
Birthday:
07-09-1900
Deathday:
05-01-1983 (82 years)
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Manpower
Act like Power Company Telephone Operator (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.7
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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.
Las Vegas Shakedown
Act like Bouncer
event1955 star_border 5.2
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A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
Kansas City Confidential
Act like Stickman (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 7.1
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An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
True Confession
Act like Chauffeur (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.8
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A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.
Marjorie Morningstar
Act like First-Nighter (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 6.2
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While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love.
Elmer, the Great
Act like Radio Technician (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 4.9
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Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.
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.
The Crowd Roars
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6.5
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A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
Storm Warning
Act like Townsman at Inquest (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Christmas in Connecticut
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 7
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While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
Lone Star
Act like Senator (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.6
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Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Task Force
Act like Capt. Wren (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7
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After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the superiority of naval air power. But military and political "red tape" continually frustrate their efforts, prompting Scott to even consider leaving the Navy for a more lucrative civilian job. Then the world enters a second World War and Scott finally gets the opportunity to prove to Washington the valuable role aircraft carriers could play in winning the conflict. But what will it cost him and his comrades personally?
Undertow
Act like Cooper
event1949 star_border 6
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Undertow stars Scott Brady as a gambler just out of wartime military service. No longer interested in wagers and speculations, Brady wants only to open up a mountain vacation lodge. Before this can take place, Brady is framed for murder, and forced to hide out in the home of Peggy Dow. With the help of Dow and a policeman friend, Brady searches for the real murderer. Watch carefully in Undertow and you'll spot new Universal contractee "Roc" Hudson as a plainclothes detective.
The Dark Horse
Act like Progressive Party Man
event1932 star_border 7.2
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The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
Shakedown
Act like Sam
event1950 star_border 6.1
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Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
Four Jills in a Jeep
Act like Surgeon (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 5.7
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Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
The Art of Love
Act like Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
event1965 star_border 5.3
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Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
Butch Minds the Baby
Act like Bookie (uncredited)
event1942
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Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe crackers when he has to also look after the baby of one of the criminals.
Tulsa
Act like Firefighter (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.3
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It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in a fight with the Tanner Oil Company. Cherokee plans revenge by bringing in her own wells with the help of oil expert Brad Brady and childhood friend Jim Redbird. When the oil and the money start gushing in, both Brad and Jim want to protect the land but Cherokee has different ideas. What started out as revenge for her father's death has turned into an obsession for wealth and power.
They Stooge to Conga
Act like Saboteur (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 7
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The Stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.
Al Capone
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1959 star_border 6.6
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In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
Rails Into Laramie
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 6.3
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A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Act like Crowd Member (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 7
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A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
The Garment Jungle
Act like Pedestrian (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 6.4
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Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
Rock Around the Clock
Act like Technician (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6
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A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes to bring the new sound to the entire country. But will a conniving booking agent, with a personal ax to grind with the manager, conspire to keep the band from making the big time?
Lady on a Train
event1945 star_border 6.5
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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.
King of the Turf
Act like First Trainer
event1939 star_border 7
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Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. When he finds out the real identity of Mason, Goldie takes care of him. The two find an occasion to buy a horse for only two dollars, and start entering competitions. Goldie is an instant celebrity, but his mom reads the newspapers and tracks him down. Mason is very surprised to see her, his ex-wife, and even more astonished to hear that Goldie is his own son. However, Goldie must go back to school and so they decide to keep the secret. Since Goldie does not want to leave Mason behind, he goes to the bookies and fixes the next race, hoping to disappoint Goldie by asking him to lose on purpose.
Backfire
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.8
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When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
One Touch of Venus
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.5
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A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.
The Colossus of New York
Act like Airline Pilot
event1958 star_border 5.6
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A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...
