
Birthday:
06-09-1889
Deathday:
02-08-1953 (63 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a number of television productions.
Clark mostly played minor supporting roles. A specialty of his were policemen, inspectors and sheriffs. He appeared in a recurring role as Inspector Donovan in the Falcon film series at RKO Pictures during the 1940s.
Clark mostly played minor supporting roles. A specialty of his were policemen, inspectors and sheriffs. He appeared in a recurring role as Inspector Donovan in the Falcon film series at RKO Pictures during the 1940s.
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The Grapes of Wrath
Act like City Man
event1940 star_border 7.8
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Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Manpower
Act like Cully
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.
Flaming Fury
Act like Fire Engineer Robby Rollins
event1949
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A Los Angeles fire captain (Roy Roberts) sends an arson-squad rookie (George Cooper) undercover.
Cavalry Scout
Act like Col. Deering
event1951 star_border 5.8
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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.
The Thirteenth Hour
Act like Police Captain Linfield
event1947 star_border 5.8
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In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
Stranger on the Third Floor
Act like Martin
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.
Silver City
event1951 star_border 6.5
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Having masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the industry. He then sets up shop as an assayer, scheming to acquire a rich silver mine lease from its operators.
Street of Chance
Act like Ryan, (Policeman)
event1942 star_border 5.3
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In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings.
Jail House Blues
Act like Warden Boswell
event1942
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A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.
Bury Me Dead
Act like Archer, Detective
event1947 star_border 4.8
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A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.
The Stratton Story
Act like Josh Higgins
event1949 star_border 6.7
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Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
Adventures of Gallant Bess
Act like Sheriff
event1948 star_border 4.2
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Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo owner cheats him out of his horse. Ted must decide whether to pursue him and try to recover the horse, or whether to settle down with the doctor's daughter who is nursing him back to health. Written by Snow Leopard
The Second Woman
Act like Police Sergeant
event1950 star_border 5.5
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In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
Blondie's Hero
Act like Police Officer (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.3
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Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts of problems which lead to numerous conflicts.
Toughest Man in Arizona
event1952
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Marshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the only survivors of an Indian attack. Later, transferring the prisoner his brothers free him. Then a stage is robbed of a silver shipment by Girard and his brothers. Examining telegrams gets Landry a confession from Girard's girlfriend. The telegraph line has been tapped and the telegrapher is the supposedly dead husband of the woman he brough in. Now knowing Girard's location he sets out after him.
The Falcon in Danger
Act like Insp. Timothy Donovan
event1943 star_border 5.6
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Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.
The Falcon Strikes Back
Act like Inspector Timothy Donovan
event1943 star_border 5.6
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The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape into the mountains where he hides out in a rustic lodge. From here he uncovers a phony war bond operation.
The Falcon's Brother
Act like Timothy Donovan
event1942 star_border 6.4
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A gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
The Falcon Out West
Act like Inspector Timothy Donovan
event1944 star_border 5.5
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When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.
It's a Wonderful World
Act like Captain Haggerty
event1939 star_border 6.4
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Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Act like Inspector Timothy Donovan
event1943 star_border 6.4
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The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.
Fingers at the Window
Act like Police Lieutenant Allison
event1942 star_border 5.4
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In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Kid Glove Killer
Act like Captain Lynch
event1942 star_border 6.2
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Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
Washington Melodrama
Act like Simpson
event1941 star_border 5
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An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
False Paradise
Act like Gerald Waite
event1948 star_border 6
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A banker is trying to cheat people out of their silver-rich land. Hoppy learns that the banker is in league with an outlaw gang.
Philo Vance's Gamble
Act like Inspector Walsh
event1947 star_border 5.7
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Private Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery concerning the disappearance of an emerald that has been smuggled into the United States.
Dangerously They Live
Act like Sheriff John Dill
event1941 star_border 5.9
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A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.
The Wagons Roll at Night
Act like Doc
event1941 star_border 6.4
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An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Act like Tom McGuire
event1938 star_border 6.3
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Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
Butch Minds the Baby
Act like Police Captain (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.
