Wendell Corey
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wendell Reid Corey (March 20, 1914 – November 8, 1968) was an American actor and politician. He began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation (1942). After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945). While appearing in the play Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood. His movie debut came as a gangster in Desert Fury (1947). He starred with Casey Walters in the television series Harbor Command (1957–1958), co-starred on The Nanette Fabray Show (1961), and, during its first season, had the lead role in the medical drama The Eleventh Hour (1962–1963). Corey made guest appearances on a number of programs, including Target: The Corruptors!, Channing, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, Burke's Law, Perry Mason, The Road West, and The Wild Wild West. He served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1961 to 1963 and was a member of the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild. A Republican campaigner in national politics since 1956, Corey was elected to the Santa Monica City Council in April 1965. The conservative politician ran for the California seat in the United States Congress in 1966, but lost the primary election. He was still a councilman at the time of his death.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 20, 1914
Deathday: November 08, 1968
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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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Sorry, Wrong Number
1948-09-24
Sorry, Wrong Number
Overview: Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-24
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Agent for H.A.R.M.
1966-01-05
Agent for H.A.R.M.
Overview: The head of the Human Aetiological Relations Machine pits an agent against a flesh-to-fungus spore gun.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-05
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Holiday Affair
1949-12-12
Holiday Affair
Overview: Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-12
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Desert Fury
1947-08-15
Desert Fury
Overview: The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-15
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I Walk Alone
1947-12-31
I Walk Alone
Overview: Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-31
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The Astro-Zombies
1968-05-19
The Astro-Zombies
Overview: For devilishly mad "astro-scientist" Dr. DeMarco (John Carradine), a typical day involves run-ins with reanimated corpses, bloodthirsty solar-powered killer robot zombies, Chinese communist spies and vicious Mexican secret agents. But when a bloody trail of young female murder victims leads an intrepid CIA agent to his door, things get really interesting. Ted V. Mikels directs this unique B horror-thriller.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-19
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The Killer Is Loose
1956-02-03
The Killer Is Loose
Overview: A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-03
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The Furies
1950-08-16
The Furies
Overview: A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Genres: Western Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-16
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The File on Thelma Jordon
1949-11-04
The File on Thelma Jordon
Overview: Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-04
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Hell's Half Acre
1954-06-01
Hell's Half Acre
Overview: A woman travels to Hawaii to find out if a man in prison there is actually her missing husband.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-01
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The Search
1948-03-26
The Search
Overview: In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-26
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The Accused
1949-01-12
The Accused
Overview: A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-12
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Cyborg 2087
1966-10-01
Cyborg 2087
Overview: In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the world's populations are controlled by the government. A small band of "free thinkers" send a cyborg back in time to the year 1966 to prevent a scientist from making the breakthrough that will eventually lead to the mass thought control of the future. Our time traveler soon discovers he is not alone when government agents from the future try to prevent him from carrying out his mission.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Carbine Williams
1952-05-01
Carbine Williams
Overview: David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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The Wild North
1952-01-28
The Wild North
Overview: In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.