It Happened Tomorrow
event1944 star_border 6.7
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A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Kid Galahad
Act like Bailey's Handler (uncredited)
event1962 star_border 6.1
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After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
The Dark Past
Act like Man in Hallway at Police Headquarters (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 5.8
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A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
While the City Sleeps
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6.9
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Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Frisco Lil
event1942 star_border 8
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Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Act like Pool Game Spectator
event1964 star_border 6
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Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
The Women Men Marry
Act like Minor Role (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.5
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A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
The Wheeler Dealers
Act like Court Stenographer (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 6.2
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Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
The Fuller Brush Girl
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6
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A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
All Through the Night
Act like Ebbing's Henchman (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 7
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Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
Room for One More
event1952 star_border 6.3
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Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
The Asphalt Jungle
Act like Gambler (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 7.5
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Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Sweet Smell of Success
Act like Toots Shor's Bartender (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 7.6
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New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Wells Fargo
Act like Minor Role
event1937 star_border 5.1
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In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
They Gave Him a Gun
Act like Soldier (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.2
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With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Dick Tracy's G-Men
Act like Car 14 Trooper
event1939 star_border 3.7
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A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Walking on Air
Act like Court Clerk (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 5.8
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A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
36 Hours to Kill
Act like G-Man
event1936 star_border 5.3
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Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended
The Family Next Door
Act like Workman
event1939 star_border 5.2
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Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad line is to be built through town, she decides that the family can become rich by purchasing the lots along the right of way. Patriarch George Pierce laughs at the idea, but when Rose and Sammy learn that Cora Stewart, the wealthy town widow, has withdrawn her savings from the bank, they jump to the conclusion that she is interested in buying the lots, and mother and son secretly invest the family bank roll in the land.
My Friend Irma Goes West
Act like Man Being Deputized (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.1
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Singer Steve, friend Seymour and fiance Jane, along with her dizzy blonde room mate Irma, have a series of misadventures on a California-bound train and end up involved with a gang of murderous gangsters in Las Vegas.
State of the Union
Act like Photographer (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.7
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An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
Champion
Act like Dunne's Cornerman (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.6
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An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
Sworn Enemy
Act like Gangster at Nightclub (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 5.3
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A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Pirates of the Skies
event1939
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Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
A Star Is Born
Act like Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.1
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A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Mandrake the Magician
Act like Ship Henchman
event1939 star_border 5.6
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Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
Broadway Serenade
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Act like FBI Agent Fred Young (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6
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FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Another Thin Man
Act like Police Photographer (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.1
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Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Golden Boy
Act like Reporter Saying 'That's Too Bad'
event1939 star_border 6.4
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Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Nazi Agent
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.6
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Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Act like Keller's Driver
event1939 star_border 5.7
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Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Murder in the Fleet
Act like Sailor Taking Civilians' Messages (Uncredited)
event1935 star_border 5
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A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find the offender. First a revolutionary new piece of technology -- an electric firing device -- is sabotaged. Then one of the cruiser's crew is murdered. In order to catch the killer, the captain locks down the ship. With foreign dignitaries, corporate goons and even Tom's girlfriend, Betty, trapped on the vessel, there is no shortage of suspects.
Vice Squad
Act like Detective in Lineup Room (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 6
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A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Act like Poker Player
event1940 star_border 6.3
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Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Act like Police Guard
event1940 star_border 6.5
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A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.
All the King's Men
Act like Politician at Harrison's Headquarters (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7
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A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
East of Eden
Act like Milk Bottle Concessionaire at Carnival (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 7.5
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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.
The Last Hurrah
Act like Rally Marcher (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 7.1
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In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Ride The High Iron
Act like Railroad Man on Dock (uncredited)
event1956
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A recent war veteran accepts a job in public relations, but he becomes increasingly unhappy with his career choice. Originally filmed for TV but released theatrically.
All That Heaven Allows
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 7.3
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Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
That Certain Woman
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.7
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A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
The Scarlet Clue
Act like Sgt. McGraw (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.9
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Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Charlie Chan in Panama
Act like Soldier
event1940 star_border 6.8
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Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
One Way Passage
Act like Man Listening to Betty (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 7.2
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A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
The Green Hornet
Act like Bud, Bus #16 Driver (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.5
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A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Saboteur
Act like Barry's Taxi Driver (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.
Eyes of the Underworld
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 4.8
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Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.
Battle Cry
Act like New Zealander in Bar (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 5.7
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The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.
Angel Face
Act like Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 7.1
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Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Winners of the West
Act like Orderly
event1940
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Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.
The Square Jungle
event1955 star_border 6
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Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
The Singing Kid
Act like Taxi Driver (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 4
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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.
Man Hunt
Act like Chuck, G-Man with Purdue (uncredited)
event1936
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A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Flowing Gold
Act like Driver (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 7
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In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
City for Conquest
Act like Dance Judge (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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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?
