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You're in the Navy Now (1951)
Character: Carrier Admiral
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
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The Proud Ones (1956)
Character: Markham
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.
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The Clown (1953)
Character: Dr. Strauss
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and faithfully believes in a comeback. He persuades "Uncle" Goldie, Dodo's agent in the good old days, to find a booking for Dodo. He can't, and Dink is sent to live with his remarried-and-wealthy mother, Paula. The unhappy Dink runs back to his father. His welcome return gives Dodo the courage needed to try a knockabout TV show offered by Goldie
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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Character: Tom Lorrison
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
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Viva Zapata! (1952)
Character: Diaz
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
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The Black Dakotas (1954)
Character: John Lawrence
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. He also sends a gift of $130,000 in gold. This attracts the attention of Brock Marsh, the secret leader of a Confederate spy ring, who wants to keep the treaty from being signed and to also get his hands on the gold. Ruth Lawrence and Mike Daugherty work together against the machinations of Marsh
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
Character: Fulton Andrews
Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
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All Ashore (1953)
Character: Commodore Stanton
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.
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Alaska Seas (1954)
Character: Captain Walt Davis
A crooked salmon fisherman tries to steal his best friend's fiancée and put him out of business.
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My Six Convicts (1952)
Character: Warden George Potter
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.
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The FBI Story (1959)
Character: Dwight McCutcheon
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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The Rack (1956)
Character: Col. Dudley Smith
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?
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The Brigand (1952)
Character: Mons. De Laforce
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by King Lorenzo, whom bears a remarkable resemblance to Delargo. When the king is wounded by assassins sent by Napoleon, Delargo takes over the throne at the request of the Prime Minister in a plot to thwart the traitors. He also falls in love with Princess Teresa, the king's fiancée.
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Naked Alibi (1954)
Character: F.J. O'Day
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?
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Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Character: Kyle Thornhill
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Carbine Williams (1952)
Character: District Attorney
David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
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The System (1953)
Character: Roger Stuart
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
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Clipped Wings (1953)
Character: Col. Davenport
Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find themselves in when they mistakenly sign enlistment forms. Can the Air Force turn these dodos into eagles? The guys may be airborne airheads, But just watch them find a way to ground a spy network that's infiltrated the base.
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Man of Conflict (1953)
Character: Ed Jenks
Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father has been corrupted by power. In addition, he falls for the daughter of one of his father's poverty-stricken workers.
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Living It Up (1954)
Character: Man
Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris, diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A big city reporter hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.
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From Here to Eternity (1953)
Character: Gen. Slater (uncredited)
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
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Washington Story (1952)
Character: Caswell
A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is all a facade and sets out to uncover the truth.
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The Frogmen (1951)
Character: Adm. Dakers
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
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The Atomic Kid (1954)
Character: Gen. Lawlor
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring.
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Seminole (1953)
Character: Zachary Taylor
Lance Caldwell, a cavalry lieutenant, recounts his efforts to make peace with the Seminole Indian tribe, under an evil major.
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The Lone Gun (1954)
Character: Mayor Booth
Cruze arrives in town and when he stands up to the three Moran brothers, he gets appointed Marshal. First the brothers kill a rancher while framing another man. But when the jailer is murdered, Cruze gets evidence the Morans did it. He tries to raise a posse to chase them down but the townsmen refuse to go. So he rides off by himself to face the three of them.
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The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Character: Judge (uncredited)
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.
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Assignment: Paris (1952)
Character: American Ambassador (uncredited)
Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race is sent by his boss behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.
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Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Character: Judge (uncredited)
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
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