A Ship Comes In

Harriet Craig, whose obsession with material possessions and immaculate neatness results in misery for all concerned. Harriet's husband remains blind to his wife's selfishness-until his eyes are opened when he is implicated in a double murder...

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

William C. deMille

Cast

Irene Rich, Warner Baxter, Virginia Bradford

In the office of Major Northfield, the quartermaster of the Pacific Coast, a leak has been discovered which may endanger the safety of American transports that are secretly carrying troops across the Pacific. Nara-Nara, a Japanese detective, is assigned to the case because his country has guaranteed safety to these transport ships. Nar...

Runtime

1h 7m

Director

William C. deMille

Cast

Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Holt, Florence Vidor

Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage. One night, while Meredith is at the office, family friend Julian Osborn (Conrad Nagel) -- whose own spouse (Lila Lee) is out of town -takes Margaret to a dance. They wind up at a hunting lo...

Runtime

1h

Director

William C. deMille

Cast

Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson

Ben Jordan runs away after accidentally setting fire to a barn in his small New England community. He returns when his mother dies to find that she has left everything to her ward, Jane Crosby.

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

William C. deMille

Cast

Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Helen Dubois

In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work, and Jenny, not wanting to disappoint him, grudgingly agrees. As soon as she enters the house, Bob catches her, but then goes back to his bedroom after making her give her word not to take a...

Runtime

50m

Director

William C. deMille

Cast

Blanche Sweet, Tom Forman, Minnette Barrett

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of...

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing ...

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz