William Harrigan
Also Known As: not available
Biography: William Harrigan was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: March 26, 1894
Deathday: February 01, 1966
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Invisible Man
Overview: After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-03
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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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The Farmer's Daughter
Overview: After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-26
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Whipsaw
Overview: Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-18
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Back Door to Heaven
Overview: The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-19
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On the Level
Overview: An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she becomes a nightclub performer.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-18
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Flying Leathernecks
Overview: Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-28
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Roogie's Bump
Overview: A young boy is taunted mercilessly by the other boys in town - until he gets some help from the ghost of a Brooklyn Dodger, who turns him into a great baseball player.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-25
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Speaking of Rubber
Overview: "Speaking of Rubber: is a 1951 promotional film on the rubber industry, with some great scenes of downtown Naugatuck in 1951.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-04
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Knife in the Dark
Overview: A tormented convict must take a stand against the violent inmate who murdered his best friend.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-07
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Street of Sinners
Overview: A rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-30
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The Girl in 419
Overview: A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-26
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Pick-up
Overview: The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-24
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Over the Goal
Overview: The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-16
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Cabaret
Overview: Gloria Trask, who has risen from a squalid East Side environment to stardom in Costigan's nightclub, is admired by Tom Westcott, detective, and Sam Roberts, a gangster with whom her brother is involved. Andy, threatened by the gang, is forced to pay off, and in a showdown in Gloria's dressing room, Andy shoots Roberts in self-defense. Gloria helps her brother to leave on a South American liner, while Tom forces Roberts' girlfriend Blanche to admit to witnessing the crime. Blanche insists that it was murder, but Tom forces her to admit that Roberts had a gun by accusing her of the killing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-26
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Exiled to Shanghai
Overview: A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-12-20
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Hawaii Calls
Overview: After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooks
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-03-12
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Born Reckless
Overview: In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-11
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His Family Tree
Overview: A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-29
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Steel Town
Overview: Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who is already involved with another steelworker. Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-09
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Disgraced!
Overview: A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make matters worse, her father kills the cad and she gets accused of the crime.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-07
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Men on Call
Overview: Railroad engineer Chuck Long finds the showgirl he's about to marry was the subject of scandal and swears off women. He joins a coast guard unit stationed at a lighthouse, and one day must rescue a drowning girl that turns out to be his old fiancée.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-28
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'G' Men
Overview: James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-04
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Frankie and Johnnie
Overview: The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-30
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Federal Bullets
Overview: Federal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists. The FBI, represented by Milburn Stone and William Harrigan, investigates a seemingly respectable charitable organization. In fact, the enterprise is a front for a crime ring, headed by Ma Barker clone Zeffie Tilbury (Trivia note: Ms. Tilbury was totally blind, and had to learn her "blocking" by rote).
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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Arizona
Overview: Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-25
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Francis Covers the Big Town
Overview: A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-10
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Stranded
Overview: A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-29
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Follies Girl
Overview: In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent) affections. To save his dad from throwing his life away on a supposed golddigger, Hamlin's son, Army private Jerry Hamlin (Gordon Oliver), begins courting Anne-and, of course, falls genuinely in love with her himself. Meanwhile, the rogueish J.B. tries to mount a Broadway burlesque show, with costumes designed by Our Heroine.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-26
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Nix on Dames
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-24
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Citizen Saint
Overview: A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow one-night viewing by members of the local congregation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-15
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The Melody Lingers on
Overview: A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.
Genres: War Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-07-11
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An Affair of Three Nations
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-22
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