Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Born: July 14, 1883
Died: April 15, 1966
in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joseph Crehan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in Union Pacific and They Died With Their Boots On. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Hollywood, California from a stroke.

Crehan often played alongside Charles C. Wilson with whom he is sometimes confused.

Movies for Joseph Crehan...

Judgment at Nuremberg
Title: Judgment at Nuremberg
Character: Courtroom Spectator at Verdict (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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Title: The Andy Griffith Show
Character: Council Member
Released: October 3, 1960
Type: TV
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
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Title: The Andy Griffith Show
Character: Franklin
Released: October 3, 1960
Type: TV
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
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Title: The Andy Griffith Show
Character: Townsman
Released: October 3, 1960
Type: TV
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
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Title: The Andy Griffith Show
Character: Councilman
Released: October 3, 1960
Type: TV
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
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Title: Bat Masterson
Character: Thomas Bolland
Released: October 8, 1958
Type: TV
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
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Title: 26 Men
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: TV
26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.
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Title: Leave It to Beaver
Character: Train Conductor
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
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The Twinkle In God's Eye
Title: The Twinkle In God's Eye
Character: Doctor
Released: October 13, 1955
Type: Movie
A new parson arrives in the mining town of Lodestone and attempts to build a church. Western.
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Title: The Whistler
Released: July 13, 1954
Type: TV
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Highway Dragnet
Title: Highway Dragnet
Character: Elderly Border Inspection Officer
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.
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Title: The Lone Wolf
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: TV
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Crazylegs
Title: Crazylegs
Character: Hank Hatch
Released: November 15, 1953
Type: Movie
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Mr. Kramer
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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Deadline - U.S.A.
Title: Deadline - U.S.A.
Character: City Editor of The Standard (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1952
Type: Movie
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
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The Family Secret
Title: The Family Secret
Released: October 21, 1951
Type: Movie
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
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Title: I Love Lucy
Character: Detective
Released: October 15, 1951
Type: TV
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
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Roadblock
Title: Roadblock
Character: Thompson (uncredited)
Released: September 17, 1951
Type: Movie
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
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The Flying Missile
Title: The Flying Missile
Character: Rear Admiral
Released: December 24, 1950
Type: Movie
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
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The Tougher They Come
Title: The Tougher They Come
Character: Thompson
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long time, he has been courting a pretty young thing, and now that she believes him wealthy, she decides to finally accept his proposal. When she finds out that the company has many financial woes and that living in the woods takes guts and courage, she turns into a nagging shrew, constantly urging him to sell-out to a major corporation. Meanwhile his treacherous foreman, an agent of the bigger company, uses sabotage to change the stubborn camp owner's mind.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Doctor
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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The Fuller Brush Girl
Title: The Fuller Brush Girl
Character: Police Boat Captain (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
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Triple Trouble
Title: Triple Trouble
Character: Warden Burnside
Released: August 13, 1950
Type: Movie
Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.
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The Arizona Cowboy
Title: The Arizona Cowboy
Character: Colonel Jefferson
Released: April 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy proves his father is not a thief.
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Gun Crazy
Title: Gun Crazy
Character: Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Released: January 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
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Red Desert
Title: Red Desert
Character: President Ulysses S. Grant
Released: December 17, 1949
Type: Movie
A Government agent is sent to track an outlaw who has stolen gold boulion. The chase leads into a desolate desert region where the agent is forced to utilize his survival skills.
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Dancing in the Dark
Title: Dancing in the Dark
Character: Board Member
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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Prejudice
Title: Prejudice
Character: J.P. Baker
Released: October 17, 1949
Type: Movie
Joe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to realize that he is prejudiced against many of them.
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Alias the Champ
Title: Alias the Champ
Character: Tim Murphy
Released: October 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling.
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Title: The Lone Ranger
Character: Tom Patrict
Released: September 15, 1949
Type: TV
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".
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Ringside
Title: Ringside
Character: Oscar Brannigan
Released: July 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind.
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Amazon Quest
Title: Amazon Quest
Character: De Ruyter
Released: May 13, 1949
Type: Movie
Thomas Dekker is a diamond cutter attempting to reclaim his right to a portion of a rubber empire in the early part of the twentieth century. Tom travels to Brazil to uncover the fate of his father and along the way meets Teresa, a local girl who offers to be his guide in the jungle. Eventually, they encounter three armed men who take them to Lobato, a bandit who knew his father. Once convinced that Tom is his friend's son, Lobato tells him a lengthy story which culminates with his meeting Tom's father, who rescued him from drowning. With the help of "flashbacks" from an obscure South American feature, Tom learns what really became of his father.
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Duke of Chicago
Title: Duke of Chicago
Character: 'Tex' Harman
Released: March 15, 1949
Type: Movie
To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
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The Last Bandit
Title: The Last Bandit
Character: Local No. 44 Engineer
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.
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State Department: File 649
Title: State Department: File 649
Character: Government Official
Released: February 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a morale worker with the bureau, are assigned to an area in Mongolia dominated by an outlaw warlord. The latter captures the village where they reside and when escape is clearly impossible, Seeley blows up the outlaw's headquarters, losing his own life in doing so.