While New York Sleeps
Act like Insp. Cliff Collins
event1938
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Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Slightly Honorable
Act like Captain Graves
event1939 star_border 5.1
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A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
The Sea Wolf
event1941 star_border 7.1
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Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Warpath
Act like Bartender
event1951 star_border 5.8
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John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He finds one, Woodson, and kills him in a gunfight, but not before learning that the other two men have joined the U.S. Cavalry.
Post Office Investigator
Act like Inspector Delany
event1949 star_border 6
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A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
Raw Deal
Act like Gates
event1948 star_border 6.7
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Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
Shockproof
Act like Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.4
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Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
The Cariboo Trail
event1950 star_border 6.3
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A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.
Cripple Creek
event1952 star_border 5.7
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It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the outlaws are stealing high grade ore, having it smelted, and then having it plated to look like lead. The Government sends agents Bret and Larry who arrive in Cripple Creek posing as Texas gunfighters. Bret finds the smelting operation and Larry learns of the payoff. But the crooked town Marshal is suspicious of the two men and the reply of his inquiry to Texas exposes them putting their lives in danger.
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Act like Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.4
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A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
Miracles for Sale
Act like Inspector Marty Gavigan
event1939 star_border 6.4
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A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Honolulu
Act like First Detective
event1939 star_border 6.1
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Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
Gangs of Chicago
event1940 star_border 5.3
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A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Overland Telegraph
Act like Terence Muldoon
event1951 star_border 6.7
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Not to be confused with the 1929 film The Overland Telegraph, this Western from director Lesley Selander stars Tim Holt as a cowboy appropriately named Tim Holt. In order to hinder the construction of a new telegraph line for his own financial gain, scheming shopkeeper Paul Manning (George Nader) enlists the assistance of a gang of outlaws led by Brad Roberts (Hugh Beaumont in one of his many pre-Leave it to Beaver roles). Unfortunately for the bad guys, Holt and his cohort Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin) sense that there's foul play afoot and embark on an investigation.
Cross-Country Romance
Act like G.G. Burke
event1940 star_border 6.4
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A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Ladies' Day
Act like Dan Hannigan, Sox Manager
event1943 star_border 4.3
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A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a movie star extreme measures are taken for the benefit of the team.
Inside Story
Act like Collins
event1939
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A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
Strange Alibi
Act like Capt. Reddick
event1941 star_border 6.6
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An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
A Yank on the Burma Road
Act like Police Lieutenant
event1942 star_border 4
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A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China.
The Patient in Room 18
Act like Inspector Foley
event1938 star_border 5.1
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Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
The Fuller Brush Girl
Act like Ship Captain (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6
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A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Act like Jones (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 7
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An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.
Cocoanut Grove
Act like Auctioneer
event1938
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Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
Vigilante Hideout
Act like Howard Sanders
event1950
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Cattle detective, Rocky Lane, arrives in town to investigate cattle disappearances only to realize just three cows owned by eccentric inventor, Nugget Clark, are involved. However, the disappearances lead to a deeper mystery involving dynamite explosions, rampaging cowboys and a water shortage.
He Couldn't Say No
Act like Auctioneer
event1938 star_border 5.5
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A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
They Made Me a Criminal
Act like Manager
event1939 star_border 6.3
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A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Within the Law
Act like McGuire
event1939 star_border 6
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Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Calling Dr. Kildare
Act like Detective Flaherty (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.1
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Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
The Men
Act like Dr. Kameran
event1950 star_border 7
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Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
Young Mr. Lincoln
Act like Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.2
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In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
Chicken Wagon Family
Act like Horse Auctioneer
event1939
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Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.
The Daredevil Drivers
Act like Mr. McAullife
event1938 star_border 5
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To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.
Judge Hardy and Son
Act like Dan O'Shea (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.3
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Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
Missing Evidence
Act like Allen Jennings
event1939
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G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
Home of the Brave
Act like Colonel Baker
event1949 star_border 6.7
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A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.
