrived gentleman Murchison, trying to evacuate from southern Barash the Emir's daughter Asua and her English governess, Miss Woodville. It's a perilous journey on the Nile and its banks. They must face crocodiles, Arab slavers, and a backward Negro tribe they prey on, where King Gondoko's missionary-raised brother Kimrasi saves and joins them. Once in capital Khartum, they find the revolt has reached it and the men join the fight.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsAnthony SteelSheila SimWilliam SimonsThe story of native tribesmen who move towards Mombasa, getting drawn info the world of ivory smuggling.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsJoseph CottenCorinne CalvetEdmund GwennA group of refugees fleeing Chinese Communist rule via train are beset by a gang of terrifying outlaws.