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Sizeman and Son (1956)
Character: Karp
Morris Sizeman is a successful garment manufacturer in New York City. His son, Harold Sizeman, returns from the Korean War with new ideas about human rights, believing that the quest for wealth is the cause of the world's difficulties.
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Der weiße Dämon (1932)
Character: Hunchback
When Albers takes his drug-addicted opera star sister Gerda to a sanitarium, they both become targets of slimy dope peddler Peter Lorre, who fears that Gerda will blow the whistle on him. Lorre kidnaps the woman, leading Albers on a frantic chase.
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Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
Character: Mr. Jekyll (archive footage)
Our intrepid adventurers Ace Zucco and Mike Flannigan from Terror in the Tropics return for another exciting quest in Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb. Ace Zucco has a new partner, reporter Fay Kendall, who is more than a match for the rowdy photographer. Daily Dispatch editor Mac sends them on assignment accompanying his niece Kate as she tries to find Rick Banning, her fiancée, an archeologist who disappeared while working in Egypt. A letter from Rick directs them to Lord Darby in England. The trail takes them from London to Scotland and finally to Egypt where they discover more than they bargained for as they search for the lost city of Lemuria.
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Five Fingers : Thin Ice (1961)
Character: The Colonel
Sebastian must either deliver a young Arab prince to Russia or get him back safely to his own country. The episode aired in the US in 1959, and in theaters in the UK in 1961 -- supporting the movie Wild in the Country with Elvis Prestley
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
Character: Self (archive footage)
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with the genre helped bring it into the mainstream and shape the way we view science fiction today.
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Peter Lorre - Das doppelte Gesicht (1984)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Peter Lorre achieved international fame for his performance in the myth-making role in M. This character has held a peculiar fascination for generations of cinephiles. However, at the time, whilst such success meant recognition, it also weighed on the Hungarian actor as a constrictive burden. Using photographs and film extracts, Das doppelte Gesicht reconstructs the ups and downs of Lorre's career, taking into consideration the economic imperatives and workings of the film industry at the time. (Arnold Hohmann, 1984)
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Creepy Classics (1987)
Character: Dr. Adolphus Bedlo - (archive footage)
A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.
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A Physical History of 'M' (2015)
Character: Hans Beckert (archive footage)
This documentary traces the "physical history" of Fritz Lang’s M, from its production and original distribution to the digital restoration used as the basis for this edition. It includes a look at the French-language version of M but was produced before the discovery of the English-language version.
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003)
Character: Self (archive footage)
This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted by its star Cyd Charisse, the film gives behind-the-scenes glimpses of how this film was made with interviews by musical director Andre Previn and supporting actress Janis Paige.
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The Last Tycoon (1957)
Character: Pete Zavras
Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
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Was Frauen träumen (1933)
Character: Otto Fuessli
In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
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Heroes of Horror (2001)
Character: (archive footage)
A&E Comprehensive biographies of five of the greatest classic stars of the horror genre. Features lots or archive footage from some the greatest horror films committed to celluloid.
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
Character: Doctor Gogol (archive footage)
Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more. Grab the popcorn and take a deep breath as we conjure up the thrills, chills and magic of Monster Madness!
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The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Character: (archive footage)
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
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Moto Is Missing (2007)
Character: Mr. Moto (archive footage)
Featurette about the demise, during the early 1940s, of the once-popular Mr. Moto B-films series that starred Peter Lorre.
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Fünf von der Jazzband (1932)
Character: Car Thief
By pure chance, Jessie and his four jazz musicians are hired to play at the cabaret theatre “Trocadero”. Unfortunately, she knows nothing about music and it doesn’t help that all four musicians are in love with her. Jessie doesn’t reciprocate their feelings, because she has a thing for Martin. Unfortunately, Martin believes that Jessie stole his car … and so, right before the premiere at the cabaret, she ends up in jail.
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Collector’s Item (1957)
Character: Mr. Munsey
Mr. Prentiss is an appraiser at his firm, the House of Prentiss. He is about to go to Florida to appraise a vast collection of a recently deceased collector, Van der Locken, when he receives an unwanted visit from Ivor Hager, who informs him of "The Left Fist of David," a valuable but mysterious art object that was stolen from a Mexican church. An unsold TV Pilot
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No. 5 Checked Out (1956)
Character: Willy
A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.
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Casbah (1948)
Character: Slimane
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.
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F.P.1 antwortet nicht (1932)
Character: Bildreporter Johnny
F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.
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Mann ist Mann (1931)
Character: Galy Gay
About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the perfect soldier.
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Silk Stockings (1957)
Character: Brankov, Commisar
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Character: Joel Cairo
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)
Character: Hans Beckert
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
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My Favorite Brunette (1947)
Character: Kismet
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
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Du haut en bas (1933)
Character: Beggar
The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde maid hired by the wife of a baron,whom both the athlete and a baron flirt with,and a deadbeat tenant who fakes his suicide.
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The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Character: Dr. Arthur Lorentz
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
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Casablanca (1943)
Character: Ugarte
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Character: Ahmed
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
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The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
Character: Sergeant Berger
French soldiers surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison of war camp. From there they plan an uprising.
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Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
Character: Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan's tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn't the only one stalking the scrolls—so is a shadowy band of thieves. But when his ruthless rivals go too far, the mild-mannered detective's quest for antiquities becomes a passion for vengeance—because if he can't bring these villains to justice... he'll bring them to their knees.
