Drama, Romance
A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
El profe
M'Liss
This Land Is Mine
La svergognata
The Painting Sellers
Macedonian Saga
Carnival Story
Nightmare at the End of the Hall
Jesse
Soda Pop
We Love You, Sally Carmichael!
Margaret
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Until the Night
Amanda & Jack Go Glamping
Five Fingers for Marseilles
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
This Train
Aami
The Sisters
SIMILAR MOVIES
El profe
IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 1971
Mario Moreno portrays a professor in this movie. A small town in the middle of no where requests the school Mario Moreno is working in for a teacher. He ends up going to give the town a hand. When he arrives he comes to know the corrupt leaders who through out the movie try to make him leave. Although he is being harassed you can see how much he cares for the kids and their circumstances. He deals with problems by using his hilarious comments.M'Liss
IMDB 5 | Jul , 1936
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.This Land Is Mine
IMDB 7.2 | May , 1943
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.La svergognata
IMDB 3.2 | Aug , 1974
In this movie a writer comes to stay at an island resort and gets involved with a teenage lolita who is there with her parents and rather malicious best friend. She teases the older man mercilessly--going to a hotel and dancing with him naked and then suddenly getting dressed and running off to a party with a young American guy. But it's not so much because she is malicious, but because she is really an insecure virgin. Finally, he gives up on her after his beautiful wife (Barbara Bouchet) shows up. But the younger woman becomes jealous and is not going to give up so easily. . .The Painting Sellers
IMDB 5.4 | Sep , 2010
It's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car is a wreck and the weather is freezing. Moreover there is a problem: how to cope with an emerging friendship?Macedonian Saga
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1993
The arrival of the young teacher Damjan in one village in western Macedonia shakes the usual daily life of its inhabitants who belong to different religions.Carnival Story
IMDB 4.7 | Apr , 1954
In search of a better life, a German girl named Willi joins an American carnival passing through Munich. While traveling from town to town, she is torn between two suitors: cruel carnival barker Joe and kindhearted high-dive artist Frank. Frank gets the upper hand when he asks Willi to join his act. The partners soon become the most popular attraction at the carnival. But tragedy is only a slip away.Nightmare at the End of the Hall
IMDB 5 | Jun , 2008
Courtney Snow, an author with writer's block, still haunted by the suicide of her best friend while they were in prep school, finds herself teaching at the very same school while trying to get back on her feet. She encounters a young student, Laurel, who seems in every way to be the reincarnation of her best friend from years ago. Laurel seems to know things about Courtney that only dead friend would have known. Is she losing her mind or is it all a cruel hoax?Jesse
IMDB 7 | Oct , 1988
Based on the true story of a caring nurse whose work in Death Valley was challenged by the state.Soda Pop
IMDB 2.7 | May , 2001
Jamie, a young man in a rural town, becomes fascinated by Norberto, a Spanish exchange student.We Love You, Sally Carmichael!
IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 2017
Readers across the world are in love with author Sally Carmichael's series of romance novels that chronicle the epic love story between a human girl and a merman. But no one knows that Sally Carmichael is really Simon Hayes, a bitter, serious novelist - and Simon would like to keep it that way. When he is forced to meet a movie star about the movie adaptation, his life of anonymity starts to crumble.Margaret
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2011
17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident that claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right, she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and, most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course with the realities and compromises of the adult world.Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2001
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.Until the Night
IMDB 3.8 | Jun , 2004
Robert is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance with a married woman, Elizabeth. In spite of Elizabeth's marital status, Robert falls for her completely, a commitment that just may blow up in his face, along with the rest of his life.Amanda & Jack Go Glamping
IMDB 4.6 | Nov , 2017
With his marriage and career against the ropes, dejected author Jack Spencer travels with his wife, Amanda, to an isolated glamping retreat in search of a spark. When a surprise double booking finds their private retreat anything but private, Jack spins into a comedic exploration of love, lost dreams, small-town-wisdom, and friendship with a miniature donkey to get over himself before he loses all he holds dear.Five Fingers for Marseilles
IMDB 5.7 | Apr , 2018
Years ago, the young Five Fingers fought for the rural town of Marseilles against brutal police oppression. Now, after fleeing in disgrace, Tau, one of them, returns to Marseilles, seeking only a peaceful life. When he finds the town under new threat, he must reluctantly fight to free it.My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
IMDB 5.8 | Apr , 2010
When Ethan arrives at the airport just in time to declare his undying love for his girlfriend, love appears to have conquered all. The scene, however, is really the ending of Ethan's novel, which his agent calls "unrealistic." Ethan soon meets a waitress, Jesse, and falls in love with her despite her growing devotion to Troy, a charming businessman. But the line between reality and fiction becomes increasingly blurred.This Train
IMDB 4 | Oct , 2023
An aging rock star, Ricky "Hellcat" Heller, returns home to Indiana years after disappearing, following the tragic death of his son. Shunned by his estranged wife and much of the town, Ricky believes that he is better off dead until a kid, haunted by his own demons, shows him otherwise.Aami
IMDB 5.2 | Feb , 2018
Aami is a biopic based on the life of the renowned poet and author Kamala Das, who was fondly referred by her pet name Aami. The film mainly deals with two relationships the writer had - with the husband and after his demise, with a suitor from a different religion.The Sisters
IMDB 4.8 | Apr , 2005
Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile relationships in their own lives.