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The Truthful Sex (1926)
Character: N/A
Sally Mapes and her husband, Robert, have a glorious romance after they are married but it hits troubled water after the birth of a son. Robert thinks Sally care more for their son than she does him, and he just drifts along with his club-and-society activities, while Sally thinks his neglect is because he no longer loves her. Sally is attracted by Paul Gregg, one of society's useless members, and this leads Sally and Robert to have an argument, and Robert departs. Jennie, the baby's governess, has an affair with a crook named Barnes and, one night, while Barnes comes to rob the apartment he hears Paul imploring Sally to run away with him. And one thing leads to another.
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The Talker (1925)
Character: Ned Hollister
Kate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the hen-pecked Henry Fells and his wife, Maud, have several boarders, among them Barbara Farley, who is Lennox's stenographer, and Lonnie Whinston, who is in love with Lennox's little sister, Ruth. Kate claims that women need more independence and less duty, and flirts with Ned Hollister, a car salesman.
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White Legion (1936)
Character: Dr. Julian Murray
In the early 1900s, as the Panama Canal is being built, a group of doctors try to discover a cure for yellow fever, a disease that is decimating the workers constructing the canal.
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The Look Out Girl (1928)
Character: Dean Richardson
The lookout girl for the notorious Mowbray gang tries to leave her gangster past by marrying a wealthy doctor, but her past catches up with her very quickly when the gang finds her.
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Mr. Hex (1946)
Character: Mr. Raymond, the Hypnotist
Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
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Here Comes Kelly (1943)
Character: L. Herbert Oakley
Cocky Kelly's girlfriend helps him straighten up enough to get a job as a process server.
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Casanova in Burlesque (1944)
Character: J. Boggs-Robinson
A stripper (June Havoc) discovers a professor (Joe E. Brown) spends summer teaching Shakespeare and winter as a burlesque comic.
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Keep 'Em Sailing (1942)
Character: FBI Director Sinclair
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
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Hollywood Extra Girl (1935)
Character: Crusades Actor (uncredited)
A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film.
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Dangerous Corner (1934)
Character: Martin Chatfield
Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
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The Deceiver (1931)
Character: Reginald Thorpe
Broadway matinee idol, Shakespearean actor Reginald Thorpe, is found dead in his dressing room on the eve of his departure for Hollywood. Thorpe's understudy, Tony Hill, is suspected, particularly in light of his skill with knives. Thorpe, however, was a lady's man who seems to have been involved in blackmailing one of his lovers.
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The Prince of Tempters (1926)
Character: Mario Ambrosio, later Baron Humberto Giordano
Francis, the result of a clandestine marriage between the Duke of Chatsfield and a peasant girl, after being raised in a monastery following his parents death assumes his title but falls victim to a pair of schemers leading to much heartache before all is set aright before the fadeout.
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Light Fingers (1929)
Character: Light Fingers
"Light Fingers" is both the name and the physical description of this film's hero, a dapper petty thief.
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Character: DeLangle
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
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Duel on the Mississippi (1955)
Character: Jacques Scarlet
In bustling era of 19th-century Louisiana, sugar is as valuable as gold, and pirates like Lili Scarlet will do anything to get it. After robbing Jules Tulane’s estate of his crop, Scarlet takes over Tulane’s land debt and forces him to pay or go to prison. In exchange for postponing his debt, Scarlet allows Tulane’s son, André, to work as her servant. When André and Scarlet fall in love, it leads to jealous rage from Scarlet’s former paramour, expert swordsman Hugo — and when Hugo looks to raid the Tulane estate again, it is up to André and Scarlet to take him down and save the estate.
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The Strange Woman (1946)
Character: Lincoln Pittridge (uncredited)
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
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The Crusades (1935)
Character: Saladin
King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
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Cowboy from Lonesome River (1944)
Character: Matt Conway
This western features a singing cowboy, a brave hero, and a bumbling sidekick who band together to defeat a ruthless range boss.
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Character: Robert Lane
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her attempts to find happiness with a handsome engineer.
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
Character: Rameses I
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
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Phantom of the Plains (1945)
Character: Talbot Wilberforce Champneys, aka Fancy Charlie
Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.
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Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
Character: Polini
US marshals Ken, Hoot and Bob stop a gang dressed as Indians from robbing the stage. After getting repairs at the relay station, but before they get to town, another trap is set, but they get away. In town, they search the stage and find nothing. But hidden in the axle grease can are diamonds. Polini wants them cut into smaller diamonds so that he can easily dispose of them. Throughout this Western, the courageous trio faces off against cunning opponents, including the gang's merciless leader (Ian Keith) and an unsuspecting banker (Karl Hackett).
