Ella Raines
Also Known As: Ella Wallace Raines
Biography: Ella Wallace Raines (August 6, 1920 – May 30, 1988) was an American film and television actress active from the early 1940s through the mid-1950s. Described as "sultry" and "mysterious", the green-eyed star appeared frequently in crime pictures and film noir, but also in drama, comedy, Westerns, thrillers, and romance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ella Raines, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Snoqualmie Falls, Washington State, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: August 06, 1920
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: May 30, 1988
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Impact
Overview: After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-20
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The Suspect
Overview: Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-31
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Brute Force
Overview: Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-16
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The Web
Overview: A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-04
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Hail the Conquering Hero
Overview: Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-09
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Overview: George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-17
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Tall in the Saddle
Overview: When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-29
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The Senator Was Indiscreet
Overview: A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-31
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Phantom Lady
Overview: A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-28
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A Dangerous Profession
Overview: A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-10
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Cry 'Havoc'
Overview: The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-23
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The Runaround
Overview: Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-04
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White Tie and Tails
Overview: When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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The Second Face
Overview: A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has transformed her into a world-class beauty. When she finds out that a mysterious "benefactor" has paid for her surgery, she sets out to find out who he is and why he did it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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The Man in the Road
Overview: A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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Singing Guns
Overview: Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-28
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Enter Arsène Lupin
Overview: A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-24
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The Walking Hills
Overview: A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-05
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Fighting Coast Guard
Overview: Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-31
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Time Out of Mind
Overview: The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-03
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Ride the Man Down
Overview: After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-25
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Corvette K-225
Overview: The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-29
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