Dust Be My Destiny
Act like First Detective (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
Henry Goes Arizona
Act like Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6
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A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
Fast and Furious
Act like Sam Travers
event1939 star_border 5.1
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Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
Kentucky
Act like Melish
event1938 star_border 5.7
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Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Act like Ryan
event1940 star_border 4
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A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
You're Not So Tough
Act like Sheriff Griswold
event1940 star_border 4.3
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The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Act like Lieutenant Palmer
event1942 star_border 4
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A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
Blue, White, and Perfect
Act like Inspector Peterson
event1942 star_border 6.3
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In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Act like Lieutenant Wilson
event1940 star_border 6.7
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On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Act like Haupt
event1940 star_border 6.3
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True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
In the Meantime, Darling
Act like Corkery
event1944 star_border 5
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A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
Act like Mike Kelly
event1939 star_border 6
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Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Taxi, Mister
Act like Police Chief
event1943 star_border 4.3
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The owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.
Brother Rat and a Baby
Act like Police Captain
event1940 star_border 5.2
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Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Trouble Makers
Act like Police Captain Madison
event1948 star_border 5.7
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Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel.
Fort Apache
Act like Stage Driver (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 7
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Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Highways by Night
Act like Police Captain James
event1942 star_border 6
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A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
The Gunfighter
Act like Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 7.3
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The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
High Noon
Act like Ed Weaver (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 7.7
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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.
Law of the Tropics
Act like Bartender
event1941 star_border 6
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Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.
Brigham Young
Act like Dissenter
event1940 star_border 4.4
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Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
Saddle Legion
Act like Fred Warren
event1951 star_border 6.3
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A cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.
Wagon Train
Act like Matt Gardner
event1940 star_border 6
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In his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's freight business but also hunt down his murderer. A certain Matt Gardner wants to corner the freight business to Pecos and persuades young Zack Sibley's wagon master to switch sides. Zack also earns the enmity of Gardner's son Coe, who takes umbrage to the youngster's flirtation with pretty Helen Lee. It all comes to a head during a food shortage in Pecos, a near-disaster that persuades the wagon master to switch sides once again. When the dust settles, Zack learns that old man Gardner is actually Carl Anderson, the man who murdered his father.
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Act like Fire Chief
event1942 star_border 6
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Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Borrowed Trouble
Act like Dink Davis
event1948 star_border 7.2
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Finishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the conflict between school teacher Miss Abott and next door saloon owner Mawson. When Miss Abott disappears, Hoppy gets a clue to her location and rescues her from Mawson's cabin. It looks like Mawson is the man he wants, but Hoppy finds an item that indicates otherwise.
Flat Feat
Act like Chief of Police
event1948
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Sterling, a rookie cop, finds it hard to live up to the reputation his father, who was also a police officer, has.
Flowing Gold
Act like Oil Well Shares Seller (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.
It Had to Be You
Act like Fire Chief (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.5
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A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
Castle on the Hudson
Act like Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
A Dispatch from Reuters
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.7
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German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Knute Rockne All American
Act like Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6
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The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Florian
Act like Detective Joe
event1940 star_border 1
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Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Madame Spy
Act like Inspector Varden
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.
Maryland
Act like Sheriff
event1940 star_border 6.2
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A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his father's trainer, he defies his mother by entering the Maryland Hunt.
Women Without Names
Act like Pete
event1940 star_border 4.8
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Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name
The Mummy's Tomb
Act like Sheriff C.L. Clark
event1942 star_border 5.7
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A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.
Black Diamonds
Act like Archie Connor
event1940
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A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.
Deep Waters
event1948 star_border 6
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A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.
I, Jane Doe
Act like City Editor
event1948 star_border 5.9
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While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
Desperadoes of the West
Act like Colonel Arnold
event1950 star_border 3.8
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A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fierce opposition from an unknown gang of outlaws. Eastern promoter J.B."Dude" Dawson, is behind the gang as he is out to prevent the co-op members from striking oil before their lease expires, so he can secure the property for his company. When Ward, with the help of Arnold and his daughter Sally, arranges for a new driller to be brought in, the replacement man is killed and one of Dawson's men takes his place.
