Reed Hadley
Also Known As: Reed Herring
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Reed Hadley (June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American movie, television and radio actor. Reed Hadley was born Reed Herring in Petrolia in Clay County near Wichita Falls, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one sister, Bess Brenner. He was reared in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo and was involved in local theater with the Studio Arena Theater. Hadley and his wife, Helen, had one son, Dale. Before moving to Hollywood, he acted in Hamlet on stage in New York City. Throughout his thirty-five-year career in film, Hadley was cast as both a villain and a hero of the law, in such movies as The Baron of Arizona (1950), The Half-Breed (1952), Highway Dragnet (1954) and Big House, USA (1955). With his bass voice, he narrated a number of documentaries. He starred in two television series, Racket Squad (1950–1953) as Captain Braddock, and The Public Defender (1954–1955) as Bart Matthews, a fictional attorney for the indigent. Hadley also worked on the Red Ryder radio show during the 1940s, being the first actor to portray the title character. In films, among other things, he starred as Zorro in the 1939 serial Zorro's Fighting Legion. He is immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work. He was the voice of cowboy hero Red Ryder on radio and the narrator of several Department of Defense films: "Operation Ivy", about the first hydrogen bomb test, Ivy Mike, "Military Participation on Tumbler/Snapper"; "Military Participation on Buster Jangle"; and "Operation Upshot-Knothole" all of which were produced by Lookout Mountain studios. The films were originally intended for internal military use, but have been "sanitized", edited, and de-classified, and are now available to the public. During the period he narrated these films, Hadley held a Top Secret security clearance. Hadley also served as the narrator on various Hollywood films, including House on 92nd Street (1945), Call Northside 777 (1947) and Boomerang (1947). He died at age 63 on December 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reed Hadley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
Birthday: June 25, 1911
Deathday: December 11, 1974
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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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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The Dark Corner
Overview: Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-09
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He Walked by Night
Overview: Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-06
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Zorro's Fighting Legion
Overview: The mysterious Don Del Oro ("Lord of Gold"), an idol of the Yaqui Indians, plans to take over the gold and become Emperor. Francisco was put in charge of a legion to combat the Yaqui tribe and protect the land, but when attacked Zorro came to his rescue. Francisco's partner recognized Zorro as the hidalgo Don Diego Vega, then ask him to take over the fighting legion as his alter-ego Zorro.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-16
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Curse of the Fly
Overview: The son of the inventor of a matter-transporter, which turned him into a monster when he tried to transport himself along with a tiny housefly, continues to pursue his father's experiment, while his own two sons attempt to extricate him, themselves and the family name from further disaster and scandal.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-01
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The Killer That Stalked New York
Overview: In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-06
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Walk a Crooked Mile
Overview: A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-02
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I Shot Jesse James
Overview: Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-26
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Shock
Overview: In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-01
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The House on 92nd Street
Overview: The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-10
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Circumstantial Evidence
Overview: A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-20
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Brain of Blood
Overview: Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton transplants his brain into the body of a simpleton in a classic "assistant got the wrong kind of body" plot line. Dr. Trenton has a few nefarious plot twists of his own in mind, and then there's the thing with the dwarf and the women chained in the basement. It's up to Amir's friend Bob and wife Tracey to try and salvage this tale.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-01
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Jail House Blues
Overview: A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-01
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Overview: Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
Genres: History Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-30
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The Baron of Arizona
Overview: The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.
Genres: Romance Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-04
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Guadalcanal Diary
Overview: Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
Genres: Action War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-27
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Big House, U.S.A
Overview: A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-03
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Highway Dragnet
Overview: An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-20
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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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Boomerang!
