Ray Collins
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. With 900 stage roles to his credit, he became one of the most successful actors in the developing field of radio drama. A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, Collins went to Hollywood with the Mercury Theatre company and made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane, as Kane's ruthless political rival. Collins appeared in more than 75 films and had one of his best-remembered roles on television, as the irascible Lieutenant Arthur Tragg on the television series Perry Mason.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 10, 1889
Deathday: July 11, 1965
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Citizen Kane
1941-04-17
Citizen Kane
Overview: Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-17
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
The Best Years of Our Lives
Overview: It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-25
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942-07-10
The Magnificent Ambersons
Overview: The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-10
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Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
Touch of Evil
Overview: When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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The Price of Freedom
1949-04-29
The Price of Freedom
Overview: The son of a newspaper editor visits his uncle in Germany and learns how government control gradually took away the freedom of the people. He returns and influences his father to print news items which will lead the people of their community to see the world situation as it is instead of as they want to believe it is.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-29
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The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
The Fountainhead
Overview: An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-25
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The Racket
1951-10-25
The Racket
Overview: The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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Crack-Up
1946-09-06
Crack-Up
Overview: Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-06
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Overview: Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-01
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The Heiress
1949-10-06
The Heiress
Overview: In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-06
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A Double Life
1947-12-25
A Double Life
Overview: A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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The Man from Colorado
1948-08-07
The Man from Colorado
Overview: Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-07
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Vengeance Valley
1951-02-14
Vengeance Valley
Overview: A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-14
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Summer Stock
1950-08-31
Summer Stock
Overview: To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-31
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The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947-12-31
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Overview: A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-31
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The Reformer and the Redhead
1950-05-05
The Reformer and the Redhead
Overview: A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-05
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Paid in Full
1950-02-15
Paid in Full
Overview: Two sisters fall in love with the same man. After the wedding, the new husband realizes he may have married the wrong sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-15
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Badman's Territory
1946-05-04
Badman's Territory
Overview: After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-04
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Leave Her to Heaven
1945-12-25
Leave Her to Heaven
Overview: A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-25
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The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
The Human Comedy
Overview: Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-02
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The Desperate Hours
1955-10-05
The Desperate Hours
Overview: Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-05
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952-10-27
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
Overview: The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-27
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Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25
Can't Help Singing
Overview: With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has him sent to California. Headstrong Caroline follows him by train, riverboat, and covered wagon, gaining companions en route: a vagrant Russian prince and gambler Johnny Lawlor, who just might take her mind off the army.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-25
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You're in the Navy Now
1951-02-23
You're in the Navy Now
Overview: When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-23
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Hideout
1949-03-08
Hideout
Overview: Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Collins). Unfortunately, his investigation is hampered by his girlfriend and ex-secretary (Lorna Gray), who could very well be in cahoots with the bad guys.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-08
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Bad for Each Other
1953-12-24
Bad for Each Other
Overview: A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-24
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Whistling in Brooklyn
1943-12-01
Whistling in Brooklyn
Overview: Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-01
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Crime Doctor
1943-06-22
Crime Doctor
Overview: Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-22
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956-08-22
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Overview: Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-22
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The Hidden Eye
1945-08-31
The Hidden Eye
Overview: A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-31
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Salute to the Marines
1943-09-02
Salute to the Marines
Overview: It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-02
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See Here, Private Hargrove
1944-03-18
See Here, Private Hargrove
Overview: Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
Genres: Comedy Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-18
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Homecoming
1948-04-29
Homecoming
Overview: Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. Their initial antagonism blossoms into romance. Lee then finds himself torn with guilt over being unfaithful to his wife, Penny, who's waiting for him back home.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-29
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The Big Street
1942-08-13
The Big Street
Overview: Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-13
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Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942-12-30
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Overview: A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-30
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Highways by Night
1942-10-02
Highways by Night
Overview: A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-02
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The Navy Comes Through
1942-10-30
The Navy Comes Through
Overview: A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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Good Sam
1948-09-01
Good Sam
Overview: Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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The Miracle on 34th Street
1955-12-14
The Miracle on 34th Street
Overview: One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real thing.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-14
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Words & Music
1931-11-01
Words & Music
Overview: Singer Ruth Eton is looking for some new songs to use in her act. Don Hopkins is a songwriter who wants to break into the business, but knows it is difficult to get music publishers to consider new talent. Don sees Ruth having dinner at a night club and asks for her help.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-01
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Invitation
1952-01-29
Invitation
Overview: A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-29
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Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
Young Man with Ideas
Overview: A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-02
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Roughly Speaking
