With Adam-12 temporarily out of commission, Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) are temporarily...
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1973
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Officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) tackle a typically overloaded police log in this lively...
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1972
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While watching a TV kiddie show, Tabitha makes the show's Punch and Judy puppets come to life. Duly impressed by Tabitha's...
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Lester Silverton
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1971
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Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) try to negotiate a peace treaty between two Native Americans...
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1970
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In the fifth episode of an eight-part story arc, the Stephens family -- and most of their witch-and-warlock relatives -- are...
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1970
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Richard Brooks wrote and directed this stark black-and-white (with brilliantly evocative cinematography by Conrad Hall) study...
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Roy Church
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1967
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Sleazy George Emory (Ted DeCorsia) presents retired general Roger Brandon with an offer he may not be able to refuse: Unless...
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1966
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This is the second Perry Mason episode based on Erle Stanley Gardner's 1940 novel The Case of the Vagabond Virgin (the first...
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1965
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Mrs. Drysdale tries to interest Granny in astrology. but Granny declines, expressing terror over the notion of practicing...
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1965
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Moving to a new Sunday-night timeslot opposite Bonanza for its ninth and final season, Perry Mason gets the ball rolling as...
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1965
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In her third and final Perry Mason appearance, Fay Wray is incongruously cast as voodoo dancer Mignon Germaine, the mother of...
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1965
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Slim and svelte Dianne Adler (Mary Ann Mobley), a hometown girlfriend of Della Street (Barbara Hale), has launched a career...
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1964
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Toward the end of Jerry Lewis's Paramount studio period, Lewis slapped together this bitter comedy about Hollywood phoniness...
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1964
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This is one of a handful of episodes in which Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) appears only fleetingly, with the bulk of the drama...
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1964
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A chain of weird events has Ramona Ambrose (Mona Freeman) convinced she is going insane. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is hired...
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1964
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Ex-fire chief Carey York (Tom Tully) hires Perry (Raymond Burr) to sue TV repoter Tommy Towne (Frank Aletter) for slander,...
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1964
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An otherwise peaceful lakeside resort is the scene of an angry confrontation between Edward Lewis (Richard Anderson) and his...
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1964
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Beaver (Jerry Mathers) lands a job caddying at a posh country club. Hoping to win a bet, golfer Mr. Langley persuades Beaver...
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Arthur Howard
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1963
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When Todd Baylor (Robert Harland) inherits an equal partnership in his family's successful chain of clothing stores, his...
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1963
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Not long after divorcing his wife Valerie (Julie Adams), Roy Comstock (John Conte) apparently commits suicide. In truth, both...
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1963
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This episode opens with an apparent murder in a college classroom--which turns out to be a staged event, dreamed up by...
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1963
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Veteran boxing trainer Jimmy West (played by Robert Armstrong of King Kong fame) thinks he's finally found a "golden boy" in...
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1962
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Druggist Herbert Simms (Linden Chiles) hopes to change careers and become a TV writer. To this end, he submits his first...
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1962
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Corning Company employee Susan Fisher (Kathie Browne) begins to suspect there's skullduggery afoot involving one of the...
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1962
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After she escapes from an asylum for alcoholics, Anne Gilrain (Gloria Talbott) is sent right back by her husband Tom (Liam...
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1961
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Journalist Lawrence Vander (Paul Lambert) is murdered during a weekend retreat for the employees of Space Associates Ltd, a...
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1961
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Wealthy J.J. Gideon (Otto Kruger) disapproves of the romance between his grandson David (Karl Held) and David's secretary...
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1961
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Constuction engineer Pete Mallory (Jeff York) is surprised when work on a new road is suddenly halted by a restraining order....
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1961
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Dr. Kirby (John Gallaudet) announces that Beaver (Jerry Mathers) very well may need a tonsillectomy. To mollify Beaver's...
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1961
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1961
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Disapproving of his son Grove's romance with Japanese girl Mitsuo (Nobu McCarthy), wealthy Hudson Nichols (Ralph Dumke) hires...
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1959
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In this sea-going suspense drama, Edwin Rumill (James Mason) is the former first mate of an ocean liner who leaps at the...
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1958
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For his film directorial debut, producer Dore Schary selected a longtime pet property: Miss Lonelyhearts, Nathaniel West's...
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1958
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Julie is most enjoyable if one doesn't take it too seriously. Doris Day plays Julie Benton, whose off-the-coop musician...
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Detective Cole
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1956
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In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison....
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1956
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This modest Republic suspenser stars Joan Vohs as a gorgeous victim of circumstance. Led to believe that she's killed a man...
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1956
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Alfred Hitchcock himself directed the first half-hour episode of his long-running suspense anthology. Heading the cast of...
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1955
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The Ricardos are asked to appear on "Face-to-Face," a Person to Person-type TV interview show which will be broadcast live...
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Johnny Clark
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1955
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Carolyn Grant (Marie Windsor), a Monterey gallery owner, is playing the field and seems to have one too many men on her...
