Alvin Hammer

Alvin Hammer

Born: January 2, 1915
Died: October 31, 1993

Movies for Alvin Hammer...

Scrooged
Title: Scrooged
Character: Foreman
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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Title: Madame's Place
Character: Benny Zane
Released: September 20, 1982
Type: TV
Madame's Place is an American sitcom that featured the misadventures of Madame, a puppet in the form of a bawdy old movie star with a naughty sense of humor.
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...All the Marbles
Title: ...All the Marbles
Character: Geisha's Doctor
Released: March 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
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Back to the Planet of the Apes
Title: Back to the Planet of the Apes
Character: Man
Released: November 17, 1980
Type: Movie
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
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A Perfect Match
Title: A Perfect Match
Character: Leo
Released: October 5, 1980
Type: Movie
A successful fashion designer who learns that she has a mysterious illness that threatens her life searches frantically for the one suitable donor for a bone-marrow transplant -- the daughter she, as a teenager, had given up for adoption.
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The Swap
Title: The Swap
Character: Cemetery Caretaker
Released: October 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother.
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The World's Greatest Lover
Title: The World's Greatest Lover
Character: Second Wardrobe Man
Released: December 18, 1977
Type: Movie
When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
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Hustle
Title: Hustle
Character: Liquor Store Clerk
Released: December 25, 1975
Type: Movie
The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.
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Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Title: Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Character: Elwood (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
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The Great Man's Whiskers
Title: The Great Man's Whiskers
Character: Whately
Released: May 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
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The Grissom Gang
Title: The Grissom Gang
Released: May 28, 1971
Type: Movie
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Mr. Lyden
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Love Nest
Title: Love Nest
Character: Glazier (Uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
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The Tall Target
Title: The Tall Target
Character: Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1951
Type: Movie
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
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Three Husbands
Title: Three Husbands
Character: Seedy Little Man - Tout (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1950
Type: Movie
When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife.
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The Killer That Stalked New York
Title: The Killer That Stalked New York
Character: Worried Man (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1950
Type: Movie
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
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Quicksand
Title: Quicksand
Character: Auditor
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
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Dakota Lil
Title: Dakota Lil
Character: Barfly
Released: February 17, 1950
Type: Movie
Female outlaw helps lawmen trap railroad bandits.
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Dancing in the Dark
Title: Dancing in the Dark
Character: Little Man
Released: December 2, 1949
Type: Movie
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
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Ma and Pa Kettle
Title: Ma and Pa Kettle
Character: Alvin
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.
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The Red Pony
Title: The Red Pony
Character: Telegrapher
Released: March 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the city-loving Fred and country-happy Alice -- constantly bickering, Tom looks to cowboy Billy Buck for companionship and paternal love.
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A Woman's Secret
Title: A Woman's Secret
Character: Fred (Uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1949
Type: Movie
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
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Trouble Preferred
Title: Trouble Preferred
Character: Ed Roberts (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1948
Type: Movie
A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.
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Belle Starr's Daughter
Title: Belle Starr's Daughter
Character: Townsman
Released: November 13, 1948
Type: Movie
The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer.
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Hollow Triumph
Title: Hollow Triumph
Character: Jerry
Released: August 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Title: Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Character: Bernie (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1948
Type: Movie
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Title: Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Character: Milton Wurtle (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.
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The Argyle Secrets
Title: The Argyle Secrets
Character: Melyin 'Pinky' Pincus
Released: May 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
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The Lady from Shanghai
Title: The Lady from Shanghai
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Mother Wore Tights
Title: Mother Wore Tights
Character: Clarence (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1947
Type: Movie
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Character: George (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
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Dead Reckoning
Title: Dead Reckoning
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Released: January 16, 1947
Type: Movie
Sergeant Johnny Drake runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy Captain 'Rip' Murdock gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.
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The Fabulous Suzanne
Title: The Fabulous Suzanne
Character: Little Man
Released: December 15, 1946
Type: Movie
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stock broker tries to dissuade her, but she persists and her investments increases her wealth.
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Crack-Up
Title: Crack-Up
Character: Milquetoast (Uncredited)
Released: September 6, 1946
Type: Movie
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Winter Wonderland
Title: Winter Wonderland
Character: Bellboy
Released: May 12, 1946
Type: Movie
A farm girl has a romance with a ski instructor.
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Doll Face
Title: Doll Face
Character: Harold, the Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1945
Type: Movie
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
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A Walk in the Sun
Title: A Walk in the Sun
Character: Johnson
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.