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Bad Men of Tombstone
Title: Bad Men of Tombstone
Character: Mine Superintendent
Released: January 21, 1949
Type: Movie
A marshal goes up against a collection of vicious outlaws terrorizing his own.
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Unto Thyself Be True
Title: Unto Thyself Be True
Character: Frank Hartwell
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A Christian movie produced in 1949 by Family Films that shows a teenager named Bill who takes out the family car without a drivers license or his father's permission. Bill then gets into a accident and runs. Later young Bill has to deal with the authorities and his father!
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Homicide for Three
Title: Homicide for Three
Character: Police Captain
Released: December 8, 1948
Type: Movie
While on shore leave to celebrate his first anniversary, Lt. Peter Duluth (Warren Douglas) takes his wife, Iris (Audrey Long), to a Los Angeles hotel but is turned away. When mysterious Colette (Stephanie Bachelor) offers them her suite, the young couple becomes entangled in a murder plot. Aided by two PIs, Peter and Iris find two corpses and are desperate to locate Colette before she becomes the next victim, but the killers are one step ahead.
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Street Corner
Title: Street Corner
Character: Dr. James Fenton
Released: December 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Naive small-town girl gets pregnant on her prom night, and winds up in the clutches of the local abortionist. Depending on the release presentation, the movie includes an animation of conception, filmed vaginal and caesarian section births, and a filmed presentation on how syphilis and gonorrhea present themselves.
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Sundown in Santa Fe
Title: Sundown in Santa Fe
Character: Major Larkin
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Sundown in Santa Fe is an adventure film directed by R.G. Springsteen in 60. A dagger has been left in every robbery by Walter Durant, fugitive leader of the President Lincoln murder ring. Rocky is sent to Santa Fe to find Durant and arrest him and the gang of outlaws he controls. Rocky soon finds that the information for every robbery comes from Tom, who is the son of the sheriff. But Rocky has to arrest the whole gang, and he does not know who is part of the gang and where Durant may be hiding.
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
Title: The Countess of Monte Cristo
Character: Joe
Released: October 31, 1948
Type: Movie
This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
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Night Time in Nevada
Title: Night Time in Nevada
Character: Engineer Casey
Released: September 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Twenty years earlier Farrell killed his mining partner Andrews. Now Andrews daughter arrives to get her father's trust fund. Farrell having rustled Roy's cattle now takes her money from her Lawyer and lets her overhear false information of their next rustling job. With the posse at the wrong location, his men attack the cattle train and Roy on board find himself greatly outnumbered.
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Relentless
Title: Relentless
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.
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The Gallant Legion
Title: The Gallant Legion
Character: George Trent - State Official
Released: May 24, 1948
Type: Movie
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.
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Silver River
Title: Silver River
Character: Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming one of the most powerful silver magnates in the west. His empire begins to fall apart as the other mining combines rise against him and his stubbornness loses him the support of his wife and old friends.
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The Hunted
Title: The Hunted
Character: Small Town Police Captain
Released: April 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.
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April Showers
Title: April Showers
Character: William Barnes
Released: March 27, 1948
Type: Movie
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
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Adventures in Silverado
Title: Adventures in Silverado
Character: McHugh
Released: March 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a hooded highwayman called The Monk. Supposedly inspired by a true incident, this offbeat Western based on Stevenson's The Silverado Squatters is a dandy, high-spirited adventure yarn.
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The Enchanted Valley
Title: The Enchanted Valley
Character: Chief Scott
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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Because of Eve
Title: Because of Eve
Character: Dr. West
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A doctor uses films about venereal disease and the human reproductive system to educate a young married couple.
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Louisiana
Title: Louisiana
Character: Neilson
Released: November 15, 1947
Type: Movie
The music-loving son of a Louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Broker (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Title: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Character: Chief Brandon
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
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The Trespasser
Title: The Trespasser
Character: The Doctor
Released: July 3, 1947
Type: Movie
Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, set out to track down the killer of a colleague, a book-reviewer who was involved with a group of rare book forgers and whose sister has been convinced her editor-fiance, Bill Monroe, killed him.
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Philo Vance's Gamble
Title: Philo Vance's Gamble
Character: Ellis Mason
Released: April 12, 1947
Type: Movie
One of two Philo Vance mystery movies released by PRC.
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The Falcon's Adventure
Title: The Falcon's Adventure
Character: Inspector Cavanaugh
Released: December 13, 1946
Type: Movie
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
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Magnificent Doll
Title: Magnificent Doll
Character: Williams
Released: December 8, 1946
Type: Movie
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Character: Chief Brandon
Released: November 22, 1946
Type: Movie
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
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Dangerous Money
Title: Dangerous Money
Character: Captain Black
Released: October 12, 1946
Type: Movie
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.
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Strange Journey
Title: Strange Journey
Character: Thompson
Released: October 3, 1946
Type: Movie
Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife Patti fly to his privately-owned remote island and have to crash land. Also on the island is a group of shipwrecked people, including a German professor, his daughter, an English journalist, a wealthy widow, a sailor and a Nazi Agent.
