Timon of Athens
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his “friends” refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
The Girls
As they tour Sweden in a theatrical production of “Lysistrata”, performing to often uncomprehending audiences, three women find their own lives and marriages mirrored in Aristophanes’s play. Soon, onstage drama,…
Papillon
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Phoenix
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.
Life for Ruth
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would…
Joe Kidd
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to…
Doctor Bull
In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen’s novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a…
Himiko
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
Inn of Evil
In feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world is strictly prohibited, an idealist appears at an isolated inn, headquarters of smugglers with stolen money intended to…
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