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Have Faith in Our Children (1955)
Character: Himself
Glenn Ford introduces his wife Eleanor Powell, who asks viewers to contribute to the Variety Club's efforts to help blind babies and their families.
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City Story (1954)
Character: Narrator
When teen-ager June Kinney is arrested, Warner Anderson, the pastor of a local church she once attended, has her released in his charge. She tells the pastor she doesn't come to church because the congregation is too cold and unfriendly. Realizing that she has spoken the truth, the pastor tries to inject new life into the church and brings up the idea of widened community services before the church board. There is opposition, at first because of the cost, but they vote to give the new plan a chance.
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Screen Snapshots (Series 23, No. 1): Hollywood in Uniform (1943)
Character: Himself
Actors are seen in their new roles as military men during WWII: Robert Stack displaying his remarkable skill as an artillery training officer; Tyrone Power as a Marine drill instructor; Rudy Vallee leading a military band; and Glenn Ford in the everyday grind of a Marine private.
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1980)
Character: Self
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film, reveal just how audiences were able to "believe a man can fly." This program features interviews with key cast and crew.
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Police Story: No Margin for Error (1978)
Character: Deputy Chief Walter Hayes
Two policemen are suspected of excessive violence and causing two deaths. The investigation brings to light, little by little, the whole truth.
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Great White Death (1981)
Character: Narrator
Glenn Ford appears in and narrates in this mondo style documentary about the search for the Great White Shark.
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The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
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Long Way Home (1975)
Character: Rev. Tom Holvak
The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's faith is tested and young Ramey faces a choice between a friendship and his family.
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Jarrett (1973)
Character: Sam Jarrett
A private investigator specializing in fine arts tries to track down some missing rare Biblical scrolls.
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Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
Character: Charlie
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.
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Santee (1973)
Character: Santee
Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in hopes of taking vengeance for his father's death. Instead, however, Jody discovers that Santee is a good and loving man, tormented by the death of his young son at the hands of another outlaw gang. Santee and his wife take Jody in and a father and son relationship begins to grow. Then the gang that shot Santee's son shows up. The film was produced by Edward Platt of Get Smart fame. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape and then transferred to film.
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The Desperadoes (1943)
Character: Cheyenne Rogers
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.
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Midway (1976)
Character: Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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My Town (1986)
Character: Lucas Wheeler
A series of vignettes based upon an imaginative girl's unique outlook on her community.
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The Mating of Millie (1948)
Character: Doug Andrews
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan Tommy Bassett, but learns that she will first have to have a husband, Millie turns to her neighbor, Doug Andrews. Though he has no interest in marriage, Doug offers to help Millie find a husband by transforming her into a beautiful and exciting woman, one who catches the eye of two eligible bachelors, including the orphanage's president.
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The Gazebo (1960)
Character: Elliott Nash
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.
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The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
Character: Dr. Michael Corday
Dr. Michael Corday, a recent graduate of the Harvard Medical School, is the son of Dr. John Corday, an eminent New York City surgeon who has a tendency to continue to direct the lives of his grown children. The daughter, Fabienne, runs away from home, and Michael, after first following his father's advice of being callous to the point of cruelty toward patients, changes when he falls in love with a patient, marries her and sets up his practice on the lower East Side in New York.
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Gallant Journey (1946)
Character: John J. Montgomery
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Character: Julio Desnoyers
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
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So Ends Our Night (1941)
Character: Ludwig Kern
An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
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Casablanca Express (1989)
Character: Major Gen. Williams
It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated, U.S. Intelligence soon discovers that the Natzis are planning to capture Winston Churchill. In order to protect him they send commando Al Cooper to guard Churchill who is going by train to Casablanca where he will meet with Roosevelt and Stalin.
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Superman (1978)
Character: Pa Kent
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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Convicted (1950)
Character: Joe Hufford
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Cowboy (1958)
Character: Tom Reese
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
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Smith! (1969)
Character: Smith
When the Indian Jimmyboy is accused of murder of a white man, he flees onto the ranch of Smith, who's well known for his tolerance for Indians, since he was raised by the old Indian Antoine. Smith helps Jimmyboy against the mean Sheriff and promises to speak for him in court, thus persuading him to surrender himself to the police.