Genres: Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-28
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The Light in the Forest
1958-07-08
The Light in the Forest
Overview: A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-08
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Alias Jesse James
1959-03-20
Alias Jesse James
Overview: Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-20
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The Big Knife
1955-10-25
The Big Knife
Overview: Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-25
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Loving You
1957-07-09
Loving You
Overview: Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote the talented newcomer to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-09
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The Rack
1956-11-02
The Rack
Overview: Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Harriet Craig
1950-11-02
Harriet Craig
Overview: A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-02
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Red Tomahawk
1967-01-01
Red Tomahawk
Overview: After Custer's defeat an army captain tries to warn a small town that the Sioux are coming. The inhabitants own two machine-guns but don't want to lend them to him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
Any Number Can Play
Overview: When illegal casino owner Charley Kyng develops heart disease, he is advised by a doctor to spend more time with his family. However, he finds it difficult to keep his work separate from his life at home. His son, Paul, feels ashamed of Charley's career and gets into a fight at his prom because of it. Meanwhile, Charley's brother-in-law, Robbin, who works at the casino, begins fixing games due to his extreme gambling debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-15
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Rich, Young and Pretty
1951-07-09
Rich, Young and Pretty
Overview: A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-09
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The Bold and the Brave
1956-01-04
The Bold and the Brave
Overview: An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-04
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The Wild Blue Yonder
1951-12-05
The Wild Blue Yonder
Overview: Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful nurse, Corey and Tucker prepare to fly a bombing mission in the South Pacific. Before boarding their B29 Superfortress, Tucker appears to be chickening out, but he's steadfastly at his cockpit post at takeoff time.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-05
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Buckskin
1968-05-01
Buckskin
Overview: A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-01
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No Sad Songs for Me
1950-04-27
No Sad Songs for Me
Overview: Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-27
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The Great Missouri Raid
1951-02-01
The Great Missouri Raid
Overview: During the American Civil War (1861-1865), farmers Jesse and Frank James decided to form an armed gang to face the Union troops using guerrilla warfare.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-01
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Laughing Anne
1953-09-01
Laughing Anne
Overview: Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-01
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The Rainmaker
1956-12-13
The Rainmaker
Overview: Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-13
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Waco
1966-09-01
Waco
Overview: Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly, who died trying to bring law-and-order to Emporia, Wyoming. Among the mourners are businessman George Gates, mayor Ned West and his daughter Patricia. The mayor rejects Gates' suggestion that he release gunfighter Waco from jail to clean up the town. When Patricia is attacked by a cowboy after leaving her boyfriend Scotty Moore, the mayor finally decides it is time accept the governor;s offer of amnesty for Waco. Jill Stone's first reaction, when learning that Waco has been released, is to leave town before Waco finds out that she, his former fiancée, has married the town preacher while Waco was in jail. Town boss Joe Gore is not overjoyed, either, but Ike and Pete Jenner eagerly await the chance to shoot Waco for the death of their brother. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-01
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My Man and I
1952-09-05
My Man and I
Overview: In California, a Mexican-American laborer is falsely accused of shooting the racist farmer he was working for after the farmer stiffed him with a bad check.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-05
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Women of the Prehistoric Planet
1966-04-14
Women of the Prehistoric Planet
Overview: A space ship crash lands on the third planet of a distant solar system, killing all hands except for a young boy named Tang. The rescue ship arrives some 20 years later. One of the crew, a girl named Linda meets Tang and falls in love with him. They are attacked by the native humanoids of the planet and many of them are killed off. Also, the crew encounters many strange beasts on this strange, but somewhat familiar world.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-04-14
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The Star Maker
1968-12-12
The Star Maker
Overview: Once-famous movie director Paul Lamont has fallen on hard times. Hollywood has forgotten him. His pictures are no longer in vogue. Borrowing air fare from his ex-wife, he flies to Berlin, where a former colleague is producing three films. A hotel maid recognizes his celebrity name and makes a play for him. He falls in love a May-September romance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-12
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Jamaica Run
1953-04-21
Jamaica Run
Overview: Promoter William Montague wants to buy the estate owned by the Daceys, Mrs. Dacey and her daughter Ena and son Todd, in order to build a resort hotel. When they turn him down, he produces a couple of distant relatives, Janice and Robert Clayton, and sets about to prove that the estate rightfully belongs to them. The identity of the rightful heirs is thought to be buried in a sunken ship off of the Jamaican shore and the search begins, led by a schooner skipper, Patrick Fairlie, who is in love with Ena.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-21
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Broken Sabre
1965-03-28
Broken Sabre
Overview: Western about a West Point graduate who was falsely accused of cowardice and thrown out of the army. Edited from episodes of the TV show "Branded".
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-28
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Picture Mommy Dead
1966-11-02
Picture Mommy Dead
Overview: Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-02
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Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948-11-08
Man-Eater of Kumaon
Overview: A doctor hunts a vicious, man-eating tiger that terrorizes a native jungle village. In time the doctor experiences a personal change when he accepts their native customs and beliefs.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-08
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Blood on the Arrow
1964-10-11
Blood on the Arrow
Overview: In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to his trial.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-11
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The Backbone of America
1953-12-29
The Backbone of America
Overview: An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming advertising campaign.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-29
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A Tale of Two Cities
1953-05-03
A Tale of Two Cities
Overview: A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. A retelling of the Charles Dickens story.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-03
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Easy to Get
1947-07-10
Easy to Get
Overview: U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-10
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