Sam Appel

Sam Appel

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Gilda
Title: Gilda
Character: Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1946
Type: Movie
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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Bad Men of the Border
Title: Bad Men of the Border
Character: Sanchez
Released: June 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Set on the Mexican border in 1850, Bad Men of the Border was the first of seven Universal Westerns starring handsome Kirby Grant, a former singer from Montana who had earlier acted under the name Robert Stanton. The series, Universal's last attempt at competing with Republic Pictures' many streamlined B-Westerns, also featured the bucolic Fuzzy Knight as Grant's sidekick. Grant and Knight are undercover U.S. marshals tracking down a gang of counterfeiters. To their surprise, they are soon assisted by a beautiful Mexican dancehall performer, Dolores Mendoza (Armida), who proves to be an undercover agent as well, in her case for the Mexican rurales headed by Captain Garcia (Francis McDonald).
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The Mummy's Curse
Title: The Mummy's Curse
Character: Bit (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1944
Type: Movie
After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.
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Texas Masquerade
Title: Texas Masquerade
Character: Jack, the bartender
Released: February 8, 1944
Type: Movie
A young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy, California and Jimmy in completing his mission to his woman cousin's ranch in Texas. The ranch, as are others in the same area, is being plagued by a gang called the Night Riders, while the friendly local town lawyer is trying to cajole the cousin into selling out to him. Hoppy begins by arriving in the town, separate from his pals, all spiffed up and dandified, posing as the Eastern lawyer...
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Honolulu Lu
Title: Honolulu Lu
Character: Sergeant
Released: December 11, 1941
Type: Movie
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.
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20 Mule Team
Title: 20 Mule Team
Character: Proprietor
Released: May 3, 1940
Type: Movie
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
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Born to Be Wild
Title: Born to Be Wild
Character: Mexican Waiter (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.
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Fight for Your Lady
Title: Fight for Your Lady
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
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Give Us This Night
Title: Give Us This Night
Character: Fisherman
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
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Okay, José
Title: Okay, José
Character: Henchman Lookout
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.
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A Night at the Opera
Title: A Night at the Opera
Character: Dungeon Guard (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Character: Engineer
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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La Cucaracha
Title: La Cucaracha
Character: Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Señor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local café in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there. Martinez tells the café owner that if the dancer is as good as he has heard, he will offer the dancer a contract to perform in his theater. The café's female singer hears about this and is determined that he won't leave the café without her.
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Bridal Bail
Title: Bridal Bail
Character: Judge
Released: February 9, 1934
Type: Movie
When a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
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Safe in Hell
Title: Safe in Hell
Character: Court Policeman (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
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Stepping Out
Title: Stepping Out
Character: Waiter in Agua Caliente
Released: April 11, 1931
Type: Movie
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
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Under a Texas Moon
Title: Under a Texas Moon
Character: Pancho Gonzalez
Released: April 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A cowboy arrives in a small town and winds up trying to help a local rancher stop a gang of cattle thieves while romancing a pretty young girl.
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Love Comes Along
Title: Love Comes Along
Character: Gomez
Released: January 5, 1930
Type: Movie
An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a saloon singer. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding about her feelings toward the local dictator threatens their happiness.
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Character: Jancu
Released: October 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Rascha, the wild daughter of Costa, the Gypsy bear tamer, swears revenge on Jorga, her father's enemy, when he cuts off her braids (a sign of disgrace among the Gypsies).
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The Wind
Title: The Wind
Character: Vaquero (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1928
Type: Movie
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
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The Lady Who Lied
Title: The Lady Who Lied
Character: Saad Ben Youssof
Released: July 12, 1925
Type: Movie
During a carnival in Venice, Horace Pierpont, a wealthy American (Lewis Stone), falls in love with Fay Kennion (Virginia Valli). Their romance is derailed when she goes over to his apartment and finds the vampy Fifi (Nita Naldi) there. Fay goes down to Algiers, where she marries a former sweetheart, Dr. Alan Mortimer (Edward Earle).
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La La Lucille
Title: La La Lucille
Character: Duffy
Released: July 19, 1920
Type: Movie
John Smith inherits two million dollars from his wealthy aunt on the condition that he divorce his wife Lucille, a former vaudeville performer. In order to qualify for his inheritance, John concocts the idea of divorcing his wife and then remarrying her.
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The Silk Lined Burglar
Title: The Silk Lined Burglar
Character: Michael Delano
Released: March 31, 1919
Type: Movie
Gentleman crook Boston Blackie answers a want ad for an expert safecracker placed by Doris Macon, who claims a moral right to the safe's contents. She hires Blackie, and they break into the house where the safe is kept. Blackie blows up the safe just as owner Captain von Hoffmeier returns home. Doris disappears with papers from inside the safe, while Blackie takes phonograph records, which, when played with a special needle, reveal secrets that implicate von Hoffmeier as a German political spy.
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Whispering Smith
Title: Whispering Smith
Character: Regstock
Released: June 5, 1916
Type: Movie
Whispering Smith is a virile, fearless type of the true American whoso theory of life is to give every man a chance to show what is in him. There is nothing of the bully or braggart about him. He is only a man who knows instinctively what is right and never falters in his steps to see that justice is given where it is deserved and crime punished on the same basis. Originally shot as a serial to be called "Whispering Smith", distributor Mutual Films decided to release it as two separate films - this film, which was released first, and Medicine Bend (1916).