Joe Devlin

Joe Devlin

Born: February 7, 1894
Died: October 1, 1973
in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Joe Devlin...

The Ugly Dachshund
Title: The Ugly Dachshund
Character: Dog Owner (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1966
Type: Movie
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character: Zakaris
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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The Last Hurrah
Title: The Last Hurrah
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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The Decks Ran Red
Title: The Decks Ran Red
Character: Crewman
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: Movie
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
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Hell's Five Hours
Title: Hell's Five Hours
Character: Cook at diner
Released: April 13, 1958
Type: Movie
The manager (Stephen McNally) of a rocket-fuel plant deals with a worker (Vic Morrow) threatening to blow himself up.
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Up In Smoke
Title: Up In Smoke
Character: Al
Released: December 22, 1957
Type: Movie
The Bowery Boys: In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.
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The Wayward Bus
Title: The Wayward Bus
Character: Mike
Released: May 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Three strangers embark on a life-changing journey on a fateful bus ride. As the road presents challenges, each character faces his or her own shortcomings, not knowing where life will lead next.
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Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Title: Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Character: Policeman
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A TV star meets with opposition from adults who object to the opening of a rock 'n' roll palace for teens.
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Title: Hey, Jeannie!
Character: Policeman
Released: September 8, 1956
Type: TV
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.
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While the City Sleeps
Title: While the City Sleeps
Character: Newspaper Teletype Operator (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
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Tennessee's Partner
Title: Tennessee's Partner
Character: Prendergast
Released: September 21, 1955
Type: Movie
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he's saved from murder by a lonesome cowpoke ('My friends call me Cowpoke'), in town to meet his fiancée Goldie on the steamboat. When she arrives, there's a mysterious undercurrent between Goldie and Tennessee, whose newfound friendship with Cowpoke is destined to be severely tried...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Character: Mike (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
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Bitter Creek
Title: Bitter Creek
Character: Pat - Bartender
Released: February 21, 1954
Type: Movie
"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.
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Title: The Abbott and Costello Show
Character: Man
Released: December 5, 1952
Type: TV
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.
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Title: The Abbott and Costello Show
Character: Bit
Released: December 5, 1952
Type: TV
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.
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On Dangerous Ground
Title: On Dangerous Ground
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: December 13, 1951
Type: Movie
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
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All That I Have
Title: All That I Have
Character: Louie Lumpkin
Released: October 1, 1951
Type: Movie
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to God." His nephews bring him to court to determine his mental competence in the hopes of stopping him from disposing of all his money.
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Insurance Investigator
Title: Insurance Investigator
Character: Malone's Henchman
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.
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The Newlywed's Boarder
Title: The Newlywed's Boarder
Released: December 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Comedy film short
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Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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Title: Dick Tracy
Character: Sam Catchem
Released: September 11, 1950
Type: TV
Dick Tracy is an American TV series based on the detective comic strip Dick Tracy. The show aired on ABC from September 11, 1950 to April 7, 1951.
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Our Very Own
Title: Our Very Own
Character: Card Player (uncredited)
Released: July 27, 1950
Type: Movie
During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
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The Jackie Robinson Story
Title: The Jackie Robinson Story
Character: Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
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Night Unto Night
Title: Night Unto Night
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by incurable illness and a beautiful woman haunted by the voice of her dead husband. Ronald Reagan and Hollywood-debuting Viveca Lindfors star in an eerie drama steeped in religious faith and supernatural fear, in the destructive power of sexual jealousy and the redemptive power of love. In one of his earliest directorial efforts, Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, The Shootist) displays his command of pacing and camerawork, building the action to a climactic hurricane that parallels the tumultuous emotions of characters precariously balanced between now and the hereafter.
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Blood on the Moon
Title: Blood on the Moon
Character: Barney (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1948
Type: Movie
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.
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The Enchanted Valley
Title: The Enchanted Valley
Character: Bugs Mason
Released: March 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Armed robbers invade the home of a crippled boy and his grandfather and the effect the boy and his surroundings have on them is reforming.
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If You Knew Susie
Title: If You Knew Susie
Character: Silent Cy - Steve's Henchman (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1948
Type: Movie
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.
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Always Together
Title: Always Together
Character: First Cab Driver (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1947
Type: Movie
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly tycoon recovers from his illness and decides he wants his money back. Comedy most notable for its numerous unbilled cameos by Warner Bros. actors.
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Body and Soul
Title: Body and Soul
Character: Prince (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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Fun on a Weekend
Title: Fun on a Weekend
Character: Clothing Shop Proprietor (Uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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Shoot to Kill
Title: Shoot to Kill
Character: Smokey
Released: March 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
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The Mighty McGurk
Title: The Mighty McGurk
Character: Dog Man (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A retired prizefighter becomes the unlikely guardian of a young orphan recently arrived in the United States. Director John Waters' 1946 period comedy, set in New York's Bowery, stars Wallace Beery, Dean Stockwell, Aline MacMahon, Edward Arnold, Cameron Mitchell, Dorothy Patrick, Aubrey Mather, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Parsons, Morris Ankrum and Oliver Blake.