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1955
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Johnny Clark
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1955
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A elderly woman is robbed and beaten in a bank parking lot. Investigating, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are...
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1954
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Despite the lighthearted promotional campaign mounted by 20th Century-Fox when the film was first released,...
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1953
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Samuel Fuller scarcely used Dwight Taylor's source material, a languid courtroom romance, in crafting this pugnacious...
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1953
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The LAPD scours the city in search of "The Bull", vicious leader of a robbery gang. Although his henchmen have all been...
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1953
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Martin and Lewis tee each other off on a PGA tour in The Caddy. Harvey Miller (Jerry Lewis) is an expert with his golf club,...
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1953
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As was his custom, director Andrew L. Stone filmed most of Confidence Girl away from the studio on actual locations. The...
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1952
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1952
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Though not the most profitable baseball comedy ever made, Angels in the Outfield is one of the most likeable and enduring....
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1951
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The title Missing Women refers to only one woman, who is perfectly visible throughout most of the proceedings. Penny Edwards...
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Lt. Kellcher
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1951
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Little Egypt is a lighthearted "biopic" all about the hootchie-kootchie dancer who created a sensation at the 1893 Chicago...
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1951
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1951
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1951
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Arrogant Mike Brannan (Clark Gable) is a famous driver of midget race cars and is the type of man crowds love to hate. He...
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1950
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Mickey Rooney, with his kid roles and musicals behind him, went for a major change of image in this harrowing film noir. He...
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1950
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1950
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Farley Granger plays a casually larcenous New York City mailman who steals a shipment of money. Granger's excitement over...
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1950
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In pageant-like fashion, Warner Bros.' Task Force traces the history of the American aircraft carrier, as experienced by a...
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1949
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An above-average entry in Republic Pictures' fine Monte Hale series, this Western was directed by John Ford's nephew, Philip...
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Tom "Ivory" White
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1949
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1949
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April Showers stars Jack Carson and Ann Sothern as a pair of small-time vaudevillians whose act gets nowhere until their...
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1948
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Docks of New Orleans was Roland Winters' second appearance as aphorism-spouting oriental sleuth Charlie Chan -- and like the...
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1948
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Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven deserves a historical footnote as director William Castle's only comedy western. Future...
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1948
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Though it is not so frankly identified in the film, an insidious white-slavery racket motivates the plotline of Monogram's...
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Benny Nordick
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1948
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In this family farce, an older couple falls in love and decide to marry and embark upon a peaceful honeymoon without the...
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1948
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When Loretta Young stepped up to accept her Academy Award for The Farmer's Daughter, the ever-youthful leading lady, who'd...
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1947
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This biopic highlights the illustrious careers of "the touchdown twins," Heisman Trophy winners Felix "Doc" Blanchard (Mr....
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1947
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Filmed not long after the actual events, The Beginning or the End is a sober, intelligent account of the development and...
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1947
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In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond...
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1947
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A sharecropper's son grows up to be the governor of Louisiana in this rags-to-riches bio-pic that tells the story of...
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1947
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Robert Montgomery is the director and star of the film noir mystery Lady in the Lake, adapted for the screen by source...
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1946
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Sidney Toler seems listless and barely awake throughout the intrigues of the Monogram "Charlie Chan" opus Shadows over...
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Jeff Hay
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1946
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Don Ameche stars in this semi-screwball comedy as a handsome, eccentric 19th century inventor. Myrna Loy is his golddigging...
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1946
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In this crime drama, a fading movie star plays a similar character in her farewell film, a B crime-drama about a...
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1946
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Jed Potter (Fred Astaire) is a popular radio personality who was once a famous dancer. He also used to be friends with Johnny...
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1946
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In this crime drama, a former card shark finally gets paroled and decides to take his singing niece to Chicago to make a new...
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1945
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There are moments in Columbia's Flight Lieutenant that approach "high camp"; indeed, one is hard pressed to remember if any...
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1942
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Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in Holiday Inn as a popular nightclub song-and-dance team. When his heart is broken by his...
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1942
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1942
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James Cagney made his first Technicolor appearance in the morale-boosting aviation flick Captains of the Clouds. Cagney plays...
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1942
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Based on a popular radio series, this Universal serial, produced in 13 chapters, starred two of the studio's better B-movie...
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1942
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In this crime drama, an ambitious law student begins working for a corrupt finance company and becomes the neighborhood...
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1942
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1942
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Not quite a B western but certainly no "A", Road Agent is kept alive by the boisterous byplay of stars Dick Foran,...
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1941
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The oft-used title A Shot in the Dark was affixed in 1941 to this Warner Bros. B-picture. Much of the film takes place in the...
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1941
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The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s. The story centers upon...
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Townsend
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1941
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In this war drama, a commercial pilot joins the air corps of a South Pacific island, and there he finds that he must contend...
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1941
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The 1940 Warner Bros. quickie A Fugitive From Justice is based on Leonard Neubauer's short story "Million Dollar Fugitive."...
