In Poland of 1850, recently ordained, sweet natured, ice skating rabbi Avram Belinski (Gene Wilder) - who is apparently not well liked at his yeshiva - is sent to lead a congregation in San Francisco. He arrives in Philadelphia and learns that his transport to California has encountered gold rush fever and set sail without […]

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In 1933, an opening crawl reminds us that “hoboes roamed the land, riding the rails in a desperate search for jobs.” One such hobo hops aboard the No. 19 freight train as it stops for coolant in Oregon. The […]

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In the Kansas City area circa 1934, two small time crooks stop at a rural gas station. A local reporter drops by and reveals that he’s covering a party that evening, where heiress Barbara Blandish is scheduled to appear wearing a priceless diamond necklace.
At the party, Barbara (Kim Darby) gets into a […]

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Somewhere in the Pacific in the spring of 1942, a U.S. Navy captain - played by “guest star” Henry Fonda - dispatches the shore patrol to bring back Sam Lawson (Cliff Robertson). Dragging him off a beach, the captain cancels the lieutenant’s leave and orders him to assist a British combat unit who need a […]

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