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San Quentin
Title: San Quentin
Character: 'Broadway' Johnson
Released: December 16, 1946
Type: Movie
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned.
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Criminal Court
Title: Criminal Court
Character: Clark J. 'Brownie' Brown
Released: November 15, 1946
Type: Movie
A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body and is subsequently charged with the murder.
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Oh, Professor Behave!
Title: Oh, Professor Behave!
Released: March 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Leon, sight unseen, rents a room in his house to a professor, who turns out to be a beautiful blonde. This unforseen stroke of good fortune, to Leon's way of thinking, only lasts until his wife (Dorothy Granger) sees the "Professor." Harmony is restored, following a period of vase throwing, when the professor moves out.
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Scarlet Street
Title: Scarlet Street
Character: Joe Williams, Morning World (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: Kelly - Bartender (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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The Shanghai Cobra
Title: The Shanghai Cobra
Character: Taylor
Released: September 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Title: Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Character: Steve Caveroni
Released: July 5, 1945
Type: Movie
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
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Her Favorite Patient
Title: Her Favorite Patient
Character: Augustus (uncredited)
Released: June 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and help him, and he and a macho test pilot who's fallen for her come up with a plan that involves the pilot faking an illness and being treated by her, with her uncle's "help".
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The Woman in the Window
Title: The Woman in the Window
Character: Toll Collector on Henry Hudson Parkway (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Mystery of the Riverboat
Title: Mystery of the Riverboat
Character: Louis Schaber
Released: October 24, 1944
Type: Movie
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.
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My Buddy
Title: My Buddy
Character: Nicky Piastro
Released: October 12, 1944
Type: Movie
A priest relates the tale of his friend, a WWI veteran, to the Post-War Planning Committee. Unable to get a job upon his return from the war, he puts off his marriage and works for a bootlegger. He is forced to take a rap for his boss, goes to prison, and forms a gang.
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Dixie Jamboree
Title: Dixie Jamboree
Character: Police Sgt.
Released: August 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
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Delinquent Daughters
Title: Delinquent Daughters
Character: Detective Hanahan
Released: July 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A town is shocked when a high school girl commits suicide. A reporter and a cop team up to investigate and find out exactly what is going on among the youth of the town.
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Mr. Skeffington
Title: Mr. Skeffington
Character: Boat Employee (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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See Here, Private Hargrove
Title: See Here, Private Hargrove
Character: Mess Hall Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1944
Type: Movie
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
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Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Title: Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
Character: Boss - 1st Robber
Released: March 7, 1944
Type: Movie
A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime.
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Title: The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Character: Benito Mussolini (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1943
Type: Movie
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
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Nazty Nuisance
Title: Nazty Nuisance
Character: Benito Mussolini
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via submarine, to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and have some plans for schickenbit-grubber and his buddies.
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Hi Diddle Diddle
Title: Hi Diddle Diddle
Character: Bartender
Released: August 2, 1943
Type: Movie
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
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Taxi, Mister
Title: Taxi, Mister
Character: Henchman Stretch
Released: April 16, 1943
Type: Movie
The owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.
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Slightly Dangerous
Title: Slightly Dangerous
Character: Painter (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
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Fall In
Title: Fall In
Character: Sergeant
Released: November 20, 1942
Type: Movie
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
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Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: Hogan (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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The Devil with Hitler
Title: The Devil with Hitler
Character: Benito Mussolini
Released: October 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
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Murder in the Big House
Title: Murder in the Big House
Character: Motorcycle cop
Released: April 11, 1942
Type: Movie
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
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Shepherd of the Ozarks
Title: Shepherd of the Ozarks
Character: Louie
Released: March 26, 1942
Type: Movie
Aluminum magnate James J. Maloney, Sr. meets with government officials to discuss the war effort and the need to end price-fixing. After the meeting, Maloney receives word that his son Jimmy, a playboy turned Army flight instructor, is lost with his navigator, Scully, somewhere in the Ozarks. While Maloney rushes to find his son, Jimmy and Scully crash land in the small town of Weaverville, where the mayor and his wife, Abner and Elviry Weaver, are trying to impress upon the citizens that they are better off in the mountains than in the big city
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Shadow of the Thin Man
Title: Shadow of the Thin Man
Character: Mug Starting Fight at Wrestling Match (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
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They Died with Their Boots On
Title: They Died with Their Boots On
Character: Joe (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1941
Type: Movie
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
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Honky Tonk
Title: Honky Tonk
Character: Masher in Saloon
Released: October 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
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Manpower
Title: Manpower
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.
