
Birthday:
12-28-1894
Deathday:
03-30-1971 (76 years)
Birthplace:
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Broadway Big Shot
Act like Tim
event1942
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This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Act like Cop (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 5.2
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A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
The Living Ghost
Act like Police Officer Finnegan (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 4.3
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A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.
His Fighting Blood
Act like Constable Clark, RCMP
event1935
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A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the gang, the gang orders his death--and tells his brother to kill him.
The Unsuspected
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.6
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The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Wedding Present
event1936 star_border 6.5
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Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
Dragnet Patrol
Act like Rumrunner
event1931 star_border 5.2
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A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime.
The Fighting Pilot
Act like Barnes - Secret Service
event1935 star_border 6
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An inventor develops a new type of aircraft. A crooked businessman attempts to buy it but the inventor refuses to sell it to him, whereupon the rejected businessman and his henchmen steals the plane and its blueprints. The plane's test pilot, who is the boyfriend of the inventor's daughter, and his sidekick set out to get the plane, and the plans, back.
Alias Mary Smith
Act like Cop (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 5
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A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.
She's Dangerous
Act like Keeper
event1937 star_border 5
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A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.
Crashing Through Danger
Act like Cop
event1938
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Three electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks fly, and things become truly dangerous, when Ann comes between this band of brothers. Things get worse, after they move in together, following the death of her father, their supervisor, "Pop" Foster, from an industrial accident.
A Very Honorable Guy
Act like Second Cop
event1934 star_border 2
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Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
The Hat Box Mystery
Act like Policeman
event1947 star_border 4.2
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Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is accidentally hidden in the box and the woman is killed. Susan is charged with murder, but Russ and his less-than-useful associate, Harvard, get on the case and prove that the fatal shot was fired by the killer from across the street.
Here Comes the Band
Act like Simmons' Burly (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5
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In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
Exclusive
Act like Rioter
event1937 star_border 6
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When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government Committee who put him behind bars. Members of the committee include Colonel Bogardus, owner of the World , Horace Mitchell, a candidate for mayor, and Mr. Franklin, a department store owner. First Gillette buys a rival newspaper, the Sentinel , and offers a pricey editorship to World newsman Ralph Houston, who refuses the offer on principle. That evening, Ralph and his partner, Tod Swain, are greeted at home by a creditor, and Vina Swain, Ralph's fiancée, is furious to find out he turned down Gillette's offer. When she learns Ralph went into debt to put her through college, she warns Gillette of a police raid and pays back Ralph's debt with Gillette's renumeration. When Ralph orders Vina not to work for Gillette, she breaks their engagement.
Back Door to Heaven
Act like Police Officer (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5
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The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".
The Dark Mirror
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.9
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A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Act like Bailiff (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 8
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A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
Night Beat
Act like Jackson Heights Newspaper Reporter
event1931 star_border 5.5
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A young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.
Skybound
Act like Joe - Patrol Flyer
event1935
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Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling operation, Morley and his associate Faber, are trying to outwit Kent. The smugglers hope that they can influence Kent's younger brother Doug to help them, and they employ an attractive singer in an attempt to win Doug over.
The Black Cat
Act like Moving Man #1 (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.5
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Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
Missing Witnesses
Act like 1st Detective (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.5
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A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
Girl in Danger
Act like Police Officer (uncredited)
event1934
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Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.
The Crime of Helen Stanley
Act like Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 5
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An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.
It's a Wonderful Life
Act like Cop Arresting Violet (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 8.3
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A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Deadline at Dawn
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.2
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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.
Car 99
Act like Radio Sgt. Meyers
event1935 star_border 5
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A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie, Ross Martin, who has joined the force at the urging of his sweetheart, Mary Adams. Martin soon distinguishes himself by his bravery in the apprehension of criminals. But when the leader of a gang of bank robbers falls into his hands and then escapes, because of carelessness on Martin's part, he is suspended from the force.
Phantom Killer
Act like Bailiff (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 4.3
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Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.
Killer at Large
Act like Brandon
event1947
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Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which leads to the involvement of the girl reporter's father.
