The best Shimen Ruskin’s movies

Shimen Ruskin

Shimen Ruskin

25/02/1907- 23/04/1976
Today we present the best Shimen Ruskin’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Shimen Ruskin’s movies.
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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane
8.3/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 17/04/1941
  • Character: Hireling (uncredited)
Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

The Producers

The Producers
7.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 22/11/1967
  • Character: The Landlord
Broadway producer, Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming little old ladies to invest in a production many times over what it will actually cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.

Shaft

Shaft
6.6/10
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Fiddler on the Roof

Fiddler on the Roof
8/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 03/11/1971
  • Character: Mordcha
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. Nominated for eight Academy Awards.

Dark Passage

Dark Passage
7.5/10
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy
7.6/10
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

Love and Death

Love and Death
7.7/10
Boris is a simple Russian villager who pines from afar for his beautiful cousin Sonja. Forced against his will into joining the Russian army during the Napoleonic Wars, the cowardly Boris accidentally becomes a military hero. But when his beloved Sonja comes to him with a dangerous patriotic scheme, Boris debates his desires and beliefs.

Body and Soul

Body and Soul
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/11/1947
  • Character: Shimen, the Grocer (uncredited)
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.

Crack-Up

Crack-Up
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 06/09/1946
  • Character: Dissenter at Art Lecture (Uncredited)
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?

The Big Street

The Big Street
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/08/1942
  • Character: Joe (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain
5.9/10
A scientist takes a the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.

Undercover Girl

Undercover Girl
6.5/10
After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.

From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward
6.3/10
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.

Mr. Soft Touch

Mr. Soft Touch
6.6/10
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.

Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/01/1947
  • Character: Dry Cleaner Guy
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

Dance Hall

Dance Hall
6.4/10
  • Release: 18/07/1941
  • Character: Charles 'Limpy' Larkin
Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the girls. Nice guy Duke sets her up with composer Joe Brooks.

Comrade X

Comrade X
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 13/12/1940
  • Character: Russian Bridegroom
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.

Having Wonderful Time

Having Wonderful Time
6/10
Teddy, an overworked New York office girl, seeks 2 weeks of rest and relaxation at a camp in the Catskills. She is definitely not a happy camper because of the crowded and noisy conditions. She tries her best to fit in and, after an initial dislike, falls for college educated Chick, a waiter at the camp. Teddy becomes suspicious of his motives, however, and he becomes alarmed when she spends an innocent night in the cabin of a rival suitor. All ends happily, however, as their love proves true enough and trust triumphs over suspicions.

Lady from Louisiana

Lady from Louisiana
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/04/1941
  • Character: Gaston
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.

Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn
6.8/10
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.

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