John Maxwell

John Maxwell

Born: March 11, 1918
Died: July 18, 1982
in Spokane, Washington, USA
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John Maxwell (March 11, 1918 Spokane, Washington – July 18, 1982) was an American film and television actor who appeared in over 100 films of the 1940s and 1950s. Many times the actor appeared in films uncredited. Occasionally he played larger roles in films, such as in The Prowler. He was born in Spokane, Washington. His television guest appearances included The Lone Ranger, Lassie, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman and Bonanza.

Maxwell also starred as Pappy Sawyer in Disneyland's television miniseries The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca.

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Cage of Evil
Title: Cage of Evil
Character: Insp. Daniel A. Melrose
Released: July 1, 1960
Type: Movie
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises.
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Title: Johnny Ringo
Character: Doc Bardell
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Conductor
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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The Lineup
Title: The Lineup
Character: Norm Thompson
Released: June 11, 1958
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
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The Man Who Died Twice
Title: The Man Who Died Twice
Character: Chief Sloane
Released: June 6, 1958
Type: Movie
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narcotics agents.
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Flood Tide
Title: Flood Tide
Character: John Brighton
Released: February 1, 1958
Type: Movie
When the testimony of a crippled child sends a murder suspect to prison, a friend of the accused sets out to investigate the crime on his own.
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Title: The Court of Last Resort
Character: Alex Gregory
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
The Court of Last Resort is an American television dramatized court show which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. It was co-produced by Erle Stanley Gardner's Paisano Productions, which also brought forth the long-running hit television program, Perry Mason on CBS. Its approach to dealing with potential miscarriages of justice in an entirely extra-judicial format was adopted by the BBC series Rough Justice in the 1980s.
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The Wayward Girl
Title: The Wayward Girl
Character: Parole Agent
Released: September 22, 1957
Type: Movie
Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.
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Showdown at Abilene
Title: Showdown at Abilene
Character: Frank Scovie
Released: October 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.
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A Strange Adventure
Title: A Strange Adventure
Character: Insurance Company Representative
Released: August 24, 1956
Type: Movie
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
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Francis in the Haunted House
Title: Francis in the Haunted House
Character: Edward Ryan
Released: July 9, 1956
Type: Movie
A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
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Terror at Midnight
Title: Terror at Midnight
Character: Capt. Allyson
Released: April 27, 1956
Type: Movie
A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.
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Backlash
Title: Backlash
Character: Colonel Welnick (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.
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Time Table
Title: Time Table
Character: Train Conductor
Released: February 8, 1956
Type: Movie
An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.
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The Eternal Sea
Title: The Eternal Sea
Character: Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey
Released: April 19, 1955
Type: Movie
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
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Young at Heart
Title: Young at Heart
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1954
Type: Movie
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
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The Bigamist
Title: The Bigamist
Character: Judge
Released: December 3, 1953
Type: Movie
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Title: Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
Character: Ship's Doctor (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1953
Type: Movie
With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.
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Devil's Canyon
Title: Devil's Canyon
Character: Grocer (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1953
Type: Movie
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
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The War of the Worlds
Title: The War of the Worlds
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1953
Type: Movie
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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Meet Me at the Fair
Title: Meet Me at the Fair
Character: Mr. Spooner
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know that her fiancée is one of the politicians responsible. Tad wants to stay with his new friend Doc, who is attracted to Zerelda, to the discomfiture of his old flame Clara...all amid nostalgic musical numbers.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Studio Police Chief
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Without Warning!
Title: Without Warning!
Character: Fred Saunders
Released: May 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears
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Too Young to Kiss
Title: Too Young to Kiss
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1951
Type: Movie
Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
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The Unknown Man
Title: The Unknown Man
Character: Dr. Palmer
Released: November 9, 1951
Type: Movie
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
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The Lady from Texas
Title: The Lady from Texas
Character: Mr. Deevers
Released: September 1, 1951
Type: Movie
An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.
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Night Into Morning
Title: Night Into Morning
Character: Dr. Huntington
Released: June 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
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The Prowler
Title: The Prowler
Character: Bud Crocker
Released: May 25, 1951
Type: Movie
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
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Three Guys Named Mike
Title: Three Guys Named Mike
Character: Dr. Matthew Hardy
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.
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The Enforcer
