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Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Character: Hallam "Oscar" Scott
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.
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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Character: Albert 'Al' Marbury
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
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Mr. Reckless (1948)
Character: Jeff Lundy
An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.
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The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Character: Antoine Nicolau
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
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The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
Character: Quizz West
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans.
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Customs Agent (1950)
Character: Bert Stewart
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
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Wilson (1944)
Character: George Felton
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
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The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Character: Gerald Tetley
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
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Special Agent (1949)
Character: Johnny Douglas
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
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A Royal Scandal (1945)
Character: Alexei Chernoff
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
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Centennial Summer (1946)
Character: Ben Phelps
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
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Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
Character: Charles Morton
A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get involved with a girl he uses to provoke the challenge. One newspaper, hostile to the politician, headlines the story of the impending duel asking who this Madame X is. Problem is, she is in fact the daughter of the paper's proprietor if only he knew it.
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