The Shopworn Angel
SHE GAVE UP LOVE...AND A MILLION...to be a doughboy's "Dream Girl"!
1938 · 1h 25m · Approved
Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
H. C. Potter
Overview
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over.
Director and cast
- H. C. Potter Director
- Margaret Sullavan as Daisy Heath
- James Stewart as Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
- Walter Pidgeon as Sam Bailey
- Hattie McDaniel as Martha
- Nat Pendleton as 'Dice'
- Alan Curtis as 'Thin Lips'
- Sam Levene as 'Leer'
- Eleanor Lynn as Sally
- Charles D. Brown as McGonigle
- Virginia Grey as Chorus Girl #1
More films
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Action · Adventure · War · Approved
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
- Runtime
- 2h 29m
- Director
- Robert Aldrich
- Cast
- Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
Sunflower (1970)
Drama · War · G
After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Vittorio De Sica
- Cast
- Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Ludmila Savelyeva
Joint Security Area (2000)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · Not Rated
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The lead investigator (Lee Young-ae) receives differing accounts from the two sides.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Cast
- Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho
Belle Époque (1992)
Comedy · Drama · Romance · R
In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Fernando Trueba
- Cast
- Jorge Sanz, Penélope Cruz, Miriam Díaz-Aroca
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Drama · Romance · War · R
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Cast
- Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members