Overview: When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-28
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Whistling in the Dark
Overview: Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-08
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Wilson
Overview: The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-01
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Captain from Castile
Overview: Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-25
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Four Jills in a Jeep
Overview: Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-17
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Overview: "Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-29
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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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13 Rue Madeleine
Overview: Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
Genres: Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-15
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The Man from Texas
Overview: James Craig is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid," and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe. He repeatedly tells Zoe, "just one more time," but he is unable to stop which angers her greatly. However, he does have brief moments of heroics such as when he helps the Widow Weeks save her farm.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-06
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Little Big Horn
Overview: Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-15
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Rimfire
Overview: An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-25
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Female Fugitive
Overview: Police set up a dragnet to trap an outlaw's wife whom they believe to be his accomplice.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-04-15
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Sunset Murder Case
Overview: Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-11
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Roger Touhy, Gangster
Overview: Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-03
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The Caribbean Mystery
Overview: The Caribbean Mystery is a remake of Mr. Moto on Danger Island (1939)-which in turn was a remake of Murder in Trinidad. James Dunn stars as Mr. Smith, a Columbo-like Brooklyn detective who pops up on a tropical island to track down some missing geologists.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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Insurance Investigator
Overview: When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-23
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Young Dillinger
Overview: The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-28
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Doll Face
Overview: Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-31
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Overview: A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-01
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Operation Ivy
Overview: A short produced by the US government about the development of the hydrogen bomb leading up to its testing and explosion over Bikini Atoll.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Last of the Wild Horses
Overview: A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-27
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Panhandle
Overview: An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-22
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I'll Wait for You
Overview: A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-16
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The Fabulous Texan
Overview: A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land and power as fast as he can. The two former Rebels take on this despot each in his own way.
Genres: War Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-09
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The Man from Montreal
Overview: The Man From Montreal is a lively entry in Universal's Richard Arlen-Andy Devine action series. The stars are cast respectively as fur trapper Clark Manning and constable Bones Blair, who carry on a friendly rivalry in the Canadian Northwest. Our heroes team up in the final reels to put the kibosh on a fur-smuggling racket, permitting Universal to plunge deeply into its stock-footage files. The leading ladies this time out are Anne Gwynne and Kay Sutton, their billing status indicating which one of the two ladies will land Clark Manning in the last scene. Incredibly, the Arlen-Devine series lasted for 14 films, none of them classics but all of them worthwhile Saturday-matinee fare.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-09
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Riders of the Range
Overview: Out-of-work cowboys Kansas Jones and Chito Rafferty are offered jobs at pretty Dusty Willis' ranch after saving her from a beating by saloon owner Clint Burrows. Dusty's good-hearted but weak-willed brother Harry, adding to his $3000 gambling debt to Willis, reluctantly agrees to pay it off by allowing the Ringo Kid, Burrows' vicious hired gun, to rustle cattle from his sister's ranch. Kansas intervenes, deters the rustlers and persuades Harry to confess his involvement to Dusty. Kansas, sent into town by Dusty to pay off Harry's debts, suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the law, wrongly accused of murder and must rely on Dusty's belief in his innocence for his salvation.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-11
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Moro Witch Doctor
Overview: The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-01
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Rainbow Island
Overview: Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-05
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Sky Raiders
Overview: Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which seeks US government contracts for its inventions. Enemy spies attempt to steal, sabotage and discredit the inventions and founders of the company.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-08
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Sea Raiders
Overview: A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-13
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If I'm Lucky
Overview: Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-02
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Overview: Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-02
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Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Overview: Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955) uses Lincoln's own words to dramatize his progression from the first political speech he gave in 1832, as a candidate for the Illinois state legislature, to those immortal words spoken at Gettysburg to his second inaugural in 1865.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-31
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All in a Night's Work
Overview: After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-03-15
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Overview: A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-21
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Hazard House
Overview: A married couple watches a documentary program which presents the hazards children face in the home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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The Return of Jesse James
Overview: Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
Genres: Drama Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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Ziegfeld Girl
Overview: Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-25
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Overview: Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-31
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The Bank Dick
Overview: Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-29
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The Mystery of Marie Roget
Overview: A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
Genres: Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-23
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Stronger Than Desire
Overview: An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Woman They Almost Lynched
Overview: Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-20
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Home in Indiana
Overview: 'Sparke' Thorton, a lad with a penchant for trouble, is sent to live with his Uncle and Aunt Bolt in Indiana after his Aunt Henrietta Bolt dies. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young filly that he plans to race make life bearable. He also finds romance with tomboyish 'Char' Bruce who shares his love for horses.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-15
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The Razor's Edge
Overview: An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-19
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Calling Dr. Kildare
Overview: Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-28
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Bachelor Mother
Overview: Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-30
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Kansas Pacific
Overview: Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-22
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Arizona Terrors
Overview: A crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court validation of a counterfeit land grant, and proceeds to drive out ranchers already settled on the land with high taxes, road tolls and violent tactics. A pair of horse sellers pitch in to help a customer, his daughter, and the other "tenant" ranchers after being roughed up by toll collectors when they refuse to pay the assessed toll.