Castle on the Hudson
Act like Night Guard Shooting Tear Gas (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
They Drive by Night
Act like Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.9
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Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
'Til We Meet Again
Act like Master-at-Arms (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.2
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Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Red, Hot and Blue
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.8
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In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
Mr. Skeffington
Act like Speakeasy Waiter (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6.7
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A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
The Boys from Syracuse
Act like Secretary
event1940 star_border 5.8
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The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Act like Guard Kroad (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.6
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A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
The Damned Don't Cry
Act like Man at the Hacienda (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 7.1
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Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
The Jazz Singer
Act like Bartender
event1953 star_border 5.5
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A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
To Catch a Thief
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 7.3
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An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Act like Reporter at Policed HQ (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 7.7
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Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
I Was Framed
Act like Joe - Squad-Car Driver
event1942 star_border 4
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A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
Tear Gas Squad
Act like Officer
event1940 star_border 4.8
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A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Slightly French
Act like Avid Audience Member with Pom-Pom (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7.2
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A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
The Go-Getter
Act like Ship Radio Man (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5.8
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A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Alias Nick Beal
Act like Campaign Worker
event1949 star_border 6.9
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After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Corvette K-225
Act like First Mate
event1943 star_border 6.2
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The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Destroyer
Act like Chief Machinist's Mate
event1943 star_border 6.6
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Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
The Rage of Paris
Act like Elevator Boy (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6.1
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Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
Three Secrets
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.4
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A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
Make Your Own Bed
Act like Pedestrian Asking for Dime
event1944 star_border 5.8
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Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.
Pitfall
Act like Elevator Passenger
event1948 star_border 6.9
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An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
She Couldn't Take It
Act like Reporter
event1935 star_border 4.5
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The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
Madame Spy
Act like Taxi Driver
event1942 star_border 6
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Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins keeping company with known Nazi functionaries, notably the sinister Mr. Peter. Suspecting that his own wife may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities, Bannister is in for quite a few surprises.
Homicide
Act like Detective
event1949 star_border 5.3
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Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Act like Cashier (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 6
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Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
Walk Softly, Stranger
Act like Bowen Employee (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5
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A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
The Case of the Howling Dog
Act like Reporter with Camera in Courtroom (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6.5
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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.
'G' Men
Act like First Trainee at Target Practice (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 6.6
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James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Hollywood Canteen
Act like Photographer (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 7.3
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Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
Young Man with Ideas
Act like Sheriff in Courtroom (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 4.7
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A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
The Working Man
Act like Waiter on Yacht (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.6
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A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
Hollywood Story
Act like Projectionist (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
Convicted
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.2
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A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Slaughter Trail
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 3.8
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Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war path and they have to take refuge in an Army fort to avoid them. The Indians then arrive offering peace if the three men are turned over to them. The fort's commanding Officer wants peace but the rules say the men must be tried in a white man's court leaving the Indians no choice but to attack.
Marked Woman
Act like Man Next to Little Joe (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.5
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In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
In the Navy
Act like Marine (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.3
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Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
It Ain't Hay
Act like Mug at Door (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.4
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Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
In Society
Act like Detective at Winthrop Home (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 5.8
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Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
Here Come the Co-eds
Act like Assistant Sports Announcer (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.6
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Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.
Bullets or Ballots
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 6.6
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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.
Blossoms On Broadway
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 4
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A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Adventure
Act like Taxi Driver (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.2
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A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
Private Affairs
Act like Chauffeur (uncredited)
event1940
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A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.
Something to Live For
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.8
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Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
Darling, How Could You!
Act like Customs Officer (Uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6
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Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.
The File on Thelma Jordon
Act like Reporter (Uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.5
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Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
This Woman Is Dangerous
Act like Club Cashier (Uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.7
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A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
Appointment for Love
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 5.2
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Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.
Rhubarb
Act like Court Clerk (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.5
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Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.7
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When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.
The Racket
Act like Pedestrian (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.3
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The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Flamingo Road
event1949 star_border 7
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A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Union Station
Act like Doctor (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.4
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Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
Out of the Fog
event1941 star_border 6.4
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A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Perry Mason
Act like Court Clerk (uncredited) (2 ep.)
event1957 star_border 7.7
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The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Act like Barfly (uncredited) (2 ep.)
event1955 star_border 6.6
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
The Untouchables
Act like Trial Spectator (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.9
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Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Bonanza
Act like Show Spectator (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.5
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The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
The Ann Sothern Show
(1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.5
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The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93 episodes. The series began on October 6, 1958, and ended on September 25, 1961.
The Ann Sothern Show was Sothern's second sitcom for CBS. Her first series, Private Secretary, ended in 1957 after a contract dispute occurred between Sothern and Secretary's producer Jack Chertok. Several of Private Secretary's cast members appeared in the show.
Maverick
Act like Poker Player (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.8
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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.
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