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Rendezvous 24 (1946)
Character: Dr. Zarig
In a remote, mountainous section of Russian-occupied Germany, there is an elaborate post-war Nazi underground dedicated to the achievement of Hitler's dreams of world supremacy. A group of scientists are working on a method of releasing atom bombs through remote control. The FBI learns of the plot and sends an operative in to foil it.
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Mendelssohn's Wedding March (1939)
Character: Felix Mendelssohn (uncredited)
This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".
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That Man's Here Again (1937)
Character: Caterer
An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
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Navy Secrets (1939)
Character: Slavins
After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investigation, his fiancee meets one of his fellow officers, becomes romantically interested in him, and joins him in trying to get an envelope, believed to contain rare stamps, to its intended recipient, only to end up in a web of intrigue involving foreign-accented men who are unusually interested in that simple envelope.
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Gilda (1946)
Character: Assistant Croupier (uncredited)
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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Craig's Wife (1936)
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members.
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Till We Meet Again (1944)
Character: Gendarme (uncredited)
An American pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France and is taken to a convent by the Resistance. The young novice nun Clothilde is interested in him and is willing to help him escape to England, but the pilot must continue his mission undercover by posing as the husband of a different woman.
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Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Character: German Bombardier (uncredited)
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
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Idiot's Delight (1939)
Character: Major
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
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Snowed Under (1936)
Character: Set Designer Milkeimer (uncredited)
Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but he just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor Pat Quinn wants to play. Producer Arthur Layton sends Alice, Alan's first ex-wife, to help him stick to business. But then Daisy, his second ex-wife, shows up wanting her alimony. Stranded with two ex-wives, a girlfriend, and a jug of applejack, Alan still has to finish his play!
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Fatal Lady (1936)
Character: Bit Role (uncredited)
On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
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Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Character: El Mecca Club Headwaiter
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
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Casablanca (1943)
Character: Native Officer (uncredited)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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Ninotchka (1939)
Character: Swana's Restaurant Guest (uncredited)
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
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Swiss Miss (1938)
Character: Joseph
Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice.
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To the Victor (1948)
Character: Man on Phone (uncredited)
An American serviceman remains in France after WWII and becomes a black marketeer.
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The Princess Comes Across (1936)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
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Brother Orchid (1940)
Character: Casino Attendant (uncredited)
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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Mission to Moscow (1943)
Character: German Bund Member (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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City in Darkness (1939)
Character: Plainclothesman
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
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All My Sons (1948)
Character: (uncredited)
During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
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That Girl from Paris (1936)
Character: Wedding Guest
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
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The Face Behind the Mask (1938)
Character: Count Mattioli (uncredited)
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.
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Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
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The Plot Thickens (1936)
Character: Man Threatening Carter (uncredited)
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
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Singapore (1947)
Character: Maitre d' (uncredited)
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
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Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
Character: Announcer
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some precious jewels.
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The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Character: Caballero (uncredited)
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.
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I'll Give a Million (1938)
Character: Gendarme (uncredited)
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
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Jezebel (1938)
Character: Bar Companion (uncredited)
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Castle on the Hudson (1940)
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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The Rage of Paris (1938)
Character: Maitre D' (uncredited)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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The Conspirators (1944)
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
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Saigon (1947)
Character: Travel Agent (uncredited)
After World War II Larry learns that his flying buddy Mike will only live a short time despite the efforts of the doctors. He takes on a profitable flying job for profiteers Maris to finance a good time for his buddy. As the plane takes off he shoves Maris' secretary Susan on board. When Mike falls for her, Larry tells her to play along for Mike's sake. She, of course, falls for Larry.
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I Met Him in Paris (1937)
Character: Hotel Clerk
Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.
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Suez (1938)
Character: Assistant (uncredited)
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
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Espionage (1937)
Character: Maitre d'Hotel
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
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The Three Musketeers (1939)
Character: Footman
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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Calcutta (1946)
Character: Croupier (uncredited)
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
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Dangerous Intruder (1945)
Character: Holt
A female hitchiker is taken in by a family after a horrible car accident. While she recovers, she begins to unravel a murder mystery involving the woman of the house.
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The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Character: Paul (Captain of Waiters) (uncredited)
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
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Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Character: Captain of waiters at party (uncredited)
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
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Northwest Outpost (1947)
Character: Baron Kruposny
US cavalry officer James Laurence arrives at one of the Russian colonies to pave the way for the eventual American takeover of the territory. He faces resistance in the form of Prince Nikolai Balinin, who has no intention of weakening his despotic hold over the local peasants. The plot thickens when Laurence falls in love with Natalie Alanova, the wife of disgraced nobleman Count Igor Savin.
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The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
Character: Headwaiter
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Character: Bored Sentry Reading Newspaper
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
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Golden Earrings (1947)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
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Secret Service of the Air (1939)
Character: Capt. Cortez - Mexican Police
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
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That Certain Woman (1937)
Character: Monte Carlo Information Clerk (uncredited)
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
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This Land Is Mine (1943)
Character: German Sergeant
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
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The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
Character: Henchman
The story of diplomatic courier Tony Carleton, who's been entrusted with a secret message vital to the cause of International peace. En route to Geneva by train, Tony is drugged by sexy cabaret dancer Raquel, who promptly steals the message -- only to be murdered by sinister master spy Sebastian, owner of a posh gambling casino known as The House of a Thousand Candles.
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Strange Affair (1944)
Character: Nightclub M.C. (uncredited)
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
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To Have and Have Not (1945)
Character: French Officer (uncredited)
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
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Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Character: German Officer (uncredited)
A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.
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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
Character: Gendarme
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
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The Cobra Strikes (1948)
Character: Victor Devereaux
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
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Voice in the Wind (1944)
Character: Detective
Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.
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