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The Brute Man
Title: The Brute Man
Character: Police Commissioner Salisbury (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
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The Big Sleep
Title: The Big Sleep
Character: Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Released: August 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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The Mysterious Mr. M
Title: The Mysterious Mr. M
Character: Dan Blair
Released: July 23, 1946
Type: Movie
An evil scientist known as "Mr. M." uses a drug he has developed called "hypnotreme" to help steal submarine equipment. Federal agent Grant Farrell is dispatched to find the mysterious villain and stop his nefarious plans.
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Night Train to Memphis
Title: Night Train to Memphis
Character: John Stevenson
Released: July 12, 1946
Type: Movie
A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.
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O.S.S.
Title: O.S.S.
Character: Gen. Donovan
Released: May 26, 1946
Type: Movie
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
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Bad Bascomb
Title: Bad Bascomb
Character: Gov. Clark (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 1946
Type: Movie
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
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Behind the Mask
Title: Behind the Mask
Character: Police Inspector Cardonna
Released: May 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.
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The Virginian
Title: The Virginian
Released: May 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.
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The Phantom Thief
Title: The Phantom Thief
Character: 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
Released: May 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.
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Deadline at Dawn
Title: Deadline at Dawn
Character: Lt. Kane
Released: March 18, 1946
Type: Movie
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
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The Shadow Returns
Title: The Shadow Returns
Character: Police Insp. Cardona
Released: February 16, 1946
Type: Movie
The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.
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A Guy Could Change
Title: A Guy Could Change
Character: McCarthy
Released: January 27, 1946
Type: Movie
A playboy is reformed by his daughter and fiancee.
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Tars and Spars
Title: Tars and Spars
Character: Admiral
Released: January 10, 1946
Type: Movie
Howard Young is a coast guardsman who has been on shore duty for three years despite his efforts to be sent into action. His nearest approach to sea duty was on a harbor-moored life raft for 21 days as part of an experiment with a new type of vitamin gum for the government. He meets Christine Bradley, a SPAR, sent to take over his communications job and, by things he leaves unsaid, she thinks his life-raft experience was the result of a ship-wreck at sea.
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Adventure
Title: Adventure
Character: Ed - Maritime Office (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1945
Type: Movie
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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Dick Tracy
Title: Dick Tracy
Character: Chief Brandon
Released: December 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer called Splitface (Mike Mazurki).
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Captain Tugboat Annie
Title: Captain Tugboat Annie
Character: Alec Severn
Released: November 17, 1945
Type: Movie
This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secretary and an ex-con who wants to go straight, fall in love. Tugboat Annie is put in charge of a child violinist. When a waterfront fire breaks out, the two warring captains join forces to put it out.
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Man Alive
Title: Man Alive
Character: Dr. James P. Whitney
Released: November 16, 1945
Type: Movie
A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
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The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Title: The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Character: RCMP Sergeant Nelson
Released: October 23, 1945
Type: Movie
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.
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Lady on a Train
Title: Lady on a Train
Character: Train passenger (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1945
Type: Movie
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
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The Chicago Kid
Title: The Chicago Kid
Character: Chief Rogers
Released: June 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The story of Joe Ferrill, whose efforts to raise enough money so that his imprisoned father can live comfortably upon release come to naught when the elder Ferrill dies behind bars. Vowing revenge on Society, Joe aligns himself with a bunch of gangsters. He intends to use his mob connections to get even with auditor John Mitchell, the man whose testimony sent Joe's dad to the Big House. But Joe hasn't counted on falling in love with Mitchell's pretty daughter Chris.
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I Love a Mystery
Title: I Love a Mystery
Character: Police Captain Quinn (Uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the aim to kill him.
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The Missing Juror
Title: The Missing Juror
Character: Willard Apple / Falstaff
Released: November 16, 1944
Type: Movie
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
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When the Lights Go On Again
Title: When the Lights Go On Again
Character: Bob
Released: October 22, 1944
Type: Movie
The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.
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One Mysterious Night
Title: One Mysterious Night
Character: Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Released: October 21, 1944
Type: Movie
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
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Black Magic
Title: Black Magic
Character: Police Sgt. Matthews
Released: August 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult. This movie had an alternative title: Meeting at Midnight.
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Christmas Holiday
Title: Christmas Holiday
Character: Steve, the bartender
Released: July 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
Title: The Adventures of Mark Twain
Character: Ulysses S. Grant
Released: July 20, 1944
Type: Movie
A dramatised life of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, or Mark Twain.
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Gambler's Choice
Title: Gambler's Choice
Character: Toby (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1944
Type: Movie
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
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The Great Alaskan Mystery
Title: The Great Alaskan Mystery
Character: Bill Hudson
Released: April 25, 1944
Type: Movie
The obsessive scientist Dr. Miller is working on a matter-transmitter invention called the Paratron; a conspiratorial team of spies and no-goods pursue him to Alaska, trying to steal the device.
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To the People of the United States
Title: To the People of the United States
Character: Doctor at Hospital (uncredited)
Released: April 16, 1944
Type: Movie
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
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The Navy Way
Title: The Navy Way
Character: Chaplain Benson
Released: February 26, 1944
Type: Movie
The experiences of a disparate group of young men as they make their way through Navy boot camp.
