William Phillips

William Phillips

Born: June 1, 1908
Died: June 27, 1957
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Movies for William Phillips...

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Title: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Character: Texan
Released: June 5, 1981
Type: Movie
An aspiring country singer and his feisty younger sister/manager struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad.
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Attack of the Jungle Women
Title: Attack of the Jungle Women
Character: Himself, an Explorer
Released: September 1, 1959
Type: Movie
This is a film comprised primarily from footage shot by the exploring team of Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips, nee Bill and Eve Phillips, a minor league version of the better-known Martin and Osa Johnson. It, between tons of shots of bare-breasted Choco and Cuna Indian women, has a flimsy plot about a party of engineers "seeking" a continental highway route from South America through Central America to the United States.
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Night Passage
Title: Night Passage
Character: Blacksmith / Livery Stable Owner (uncredited)
Released: July 24, 1957
Type: Movie
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.
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Hellcats of the Navy
Title: Hellcats of the Navy
Character: Carroll (as William Phillips)
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy portrays navy nurse Helen Blair, Abbott's off-and-on girlfriend. During a delicate mission in which his sub is ordered to retrieve a revolutionary new Japanese mine, Abbott is forced to leave frogman Wes Barton (Harry Lauter) behind to save the rest of his crew. But Abbott's second-in-command Don Landon (Eduard Franz) is convincing that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.
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Revolt at Fort Laramie
Title: Revolt at Fort Laramie
Character: Serrell
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
At the breaking of the Civil War the garrison of Fort Laramie splits between the sympathezers of the two different factions, but when the fort is attacked by the Sioux, they unite their forces to fight them.
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Stagecoach To Fury
Title: Stagecoach To Fury
Character: Harold, the Bartender
Released: December 13, 1956
Type: Movie
A group of stagecoach passengers are held hostage by bandits waiting for a shipment of gold they plan to steal.
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Naked Gun
Title: Naked Gun
Character: Wilson - Bartender
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...
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The Fastest Gun Alive
Title: The Fastest Gun Alive
Character: Lars Toomey
Released: July 12, 1956
Type: Movie
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
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Backlash
Title: Backlash
Character: Rebel, the Bartender (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1956
Type: Movie
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.
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Fort Yuma
Title: Fort Yuma
Character: Sgt. Milo Hallock
Released: October 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.
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East of Eden
Title: East of Eden
Character: Coalman at Lettuce Fields / Man at Exercise Class (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1955
Type: Movie
In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.
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Man Without a Star
Title: Man Without a Star
Character: Cookie (as Wm. "Bill" Phillips)
Released: March 24, 1955
Type: Movie
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
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New York Confidential
Title: New York Confidential
Character: Whitey
Released: February 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Title: The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Character: Charley Bowdre
Released: August 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
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Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Title: Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Character: Sam Brown
Released: March 29, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1857 Edwin L. Drake is sent to investigate an oil seep in a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania. Overcoming many other obstacles, Drake's innovation to shield the well from water entry by using a drive pipe finally allows drilling to proceed until striking oil in August, 1859. His perseverance yields many barrels of oil a day, and immediately brings about the start of the oil industry.
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Wicked Woman
Title: Wicked Woman
Character: Gus
Released: December 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A trashy blonde lures a saloon owner away from his wife.
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Private Eyes
Title: Private Eyes
Character: Soapy
Released: December 6, 1953
Type: Movie
After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and the gang start up a detective agency try to cash in on Sach's new powers.
