The Time of Your Life
based on William Saroyan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, unfolds in a San Francisco waterfront bar where a group of colorful patrons reveals their stories, dreams, and struggles. James Cagney stars as Joe, a laid-back philosopher encouraging others to live fully. This heartwarming and witty drama celebrates the beauty of human connections amidst life’s complexities.
Episodes
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Kansas City Confidential (1952)
S2023 E109 - 1h 39m
Four thieves hold up an armored truck getting away with over a million dollars. When an ex-con (John Payne) is accused of being involved, he follows the gang’s trail to a Mexican resort, where he hopes get his revenge.
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Pimpernel Smith (1941)
S2023 E104 - 1h 55m
Seemingly mild-mannered archaeology professor (Leslie Howard) travels to Nazi Germany to do research on the Aryan culture. His real goal is to free Gestapo prisoners from concentration camps in the early days of World War II.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
S2023 E103 - 1h 37m
English noblewoman (Merle Oberon) discovers her husband (Leslie Howard) is really a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from Robespierre’s guillotine during the French Revolution.
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Of Human Bondage (1934)
S2023 E102 - 1h 22m
Film adaptation of Somerset Maugham’s novel about a medical student (Leslie Howard) who falls in love with a waitress (Bette Davis), only to suffer years of torment and pain.
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Royal Wedding (1951)
S2023 E101 - 1h 32m
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother-and-sister musical team who each find romance when they tour London for Queen Elizabeth's wedding.
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Second Chorus (1940)
S2023 E100 - 1h 23m
Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith are aging undergrads and rival trumpeters, each with their sights set on getting the other one fired, and winning the affection of the band manager (Paulette Goddard).
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Dinner at the Ritz (1937)
S2023 E99 - 1h 17m
When her fiancé’s car accident brings together a woman (Annabella) and a stranger (David Niven), sparks fly. When her wealthy father is murdered, the daughter looks for those who might have plotted against him in this Romance - Mystery.
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Meet John Doe (1941)
S2023 E116 - 2h 2m
Frank Capra directs this story of a recently fired reporter (Barbara Stanwyck) who prints a fake letter from an unknown "John Doe," threatening suicide in protest of social ills. When the note causes an uproar, the newspaper hires her back, along with a homeless man (Gary Cooper) to play the mysterious Doe.
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Algiers (1938)
S2023 E98 - 1h 39m
Suave and dashing jewel thief (Charles Boyer) meets beautiful girl (Hedy Lamarr) and gets caught in a love triangle in the mysterious Casbah in the native quarter of Algiers.
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Appointment with Danger (1950)
S2023 E97 - 1h 30m
Postal inspector (Alan Ladd) works with nun to investigate the murder of a fellow officer. The inspector follows the trail and must soon thwart the biggest mail heist in history, in this film noir that also stars Jack Webb and Harry Morgan.
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Godzilla: King of Monsters! (1956)
S2023 E94 - 1h 20m
American reporter (Raymond Burr) investigates a series of mysterious disasters off the coast of Japan. Soon he witnesses a giant lizard monster, fueled by nuclear testing, that attacks post-war Tokyo.
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Stagecoach (1939)
S2023 E93 - 1h 35m
John Ford directs this classic western about a group of strangers on their way through dangerous Apache territory, including an alcoholic doctor, a prostitute run out of town and a captured fugitive, played by John Wayne in his breakthrough role.
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