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Phantom Lady
Title: Phantom Lady
Character: Detective
Released: January 28, 1944
Type: Movie
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
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Hands Across the Border
Title: Hands Across the Border
Character: Jeff "Bet-A-Hundred" Adams
Released: January 5, 1944
Type: Movie
Horse breeders Adams and Brock are vying for the Army contract. When Adams is killed trying to ride his horse Trigger, Roy saves the horse from being shot. He trains him and then plans to ride him in the race to win the contract.
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The Woman of the Town
Title: The Woman of the Town
Character: New York Newspaper Editor
Released: December 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
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The Desert Song
Title: The Desert Song
Character: Steve, a Reporter
Released: December 17, 1943
Type: Movie
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
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Mystery Broadcast
Title: Mystery Broadcast
Character: Chief Daniels
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people involved in the case, but shortly afterwards the main suspects turn up dead.
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Crazy House
Title: Crazy House
Character: Mogey
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
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Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Title: Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Character: Col. George Bolton [Chs. 1-2]
Released: September 7, 1943
Type: Movie
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
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Honeymoon Lodge
Title: Honeymoon Lodge
Character: Judge
Released: July 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a last-ditch attempt to avoid their legal breakup by restaging their mountain-resort honeymoon. Things get complicated when a rancher named Big Boy (Rod Cameron, in a Ralph Bellamy-style "sap" role) shows up at the resort in ardent pursuit of Carol, while Lorraine Logan (Harriet Hilliard) sets her cap for Bob.
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Mr. Lucky
Title: Mr. Lucky
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: July 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
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Hit the Ice
Title: Hit the Ice
Character: Train Conductor #1 (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) take pictures of a bank robbery. Lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers and accompanied by Dr. Bill Elliott (Patric Knowles) and Peggy Osborn (Elyse Knox), they also meet old friend Johnny Long (Johnny Long) and his band and singer Marcia Manning (Ginny Simms). Dr. Elliott and Peggy are being held in a remote cabin by the robbers, but Weejie rescues them by turning himself into a human snowball that becomes an avalanche that engulfs the crooks.
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False Faces
Title: False Faces
Character: Police Capt. Alan O'Brien
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 (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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She Has What It Takes
Title: She Has What It Takes
Character: George Clarke
Released: April 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Fay Weston (Jinx Falkenburg), a radio singer of no consequence, pretends to be the daughter of a recently deceased Broadway stage star in order to hoodwink Broadway play producer in starring her in a planned-show that is a tribute to her supposed mother.
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Keep 'Em Slugging
Title: Keep 'Em Slugging
Character: Detective Sergeant
Released: March 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Title: The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Released: February 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
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City Without Men
Title: City Without Men
Character: Father Burns
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.
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Whistling in Dixie
Title: Whistling in Dixie
Character: Deputy Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1942
Type: Movie
Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.
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Junior Army
Title: Junior Army
Character: Mr. Jeffrey Ferguson
Released: November 26, 1942
Type: Movie
An English refugee and a street thug go to military school together.
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Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: Duffy - Referee (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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You Can't Escape Forever
Title: You Can't Escape Forever
Character: Warden (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1942
Type: Movie
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
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Girl Trouble
Title: Girl Trouble
Character: Kohn
Released: October 9, 1942
Type: Movie
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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Eyes of the Underworld
Title: Eyes of the Underworld
Character: Kirby - Assistant Police Chief
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.
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The Secret Code
Title: The Secret Code
Character: Police Chief Henry Burns
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
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Men of Texas
Title: Men of Texas
Character: Luther Crittenden
Released: July 3, 1942
Type: Movie
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
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Larceny, Inc.
Title: Larceny, Inc.
Character: Warden
Released: April 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
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Hello, Annapolis
Title: Hello, Annapolis
Character: Evans Arden
Released: April 23, 1942
Type: Movie
Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.
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Murder in the Big House
Title: Murder in the Big House
Character: Ainslee
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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Obliging Young Lady
Title: Obliging Young Lady
Character: Managing Editor (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
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Gang Busters
Title: Gang Busters
Character: Police Chief Martin O'Brien
Released: March 31, 1942
Type: Movie
Police detectives battle the League of Murdered Men, a gang of resurrected dead criminals.
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Title: The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Character: Peter Dugan
Released: March 3, 1942
Type: Movie
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Title: Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Character: Ray Trent (uncredited)
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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Treat 'Em Rough
Title: Treat 'Em Rough
Character: Roderick Wetherbee (as Joe Crehan)
Released: January 30, 1942
Type: Movie
When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name.
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Cadets on Parade
Title: Cadets on Parade
Character: Jeff Shannon
Released: January 22, 1942
Type: Movie
A military school cadet runs away after failing to fit in at sports or school life. He's befriended by a newsboy and they tutor each other, but soon get embroiled in a ransom scheme.
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Sealed Lips
Title: Sealed Lips
Character: Chief Charles R. Dugan
Released: January 2, 1942
Type: Movie
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!
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They Died with Their Boots On
Title: They Died with Their Boots On
Character: President Ulysses S. Grant (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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Three Girls About Town
Title: Three Girls About Town
Character: Labor leader
Released: October 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
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Texas
Title: Texas
Character: Rancher Dusty King
Released: October 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.
