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Perilous Waters (1948)
Character: Pat Ferris
Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for extermination by the Mob, and Willie Hunter is the hit man who's been hired to do the job.
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Humoresque (1947)
Character: Florence Boray
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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Hilda Crane (1956)
Character: Nell Bromley
After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.
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Istanbul (1957)
Character: Marge Boyle
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
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Half Past Midnight (1948)
Character: Sally Ferris, alias Sally Parker
A detective encounters a woman in a nightclub. He finds that she is being blackmailed by a dancer who is murdered that very night. Of course, the woman becomes the main suspect. She and the gumshoe team up and begin searching for the real killer.
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Shadow of a Woman (1946)
Character: Louise Ryder, Eric's ex-wife
Brooke's brief marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that he is starving his son from a prior marriage to death in order to claim his inheritance.
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Roses Are Red (1947)
Character: Martha McCormack
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
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A Stolen Life (1946)
Character: Diedre
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
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The Big Sleep (1946)
Character: Mona Mars
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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Stallion Road (1947)
Character: Daisy Otis
A veterinarian and a novelist compete for the heart of a lady rancher.
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Betrayed Women (1955)
Character: Nora Collins
Love-starved gun molls (Carole Mathews, Beverly Michaels) escape from a prison farm where matrons make their lives miserable.
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The Unfaithful (1947)
Character: Claire
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Character: Billie Jean Green
Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly doctor, who is a former student of Miss Dove's, comes to her aid. As many of her pupils, present and past, come to see her in the hospital, they reveal how Miss Dove has greatly impacted their lives over the years. These visitors include a police officer, a playwright, a banker, a convict, and an unmarried mother.
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Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Character: Nancy Graham
Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.
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Unchained (1955)
Character: Elaine
This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a humanistic approach to reform and there are no armed guards, no lockups and no uniforms. The underlying philosophy is that if these things are not there, the prisoners will not want to escape, and will instead accept their punishment. A new inmate arrives and soon accustoms himself to the new idea. The story includes the Oscar nominated song Unchained Melody.
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Copper Canyon (1950)
Character: Cora
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
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