Matty Fain
Also Known As: M. G. Fain
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 25, 1905
Age: 119 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 08, 1971
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The Get-Away
Overview: A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-13
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Barefoot Boy
Overview: A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-03
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Overview: An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-23
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The Yellow Mountain
Overview: A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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The Monster and the Girl
Overview: After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-28
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The House of Secrets
Overview: Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-28
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Larceny on the Air
Overview: A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-11
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Bulldog Edition
Overview: Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also complicating matters is that one newspaper's editor and circulation director are competing for the affections of a pretty blonde reporter.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-13
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Ellis Island
Overview: It opens in 1926 when three bank robbers, Theodore Kedrich, Jan Imarski, and Petra Lonelli, stage a daring daylight bank robbery and get away with a million dollars in cash. They are soon apprehended and sent to prison for ten years but the money is not recovered. Flash forward to 1936 when all three men have been released from prison and are about to be deported back to where they came from via the Deportation department at Ellis Island. They arrive by the ferry boat and already on hand to bid them adieu, and possibly learn where they stashed the missing money, is gang leader Dude and his three henchmen, Nails, Moxie and Bugs, and also Kendrich's niece Betty Parker there to bid old Uncle Ted a fond goodbye. Also on Ellis Island is a crook called Solo, who has an upper hand as he has stolen the credentials of a Treasury Agent named Peter James and has access to the prisoners, and has cut a deal with Kendrichs to get him off of Ellis Island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-04
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The 13th Man
Overview: A tough district attorney has been cleaning up the town, and has already imprisoned twelve dangerous criminals. As he is about to name the target for his next investigation, he is murdered in the midst of a crowd. The police have many suspects and hardly any clues, so two reporters decide to investigate for themselves.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-29
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Boy of the Streets
Overview: Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-08
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Personal Secretary
Overview: Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-09
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Wanted by the Police
Overview: A young man, Danny, decides to get a job in order to support his mother. He's hired to work in a garage, but soon finds himself being implicated in a stolen-car racket.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-21
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Hell's Island
Overview: Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Adventure Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-06
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Port of Missing Girls
Overview: Nightclub singer Della Mason witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him from the scene of the crime. Escaping from the gangster, she secretly boards the ship of Captain Josiah Storm, a woman-hater, and the ship sails from San Francisco headed for China. Della is discovered by Jim Benton, the ship's first mate and he pleads her case to the captain. He leaves her in under the protection of Minnie at "Minnie's Joint in Shanghai, until her innocence can be established.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-24
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Lady from Nowhere
Overview: A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-23
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Frisco Lil
Overview: Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-13
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The Harder They Fall
Overview: Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-08
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Another Thin Man
Overview: Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-17
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Missing Evidence
Overview: G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-15
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The Preview Murder Mystery
Overview: Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-28
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Social Error
Overview: A wild college student gets in fights, steals cars, is caught by the police and finally expelled from college. Later on, though, he comes to the aid of a kidnapped heiress.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-30
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Great Guy
Overview: A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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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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Mercy Plane
Overview: Air-race champions "Speed" Leslie and Branda Fowler combine to open a very profitable airplane service that flies patients to other cities for special treatment. Gangsters soon move in and offer to take over, without an invitation.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-04
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Roar of the Press
Overview: While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-17
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Johnny Rocco
Overview: Gangster and police look for a gangster's son who witnessed a murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-21
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Border Flight
Overview: Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Withers, Farmer) in a concerning the Coast Guard and smugglers. The chief points of interest are the truly exceptional aerial sequences and Farmer's early performance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-29
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Boss of Lonely Valley
Overview: A rancher attempts to find the villain behind a land-stealing operation.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-14
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The Hunted
Overview: A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-07
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The Accusing Finger
Overview: A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
Genres: Crime Action Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-17
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Johnny O'Clock
Overview: When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-07
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Midnight Intruder
Overview: A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
Genres: Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-06
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Allotment Wives
Overview: Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-08
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Alcatraz Island
Overview: A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Genres: Romance Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-13
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Magnificent Roughnecks
Overview: Two oilmen coax a cook, an oilwoman and a gusher in South America.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-22
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Overview: Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-27
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The Law in Her Hands
Overview: A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-16
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