Peggy Stewart

Syd Jarret is an unsuspecting, down-and-out man in a washed-up hick town whose life is turned upside down when the drop dead gorgeous Nora walks through the door of his best friend Jules' bar. Of all the men in the bar Nora picks Jarrett, and together they share a lost weekend of primal passion. But Jarrett doesn't realize that Nora is actually a shape shifting creature on the run from her lover, Vic, himself a renegade predator lurking amidst the human herds whose animal instincts are stronger than his human ones. On the run again, Nora will stop at nothing to set the animal inside Jarrett free, regardless of what it will do to his sanity, as long as she can use him against Vic.

This saga of the wagon-train journey of a group of Western pioneers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon along the historic Oregon Trail (from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.) is known for its breathtaking photography of the Western expanse (by William H. Clothier). Kirk Douglas portrays a widowed senator who leads the wagon train, and Robert Mitchum plays the troubled trail scout--a man plagued by poor eyesight. The trials of the trail include Indian attacks and the inevitable human conflicts of men and women who are living in close quarters in a volatile, tense and dangerous atmosphere. Among the members of the party: a highly irascible and colorful Richard Widmark, and Sally Field in her first film role.

Oscar-winning legend Bette Davis ("All About Eve," "Jezebel") and Oscar-nominee Charles Boyer ("Gaslight") star in this romantic drama about a French nobleman who falls in love with his childrens governess, causing a tragic scandal in 19th-century France. Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture. Co-star Barbara O'Neil ("Gone with the Wind") was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

When a dangerous convict escapes from prison, he returns home to get revenge on those who locked him away: his wife (Peggy Stewart), the doctor she married (John Pickard) and the man who testified against him and sealed his fate (Herb Armstrong). It's up to local sheriff Charles Morton (James Brown) and his deputy (John Clarke) to keep the townsfolk safe. But is the West too wild for a man who respects the law?