Charles Quigley
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 12, 1906
Deathday: August 05, 1964
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Convicted
1938-08-18
Convicted
Overview: A nightclub dancer and a detective try and catch the gangster who framed her brother.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-18
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Charlie Chan's Secret
1936-01-10
Charlie Chan's Secret
Overview: Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-10
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A Woman's Face
1941-05-09
A Woman's Face
Overview: A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-09
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Play Girl
1941-01-29
Play Girl
Overview: When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-29
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Danger Street
1947-06-20
Danger Street
Overview: Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-20
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Footlight Fever
1941-03-21
Footlight Fever
Overview: Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-21
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The Shadow
1937-12-22
The Shadow
Overview: Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, the sell-out crowds are returning to the big top. Egotistical equestrian star Senor Martinet, however, holds $60,000 of notes signed by the Colonel and due in 24 hours. When a mysterious shadowy figure is seen on the circus lot, and Martinet is murdered in the center ring during his performance, there are suspects aplenty, including Vindecco, Martinet's badly abused hunchback assistant.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-22
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Special Inspector
1938-02-14
Special Inspector
Overview: U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper's trucks and sells the loot in the United States.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-14
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Girls Can Play
1937-06-23
Girls Can Play
Overview: The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-23
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The Crimson Ghost
1946-10-26
The Crimson Ghost
Overview: A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical current on the planet.
Genres: Adventure Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-26
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King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
King of Burlesque
Overview: Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona Barrie) who has theatrical aspirations of her own. She marries Baxter, then convinces him to produce a string of "artistic" plays rather than his extravagant musical revues. The plays are flops, and the woman haughtily divorces Baxter. Faithful Alice Faye, who'd gone to London when her ex-beau was married, returns to the penniless Baxter. She and her burlesque buddies team up to pull Baxter out of his rut and put him on top again.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-03
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Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939-06-10
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Overview: Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-10
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Larceny in Her Heart
1946-05-20
Larceny in Her Heart
Overview: In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-20
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Superman
1948-07-15
Superman
Overview: Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-15
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Lady from Nowhere
1936-12-23
Lady from Nowhere
Overview: A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-23
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Overview: Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-29
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Men Against the Sky
1940-09-06
Men Against the Sky
Overview: A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to solve design problems for an experimental military plane in an attempt to save the company and salvage her brother's reputation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-06
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Heroes in Blue
1939-11-07
Heroes in Blue
Overview: Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's footsteps as a cop while the other turns to crime and is arrested for murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-07
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Secret Evidence
1941-01-31
Secret Evidence
Overview: A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has no intention of going straight. The visit triggers a series of events resulting in a trial for attempted murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-01-31
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The Iron Claw
1941-08-15
The Iron Claw
Overview: The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster...and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-15
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The Cowboy and the Indians
1949-09-15
The Cowboy and the Indians
Overview: Finding Indians stealing from his ranch, Gene learns they are suffering from malnutrition. Store owner Martin is cheating them and now he is after the Chief's valuable necklace. When the dying chief is found, having been attacked and robbed, Martin blames Lakhona who would become the new chief. When Gene helps Lakhona they soon find themselves fleeing from the law.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-15
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That Brennan Girl
1946-12-23
That Brennan Girl
Overview: Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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Affairs of Geraldine
1946-11-18
Affairs of Geraldine
Overview: When the wealthy Mrs. Cooper passes away, she divides her estate between her sons, Henry and Wayne, and her only daughter, the tomboyish Geraldine.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-18
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Brick Bradford
1947-12-18
Brick Bradford
Overview: Brick Bradford, soldier-of-fortune and time-machine traveler, is hired to protect the Interceptor Ray, an anti-guided missile weapon. His task takes him to the Moon, where he is captured by subjects of Queen Khana, but is spared because Queen Khana kinda likes him. Back on earth, Brick, Sandy and June get into The Time To (Brick's spinning time-machine) and spin back to the 18th Century where they have to fight off pirates and island natives.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-18
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Unmasked
1950-01-30
Unmasked
Overview: The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the money and jewelry he has given her. The editor sees her husband leaving her apartment and, seeing his opportunity, kills her, takes all his IOUs (and the jewelry) and frames the husband for the murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-30
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Three on a Ticket
1947-04-04
Three on a Ticket
Overview: A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-04
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The Game That Kills
1937-09-21
The Game That Kills
Overview: Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racketeers. When his brother is killed in a highly suspicious accident, Ferguson and team trainer Holland join forces to bring the killers to justice.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-21
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The National Barn Dance
1944-09-24
The National Barn Dance
Overview: This film gives a fictionalized version of how the popular real-life radio program of the title began.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-24
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Criminals of the Air
1937-04-30
Criminals of the Air
Overview: Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-30
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Kitty Foyle
1940-12-27
Kitty Foyle
Overview: A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-27
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And Sudden Death
1936-06-16
And Sudden Death
Overview: An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she is responsible for killing someone due to reckless driving.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-16
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Duffy's Tavern
1945-09-28
Duffy's Tavern
Overview: The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-28
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