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Song of Old Wyoming (1945)
Character: Lee Landow
Old Ma Conway champions statehood for Wyoming, believing the measure would put an end to the territory's lawlessness; but the elderly woman is opposed by cattle buyer and tax assessor Lee Landow and greedy banker Dixon. When Ma offers her opinion in a newspaper article, Landow sends his henchman Ringo to put the fear of God in the woman.
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A Man's Past (1927)
Character: Dr. Fontaine
Imprisoned at the French garrison on the Isle of St. Noir for putting to death a patient suffering from an incurable illness, Dr. Paul La Roche escapes to the mainland, where he meets Dr. Henry Fontaine, his boyhood friend, and Fontaine's beautiful sister, Yvonne. As Fontaine is going blind, La Roche performs several operations for him, attracting the attention of Dr. Renaud, in Algiers, who offers him a position. La Roche, practicing as Fontaine, reveals his love for Yvonne during an excursion to a Bedouin camp. Then, Lieutenant Destin, from the prison, arrives and threatens La Roche with exposure unless he surrenders the hand of Yvonne.
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It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Character: Adm. Burns
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.
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The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
Character: King Henry IV
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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A Tailor-Made Man (1931)
Character: Dr. Gustav von Sonntag
John Paul Bart is just a pants-presser in a tailor's shop, but he has big ambitions. One night, he borrows the clothes of a wealthy client and bluffs his way into a high society party. After meeting wealthy businessman Abraham Nathan, John Paul quickly rises to the top of Nathan's company. Suffering during The Depression, John Paul helps Nathan save his company with a radical program of cooperative ownership between workers and management. Meanwhile, John Paul makes an enemy of Gustav, who is engaged to Tanya - the daughter of Mr. Huber, owner of the tailor shop. John Paul maintains a friendship with Tanya, provoking jealousy in Gustav. Gustav threatens to reveal John Paul's plain origins to Nathan, and John Paul briefly resigns from Nathan's company. However, John Paul's plan is a success, and Nathan hires him back immediately. Tanya leaves Gustav and ends up with John Paul.
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The Three Musketeers (1935)
Character: Count de Rochefort
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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The Sundown Kid (1942)
Character: J. Richard Spencer
A Pinkerton agent masquerades as a criminal in order to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters that is using wealthy widow Lucy Randall as a front. Arriving at the gang's hideout the Dawson ranch, Red discovers that the counterfeiting ring is headed by Mrs. Randall's attorney J. Richard Spencer and Dawson himself.
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Don't Gamble with Love (1936)
Character: John Crane
Standard tale of husband and wife living a party lifestyle. He works in a gambling hall and she occasionally models and sings. Because they want to start a family wife feels the need to change their situation. Situation is changed and husband gets a new job and then a promotion but is tricked into a bad business deal and wants to go back to his old life.
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The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Character: Tigellinus
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
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Two Arabian Knights (1927)
Character: Shevket
During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a beautiful harem girl. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation in 2016.
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Fall In (1942)
Character: Army Doctor
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
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Enticement (1925)
Character: Richard Valyran
Romantic complications and tragedy ensue when two former lovers, one of them now married to another, meet again.
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Singing on the Trail (1946)
Character: Jerry Easton
In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, the Hot Shots have been swindled by a couple of Eastern crooks (Ian Keith and Matt Willis) and consider themselves the lawful owners. Chased by the irascible Wyatt, the band members seek protection from aspiring singer Curt Stanton (Curtis), who they mistake for a gunslinger.
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Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Character: Capt. St. Bride (uncredited)
The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a recently deceased waiter and is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest from the French chambermaid, who fears the imminent arrival of Rommel and the Germans.
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The Great Divide (1929)
Character: Steven Ghent
Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner. Ruth is vacationing in Arizona and Mexico with a fast set of friends, including her fiancé, Edgar. Manuella, a Spanish halfbreed hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fiancé when she insinuates that Ghent belongs to her. Ghent follows Ruth, kidnaps her, and takes her into the wilderness to endure hardship. There she discovers that she loves Ghent, and she discards Edgar in favor of him.
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The Buccaneer (1938)
Character: Senator Crawford
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
Character: Vitamin Flintheart
Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
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The Spanish Main (1945)
Character: Captain Lussan
Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartagene, governed by Don Juan Alvardo, a Spanish ruler. Alvarado has Laurent thrown in prison, but the latter escapes, and five-years later is a pirate leader. He poses as the navigator on a ship in which Contessa Francesca, daughter of a Mexican noble, is traveling on her way to marry Alvarado, whom she has never seen. Laurent's pirates capture the ship and Francesca, in order to save another ship, gives her hand-in-marriage to Laurent, who sails her to the pirate hideout. This irks his jealous pirate comrades Anne Bonney and Captain Benjamin Black. They overpower Laurent and send Francesca to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, a trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado.