1945-01-31
Roughly Speaking
Overview: In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-31
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Night in Paradise
1946-05-03
Night in Paradise
Overview: Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-03
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Column South
1953-05-20
Column South
Overview: In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Palmer Lee, Jack Kelly, James Best, Bob Steele and Ralph Moody.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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Texas Lady
1955-11-23
Texas Lady
Overview: Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide. She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-23
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Never Say Goodbye
1956-03-10
Never Say Goodbye
Overview: In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-10
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Rose Marie
1954-03-03
Rose Marie
Overview: Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval, who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-03
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Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Slightly Dangerous
Overview: Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-01
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Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
Up Goes Maisie
Overview: A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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Boys' Ranch
1946-07-18
Boys' Ranch
Overview: A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-18
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The Desert Song
1953-05-30
The Desert Song
Overview: Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-30
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I Want You
1951-12-22
I Want You
Overview: The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-22
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Three Wise Fools
1946-09-26
Three Wise Fools
Overview: An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-26
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The Eve of St. Mark
1944-05-22
The Eve of St. Mark
Overview: Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-22
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Two Years Before the Mast
1946-11-22
Two Years Before the Mast
Overview: In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-22
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The Red Stallion
1947-08-16
The Red Stallion
Overview: Family film about an elderly rancher, her young grandson, and the horse that the child raises from a colt.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-16
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Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
2014-02-17
Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living
Overview: Jamaica, famous for its decelerated lifestyle and home of the Reggae music, is also the birthplace of the unique, multi-purpose steerable pushcart: an affectionately hand-made vehicle of diverse capabilities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-17
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For the Love of Mary
1948-09-01
For the Love of Mary
Overview: Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Miss Susie Slagle's
1946-03-04
Miss Susie Slagle's
Overview: A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-04
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Barbary Coast Gent
1944-09-01
Barbary Coast Gent
Overview: 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.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-01
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The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932-08-31
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Overview: A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-31
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It Happens Every Spring
1949-06-10
It Happens Every Spring
Overview: A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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Dreamboat
1952-07-26
Dreamboat
Overview: Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-26
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Command Decision
1948-12-23
Command Decision
Overview: High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-23
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Spoilers of the Forest
1957-04-04
Spoilers of the Forest
Overview: Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persuade her to sell. Instead, Caldwell falls in love with the girl, vowing to protect her trees from the eco-unfriendly Warren. Republic's wide-screen Naturama process is shown to good advantage throughout Spoilers of the Forest.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-04
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Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949-05-02
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Overview: Horse story with Dynamite, The Red Stallion...
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-02
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The Swordsman
1948-01-02
The Swordsman
Overview: Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-02
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Francis
1950-02-08
Francis
Overview: The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic and led to one after another hilarious situations, where the mule was the only one that appeared in his right mind. In the process of all this, the mule assisted in uncovering a spy, Mareen, who pretended to be lost among the jungles, but was actually...
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-08
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Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
1940-08-04
Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men
Overview: A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-04
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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951-05-10
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
Overview: The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygiencially."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-10
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Kill the Umpire
1950-04-27
Kill the Umpire
Overview: Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-27
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Free For All
1949-11-01
Free For All
Overview: The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-01
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One Way Out
1931-01-05
One Way Out
Overview: A man in the mythical Elyria tries to kill himself but a cop stops him from doing so. In Elyria, one needs a permit to commit suicide, so off the man goes to the Department of Suicides for a suicide permit, which he is granted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-05
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The Kid from Left Field
1953-07-01
The Kid from Left Field
Overview: Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfriend Pete), and not only gets his dad's job back, but a batboy position for himself. With his dad's help, Christie begins to make a few suggestions here and there. And as a publicity stunt, the team makes him their youngest manager on record. But when Chris gets sick, Coop has to come to the rescue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-01
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The Go-Getter
1956-01-01
The Go-Getter
Overview: The Go-Getter (1956)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Reunion in Reno
1951-10-09
Reunion in Reno
Overview: A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-09
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Main Street Today
1944-03-25
Main Street Today
Overview: This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-25
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Madame Curie
1943-12-16
Madame Curie
Overview: Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists soon fall in love and embark on a shared quest to extract, from a particular type of rock, a new chemical element they have named radium. However, their research puts them on the brink of professional failure.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-16
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Athena
1954-11-04
Athena
Overview: A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-04
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I'll Give My Life
1960-02-03
I'll Give My Life
Overview: This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering. John has planned to make his son a partner in his engineering firm for many years. However, Jim has decided to enter the ministry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-03
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The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
The Seventh Cross
Overview: In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-24
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Viva la clase media
1980-01-04
Viva la clase media
Overview: Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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