Paradise Express
Act like (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7
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A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Act like Pete - Steelmill Watchman
event1940 star_border 6.2
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Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Boys of the City
Act like Policeman
event1940 star_border 5.4
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Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7.5
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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.
The Thin Man
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 7.5
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A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
The Invisible Wall
Act like Cop (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 5.4
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A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was supposed to deliver to gambling and a con artist. His attempts to get the money back leads to bigger problems including a murder plot.
This Gun for Hire
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.9
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Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Saboteur
Act like Detective Outside Movie Theater (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.9
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Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Act like The Turnkey (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.5
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A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
The Killers
Act like Police Driver (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 7.3
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Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Crime by Night
Act like Deputy (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 5.8
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A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
The Hoodlum Saint
Act like Jailer (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 5.2
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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.
Before I Hang
Act like Patrolman Olson
event1940 star_border 6.2
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Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.
Phantom of Chinatown
Act like Stakeout Cop
event1940 star_border 6.1
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In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Haunted House
Act like Jailer
event1940 star_border 4.4
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Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Stranger on the Third Floor
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.5
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Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Act like Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.7
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Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.
Sea Raiders
Act like Duke
event1941 star_border 6
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A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Junior G-Men
Act like First Cop at Building Collapse (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.1
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A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang". A 12-episode movie serial with the chapters: •1. Enemies Within •2. The Blast of Doom •3. Human Dynamite •4. Blazing Danger •5. Trapped By Traitors •6. Traitors' Treachery •7. Flaming Death •8. Hurled Through Space •9. The Plunge of Peril •10.The Toll of Treason •11.Descending Doom •12.The Power of Patriotism
The Green Archer
Act like Cop / Detective Charlie
event1940 star_border 5.9
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The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
Gambling Lady
Act like Policeman Posing for Picture (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6.3
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A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
Road Gang
Act like Guard (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.5
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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.
I'll Name the Murderer
Act like Police Officer Burns (Uncredited)
event1936 star_border 5
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Gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer when it comes to coaxing out a murderer.
Sinner Take All
Act like Police Officer (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 4.8
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A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
Criminals Within
Act like Agent Martin
event1941 star_border 6.5
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A young soldier uncovers a ring of spies when he investigates his brother's mysterious murder.
Roar of the Press
Act like Reporter
event1941 star_border 5.6
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While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
Murder in Greenwich Village
Act like Cop
event1937 star_border 6.3
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A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.
Angel's Holiday
Act like Fireman
event1937 star_border 5.5
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Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline Kaye and her companion Stivers. Reporter Nick Moore, once sweet on Pauline, is convinced that her sudden disappearance is a publicity stunt, which is true -- until gangster Bat Regan decides to get involved.
The Undie-World
Act like Gangster
event1934 star_border 9
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A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.
Quiet Please, Murder
Act like Policeman
event1943 star_border 6.8
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A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
Holt of the Secret Service
Act like Agent Frank [Chs. 3-5, 8-9, 15]
event1941 star_border 6
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A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service's toughest agent, Jack Holt, and a female reporter go after the gang.
Crash Donovan
Act like Radio Patrolman (uncredited)
event1936
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A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
Tomorrow Is Forever
Act like Policeman
event1946 star_border 6.1
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In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.
If You Could Only Cook
Act like Cop (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 7.4
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An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
Doughboys
Act like Guard House Sentry (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 6
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Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
The Petrified Forest
Act like Deputy (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7
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Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
Murder in Times Square
Act like Policeman
event1943 star_border 4.6
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An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
You Only Live Once
Act like Prison Hospital Guard (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7.1
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Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
Prison Shadows
Act like Cop (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 4.9
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A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.
They Were Expendable
Act like Commander (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.5
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After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Boots of Destiny
Act like Jack - Bartender
event1937
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Both Harmon and his men and a Mexican gang are after a treasure hidden on the Wilson ranch. Acey learns of their raid and goes to get Ken only to find him in jail for a murder he did not commit.
Crack-Up
Act like Museum Attendant (Uncredited)
event1946 star_border 5.6
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Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Hold Your Man
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.1
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Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Laughing at Trouble
Act like Townsman in Mob
event1936 star_border 6
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A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.
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