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1940
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Parole Fixer is another entry in Paramount's unofficial "J. Edgar Hoover" series, purportedly based on an actual case in the...
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1940
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Filmed with the full cooperation of the Golden Gloves Tournament Association, this Paramount programmer stars...
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1940
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In this western, two disparate twins ride the range. One is a real troublemaker while the other is a government agent. When...
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1940
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This 55-minute remake of the 75-minute Warner Bros. crime drama Special Agent retains a surprising amount of the original's...
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1940
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Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now...
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1940
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Famous filmmaker Jacques Tourneur (known for his compelling film noir and scary horror movies) makes his directorial debut in...
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Albert Crane/Groper
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1939
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The Hero for a Day is elderly night watchman Frank Higgins (Charley Grapewin), still basking in the memories of his long-age...
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1939
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Jerry Tracey
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1939
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Filmed on-location at the Naval Air Training Stations in San Diego, CA, and Pensacola, FL, this black-and-white Warner Bros....
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1939
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Paramount's Sudden Money has all the earmarks of a Charlie Ruggles-Mary Boland vehicle, except that this time Ruggles is...
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1939
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Another worthwhile entry from the RKO Radio B-picture division, 12 Crowded Hours stars stalwart Richard Dix as crime-busting...
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1939
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Sad-eyed Ann Dvorak plays Jo, the "café hostess" of the title. Poor put-upon Jo doesn't know it, but she's being used by her...
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1939
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In this drama, an unlucky family find themselves plagued by murderous mobsters after they inadvertently witness a crime that...
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1939
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This prison film features an inventive escape from Alcatraz. They do it by planning a phony wedding in a prison chapel. The...
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Rennick
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1939
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I Am Not Afraid was the preview title for the 60-minute Warner Bros. crime melodrama The Man Who Dared. A remake of 1931's...
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1939
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Versatile character actor (and offscreen golf pro) John Gallaudet is afforded a leading role in the 1939 cheapie...
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Jerry Tracy
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1939
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The Star Maker is the story (with variations) of vaudeville enterpreneur Gus Edwards, here played by Bing Crosby. Determining...
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1939
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Code of the Secret Service was the second of Warner Bros. "Brass Bancroft" series, starring Ronald Reagan as troubleshooting...
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1939
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One Hour to Live affords John Litel, usually cast as rock-solid businessmen and incorruptable attorneys, the opportunity to...
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1939
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Chronic gambler Joe Beebe (Bing Crosby) is a source of great consternation for his loving mother (Elizabeth Patterson), who...
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1938
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This melodrama chronicles the enduring friendship between four boys in New York's Hell's Kitchen. As boys, the made a pact...
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1938
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Joe Carter
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1938
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1938
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1938
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Who Killed Gail Preston? gets off to a rousing start with a nocturnal prison break which turns out to be the prelude for a...
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1938
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Capitalizing on the success of MGM's Thin Man series, virtually every major studio of the 1930s came up with its own...
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1938
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Wounded Soldier
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1937
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This drama chronicles the education of a naive, rich young woman who inherits a steel mill. To help her keep it running she...
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Hadley
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1937
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Columbia's Criminals of the Air is another entry in the "alien-smuggling" movie cycle -- and as such includes the obligatory...
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Ray Patterson
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1937
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Marked Woman was the most famous of the late-1930s films based on New York DA Thomas Dewey's attack on vice lord Lucky...
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1937
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The Game That Kills is professional hockey, at least according to this Columbia "B"-picture. Charles Quigley stars as...
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Sam Erskine
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1937
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In this lively musical, an eccentric philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 with the stipulation...
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1937
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1937
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In this crime drama, an evil ex-con makes his living selling cheap booze masked under expensive labels. He runs a drugstore...
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Foy Harris
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1937
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Chester Morris plays a working stiff unable to provide for his family on his meager salary. He arranges a loan with the...
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1937
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1937
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In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness a religious revival...
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Happy
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1937
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Crime reporter George Melville (Joel McCrea) arrogantly repeated accurate predictions about jewel robberies. He befriends...
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1936
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Winchellesque radio commentator Perry Travis (William Gargan) fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective; the cops wish...
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Billy Howard
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1936
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In his only visit to Columbia Pictures, Paramount's resident crooner Bing Crosby stars in a sentimental musical drama. In...
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Hart
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1936
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Tailor-made for the talents of fast-talking James Dunn, Come Closer, Folks stars Dunn as sidewalk pitchman Jim Keene. Our...
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1936
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Ralph Bellamy stars as John Vickery, a brilliant but alcoholic attorney. Vickery's opportunity for professional and personal...
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Red McLamen
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1936
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In this crime drama, a federal agent goes undercover to join a gang of counterfeiters. He pretends to be a murder. The...
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1936
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Young engineer Bob Sanderson (Lew Ayres) is in love with wealthy socialite Edith Stuart (Joan Perry), and the feeling is...
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1936
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