Desert of Lost Men
Act like Carl Landers
event1951
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Rocky Lane arrives at the town of Bear Creek to help insure the safe arrival of forty thousand dollars the citizens have raised to build a new hospital. After one of the town's doctors is killed in an ambush, Rocky devises a plan with the remaining doctor and sheriff to smoke out the bad guys.
USS VD: Ship of Shame
Act like Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 4.4
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This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually transmitted diseases as syphilis and gonorrhoea are shown, along with the physical deterioration that accompanies those diseases.
Keep 'Em Slugging
Act like Macklin
event1943 star_border 5.5
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A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Act like Cliff Clark
event1942 star_border 4.7
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The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
Western Union
Act like Sheriff
event1941 star_border 6
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When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Honky Tonk
Act like Dr. Otis
event1941 star_border 6.4
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Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Barbary Coast Gent
Act like Jack Coda
event1944 star_border 4.6
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Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
Golden Hoofs
Act like Booth
event1941 star_border 7
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A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
Double Alibi
Act like Police Inspector Early
event1940 star_border 4.5
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A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Honeymoon Deferred
Act like Police Insp. Mathews
event1940 star_border 6
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Edmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case of a murder, which could also be a suicide, in which case his company won't have to pay the victim's contract. His wife, played by Margaret Lindsay, insists on following him around, not only to help him solve the case, but to make sure he doesn't get too friendly with any members of the opposite sex, either.
Mokey
Act like Mr. Graham
event1942 star_border 5
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A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
Slightly Dangerous
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 5.8
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Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Act like City Editor Emmett Willard
event1947 star_border 5.7
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Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
Time Out for Murder
Act like Det. Capt. Collins
event1938 star_border 6
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A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.
The Missing Juror
Act like Inspector Davis (Uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6
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A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
A Fugitive from Justice
Act like Police Captain (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 3.5
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Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.
Something to Shout About
Act like Harrigan
event1943 star_border 5.8
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A press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on Broadway.
Destroyer
Act like Commandant
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 Secret Fury
Act like Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.4
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The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Act like Garage Owner
event1939 star_border 2
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Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
Bride by Mistake
Act like Navy Captain
event1944 star_border 6.1
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The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.
Homicide
Act like Captain Mooney
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?
Buck Privates Come Home
Act like Quentin (INS) (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.3
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Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
Babes on Broadway
Act like Inspector Moriarity
event1941 star_border 6.4
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Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
The Sound of Fury
Act like Sheriff Lem Demig
event1950 star_border 6.5
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A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
Invisible Stripes
Act like Police Sergeant (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Powder River Rustlers
Act like Lucius Statton
event1949
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Powder River Rustlers is a western film directed by Philip Ford in 1949. The railroad is coming and to get the townspeople's money. Shears Williams brings in a fake Agent who tells them they must raise $50,000 as their share of a railroad bridge. Railroad Agent Rocky Lane arrives and immediately spots the fake. A phony telegram assures Rocky his friend is still alive and he sets out to find him and his abductor.
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Act like Lieutenant Buckley
event1941 star_border 5
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A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Joe Smith, American
Act like Police Captain (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5.7
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Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
Act like Sheriff Malin
event1951
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Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
Albuquerque
Act like Armin's Clerk (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.8
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Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
Mountain Music
Act like Pretty Panther Medicine Show Proprietor
event1937 star_border 6.5
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Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She knows she is anything but gorgeous, but figures her enthusiasm offsets that small deficit.
Maisie Goes to Reno
Act like Police Captain (Uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6.2
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A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
Secret Enemies
Act like Detective Capt. Jarrett
event1942 star_border 5.2
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FBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate hunting lodge.
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Act like Judge Wilson
event1948
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Maggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon character in the George McManus comic strip "Bringing Up Father." She visits McManus in his studio office and tries to persuade him to stop drawing the syndicated comic-strip. He tells her he will...in 1959. Maggie, not getting any younger, retains counsel and takes McManus to court.
Hollow Triumph
Act like Motorist (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.5
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Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
The Fuller Brush Man
Act like Cop in Park (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 5.8
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Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
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