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Whistling in the Dark
Title: Whistling in the Dark
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
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The Flame of New Orleans
Title: The Flame of New Orleans
Character: Fourth Sailor (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1941
Type: Movie
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
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Sis Hopkins
Title: Sis Hopkins
Character: Detective
Released: April 12, 1941
Type: Movie
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
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The Penalty
Title: The Penalty
Character: Shorty (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1941
Type: Movie
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy sees it all. Fortunately the courts intervene and send the lad off to live with a family of farmers.
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A Man Betrayed
Title: A Man Betrayed
Character: Tramp at Soup Kitchen (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of integrity is sweet in this instance, since Wayne happens to be in love with the politician's daughter (Frances Dee).
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The Great Mr. Nobody
Title: The Great Mr. Nobody
Character: Used Car Dealer
Released: February 15, 1941
Type: Movie
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
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Maisie Was a Lady
Title: Maisie Was a Lady
Character: Man with Seal (Uncredited)
Released: January 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Title: The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Character: Joe Dolan - Henchman
Released: December 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
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Strike Up the Band
Title: Strike Up the Band
Character: 3 Balls 10¢ Attendant
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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They Drive by Night
Title: They Drive by Night
Character: Fatso, Driver (uncredited)
Released: July 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
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Millionaires in Prison
Title: Millionaires in Prison
Character: Vince Connell (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
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A Fugitive from Justice
Title: A Fugitive from Justice
Character: Hinky-Dink
Released: June 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.
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Gangs of Chicago
Title: Gangs of Chicago
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
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Two Girls on Broadway
Title: Two Girls on Broadway
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
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Terry and the Pirates
Title: Terry and the Pirates
Character: Henchman
Released: April 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Dr. Herbert Lee, an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son Terry, Terry's pal Pat Ryan, and Normandie Drake. Jungle pirate and warlord Fang (Dick Curtis) plots to kill The Dragon Lady, Queen of the Temple of Mara, and seize the treasures of her ancestors. Both Fang and The Dragon Lady have sworn death for any foreign intruders.
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Half a Sinner
Title: Half a Sinner
Character: Steve
Released: April 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
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Alex in Wonderland
Title: Alex in Wonderland
Character: Mushy
Released: March 9, 1940
Type: Movie
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure. Alex in is New York to look for a job and he sees an ad for a champagne salesman. He decides to crash a swank party given by railroad tycoon J.D. Swinnerton and his wife. Alex has his own zany way of getting an introduction to the man. Mayhem ensues when several of the guests come as Robin Hood and one of them is a jewel thief.
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Chasing Trouble
Title: Chasing Trouble
Character: Motorcycle Cop
Released: January 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Henchman
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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Invisible Stripes
Title: Invisible Stripes
Character: Mug Who Brings Drink to Chuck (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1939
Type: Movie
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
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Another Thin Man
Title: Another Thin Man
Character: Barney (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
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The Roaring Twenties
Title: The Roaring Twenties
Character: Order-Taker (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1939
Type: Movie
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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No Place to Go
Title: No Place to Go
Character: Spud
Released: September 23, 1939
Type: Movie
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life.
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Hell's Kitchen
Title: Hell's Kitchen
Character: Nails - a Henchman (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1939
Type: Movie
A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Title: Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: June 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets a perceived threat to democracy from board room and soapbox fascists who advocated a government based upon contemporaneous European models.
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
Title: Torchy Runs for Mayor
Character: Stone - Dolan Henchman (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
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Panama Lady
Title: Panama Lady
Character: Joe - New York Bartender (uncredited)
Released: May 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tumble oil driller's jungle oil-field in order to pay him back for being slipped a mickey and robbed.
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Outside These Walls
Title: Outside These Walls
Character: Circulation Man (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.
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The Adventures of Jane Arden
Title: The Adventures of Jane Arden
Character: Henchman (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1939
Type: Movie
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.
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The Oklahoma Kid
Title: The Oklahoma Kid
Character: Keely
Released: March 11, 1939
Type: Movie
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
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The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Title: The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Character: Police Lt. George Devlin
Released: March 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.
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King of the Underworld
Title: King of the Underworld
Character: Porky
Released: January 14, 1939
Type: Movie
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
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Gangster's Boy
Title: Gangster's Boy
Character: Officer Jim
Released: November 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.
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Tenth Avenue Kid
Title: Tenth Avenue Kid
Character: Thug playing cards
Released: August 22, 1938
Type: Movie
In this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father. Later the detective feels bad and offers to become his friend, but his intentions are not entirely honorable as the detective really wants to know the location of the loot his father stashed during a robbery.
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Racket Busters
Title: Racket Busters
Character: Truck Driver (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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Held For Ransom
Title: Held For Ransom
Character: Mark
Released: June 17, 1938
Type: Movie
A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.