Jack Stoney
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 01, 1897
Deathday: January 29, 1978
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Cimarron
1960-12-01
Cimarron
Overview: The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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The Woman on Pier 13
1950-06-15
The Woman on Pier 13
Overview: Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-15
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The Set-Up
1949-03-29
The Set-Up
Overview: Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-29
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947-04-17
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Overview: A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-17
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The Yellow Mountain
1954-11-16
The Yellow Mountain
Overview: A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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Forty Guns
1957-09-10
Forty Guns
Overview: An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-10
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Buccaneer's Girl
1950-03-01
Buccaneer's Girl
Overview: A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-01
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Gambling House
1950-12-27
Gambling House
Overview: A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-27
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Frenchie
1950-12-25
Frenchie
Overview: Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-25
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960-11-10
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Overview: Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-10
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Gridiron Flash
1934-10-06
Gridiron Flash
Overview: A college football team recruits a tough convict.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-06
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Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936-10-06
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Overview: Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father, and meets a girl named Lady who has run away from a burning trainwreck, not wanting to go back to the people she was with. Carrie comes back for Paul and ends up taking Paul and Lady to New York with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-06
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Lilac Time
1928-10-18
Lilac Time
Overview: In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome newcomer who is already engaged.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-18
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Station West
1948-09-01
Station West
Overview: When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Genres: Romance Western Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939-04-07
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Overview: In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-07
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White Fang
1936-07-17
White Fang
Overview: A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-17
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Frontier Marshal
1939-07-28
Frontier Marshal
Overview: Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-28
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940-01-26
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Overview: Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Romance Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-26
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The Gay Caballero
1940-10-04
The Gay Caballero
Overview: The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have attempted to steal Susan Wetherby's land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-04
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18
Judgment at Nuremberg
Overview: In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-18
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Ride The High Iron
1956-12-01
Ride The High Iron
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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The Joker is Wild
1957-09-26
The Joker is Wild
Overview: A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-26
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932-12-24
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Overview: Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-24
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Swiss Family Robinson
1940-02-08
Swiss Family Robinson
Overview: A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-08
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The Tin Star
1957-10-23
The Tin Star
Overview: An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
The Sea of Grass
Overview: On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Genres: Drama Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-25
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954-12-23
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Overview: A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-23
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Crime by Night
1944-09-09
Crime by Night
Overview: A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-09
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Battle Cry
1955-02-02
Battle Cry
Overview: 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.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-02
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The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
The Three Musketeers
Overview: Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-20
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Gateway
1938-08-05
Gateway
Overview: Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-05
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Road to Singapore
1940-03-22
Road to Singapore
Overview: Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-22
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
Around the World in Eighty Days
Overview: Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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The Fleet's In
1942-01-24
The Fleet's In
Overview: Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-24
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The Kansan
1943-09-10
The Kansan
Overview: Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-10
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Slave Ship
1937-06-16
Slave Ship
Overview: Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-16
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Fall In
1942-11-20
Fall In
Overview: An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-20
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Blue, White, and Perfect
1942-01-06
Blue, White, and Perfect
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-06
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My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
My Favorite Spy
Overview: The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-12
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The Art Director
1949-11-12
The Art Director
Overview: A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors' responsibilities and the demands on their talents. They read a script carefully and design a set to capture the time and place, the social strata, and the mood. They must be scholars of the history of architecture, furnishings, and fashion. They choose the colors on a set in anticipation of the lighting and the mood. Their work also sets styles, from Art Deco in the 20's to 30s modernism. Then it's on to the next project. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-12
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Road to Utopia
1946-02-27
Road to Utopia
Overview: While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-27
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The Brasher Doubloon
1947-02-06
The Brasher Doubloon
Overview: Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-06
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Lost in a Harem
1944-12-01
Lost in a Harem
Overview: Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-01
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She Had to Eat
1937-07-02
She Had to Eat
Overview: An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-02
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Night in New Orleans
1942-07-01
Night in New Orleans
Overview: A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-01
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His Majesty O'Keefe
1954-01-16
His Majesty O'Keefe
Overview: Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-16
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The War of the Worlds
1953-08-13
The War of the Worlds
Overview: The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-13
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Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rhubarb
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-29
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Rear Window
1954-08-01
Rear Window
Overview: A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-01
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They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
They Were Expendable
Overview: After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-07
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Big Brown Eyes
1936-04-03
Big Brown Eyes
Overview: Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-03
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Four Faces West
1948-08-03
Four Faces West
Overview: Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-03
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