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Devil's Canyon
Title: Devil's Canyon
Character: Red
Released: August 13, 1953
Type: Movie
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
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Gun Belt
Title: Gun Belt
Character: Curley
Released: July 24, 1953
Type: Movie
Gunfighter Billy Ringo decides to hang up his guns, buy a ranch and marry Arlene Reach. His brother Matt, father of Chip, the nephew Ringo is trying to keep on the straight and narrow, with three other outlaws, Dixon, Hollaway and Hoke, frame Ringo into pulling a bank robbery with them. Pretending to side with them, after accidentally killing Matt, Ringo informs Marshal Wyatt Earp of their plan to rob a Wells Fargo express wagon. A gunfight ensues at the robbery and the three outlaws are killed and Ike Clinton, the ringleader, is turned over to Marshal Earp by Ringo. Written by Les Adams
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The Bad and the Beautiful
Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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High Noon
Title: High Noon
Character: Barber (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
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Bugles in the Afternoon
Title: Bugles in the Afternoon
Character: Tinney (as William 'Bill' Phillips)
Released: March 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman.
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Just This Once
Title: Just This Once
Character: Caddie Horace Melnick
Released: February 27, 1952
Type: Movie
An heir of a vast fortune is deeply in debt because he spends faster than his very generous trust fund allows. There is a battle of wills between his selfish spendthrift was and the money manager which is is forced/tricked into appointing.
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Detective Story
Title: Detective Story
Character: Det. Pat Callahan
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
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The Texas Rangers
Title: The Texas Rangers
Released: June 3, 1951
Type: Movie
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
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Cavalry Scout
Title: Cavalry Scout
Character: Sgt. Wilkins
Released: May 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Kirby Frye, a former Confederate officer but now a Union Cavalry scout, is sent into Montana territory to locate and retrieve three Gatling Guns stolen from the U.S. Arsenal by outlaws believed to have taken them west to sell to the Soiux and Cheyenne. The trail leads him to Red Bluff where, aided by Claire Corville, he and the audience discover together and real quick like that Martin Gavin, a supposedly-honest operator of a freight line, has the guns and intends to exchange them to the Indians for furs.
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Smuggler's Gold
Title: Smuggler's Gold
Character: Chet Blake
Released: May 5, 1951
Type: Movie
A deep-sea diver becomes romantically involved with the daughter of a gold smuggler.
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A Yank in Korea
Title: A Yank in Korea
Character: Sgt. Kirby
Released: February 14, 1951
Type: Movie
A tough sergeant has to teach a hotshot young soldier how to be a team player.
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Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Title: Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Character: Bill Mertz
Released: January 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
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The Flying Missile
Title: The Flying Missile
Character: Chief Mechanic
Released: December 24, 1950
Type: Movie
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
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Revenue Agent
Title: Revenue Agent
Character: Harry Reardon
Released: December 12, 1950
Type: Movie
Accountant Augustis King discovers that his wife, Marfhe, is having an affair with his boss Sam Bellows. He telephones Internal Revenue Bureau that he can give evidence of a large tax-evasion racket. Before IRS-agent Steve Daniels arrives, King is murdered by a henchman of Bellows and his partner, Ernie Medford. Daniels discovers that Bellows and Medford are smuggling gold bullion from their mine in Mexico, and sell and bank the money under assumed names. they hide the bullion in a compartment welded to the bottom of a car.
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He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Title: He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Character: 'Pick' Reedley (as William Phillips)
Released: December 2, 1950
Type: Movie
An orange packer (Mickey Rooney) foils robbers with magic and wins the boss's (William Demarest) daughter (Terry Moore).
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Chain Gang
Title: Chain Gang
Character: Roy Snead
Released: November 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
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Father of the Bride
Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Foreman of Moving Men (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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On the Town
Title: On the Town
Character: Sailor Simkins (uncredited)
Released: December 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
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Mary Ryan, Detective
Title: Mary Ryan, Detective
Character: Joey Gurney (as William Phillips)
Released: November 3, 1949
Type: Movie
A female police detective (Marsha Hunt) enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.
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Easy Living
Title: Easy Living
Character: Ozzie
Released: October 8, 1949
Type: Movie
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
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Red Light
Title: Red Light
Character: Jim Ryan
Released: September 30, 1949
Type: Movie
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pays fellow prisoner Rocky, who gets out a week before Nick, to murder Jess... who, dying, tells revenge-minded Johnny that he'd written a clue "in the Bible." Frustrated, Johnny obsessively searches for the missing Gideon Bible from Jess's hotel room.
