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The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discovery of a diamond mine. When the former partner also claims to have since lost the mine and all its wealth, which he took all for himself, and though the partmer is still living in a state of luxury , the madman takes up an offer from a crazed scientist to make him invisible, something the scientist has already done with experimental animals, so that he can take revenge.
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Character: Cart Driver (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
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Bedlam (1946)
Character: Inmate (uncredited)
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
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In Old California (1942)
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
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Clive of India (1935)
Character: Ratty Official
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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Invisible Agent (1942)
Character: English Tommy (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
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Mission to Moscow (1943)
Character: Man at Inn (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
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Nightmare (1942)
Character: Old Gaffer
An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.
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Babes in Toyland (1934)
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
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Susan and God (1940)
Character: Tom (uncredited)
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
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The Lady Gambles (1949)
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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Dressed to Kill (1946)
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.
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Short Grass (1950)
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years. Now he’s back. And the bad blood stirred up by his return and the violence caused by a cattleman’s grab for all the good grasslands mean Steve must strap on his sidearms again. Rod Cameron -- who became a marquee draw with a pair of espionage serials in the 1940s and went on to establish himself as a popular cowboy star -- makes Steve a hero to reckon with in Short Grass, one of the actor’s 10 films with busy shoot-‘em-up director Lesley Selander. Johnny Mack Brown, a sagebrush stalwart in his own right, plays the marshal who allies with Steve. Adding to the Western pedigree is costar Cathy Downs, who plays the title role in the iconic My Darling Clementine. Buffs will note other familiar faces, including Alan Hale, Jr., well remembered as the skipper who takes a “three-hour tour” to Gilligan’s Island.
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Angel (1937)
Character: News Vendor (uncredited)
While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
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The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
Character: Worker (uncredited)
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
Character: Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Character: Tipster (uncredited)
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he in kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.
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Escape to Glory (1940)
Character: Sailor
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.
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Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Character: Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
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The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Character: Villager in Pub (uncredited)
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
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A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
Character: Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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Gaslight (1944)
Character: Lamplighter (uncredited)
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Character: Old Man (uncredited)
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
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Sister Kenny (1946)
Character: Cabby (uncredited)
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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Thunder on the Hill (1951)
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
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Captain Blood (1935)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Character: Steward (uncredited)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Man Hunt (1941)
Character: Costermonger (uncredited)
Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
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London Blackout Murders (1943)
Character: Cockney Factory Worker (uncredited)
A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of the "London Blackout Murders," a murder spree being committed against a ring of suspected Nazi spies, and Mary must determine if her kind landlord is an assassin.
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The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
Character: British Newsman (uncredited)
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
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Miss Polly (1941)
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Character: Attendant (uncredited)
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
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At the Circus (1939)
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take over the circus. Antonio Pirelli and Punchy, who work at the circus, together with lawyer Loophole try to find the thief and get the money back.
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The House of Fear (1945)
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
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The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Character: Miner at Colliery (uncredited)
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
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Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Character: Cavalier (uncredited)
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.
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The Baron of Arizona (1950)
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical evidence that makes a foundling girl the Baroness of Arizona. Reavis marries the girl and presses his claim to the entire Arizona territory.
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Seven Sinners (1940)
Character: Passerby (uncredited)
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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The Invisible Man (1933)
Character: Townsman at Pub (uncredited)
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
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How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Character: VIllager (uncredited)
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
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One More River (1934)
Character: Porter (uncredited)
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Character: Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
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The Fatal Witness (1945)
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.
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The Great Flamarion (1945)
Character: Pawn Shop Clerk (uncredited)
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Character: Pub Patron in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Character: Bowery Show Spectator (uncredited)
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
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Kitty (1945)
Character: Hawker with Donkey (uncredited)
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
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Hangover Square (1945)
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
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