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Border Shootout (1989)
Character: Sheriff Danaher
Young rancher Kirby Frye is appointed deputy in a small town tyrannized by ruthless Phil Sundeen, the son of one of the founders of the town.
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Show-Business at War (1943)
Character: Self
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Character: Richard Dadier
Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
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The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
Character: Jim Canfield
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.
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Rage (1966)
Character: Reuben
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.
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The Green Glove (1952)
Character: Michael 'Mike' Blake
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.
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Gilda (1946)
Character: Johnny Farrell
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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The Last Challenge (1967)
Character: Marshal Dan Blaine
An upstart outlaw baits a legendary gunslinger, now a marshal in love with a saloon keeper.
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The Man from the Alamo (1953)
Character: John Stroud
During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen by lot to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Since he cannot now expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead. Can he save a wagon train of refugees from Wade's Guerillas?
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Superman II (1980)
Character: Jonathan Kent in Opening Montage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to make himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
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The White Tower (1950)
Character: Martin Ordway
Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak.
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The Rounders (1965)
Character: Ben Jones
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.
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Destroyer (1943)
Character: Mickey Donohue
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
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The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
Character: George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
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The Big Heat (1953)
Character: Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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Stridulum (1979)
Character: Det. Jake Durham
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
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The Gift (1979)
Character: Billy Devlin
A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.
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Texas (1941)
Character: Tod Ramsey
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.
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Sam Cade (1972)
Character: Sam Cade
Sam Cade was the first feature-length "movie" put together from episodes of Cade's County, the early '70s series starring Glenn Ford as a modern-day sheriff in Madrid County, CA. In the first half, directed by Marvin Chomsky, Cade finds himself targeted for assassination when he's scheduled to testify in the trial of a mob kingpin -- what he doesn't know is that the assassin is one of his oldest friends (Darren McGavin), who is romancing another old friend (Loretta Swit) with a troubled past and using Cade's determination and his investigative skills to set him up for a hit. In the second half, directed by Richard Donner, Cade gets a tip that the mob has planned an assassination on a retired crime boss (Edward Asner) living in the county, who is so bull-headed and distrustful of the law that he won't accept any help or provide any information on who the killers might be, even though he's putting his own daughter (Shelley Fabares) at risk.
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The Lady in Question (1940)
Character: Pierre Morestan
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
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Punch and Jody (1974)
Character: Peter 'Punch' Travers
When a woman dies in a car accident, her former husband (a traveling circus worker) learns that his wife was pregnant when she divorced him many years earlier. The now teen-aged daughter enters his life. Can they form a relationship?
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The Day Called X (1957)
Character: Narrator
Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.
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Flight Lieutenant (1942)
Character: Danny Doyle
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.
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The Undercover Man (1949)
Character: Frank Warren
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
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Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Character: Maxwell Webster
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Cry for Happy (1961)
Character: Harue
Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.
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A Stolen Life (1946)
Character: Bill Emerson
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Character: Tom Corbett
Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.
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A Time for Killing (1967)
Character: Tom Wolcott
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
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The Americano (1955)
Character: Sam Dent
An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war......and in love. His concern, who are really his friends and who are his enemies
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Ransom! (1956)
Character: David G. 'Dave' Stannard
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
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Appointment in Honduras (1953)
Character: Jim Corbett
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards
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Men Without Souls (1940)
Character: Johnny Adams
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
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Evening in Byzantium (1978)
Character: Jesse Craig
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.
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3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Character: Ben Wade
Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.
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Jubal (1956)
Character: Jubal Troop
Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of carrying the smell of sheep.
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Paris brûle-t-il? (1966)
Character: Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he cannot maintain control of the city. After much contemplation Choltitz decides to ignore his orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, along with Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a resistance leader organize his forces.
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Character: Dave 'The Dude' Conway
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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Experiment in Terror (1962)
Character: John Ripley
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
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Lust for Gold (1949)
Character: Jacob 'Dutch' Walz
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.
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Cimarron (1960)
Character: Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
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Love Is a Ball (1963)
Character: John Lathrop Davis
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur John instead, and Gaspar takes a shine to Etienne's secretary Janine?