Title: The Enforcer
Released: February 24, 1951
Type: Movie
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
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Dial 1119
Title: Dial 1119
Character: Frank
Released: November 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.
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Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Simmons (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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Mystery Street
Title: Mystery Street
Character: Detective Kilrain (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1950
Type: Movie
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
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The Asphalt Jungle
Title: The Asphalt Jungle
Character: Dr. Swanson
Released: May 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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Side Street
Title: Side Street
Character: Policeman
Released: March 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
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Adam's Rib
Title: Adam's Rib
Character: Court Clerk (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1949
Type: Movie
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.
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Arson, Inc.
Title: Arson, Inc.
Character: Detective
Released: June 24, 1949
Type: Movie
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.
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The Paleface
Title: The Paleface
Character: Village gossip
Released: December 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
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Alaska
Title: Alaska
Character: Kallan
Released: November 18, 1944
Type: Movie
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.
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The Last Horseman
Title: The Last Horseman
Character: Cash Watson
Released: June 22, 1944
Type: Movie
Former Hopalong Cassidy sidekick Russell Hayden retains his nickname of Lucky in this average entry in his short-lived starring series for Columbia.
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Lady in the Death House
Title: Lady in the Death House
Character: Richard Snell
Released: March 15, 1944
Type: Movie
As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.
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Batman
Title: Batman
Character: Sam Fletcher
Released: July 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
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False Faces
Title: False Faces
Character: Assistant District Attorney Stewart
Released: May 28, 1943
Type: Movie
A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.
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Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Silver Skates
Title: Silver Skates
Character: Blake
Released: February 26, 1943
Type: Movie
The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
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Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: Stockbroker (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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Seven Sweethearts
Title: Seven Sweethearts
Character: City Editor (uncredited)
Released: November 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
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The Lone Prairie
Title: The Lone Prairie
Released: October 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent settlers.
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The Omaha Trail
Title: The Omaha Trail
Character: Croupier
Released: September 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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Spy Ship
Title: Spy Ship
Character: Ernie Haskell
Released: June 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.
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Grand Central Murder
Title: Grand Central Murder
Character: Detective Strom (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
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The Mystery of Marie Roget
Title: The Mystery of Marie Roget
Character: Detective
Released: April 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
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Murder in the Big House
Title: Murder in the Big House
Character: Prison Doctor
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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The Male Animal
Title: The Male Animal
Character: Editor (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1942
Type: Movie
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Title: Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Character: Rancher
Released: January 31, 1942
Type: Movie
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Man From Headquarters
Title: Man From Headquarters
Character: Managing Editor Marvin
Released: January 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
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Arizona Terrors
Title: Arizona Terrors
Character: Madden, the Counterfeiter
Released: January 13, 1942
Type: Movie
A crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court validation of a counterfeit land grant, and proceeds to drive out ranchers already settled on the land with high taxes, road tolls and violent tactics. A pair of horse sellers pitch in to help a customer, his daughter, and the other "tenant" ranchers after being roughed up by toll collectors when they refuse to pay the assessed toll.
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You're in the Army Now
Title: You're in the Army Now
Character: Army Doctor
Released: December 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
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Borrowed Hero
Title: Borrowed Hero
Character: City Editor
Released: December 5, 1941
Type: Movie
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
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Flying Cadets
Title: Flying Cadets
Character: 'Pinkie' Taylor, FAA inspector
Released: October 24, 1941
Type: Movie
Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
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Honky Tonk
Title: Honky Tonk
Character: Dist. Atty. Kendall
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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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Title: Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Character: Gillis
Released: September 20, 1941
Type: Movie
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
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Father Steps Out
Title: Father Steps Out
Character: City Editor Macy
Released: July 19, 1941
Type: Movie
Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent on an R&R vacation by his doctor, falling off his private train-car and landing in a hobo jungle occupied by Faylen and Hall, and being cured of all his ills, while reporter Jimmy Dugan (Frank Albertson) poses as a doctor in order to get an exclusive story about the railroad takeover.