Genres: Action Western Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-13
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Sergeant Madden
Overview: A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-24
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I Married a Witch
Overview: A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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Wintertime
Overview: Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-17
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Red Desert
Overview: A Government agent is sent to track an outlaw who has stolen gold boulion. The chase leads into a desolate desert region where the agent is forced to utilize his survival skills.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-17
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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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Jungle Goddess
Overview: When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-13
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Happy Land
Overview: An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Genres: Drama Fantasy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-10
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The Return of Wildfire
Overview: In this above-average western, a villainous land grabber attempts to force horse ranchers to sell their ranches so he can become king of the horse market. One stubborn rancher refuses to relent and his killed. His two surviving sisters then continue the fight. They are soon assisted by a passing drifter who ends up falling for one of them. In the end a gunfight between the good and bad guys ensues.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-13
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Bailing Out
Overview: Part of the FLIGHT SAFETY series, instructing U.S. Navy pilots in the history of parachutes and the correct use of parachutes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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Flight Command
Overview: A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude that while their CO Billy Gray is away, Drake has an affair with his wife Lorna. Drake is now an outcast and is prepared to resign from the Navy but his extreme heroism in saving Billy Gray's life turns things around.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-27
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The Half-Breed
Overview: An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-03
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The Last Bomb
Overview: Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-01
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The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
Overview: During Prohibition, two gangsters go to war with each other. (Plus, sex!)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-01
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Meet the Wildcat
Overview: Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-22
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Dallas
Overview: After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an esteemed citizen, Hollister plots to expose the outlaw and his syndicate.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-30
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Adventures of Captain Marvel
Overview: On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself. Back in the US, Billy Batson, as Captain Marvel, wages a battle against an evil, hooded figure, the Scorpion, who hopes to accumulate all five lenses, thereby gaining control of the super-powerful weapon
Genres: Fantasy Action Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-28
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Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Overview: Two young pilot trainees arrive for primary flight training and meet their instructor, Navy pilot Lt. Taylor. Lt. Taylor talks to the men about the necessity of becoming practiced in the way of the aircraft in such a way as to enable them to rely on their senses much of their time in the air, as reliance on instruments can be confusing for beginning pilots. He explains that, at first, flying will be like walking or riding a bicycle were first learned -- by trial and error and following strict instructions. But with practice, eventually the pilot's senses will take over and much of the process of flying will rely more on his feel for the plane and less on rote following of instructions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-13
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Overview: This government documentary short film describes the concerns of the U.S. Army Air Forces over the safe, effective, and expeditious handling of the loading of bombs onto the Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber. A colonel briefs a command board on the problems inherent in the initial bomb-loading processes and the losses and injuries resultant from those processes. He then informs the board as to the development of new model hoists for loading bombs. The commanding general asks for approval from the board, and following input from an AAF tactical officer, the new hoist is approved.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-03
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A Bell for Adano
Overview: Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-21
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A Modern Marriage
Overview: A psychiatrist tries to help a newlywed wife, who is depressed and suicidal over her sexual problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-10
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Appointment for Love
Overview: Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-31
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Grand Canyon
Overview: A film company is shooting a western on location when the star breaks his leg. A local mule herder, who had never acted before, is "shanghaied" into taking over the role. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-19
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Ski Patrol
Overview: In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-09
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Road Agent
Overview: Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are tossed into the hoosegow, only to be released when their alibi checks out. Far from offended by his ill treatment, Duke agrees to take the job of sheriff, retaining Pancho and Andy as his deputies. The gruesome threesome then sets about to solve a series of mysterious Wells Fargo robberies
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-19
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Mobs, Inc.
Overview: Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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Mobs Incorporated
Overview: Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-21
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Return of the Dead
Overview: A teenage girl is charged with the attempted murder of a gangland figure. Her mother has also been shot. To further complicate matters, the girl's father, who went missing in action in the War fifteen years ago, has suddenly reappeared.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-09
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Lady in a Jam
Overview: A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
Genres: Comedy Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-19
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In the Meantime, Darling
Overview: A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-22
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