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Doctors Don't Tell
Title: Doctors Don't Tell
Character: Judge Hoskins
Released: September 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Title: Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Character: Editor (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1941
Type: Movie
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Title: Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Character: Yates
Released: September 20, 1941
Type: Movie
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
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Flying Blind
Title: Flying Blind
Character: Nunnally
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in the wilderness & the survivors are threatened by a raging forest fire.
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Manpower
Title: Manpower
Character: Sweeney
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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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Title: Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
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Nevada City
Title: Nevada City
Character: Mark Benton
Released: June 19, 1941
Type: Movie
The conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are sabotaging both sides. Roy and Gabby mediate the conflict and expose the bad guys.
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Love Crazy
Title: Love Crazy
Character: Judge
Released: May 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
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Washington Melodrama
Title: Washington Melodrama
Character: Phil Sampson
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
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Here Comes Happiness
Title: Here Comes Happiness
Character: Tom Burke
Released: March 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
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A Man Betrayed
Title: A Man Betrayed
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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A Man Betrayed
Title: A Man Betrayed
Character: Bob - Globe Newspaper Editor (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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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Title: Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Character: Peter Dugan
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
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Scattergood Baines
Title: Scattergood Baines
Character: Keith
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Young Scattergood Baines arrives in the small New England town of Coldriver. Through some shrewd business maneuvering, he manages to open up a hardware store. Twenty years later he has become a prosperous and respected member of the community, a member of the local school board and the owner of a railroad that transports timber to the local sawmill. Problems begin to arise, however, when a young schoolteacher he has hired turns out to be not quite what he expected, and the mill owners pressure Scattergood to sell them his railroad, with the idea of raising the transportation fees paid to them by the local loggers.
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Back Street
Title: Back Street
Character: Postman
Released: February 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst's novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion designer in love with a married banker (Charles Boyer). Directed by Robert Stevenson, the film also stars Richard Carlson, Tim Holt, Frank McHugh, Esther Dale and Cecil Cunningham.
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The Case of the Black Parrot
Title: The Case of the Black Parrot
Character: Inspector Grady
Released: January 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
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Know For Sure
Title: Know For Sure
Character: supporting role
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
A 1941 film encouraging people to seek treatment if they had, or might have had, syphilis.
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Santa Fe Trail
Title: Santa Fe Trail
Character: Officer at Washington Party (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Title: The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Character: Johnson
Released: December 13, 1940
Type: Movie
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
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Little Nellie Kelly
Title: Little Nellie Kelly
Character: Police Commissioner O'Brien (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
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City for Conquest
Title: City for Conquest
Character: Doctor
Released: September 21, 1940
Type: Movie
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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Colorado
Title: Colorado
Character: Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Released: September 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason joins them. When Burke catches up with them he also finds Mason, his brother.
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Public Deb No. 1
Title: Public Deb No. 1
Character: Director
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
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The Secret Seven
Title: The Secret Seven
Character: Police Chief Hobbs
Released: August 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.
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Brother Orchid
Title: Brother Orchid
Character: Brother MacEwen
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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Gaucho Serenade
Title: Gaucho Serenade
Character: Edward Martin
Released: May 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe.
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Jack Pot
Title: Jack Pot
Character: Mayor Steven Andrews (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1940
Type: Movie
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.
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The House Across the Bay
Title: The House Across the Bay
Character: Federal Man
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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Broadway Melody of 1940
Title: Broadway Melody of 1940
Character: Ballroom Manager (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.
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Parole Fixer
Title: Parole Fixer
Character: Warden (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.
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The Fighting 69th
Title: The Fighting 69th
Character: Inoculations Doctor (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
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The Green Hornet
Title: The Green Hornet
Character: Judge Stanton
Released: January 8, 1940
Type: Movie
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
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Emergency Squad
Title: Emergency Squad
Character: H. Tyler Joyce, editor
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.
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Music in My Heart
Title: Music in My Heart
Character: Mark C. Gilman
Released: January 4, 1940
Type: Movie
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
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Invisible Stripes
Title: Invisible Stripes
Character: Garage Owner (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1939
Type: Movie
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
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Private Detective
Title: Private Detective
Character: Capt. Murphy
Released: December 9, 1939
Type: Movie
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.
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Geronimo
Title: Geronimo
Character: President Ulysses S. Grant
Released: November 26, 1939
Type: Movie
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.
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We Are Not Alone
Title: We Are Not Alone
Character: American at Train Station
Released: November 25, 1939
Type: Movie
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
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The Return of Doctor X
Title: The Return of Doctor X
Character: Editor
Released: November 23, 1939
Type: Movie
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.
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The Roaring Twenties
Title: The Roaring Twenties
Character: Michaels
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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Hollywood Cavalcade
Title: Hollywood Cavalcade
Character: Attorney
Released: October 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
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Babes in Arms
Title: Babes in Arms
Character: Mr. Essex
Released: October 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
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Blackmail
Title: Blackmail
Character: Mr. Blaine (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1939
Type: Movie
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
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Full Confession
Title: Full Confession
Character: Warden (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1939
Type: Movie
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
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The Star Maker
Title: The Star Maker
Character: Thomas Marlowe
Released: August 25, 1939
Type: Movie
This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and producer.
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Stanley and Livingstone
Title: Stanley and Livingstone
Character: Morehead
Released: August 18, 1939
Type: Movie
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.