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Mary of Scotland (1936)
Character: Moray
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
Character: Pete Krumbein
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
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Identity Unknown (1945)
Character: Maj. Williams
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he discovers he has amnesia, and since his companions' bodies were burned beyond recognition, the army doesn't know which one of the four he is. He goes AWOL and searches out the families of the three dead soldiers, hoping to find out his own identity.
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Queen Christina (1933)
Character: Magnus
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
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The Big Trail (1930)
Character: Bill Thorpe
Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
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My Son (1925)
Character: Felipe Vargas
A mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New England fishing village.
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The Tower of Lies (1925)
Character: Lars
After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
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The Sin Ship (1931)
Character: Smiley Marsden
A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.
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The Sea Hawk (1940)
Character: Peralta
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
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She Gets Her Man (1945)
Character: Oliver McQuestion
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
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The Phantom of Paris (1931)
Character: Marquis Max Du Touchais
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
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Fog Island (1945)
Character: Dr. Lake
Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Leo was framed by a group of former business associates, and he also suspects that one of them killed his wife. He has invited the group to his island, tempting them by hinting about a hidden fortune, and he has installed a number of traps and secret passages in his home. He is aided in his efforts by a former cell-mate who holds a grudge against the same persons. When everyone arrives, the atmosphere of mutual suspicion and the thick fog that covers the island promise a tense and hazardous weekend for everyone.
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Northwest Trail (1945)
Character: Inspector McGrath
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
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Convoy (1927)
Character: Smith
A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent
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Her Love Story (1924)
Character: Captain Kavor
When Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the King's Guards, her father quickly arranges her marriage with the king of a neighboring country. Although Marie and Rudi are secretly wed by a Gypsy, the duke ignores the marriage and exiles Rudi. When a child is born to Marie, she declares to the king that it is Rudi's and is thereafter banished to a convent; however, Rudi returns and helps Marie retrieve her child from the palace, and they find happiness in another land.
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New York Confidential (1955)
Character: Waluska
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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The Three Musketeers (1948)
Character: Rochefort
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their mission to protect France.
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Corregidor (1943)
Character: Capt. Morris
A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
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Prince of Players (1955)
Character: Ghost of Hamlet's father in "Hamlet"
Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
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Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924)
Character: Ivan Vianney
Christine weds Stuart Knight only to discover he prefers the high life to married life. When Dr. Alan Monteagle comes along, Christine is drawn to him. But, still determined to stick to her wedding vows, she runs from him, only to get in a car accident with her husband, who happened to be riding by with one of his floozies.
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The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
Character: E. Gordon Smith
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
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Manhandled (1924)
Character: Robert Brandt
Comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.
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The Man from Thunder River (1943)
Character: Henry Stevens
In this western, a cowboy and his pals must stop outlaws from stealing a cache of gold ore. Action ensues, and they succeed.
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Cleopatra (1934)
Character: Octavian
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
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I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
Character: Gerard
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
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Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943)
Character: Cameo Shelby
Cameo Shelby is running a crooked lottery out of El Paso and treasury agent Bill Elliott has been sent to break it up. When Bill intercepts a shipment of tickets to New Mexico he forces Shelby to send incriminating papers in the next shipment. Bill captures these also and now has the evidence he needs to go after Shelby.
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The Payoff (1942)
Character: Inspector Thomas
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Character: John Wilkes Booth
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
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Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
Character: Capt. Hudson
A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
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The Greater Glory (1926)
Character: Pauli Birbach
A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.
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Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
Character: Dr. Paul Recknik
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
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Under Western Skies (1945)
Character: Professor Moffett
An Arizona teacher (Noah Beery Jr.) saves a vaudeville star (Martha O'Driscoll) and her troupe from a bandit (Leo Carrillo).
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Prisoners (1929)
Character: Nicholas Cathy
Prisoners was released as a part-talking, part-silent feature. An Austrian showgirl working in a cabaret moonlights as a thief. When she is caught in the act, a young lawyer offers to defend her. Unfortunately, he loses the case, causing her to spend several months in jail. Fortunately, the two have fallen in love, and he promises to wait for her.
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The Divine Lady (1928)
Character: Honorable Charles Greville
Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
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The Love of Sunya (1927)
Character: Louis Anthony
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
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Prince of Diamonds (1930)
Character: Rupert Endon
Eve Marley (Aileen Pringle)is forced to marry a wealthy jeweler that she does not love in order to save the man she loves, Rupert Endon (Ian Keith), from being unjustly arrested as a thief. Rupert, unaware of the reason his sweetheart married his rival, goes to the Far East where he grows rich after discovering a diamond mine. He breaks Eve's husband by underselling him and then returns to England to exact his revenge on the woman he thinks did him wrong.
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Border Feud (1947)
Character: Doc Peters
A marshal with a whip and a sheriff with a sense of humor end a gold-mine feud.
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Nazty Nuisance (1943)
Character: Chief Paj Mab
Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via submarine, to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and have some plans for schickenbit-grubber and his buddies.
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