In the 1890s young Harry Houdini (Tony Curtis) is performing with a Coney Island carnival as Bruto, the Wild Man, when Bess (Janet Leigh), a naive onlooker, tries to…
In 1821, a British sailing ship, the Becket, anchors off the New Zealand coast. Philip Wayne (Hawkins) and Paddy Clarke (Purcell), respectively First Mate and Bos'un,…
In August 1942, German soldiers enjoy leave in Cervo, Liguria, Italy, after fighting in El Alamein, where Unteroffizier Manfred "Rollo" Rohleder and Obergefreiter Fritz…
In September 1944, in the final moments Continuation War against the Soviet Union, Veikko (Ville Haapasalo), a Finnish soldier, is turned in by his German compatriots…
President Cleveland signs the bill allowing the sale of the Cherokee Strip (actually, the Cherokee Outlet) in the Oklahoma Territory. After the money arrives by train,…
In 1359, after decades of war, King Edward III of England has regained control of disputed territory in northern France. With the French king being held prisoner in…