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The Calling of Matthew (1946)
Character: Roman Official
A tax collectors decision between the love of money and the love of Jesus' way of life begs the question "Can a man serve two masters? Jesus calls Matthew to follow Him.
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The Fire Chaser (1954)
Character: Simmons (archive footage)
Hospitalized Eric Loudermilk Potts tells his story to a golddinging nurse. He's a bridegroom who misses his own wedding because he can't stop chasing fire trucks. Fiancee Mae breaks up with him to marry milksop Wilber at her father's insistence. But Eric's butler Simmons is determined to help true love, and arranges for Eric to crash the wedding and win Mae back.
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Ivy (1947)
Character: Aviator (uncredited)
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.
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Diane (1956)
Character: Suitor (uncredited)
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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Notorious (1946)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
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The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Character: (uncredited)
In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.
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Loose in London (1953)
Character: Hoskins the Butler
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
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The Abductors (1957)
Character: Officers of the Law
Two men botch the kidnapping of a warden's daughter, then plot to ransom Abraham Lincoln's corpse.
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Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
Character: Const. Harris
Jean Evans of an international wildlife foundation, who is known to Africa as 'the Panther Girl' because of her bravery in jungle living, stumbles on a plot by a mad scientist to frighten the natives out of a diamond-laden district by chemically growing crayfish to giant size, and enlists the aid of a game hunter friend to prevent a monster rampage and bring the culprits to justice.
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The Mole People (1956)
Character: N/A
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a five millennia-old mutant Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.
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The Merry Widow (1952)
Character: Servant (uncredited)
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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Dinosaurus! (1960)
Character: T.J. O'Leary
After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.
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The Notorious Landlady (1962)
Character: Bobby (uncredited)
An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder.
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Character: Constable (uncredited)
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his father's formula in order to prove that he was a brilliant scientist rather than a murderous monster.
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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
Character: Lieutenant
As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.
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Bedlam (1946)
Character: Bailiff (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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The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
Character: Billings (uncredited)
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
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The King's Thief (1955)
Character: Guard
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Character: Bank Doorman
In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.
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The Claw Monsters (1966)
Character: Harris (archive footage)
An evil scientist in a remote jungle location cultivates giant crawfish (!) as a means of scaring trespassers away from his diamond mine. Condensed from one of the last Republic serials, "Panther Girl of the Congo". (1955).
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Blonde Savage (1947)
Character: Inspector
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.
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Rose Marie (1954)
Character: Clerk
Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval, who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
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Flashing Guns (1947)
Character: Banker Mark Ainsworth
After a brief mid-1940s burst of originality, Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series settled back into the commonplace with such entries as Flashing Guns. In this outing, Brown tries to save his pal Shelby (Raymond Hatton) from being thrown off his ranch by crooked banker Ainsworth (James E. Logan). To do this, our hero must prove that the banker is in cahoots with the local gambling boss (Douglas Evans).
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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Character: Party Guest (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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