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They All Come Out
Title: They All Come Out
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1939
Type: Movie
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?
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Behind Prison Gates
Title: Behind Prison Gates
Character: Prison Warden O'Neil
Released: July 28, 1939
Type: Movie
An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
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Maisie
Title: Maisie
Character: Defense Attorney Wilcox
Released: June 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Chalmers
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Union Pacific
Title: Union Pacific
Character: Ulysses S. Grant
Released: May 5, 1939
Type: Movie
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
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Dodge City
Title: Dodge City
Character: Hammond (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1939
Type: Movie
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
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Almost a Gentleman
Title: Almost a Gentleman
Character: Prosecutor
Released: March 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
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Whispering Enemies
Title: Whispering Enemies
Character: George Harley
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Meet the man who stayed just inside the law with a brand new racket...
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
Title: You Can't Get Away with Murder
Character: Warden of Sing Sing
Released: March 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
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Society Lawyer
Title: Society Lawyer
Character: City Editor
Released: March 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence
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Star Reporter
Title: Star Reporter
Character: Gordon
Released: February 22, 1939
Type: Movie
An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.
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Wings of the Navy
Title: Wings of the Navy
Character: Second Doctor
Released: February 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
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Navy Secrets
Title: Navy Secrets
Character: FBI Chief Herbert Daly
Released: February 8, 1939
Type: Movie
After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investigation, his fiancee meets one of his fellow officers, becomes romantically interested in him, and joins him in trying to get an envelope, believed to contain rare stamps, to its intended recipient, only to end up in a web of intrigue involving foreign-accented men who are unusually interested in that simple envelope.
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Pride of the Navy
Title: Pride of the Navy
Character: Brad Foster
Released: January 23, 1939
Type: Movie
A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable boat to carry torpedoes.
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Gang Bullets
Title: Gang Bullets
Character: Wallace
Released: November 10, 1938
Type: Movie
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
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Illegal Traffic
Title: Illegal Traffic
Character: Chief Daley
Released: November 2, 1938
Type: Movie
G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the lion's share of their loot. Through an old friend, whom he once barnstormed in an air circus, Martin joins the gang as a pilot. He becomes interested in Carol Butler, a beautiful girl involved with the gang through the activities of her ne'er-do-well father.
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Girls on Probation
Title: Girls on Probation
Character: Todd
Released: October 22, 1938
Type: Movie
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
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The Arkansas Traveler
Title: The Arkansas Traveler
Character: McSweeney
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend who is now deceased.
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Crime Takes a Holiday
Title: Crime Takes a Holiday
Character: Gov. Bill Allen
Released: October 5, 1938
Type: Movie
A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.
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Billy The Kid Returns
Title: Billy The Kid Returns
Character: U.S. Marshal Dave Conway
Released: September 4, 1938
Type: Movie
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ranchers. As Billy's death is unknown, Roy gets Garrett to let him pose as Billy to continue the fight, but without the killing.
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Gateway
Title: Gateway
Character: Inspector
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
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Four's a Crowd
Title: Four's a Crowd
Character: Butler Pierce
Released: August 4, 1938
Type: Movie
A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.
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Woman Against Woman
Title: Woman Against Woman
Character: Sen. Kingsley
Released: June 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
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A Criminal Is Born
Title: A Criminal Is Born
Character: Frank Wheeler
Released: June 5, 1938
Type: Movie
An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Title: Alexander's Ragtime Band
Character: Stage Manager
Released: May 24, 1938
Type: Movie
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Title: Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Character: American Tourist (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1938
Type: Movie
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broken French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the row of his ex-wives and starts her own strategy to tame him.
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State Police
Title: State Police
Character: Mr. Owen, Mine Owner
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
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Night Spot
Title: Night Spot
Character: Inspector Wayland
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
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The Kid Comes Back
Title: The Kid Comes Back
Character: Danny Lockridge
Released: February 12, 1938
Type: Movie
A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter.
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Midnight Intruder
Title: Midnight Intruder
Character: Bill Harwood - Newspaper Editor
Released: February 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
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Happy Landing
Title: Happy Landing
Character: Agent
Released: January 23, 1938
Type: Movie
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
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Here's Flash Casey
Title: Here's Flash Casey
Character: Blaine
Released: January 7, 1938
Type: Movie
After graduating college an aspiring photographer lands his first job--with a big city newspaper.
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Mama Runs Wild
Title: Mama Runs Wild
Character: Tom Fowler
Released: December 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she accidentally causes the apprehension of two bank robbers after walking into the bank during the robbery and one of the robbers, in taking money from her purse, left his fingerprints on the purse. She is made an honorary police captain and, with her society sisters sets about "keeping lawlessness" out of the town. From that point on, life becomes miserable for her hen-pecked husband Calvin (Ernest Truex).
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
Title: Beg, Borrow or Steal
Character: Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
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The Duke Comes Back
Title: The Duke Comes Back
Character: Pat Doyle
Released: November 29, 1937
Type: Movie
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry socialite Susan Corbin (Heather Angel). When his businessman father-in-law Arnold (Frederick Burton) loses his fortune, Duke returns to the ring to raise money for him. Susan is furious that Duke is breaking his promise never to box again, and the stakes get even higher when a crooked promoter orders him to take a dive ... or else.
