John Baer
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 06, 1923
Deathday: January 07, 2006
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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We're No Angels
Overview: Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-07
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Superman and the Mole-Men
Overview: Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Fantasy Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-23
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City of Shadows
Overview: After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-02
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The Miami Story
Overview: Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-03
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The Cat Burglar
Overview: Unwitting pickup artist Jack Coley (Jack Hogan) nabs a briefcase holding a costly scientific formula, turning himself into a moving target for owner Alan Sheridan (John Baer), foreign agents and the fuzz -- all bent on a blistering game of finders, keepers. In this stylized crime drama, the quarry coolly eludes the pack while eliciting the aid of an unlikely party: blonde beauty Nan Baker (June Kenney), the attaché's original carrier.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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Fear No More
Overview: Accused of killing a woman on a train, Sharon Carlin runs home to find another corpse there too!
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-01
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Night of the Blood Beast
Overview: An astronaut returns to Earth as the no-pulse host of an alien monster's embryos; he is discovered by a loony farmer who find ways to feed his new critter.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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Indian Uprising
Overview: It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches. But there are those in Tucson that want the miners back looking for gold and they put pressure on officials in Washington. Soon a new commander arrives, the troops are recalled, and the miners go after gold. Whites then kill a miner with an arrow so they can attack the Indians hoping the troops wipe them out when they retaliate.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-02
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Huk!
Overview: After 14 years in the United States, Greg Dickson returns to his family's plantation in the Philippines to settle his slain father's estate. Boyhood friend Bart Rogers and his wife Cindy meet Greg's plane at Manila, but he dismisses their warnings about the marauding Huks, fanatic guerrillas who are plundering nearby plantations. They repulse a Huk attack on the way to the plantation and are met by Stephen Rogers, Bart's father and the village schoolteacher. With him is Philippine Army Major Balatbat who tells Greg that Kalak, leader of the Huks and murderer of Greg's father, is also after him.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-08
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The Chapman Report
Overview: A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-05
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The Family Secret
Overview: When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-21
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The Mississippi Gambler
Overview: Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
Genres: Romance Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-29
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Overview: A 15 episode serial in which boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy try to solve the mystery of a haunted farm where the farmer has died and left no one to care for his livestock. A ghost assists them to prevent the acceptance of a false inheritance claim.
Genres: Mystery Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-15
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Operation Pacific
Overview: During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all. It's a dilemma that he'll eventually take up personally. Even more personal is his quest to win back his ex-wife, a nurse; but he'll have to win her back from a navy flier who also happens to be his commander's little brother.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-27
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The Flying Missile
Overview: A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-24
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Arizona Manhunt
Overview: Arizona Manhunt was the second entry in Republic's "Rough Ridin' Kids" series. Michael Chapin returns as Red, the precocious grandson of Sheriff White (James Bell), while Eilene Janssen likewise reappears as Red's best friend Judy. Once again, the two kids get involved with grown-up western desperadoes, in this case the outlaw gang formerly controlled by Judy's foster father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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Riding Shotgun
Overview: When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-01
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Bikini Paradise
Overview: A pair of U.S. Navy officers are marooned on a South Pacific island with a group of women whom want to use them for marriage and mating purposes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-03
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Guns, Girls and Gangsters
Overview: Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Tarawa Beachhead
Overview: A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself facing a difficult dilemma in this provocative war drama.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-02
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