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Classic Film Time offers a free (with ads) and subscription (without ads) channel on Roku where you can search, stream and binge all of your favorite classic movies, films and television shows. With over 5,000 shows and movies available for instant streaming, we are sure that you will find something perfect to take you back to a classic era. Our catalog of streaming moves and TV shows includes some favorite genres such as westerns, action, crime, drama, romance, musicals, biographies and more! We also have a great selection of family and holiday movies and shows for the whole family to enjoy.

Featured Classic Biography Movies on the Classic Film Time Roku Channel

The Story of G.I. Joe

War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II.  Click below to add the Classic Film Time channel to your Roku device and stream thousands of classics.


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Captain Kidd

The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.  Stream this title and thousands more when you add the Classic Film Time channel to your Roku device.


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The Iron Curtain

The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada. Click below to stream on your Roku device.


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My Gal Sal

Chronicles the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society. Click below to add the Classic Film Time channel to your Roku device.


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Explore all of the Classic Western Film and Television options available on the Classic Film Time Roku Channel

Clive of India 

Scott of the Antarctic 

 Alexander Nevsky

 Little Old New York   

The Private Life of Henry VIII.   

Headin' Home   

Give 'em Hell, Harry! 

Saint Tukaram

The Rise of Catherine the Great   

Conquest of Peter the Great   

From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth  Gorky 3- My Universities   

On His Own   

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky   

The Rothschilds   

Galileo   

My Ain Folk   

Nell Gwyn 

The Flowers of St. Francis 

 The Desert Fox- The Story of Rommel   

Story of G.I. Joe   

Peter the First 

The Pride of St. Louis 

Spirit of Youth 

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

 The Life and Loves of Beethoven

 The Joe Louis Story

 Dillinger

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice   

The Real Bruce Lee 

Captain Kidd 

The Great Dan Patch 

Harmony Lane 

Martin Luther

Jack London 

Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer 

Comin' Thro the Rye 

Narcotic 

My Gal Sal   

The Murder of Fred Hampton   

The Iron Curtain   

Buster Keaton Rides Again   

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen   

Kennedys Don't Cry   

King- A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis   

The Sword of the Lord   

Jolson Sings Again   

Strauss' Great Waltz   

The Fabulous Dorseys 

No Greater Love 

Saraband 

Bonnie Prince Charlie 

Father Sergius 

Ivan the Terrible, Part I 

Lenin in October 

Monsieur Vincent 

The Incredible Sarah 

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