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Blossoms On Broadway
Title: Blossoms On Broadway
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1937
Type: Movie
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
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The Wrong Road
Title: The Wrong Road
Character: District Attorney
Released: October 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
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Outlaws of the Orient
Title: Outlaws of the Orient
Character: Snyder
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Johnny Eaton, trouble-shooter for an American oil company drilling in China, leaves his bride-to-be to head for the Orient and straighten out problems at the inland-concession site his company controls.
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Talent Scout
Title: Talent Scout
Character: A.J. Lambert
Released: July 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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Midnight Madonna
Title: Midnight Madonna
Character: Moe Grinnell
Released: July 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhandedly taken by her estranged father.
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Born Reckless
Title: Born Reckless
Character: District Attorney
Released: June 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day. Champion race-car driver, Bob Kane, joins with his friends Lee and "Dad" Martin in a fight for the street rights of a big city.
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Girls Can Play
Title: Girls Can Play
Character: Editor Brophy
Released: June 23, 1937
Type: Movie
The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Title: The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Character: Paul Drake
Released: June 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
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Kid Galahad
Title: Kid Galahad
Character: Brady
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
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This Is My Affair
Title: This Is My Affair
Character: Priest
Released: May 28, 1937
Type: Movie
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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A Day at Santa Anita
Title: A Day at Santa Anita
Character: Biff--Blackburn's Trainer (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.
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The Go-Getter
Title: The Go-Getter
Character: Karl Stone
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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There Goes My Girl
Title: There Goes My Girl
Character: Sgt. Wood
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.
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Draegerman Courage
Title: Draegerman Courage
Character: Dr. Stuart Hunter
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
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The Cherokee Strip
Title: The Cherokee Strip
Character: Army Officer
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
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Midnight Court
Title: Midnight Court
Character: Judge Frederick J. Thompson
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Her Husband's Secretary
Title: Her Husband's Secretary
Character: Stevenson
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
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Once a Doctor
Title: Once a Doctor
Character: Captain Andrews
Released: January 23, 1937
Type: Movie
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.
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God's Country and the Woman
Title: God's Country and the Woman
Character: Jordan
Released: January 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and slowly learns the business and of his brother's dirty tricks.
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Smart Blonde
Title: Smart Blonde
Character: Tiny Torgensen
Released: January 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
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Gold Diggers of 1937
Title: Gold Diggers of 1937
Character: Chairman
Released: December 28, 1936
Type: Movie
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
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Guns of the Pecos
Title: Guns of the Pecos
Character: Captain Norris
Released: December 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
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King of Hockey
Title: King of Hockey
Character: Mike Trotter
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
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The Captain's Kid
Title: The Captain's Kid
Character: Deputy Coroner Frank Knickerbocker
Released: November 14, 1936
Type: Movie
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.
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Here Comes Carter
Title: Here Comes Carter
Character: Daniel Bronson
Released: October 24, 1936
Type: Movie
A radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals
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Cain and Mabel
Title: Cain and Mabel
Character: Reed's Manager
Released: September 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
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Down the Stretch
Title: Down the Stretch
Character: C.D. Burch
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
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Trailin' West
Title: Trailin' West
Character: Colonel Douglas
Released: September 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
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Anthony Adverse
Title: Anthony Adverse
Character: Capt. Elisha Jorham
Released: August 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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China Clipper
Title: China Clipper
Character: Jim Horn
Released: August 11, 1936
Type: Movie
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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Jailbreak
Title: Jailbreak
Character: Warden
Released: August 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
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Bengal Tiger
Title: Bengal Tiger
Character: Bill Hinsdale
Released: July 29, 1936
Type: Movie
After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone.
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Earthworm Tractors
Title: Earthworm Tractors
Character: Mr. Henderson
Released: July 24, 1936
Type: Movie
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
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Murder by an Aristocrat
Title: Murder by an Aristocrat
Character: Hilary Thatcher
Released: June 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it.
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Bullets or Ballots
Title: Bullets or Ballots
Character: Grand Jury Spokesman
Released: June 6, 1936
Type: Movie
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
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Brides Are Like That
Title: Brides Are Like That
Character: Tom Carter
Released: April 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a golf player and he has a lot of ideas, but still lives off Fred. When Hazel gets engaged to Doc Jenkins, it takes a while, but Bill talks her into marrying him instead. The only problem is that now, he needs to find a job.
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The Singing Kid
Title: The Singing Kid
Character: Agent Fulton (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
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Road Gang
Title: Road Gang
Character: Harry Shields
Released: March 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
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Boulder Dam
Title: Boulder Dam
Character: Ross
Released: March 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Title: The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Character: Lieut. Lamb
Released: January 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
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Man of Iron
Title: Man of Iron
Character: Tom Martin
Released: December 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
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Frisco Kid
Title: Frisco Kid
Character: McClanahan
Released: November 30, 1935
Type: Movie
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
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Shipmates Forever
Title: Shipmates Forever
Character: Spike (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
Title: The Case of the Lucky Legs
Character: Detective Johnson
Released: October 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
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Special Agent
Title: Special Agent
Character: Commissioner of Police
Released: September 14, 1935
Type: Movie
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
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Page Miss Glory
Title: Page Miss Glory
Character: Detective Chief
Released: September 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
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We're in the Money
Title: We're in the Money
Released: August 17, 1935
Type: Movie
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve four subpoenas in a breach of promise suit against rich C. Richard Courtney. Little does Ginger realize, C. Richard Courtney and her mysterious park bench boyfriend 'Carter' are one and the same.
