Frank Lovejoy
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Biography: Frank Andrew Lovejoy Jr. (March 28, 1912 – October 2, 1962) was an American actor in radio, film, and television. He is perhaps best remembered for appearing in the film noir The Hitch-Hiker and for starring in the radio drama Night Beat. Lovejoy was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in New Jersey. He worked on Wall Street as a teenager, but the Great Depression of 1929 cost him his job. He then turned to acting, appearing in touring companies throughout the Northeast. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 in the play They Knew What They Wanted. Lovejoy began his radio career in the early 1940s, appearing on such shows as Gang Busters and This Is Your FBI. He also starred in the radio drama Night Beat, which ran from 1949 to 1955. Lovejoy made his film debut in 1948 in the film Black Bart. He went on to appear in over 50 films, including In a Lonely Place (1950), The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Strategic Air Command (1955), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1956). Lovejoy also had a successful television career. He starred in the series Man Against Crime (1956-1957) and Meet McGraw (1957-1962). Lovejoy died of a heart attack in New York City in 1962, at the age of 50. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 28, 1912
Age: 113 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 02, 1962
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The Sound of Fury
Overview: A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-12
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The Hitch-Hiker
Overview: Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-30
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Breakthrough
Overview: Filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army, Breakthrough is a lean, no-nonsense war film set during the 1944 invasion of the continent.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-17
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Shack Out on 101
Overview: A greasy spoon diner provides a base for a spy smuggling nuclear secrets.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-04
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Overview: Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-06
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Three Secrets
Overview: A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-20
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Strategic Air Command
Overview: Air Force reservist Lt. Col. Robert "Dutch" Holland is recalled into active duty at the peak of his professional baseball career.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-12
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Beachhead
Overview: On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Trapped on the island, they must escort a scientist and his daughter to the other side of the island where their ship awaits. They must battle nature, hard terrain, and advancing Japanese troops.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-05
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The System
Overview: A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-18
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Julie
Overview: A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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Finger Man
Overview: An ex-con is inspired to go undercover and "finger" the mob after finding out his sister is hooked on illegal drugs.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-15
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In a Lonely Place
Overview: A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-17
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House of Wax
Overview: A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-16
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The Crooked Web
Overview: Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-30
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I Was a Communist for the FBI
Overview: A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-02
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Mad at the World
Overview: A neighborhood is terrorized by group of young juvenile delinquents called The WolfPack. When a young father's infant child is seriously injured because of the WolfPack, he decides that the police aren't working fast enough to catch the ones who hurt his baby and sets out to infiltrate the gang himself and mete out the punishment they deserve.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-13
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Men of the Fighting Lady
Overview: A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-07
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Force of Arms
Overview: During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-13
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The Winning Team
Overview: Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Overview: An outlaw must decide whether to stick his neck out for an innocent man.
Genres: Western
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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Goodbye, My Fancy
Overview: Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-19
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The Americano
Overview: An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war......and in love. His concern, who are really his friends and who are his enemies
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-19
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Black Bart
Overview: Cheerful outlaw Charlie Boles leaves former partners Lance and Jersey and heads for California, where the Gold Rush is beginning. Soon, a lone gunman in black is robbing Wells Fargo gold shipments. One fateful day, the stage he robs carries old friends Lance and Jersey...and notorious dancer Lola Montez, coming to perform in Sacramento. Black Bart and Lance become rivals for both Lola's favors and Wells Fargo's gold.
Genres: Western Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-17
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The Charge at Feather River
Overview: A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-11
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Top of the World
Overview: A team of Air Force servicemen become stranded after setting up a weather station on an island of ice in Alaska.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-01
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Starlift
Overview: To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-14
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Retreat, Hell!
Overview: During the Korean War, a U.S. Marine battalion must fight its way out of a frozen mountain pass despite diminishing supplies, freezing temperatures and constant attacks by overwhelming numbers of Chinese soldiers.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-17
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Three Brave Men
Overview: A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Overview: When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-01
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She's Back on Broadway
Overview: When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being directed by Gordon Evans, the man who was both her Svengali and her lover. Evans is still bitter that she walked out on him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. Can Terris and Evans put aside their mutual animosity long enough to make a go of this production. The way things start off, it doesn't seem likely.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-14
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Home of the Brave
Overview: A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-12
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South Sea Sinner
Overview: A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-30
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