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Day of the Assassin (1979)
Character: Christakis
Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht explodes, sending a Shah's fortune and mysterious document to the bottom of the ocean.
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Convicted Woman (1940)
Character: Jim Brent (Reporter)
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
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The Money Trap (1965)
Character: Joe Baron
When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.
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Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
Character: Sam McBane
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
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Torpedo Run (1958)
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Barney Doyle
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
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Dear Heart (1965)
Character: Harry Mork
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.
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It Started with a Kiss (1959)
Character: Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick
While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out to be problematic.
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Heaven with a Gun (1969)
Character: Jim Killan
Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after her shepherd father is hung by Coke Beck, the vicious son of the head cattle rancher. Killian must weigh his actions carefully lest he perpetuate the cycle of retribution and revenge.
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The Greatest Gift (1974)
Character: Rev. Holvak
Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with a violent, bullying sheriff whilst protecting his loved ones.
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Final Verdict (1991)
Character: Rev. Rogers
A trial lawyer risks losing his family and career when he defends a client who he knows to be guilty as charged.
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Trial (1955)
Character: David Blake
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
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The Man from Colorado (1948)
Character: Col. Owen Devereaux
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.
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Plunder of the Sun (1953)
Character: Al Colby
An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in the Mexican ruins of Zapoteca.
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Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
Character: Dr. David Faraday
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on.
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Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Character: Steve Emery
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
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The Violent Men (1955)
Character: John Parrish
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
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The Redhead and The Cowboy (1951)
Character: Gil Kyle
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals. Written by Alfred Jingle
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Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Character: Marine Extra (uncredited)
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
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Time Bomb (1953)
Character: Peter Lyncort
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has explosive problems of his own.
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My Son Is Guilty (1939)
Character: Barney
Honest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
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Beggarman, Thief (1979)
Character: David Donnelly
In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murder of brother Tom and the disappearance of brother Rudy by first reestablishing contact with her soldier son, and then patching things up with her sister-in-law, Kate, Tom's widow.
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The Sheepman (1958)
Character: Jason Sweet
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
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The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977)
Character: Paul Dvorak / Leonard Staveck
Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife from San Francisco to a trial in New York. They have to cover 3,000 dangerous miles, because the drug mob wants to kill them at any price.
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Framed (1947)
Character: Mike Lambert
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.
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Advance to the Rear (1964)
Character: Capt. Jared Heath
As punishment for their incompetence in battle, disgraced Union soldier Capt. Jared Heath and his apathetic commanding officer, Col. Claude Brackenbury, are reassigned away from the front lines. The hapless Heath and Brackenbury must now lead a ragtag group on a classified mission to protect a transport for the U.S. Treasury. Complicating matters is Martha Lou Williams, a Confederate agent posing as a lady of the evening.
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The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
Character: Colonel Pete Moore
Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412. Shortly into the test, the jet picks up three blips on radar, and subsequently, two fighters scramble and mysteriously disappear. At this point, Flight 412 is monitored and forced to land by Digger Control, a top-level, military intelligence group that debunks UFO information. The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.
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Babies for Sale (1940)
Character: Steve Burton / Oscar Hanson
A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.
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Follow the Sun (1951)
Character: Ben Hogan
A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.
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Raw Nerve (1991)
Character: Captain Gavin
Race car driver Jimmy Clayton has mind-shattering visions of young women being ruthlessly murdered. An investigative reporter catches wind of Jimmy's tale and tries to help him put the blood-soaked pieces together.
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Imitation General (1958)
Character: MSgt. Murphy Savage
An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to victory.
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Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Character: Lt. J.G. Max Siegel
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
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Go West, Young Lady (1941)
Character: Tex Miller
A young woman arrives in the western town of Headstone and helps the locals outsmart a gang of outlaws.
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The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Character: Prof. Andrew 'Andy' Patterson
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
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Interrupted Melody (1955)
Character: Dr. Thomas King
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes.
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Human Desire (1954)
Character: Jeff Warren
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, in 1997.
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Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Character: Joe Miracle
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
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The Return of October (1948)
Character: Prof. Bentley 'Bass' Bassett Jr.
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
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復活の日 (1980)
Character: President Richardson
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
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