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Bright Lights
Title: Bright Lights
Character: Post Office Attendant
Released: July 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
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Don't Bet on Blondes
Title: Don't Bet on Blondes
Character: Doctor Delivering Quintuplets (Uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1935
Type: Movie
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
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Front Page Woman
Title: Front Page Woman
Character: Spike Kiley
Released: July 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
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Stranded
Title: Stranded
Character: Johnny Quinn
Released: June 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Oil for the Lamps of China
Title: Oil for the Lamps of China
Character: Clements
Released: June 8, 1935
Type: Movie
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
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Black Fury
Title: Black Fury
Character: Johnny Farrell
Released: May 18, 1935
Type: Movie
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
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Let 'em Have It
Title: Let 'em Have It
Character: Memory Test Instructor
Released: May 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 gangster film. It was also known as The Legion of Valour and False Faces. An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.
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Dinky
Title: Dinky
Character: Orphanage Director
Released: May 11, 1935
Type: Movie
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: H.P. Jackson
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Traveling Saleslady
Title: Traveling Saleslady
Character: Murdock
Released: March 28, 1935
Type: Movie
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the morning, a martini at suppertime, and champagne at night.
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While the Patient Slept
Title: While the Patient Slept
Character: Evening Bulletin Editor (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1935
Type: Movie
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
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The Payoff
Title: The Payoff
Character: Harvey Morris
Released: January 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
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Strange Wives
Title: Strange Wives
Character: Immigration Official
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
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Gentlemen Are Born
Title: Gentlemen Are Born
Character: Haskins
Released: November 17, 1934
Type: Movie
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn that the piece of paper the diploma is written on is worth about eighteen-dollars-a-week in the job-market...for the lucky ones. Some of them fare even worse.
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Against the Law
Title: Against the Law
Character: Capt. Elliott
Released: October 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with his friend, Doctor Bill Barie (the house surgeon in the Emergency Ward), for the attentions of nurse Martha Gray. Despite their rivalry, Steve still endeavors to free his friend from the grip of a merciless racketeer and a gambling gang. But Steve fails in his efforts and then sets out to avenge his friend and smash-up the gang.
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Big Hearted Herbert
Title: Big Hearted Herbert
Character: IRS Tax Investigator (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1934
Type: Movie
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.
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A Lost Lady
Title: A Lost Lady
Character: Second Doctor (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
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Among the Missing
Title: Among the Missing
Character: Detective O'Malley
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
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The Case of the Howling Dog
Title: The Case of the Howling Dog
Character: Captain Kelly (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
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Beyond the Law
Title: Beyond the Law
Character: Chief Anderson
Released: July 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Beyond the Law is a 1934 American film of crime, directed by D. Ross Lederman, starring Tim McCoy.
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The Hell Cat
Title: The Hell Cat
Character: Captain Barnett
Released: June 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulted her. To get revenge , she disguises herself and gets a job at Collins' paper, where she manages to throw his crusade against the gamblers into disarray.
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Now I'll Tell
Title: Now I'll Tell
Character: Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
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The Merry Frinks
Title: The Merry Frinks
Character: Mr. Baxter
Released: May 26, 1934
Type: Movie
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
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Voice in the Night
Title: Voice in the Night
Character: John Robinson
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Tim Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He takes up polo playing. Circumstances force him to give up his polo-playing and take on the job of helping a small-town telephone company overcome a plan by a gang to force the company out of business. He calls in his telephone-company pals Bob Hall and Jack to aid him against the crooks led by Matthews and Jackson, working for crooked lawyer Thomas Benton.
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Jimmy the Gent
Title: Jimmy the Gent
Character: Murder Trial Judge (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1934
Type: Movie
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
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It Happened One Night
Title: It Happened One Night
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A renegade reporter and a young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
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Sleepers East
Title: Sleepers East
Character: Conductor (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.
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Havana Widows
Title: Havana Widows
Character: Ship Captain (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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Before Midnight
Title: Before Midnight
Character: Capt. Frank Flynn
Released: November 18, 1933
Type: Movie
A detective tries to figure out who killed a man who predicted his own death.
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Duck Soup
Title: Duck Soup
Character: Dignitary at Reception (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
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Female
Title: Female
Character: Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
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Secrets of a Secretary
Title: Secrets of a Secretary
Character: Reporter
Released: September 5, 1931
Type: Movie
Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.
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Stolen Heaven
Title: Stolen Heaven
Character: Henry - Steve's Butler
Released: February 20, 1931
Type: Movie
A hooker gets followed home by a man she thinks is drunk, but it turns out he's been wounded in a robbery of a radio factory where he used to work. As the police swarm into the seedy tenement, she decides to help him, and the two form an uneasy alliance culminating in a suicide pact.
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Under Two Flags
Title: Under Two Flags
Character: Rake
Released: July 31, 1916
Type: Movie
The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically takes the bullet herself.