Don Castle
Also Known As: Marion Goodman Jr., Marion Goodman
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Beaumont, Texas, USA
Birthday: September 29, 1917
Deathday: May 26, 1966
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Overview: Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-30
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Seven Were Saved
Overview: A nurse is taking an amnesia victim, who was imprisoned by the Japanese during WW II, to the United States in a plane piloted by Richard Denning. The passengers include a Japanese colonel on his way to Manila to face war-crime charges, and a couple who were married on the day they were liberated from a Japanese prison camp. During the flight, the colonel breaks away from his guards, causes the plane to go out of control, and it crashes into the sea. The survivors get into a rubber boat and go through a minor-league version of "Lifeboat, with no Alfred Hitchcock sightings, until Air-Sea Rescue pilot Jim Willis rides to the rescue.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-28
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The Guilty
Overview: Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-22
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
Overview: Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-22
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High Tide
Overview: A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-13
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The Invisible Wall
Overview: A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was supposed to deliver to gambling and a con artist. His attempts to get the money back leads to bigger problems including a murder plot.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-10-15
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Overview: An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-23
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Stampede
Overview: In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-love with the same settler girl while crooked businessmen try to swindle both sides.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-01
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Wake Island
Overview: In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-11
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Out West with the Hardys
Overview: Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-25
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Lighthouse
Overview: Two men and a woman form a triangle confined by a lighthouse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-10
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The Ghost Comes Home
Overview: Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-08
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Motor Patrol
Overview: A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-12
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Roses Are Red
Overview: A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-10
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These Glamour Girls
Overview: A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-18
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
Overview: A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-12
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Young Dr. Kildare
Overview: A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-14
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Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Overview: A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-09
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Power Dive
Overview: The story concentrated on a group of test pilots, busily experimenting with a revolutionary all-plastic airplane. Ace flyboy Brad Farrell (Richard Arlen) is determined to prove the practicality of the new aircraft, designed by Professor Blake (Thomas Ross), father of Brad's sweetheart Carol (Jean Parker). Back on solid ground, Brad must vie for Carol's attentions with his own brother, engineer Doug Farrell (Don Castle).
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-04
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Fast and Loose
Overview: The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-17
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Thunder Afloat
Overview: A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Genres: Action Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-15
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Nick Carter, Master Detective
Overview: Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-13
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Born to Speed
Overview: The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the backdrop for this dramatic tale of a young driver who decides to follow in his late father's footsteps and win the big race.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-12
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I Take This Woman
Overview: On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-02
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Madonna of the Desert
Overview: A jeweled Madonna, property of rancher Joe Salinas, attracts two crooks to his ranch, Monica Dell, a smooth operator, and ruthless Nick Julian. Joe believe that the statue has a miraculous power to ward off evil, and Monica, after a narrow escape from injury while trying to steal the statue, is converted to Joe's faith and refuses to go through with the robbery. Nick has no such intentions.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-23
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Perilous Waters
Overview: Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for extermination by the Mob, and Willie Hunter is the hit man who's been hired to do the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-14
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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Overview: Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-13
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Pound Foolish
Overview: An expose of attempts by wealthy people to avoid payment of customs duties. Part of the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-27
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Strike It Rich
Overview: When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when one of them grows dissatisfied with their lifestyle and quits so he can be with his new wife. Unfortunately for him, soon after he leaves, the other two find their gusher and become filthy rich. The impoverished quitter is envious and begins looking for an obscure law that will force his pals to share.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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Northwest Passage
Overview: Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
Genres: Adventure History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-02-23
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Strike Up the Band
Overview: Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-27
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Susan and God
Overview: A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-07
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The Big Land
Overview: Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $10 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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Flight Characteristics of the A-20
Overview: Tom, a young Army Air Forces pilot, begins instruction with his captain on flying the A-20 attack aircraft. The captain demonstrates to Tom the pre-flight routine and checklists, then pilots the plane with Tom as his passenger. The captain demonstrates the flight parameters of the plane, the synchronization of the engines, stall recovery, and emergency procedures. Finally, the instructor shows Tom how to fly the plane on one engine and how to land in such a circumstance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-24
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Eyes Aloft
Overview: In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on civilians watching the skies to warn of possible attacking or spying enemy aircraft. An army major explains to a group of civic leaders how volunteers are to be recruited and organized. Then the volunteers man posts day and night, always watching for unidentified aircraft that might be enemy forces.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-24
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Ditch and Live
Overview: Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as a result of insufficient training in ditching procedure. Sent back to the States and promoted, Captain Reynolds takes command of a new B-17 and indoctrinates his crew carefully in the proper methods of preparation for ditching and for survival at sea thereafter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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B-29 Flight Engineer
Overview: This government documentary short film depicts and explains proper procedures for functioning as a flight engineer on the B-29 bomber. Lieutenant Anderson is normally the co-pilot of this B-29, but as part of the readiness regimen for aircraft crews, he is being tested as the backup fight engineer. The actual flight engineer monitors his work, helping Anderson follow the checklists for flight preparation and takeoff. Throughout the 10-hour training flight, Lt. Anderson will be required to operate a multitude of engine controls and to monitor instruments on a variety of engine functions. Throughout the flight, his pilot and flight engineer watch over his work, correcting mistakes and reminding him of necessary actions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-13
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Souvenirs of Death
Overview: This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its way into the hands of an American gangster.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-19
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We Who Are Young
Overview: A man violates company policy by getting married.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-19
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World Premiere
Overview: A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three men pose as spies, disrupting the opening, but things don't go quite as planned...there are actual spies also present!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-21
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The Searching Wind
Overview: Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowman wants him to be more decisive and leaves him in Rome just as Mussolini is coming to power. There Alex marries Emily, daughter of a newspaper publisher who hires Cassie for his Paris bureau -- just before retiring from active management of his paper. Alex and Emily's son Sam, recently returned from active duty in World War II, learns the whole story one night in Washington when Emily invites Cassie to dinner. Sam has a story to tell, too.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-09
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Men in Fright
Overview: The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-15
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