Michael Duane

Michael Duane

Born: April 12, 1914
Died: March 26, 1963
in Dunkirk, New York, USA

Movies for Michael Duane...

The Gallant Blade
Title: The Gallant Blade
Character: Cpl. Paul Brissac
Released: October 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.
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The Return of the Whistler
Title: The Return of the Whistler
Character: Theodore Anthony 'Ted' Nichols
Released: March 18, 1948
Type: Movie
When a woman goes missing on the eve of her wedding, her fiancee hires a detective to track her down
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The Woman from Tangier
Title: The Woman from Tangier
Character: Ned Pankin
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. $50,000, in gold, is stolen from the ship's safe and the captain tells the police that the purser was the thief and that he had to kill him in self defense, but the purser must have hidden the money before he got dead. The purser isn't in any position to make a disclaimer. Everybody buys that with the exception of an insurance detective, Shapley, who, along with the audience, suspects the captain of being the thief shows up to investigate further. Written By Les Adams
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The Prince Of Thieves
Title: The Prince Of Thieves
Character: Sir Allan Claire
Released: January 16, 1948
Type: Movie
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is the be married to another against her well in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
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The Swordsman
Title: The Swordsman
Character: Colin Glowan
Released: January 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.
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Keeper of the Bees
Title: Keeper of the Bees
Character: Jamie McFarlaine
Released: July 10, 1947
Type: Movie
Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie falls in love with Alice, but the romance is almost doomed by the gossip-spreading of a meddlesome neighbor.
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Alias Mr. Twilight
Title: Alias Mr. Twilight
Character: Tim Quaine
Released: December 24, 1946
Type: Movie
Geoffrey Holden (Lloyd Corrigan) is an elderly con-man who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter (Gigi Perreau) with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to relieve his victims of their property. Trudy Marshall is the governess of the granddaughter, and is in love with a detective (Michael Duane) who is about to expose the old man's unsuspected activities.
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The Secret of the Whistler
Title: The Secret of the Whistler
Character: Jim Calhoun
Released: November 7, 1946
Type: Movie
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
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Shadowed
Title: Shadowed
Character: Det. Lt. Braden
Released: September 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.
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Personality Kid
Title: Personality Kid
Character: Harry Roberts
Released: August 8, 1946
Type: Movie
An Army veteran finds his re-entry into civilian life easier through the efforts of his younger brother and a donkey.
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The Devil's Mask
Title: The Devil's Mask
Character: Rex Kennedy
Released: May 23, 1946
Type: Movie
A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The perplexed police contact a local anthropology museum about this unclaimed piece of grisly baggage, where they intersect with Jack and Doc, two private eyes, called there to meet a mysterious woman who had a case for them and wanted to meet in private.
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Is Everybody Happy?
Title: Is Everybody Happy?
Character: Tom Todd
Released: October 28, 1943
Type: Movie
This is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist.
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Dangerous Blondes
Title: Dangerous Blondes
Character: Harry Duerr
Released: September 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance when killings plague the fashion photography studio of Ralph McCormick (Edmund Lowe). After his secretary, Julie Taylor(Anita Louise) reports an attempt to murder her there, Erika McCormick's (Ann Savage) Aunt Isabel Fleming (Mary Forbes) is stabbed and the evidence points to Madge Lawrence (Bess Flowers) an older model and an apparent suicide. Police Inspector Joseph Clinton (Frank Craven) declares the case closed...but then Erika is murdered.
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Title: Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Character: Sergeant Patrick J. Orisin
Released: May 8, 1943
Type: Movie
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
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Redhead from Manhattan
Title: Redhead from Manhattan
Character: Jimmy Randall
Released: May 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan, where she takes the place of her Broadway-star twin sister Elaine, who's having problems with her marriage and needs to make a getaway. Neither Elaine's husband or Rita's saxophone-player boyfriend are aware of the switch.
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City Without Men
Title: City Without Men
Character: Tom Adams
Released: January 14, 1943
Type: Movie
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.