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Johnny Allegro
Title: Johnny Allegro
Character: Roy
Released: May 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
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The Man from Colorado
Title: The Man from Colorado
Character: York
Released: August 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.
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Living in a Big Way
Title: Living in a Big Way
Character: Schultz
Released: June 10, 1947
Type: Movie
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
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The Sea of Grass
Title: The Sea of Grass
Character: Banty
Released: April 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
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My Brother Talks to Horses
Title: My Brother Talks to Horses
Character: Driver (uncredited)
Released: February 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Title: Till the Clouds Roll By
Character: Joe Hennessey
Released: December 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
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Faithful in My Fashion
Title: Faithful in My Fashion
Character: 1st Barfly
Released: August 21, 1946
Type: Movie
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
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The Hoodlum Saint
Title: The Hoodlum Saint
Character: Dave Fernby
Released: April 4, 1946
Type: Movie
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
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The Harvey Girls
Title: The Harvey Girls
Character: 1st Cowboy
Released: January 18, 1946
Type: Movie
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
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What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Title: What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Character: Bill Burk
Released: November 21, 1945
Type: Movie
An Army corporal and his con-man sidekick take a shortcut to heroism in World War II France.
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The Great American Mug
Title: The Great American Mug
Character: Old Time Storyteller (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1945
Type: Movie
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: Kavanaugh's Assistant
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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The Hidden Eye
Title: The Hidden Eye
Character: Marty Corbett
Released: August 31, 1945
Type: Movie
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
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Anchors Aweigh
Title: Anchors Aweigh
Character: 1st Sailor on Pay Phone (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1945
Type: Movie
Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the trouble really starts when Joe realizes he's falling for his buddy's girl.
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The Last Installment
Title: The Last Installment
Character: Louie
Released: May 5, 1945
Type: Movie
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a criminal idolizes the life of a famous gangster - unaware that his hero met a tragic end.
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Main Street After Dark
Title: Main Street After Dark
Character: Salior with Jessie (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1945
Type: Movie
A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle) and her gang.
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Title: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Character: Don Smith
Released: November 15, 1944
Type: Movie
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
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Easy Life
Title: Easy Life
Character: Jesse
Released: May 20, 1944
Type: Movie
In this entry in the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series young Frank Davis, dropping out of school and joining a small-time hoodlum gang, finds out that leading a life of crime is not all he thought it would be.
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See Here, Private Hargrove
Title: See Here, Private Hargrove
Character: Pvt. Bill Burk (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
Released: March 18, 1944
Type: Movie
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
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Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Title: Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Character: Chief
Released: March 13, 1944
Type: Movie
Two young pilot trainees arrive for primary flight training and meet their instructor, Navy pilot Lt. Taylor. Lt. Taylor talks to the men about the necessity of becoming practiced in the way of the aircraft in such a way as to enable them to rely on their senses much of their time in the air, as reliance on instruments can be confusing for beginning pilots. He explains that, at first, flying will be like walking or riding a bicycle were first learned -- by trial and error and following strict instructions. But with practice, eventually the pilot's senses will take over and much of the process of flying will rely more on his feel for the plane and less on rote following of instructions.
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First Comes Courage
Title: First Comes Courage
Character: Edvard, Aanrud's assistant
Released: July 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
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Murder in the Big House
Title: Murder in the Big House
Character: Mike - Henchman (as Bill Phillips)
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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Lady Gangster
Title: Lady Gangster
Character: Stew
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.
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Steel Against the Sky
Title: Steel Against the Sky
Character: Construction Worker (uncredited)
Released: December 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
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Sergeant York
Title: Sergeant York
Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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A Shot in the Dark
Title: A Shot in the Dark
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1941
Type: Movie
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
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City for Conquest
Title: City for Conquest
Character: Sailor - Sparring Partner (uncredited)
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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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Cameraman (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.