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Three Strangers (1946)
Character: Johnny West
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
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Invisible Agent (1942)
Character: Baron Ikito
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
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Stupéfiants (1932)
Character: The Hunchback
When an up-and-coming singer's career is jeopardized by morphine addiction, her brother takes on the ruthless dope pushers who are intent on keeping her hooked.
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Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (1931)
Character: Redakteur Stix
In the very old-fashioned town of Ostend suddenly 13 suitcases are delivered to the Grand Hotel, with a note, that O.F. will be here soon and needs 6 rooms. This event, probably the biggest in 300 years, starts a small wave of modernisation, yet everybody is wondering who O.F. is.
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Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
Character: Kentaro Moto
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Character: N/A
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
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The Big Circus (1959)
Character: Skeeter
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
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The Horror of It All (1983)
Character: Dr. Adolphus Bedlo (archive footage)
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
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I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Character: Polo
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
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The Movie Orgy (1968)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
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Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931)
Character: Pawlitschek
The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.
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Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
Character: Mr. Kentaro Moto
A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered soon after disembarking from a ship at Port Said in Egypt. The real Mr. Moto is already in Port Said, investigating a conspiracy against the British and French governments.
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Schuß im Morgengrauen (1932)
Character: Klotz
A Berlin policeman tracks down a group of diamond thieves in the outskirts by posing as a gang member.
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Crack-Up (1936)
Character: Colonel Gimpy
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
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Confidential Agent (1945)
Character: Contreras
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Crime and Punishment (1935)
Character: Roderick Raskolnikov
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Character: Dr. Einstein
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
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I'll Give a Million (1938)
Character: Louie 'The Dope' Monteau
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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The Conspirators (1944)
Character: Jan Bernazsky
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Character: The Stranger
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Quicksand (1950)
Character: Nick Dramoshag
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
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The Constant Nymph (1943)
Character: Fritz Bercovy
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.
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Muscle Beach Party (1964)
Character: Mr. Strangdour
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
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Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Character: Steward
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The Verdict (1946)
Character: Victor Emmric
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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Tales of Terror (1962)
Character: Montresor ("The Black Cat")
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
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Island of Doomed Men (1940)
Character: Stephen Danel
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Character: Kentaro Moto
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
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Beat the Devil (1953)
Character: Julius O'Hara
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
Character: Kentaro Moto
When his import/export business infiltrated by international diamond smugglers, Mr. Moto must follow a trail of clues littered with beautiful women, glittering gems and deadly assassins. Making his way from the mysterious streets of San Francisco's Chinatown to the dark and dangerous alleys of Shanghai, Mr. Moto will stop at nothing to bring the culprits to justice...even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice!
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The Patsy (1964)
Character: Morgan Heywood
Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.
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Secret Agent (1936)
Character: The General
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Character: Abbott
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Character: Mr. Moto
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Rope of Sand (1949)
Character: Toady
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
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Hell Ship Mutiny (1957)
Character: Lamoret
A ship's captain in the South Seas battles a villainous pearl trader who uses island natives as slaves for his business.
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The Comedy of Terrors (1964)
Character: Felix Gillie
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.
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Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Character: Professor Sturm
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.
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The Chase (1946)
Character: Gino
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
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The Disneyland Story (1954)
Character: Self
Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come. Then the show focuses primarily on the career of Mickey Mouse.
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You'll Find Out (1940)
Character: Professor Karl Fenninger
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
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Der Verlorene (1951)
Character: Dr. Karl Rothe, alias Dr. Karl Neumeister
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.
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Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Character: Self
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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Lancer Spy (1937)
Character: Maj. Sigfried Gruning
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
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Passage to Marseille (1944)
Character: Marius
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
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Mad Love (1935)
Character: Doctor Gogol
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Character: Hilary Cummins
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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Congo Crossing (1956)
Character: Colonel John Miguel Orlando Arragas
Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. The latest plane from Europe carries lovely Louise Whitman, fleeing a French murder charge, and Mannering, who pays resident hit man O'Connell to kill her. Through a chain of circumstances Louise, O'Connell, and heroic surveyor David Carr end up alone in the jungle on Carr's mission to determine the true border of Congotanga... in which Rittner is keenly interested.
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The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Character: Cornelius Leyden
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Character: Conseil
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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They Met in Bombay (1941)
Character: Captain Chang
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
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Hotel Berlin (1945)
Character: Johannes Koenig
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.
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Der ewige Jude (1940)
Character: Hans Beckert (archive footage)
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.
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The Sad Sack (1957)
Character: Abdul
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)
Character: Mr. Moto
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
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Unsichtbare Gegner (1933)
Character: Henry Pless
On a steamer bound for Europe two competing European investors try to get hold of a contract for exploiting oil wells in Brazil. Several agents cleverly play off one investor against the other to up the ante of a bogus scheme.
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Casino Royale (1954)
Character: Le Chiffre
American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.
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The Story of Mankind (1957)
Character: Nero
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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Strange Cargo (1940)
Character: M'sieu Pig
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
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The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Character: Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
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The Raven (1963)
Character: Dr. Adolphus Bedlo
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
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Double Confession (1950)
Character: Paynter
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
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Black Angel (1946)
Character: Marko
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
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