Ask someone what it means to be a film buff and they’ll tell you it means you like movies. Who doesn’t, right? But being a film buff means a lot more than sitting around in front of your television all day. It means not only keeping up on the latest Hollywood blockbusters, but also recognizing the obscure film references that no one’s going to know anything about but you.

A film buff is the go-to guy when people have a question regarding any film’s subject matter, leading men and women, quotes or even actors in minor supporting roles. If you consider yourself to be a film buff, you better be sure you’ve got all your ducks in a row.

With that in mind, here are 5 classic films now available on public domain that every self-respecting film buff really needs to see.

1) Badlands of Dakota: This western film, set during the Great Gold Rush, marked the debut of leading man Robert Stack, better known by many for his role as Eliot Ness in television’s “The Untouchables.”

2) Slave Girl: Featuring George Brent and Yvonne De Carlo, “Slave Girl” is, as Loving the Classics states, “The sort of fare that the Universal higher-ups used to dismiss, nonetheless, this kind of entertainment (along with the equally lowbrow Abbott and Costello and Ma and Pa Kettle pictures) paid the bills for the studio’s more ponderous projects.” The wisecracking “Humpy”, voiced by Buddy Hackett, is one of many high points in this little-known classic film.

3) Cargo to Capetown: This classic made it to the late night movies of early television. Some of you may be old enough to have seen it, even though it is not exactly a children’s movie. It stars Broderick Crawford as First Mate Johnny Phelan on a rusty old oil tanker with a villainous Steve Conway aboard. It is a memorable film but whether it should be ranked as an “A” movie, a “B” or something else, it should be put on your “A” list of classic films.

4) Antony and Cleopatra. No, I’m not talking about one of the million remakes floating around out there. I’m talking about the 1913 Italian adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic work featuring Ida Carloni Talli, Bruto Castellani and Matilde di Marzio. “Antony and Cleopatra” (or, “Marcantonio e Cleopatra”) was hailed as one of the most remarkable films of its time.

5) The Hound of the Baskervilles: Because really, would any classic film list be complete without at least one reference to Sherlock Holmes? I. Don’t. Think. So.

So, have you seen all these films? Which ones haven’t you seen? How many have you not even heard of? And you call yourself a film buff? Naughty, naughty. Now get thee to a theater or film rental store and polish up your film buffness so you can be justifiably proud of the title and can hold your own in a discussion of multitudinous movies past and present.

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