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The Purple Mask (1955)
Character: Duc de Latour
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
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Always Goodbye (1931)
Character: Reginald Armstrong
Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa. Little do they realize that he knows full well who they are after being tipped off by Scotland Yard.
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All That I Have (1951)
Character: Dr. James Brady
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to God." His nephews bring him to court to determine his mental competence in the hopes of stopping him from disposing of all his money.
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The Gorilla Man (1943)
Character: Dr. Dorn
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
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Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
Character: Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder.
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Grumpy (1930)
Character: Chamberlin Jarvis
An exhaustingly cantankerous old man solves a jewel robbery.
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
Character: Self (archive footage)
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and television.
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Tesha (1928)
Character: Lenane
The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.
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Adventure in Iraq (1943)
Character: Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
Five Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a local sheik, but soon begin to suspect that he may not be quite as friendly as he appears to be.
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A Tale of Two Cities (1953)
Character: Mr. Stryver
A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. A retelling of the Charles Dickens story.
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Crime Over London (1936)
Character: Inspector Gary
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
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Mobs Incorporated (1956)
Character: Harrington
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry
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Mobs, Inc. (1956)
Character: Harrington
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
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A Romance in Flanders (1937)
Character: John Morley
During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported missing, Berry now has a clear path to marry Yvonne. Two decades later, Yvonne incidentally meets a tourist guide in the former combat zone region who looks fiendishly like - Morley. —Guy Bellinger
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God Is My Partner (1957)
Character: Dr. James Brady
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.
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The Woman in Green (1945)
Character: Sir George Fenwick
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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Ivy (1947)
Character: Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.
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Club Havana (1945)
Character: Rogers
A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fashionable Latin nightclub.
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The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)
Character: Max Armand
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
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Night and Day (1946)
Character: Bart McClelland
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
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Diane (1956)
Character: Lord Bonnivet
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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The Iroquois Trail (1950)
Character: Col. Eric Thorne
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
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Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
Character: Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
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The Crash (1932)
Character: Ronnie Sanderson
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
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The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
Character: Cooper
A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.
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Wife Wanted (1946)
Character: Jeffrey Caldwell
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
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Curtain at Eight (1933)
Character: Wylie Thornton
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
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Thunder in the Night (1935)
Character: Count Peter Alvinczy
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a message from a blackmailer, threatening her husband. When the blackmailer winds up dead, Madalaine appears to be the most likely suspect. Torok, however, knows the case is more complicated than it seems and dedicates himself to revealing the truth behind the mystery.
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The Black Arrow (1948)
Character: Sir John Sedley
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.
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Born to Love (1931)
Character: Sir Wilfred Drake
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
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Humoresque (1947)
Character: Victor Wright
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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The Desert Rats (1953)
Character: Colonel (uncredited)
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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The Hard Way (1943)
Character: John 'Jack' Shagrue
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Character: Dr. Blucher
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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Dishonored Lady (1947)
Character: Victor Kranish
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.
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House of Wax (1953)
Character: Sidney Wallace
A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who demands that the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
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Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Character: John Carver
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.
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Blades of the Musketeers (1950)
Character: Richelieu
In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - among them and, together, the four quickly find themselves embroiled in court intrigue with Prime Minister Richelieu attempting to sabotage the congenial relationship existing between France and England. Originally produced as a 60-minute episode of THE MAGNAVOX THEATER on CBS as THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This has the distinction of being the first movie specifically made for TV. Later retitled and released theatrically.
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Eagle Squadron (1942)
Character: Sir James Patridge
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
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The Strange Door (1951)
Character: Edmond de Maletroit
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
Character: Klaas Van Gelder
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
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Champagne Charlie (1936)
Character: Charlie Cortland
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
Character: Dianza
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
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The Devil to Pay! (1930)
Character: Grand Duke Paul
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Character: John Crispin
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
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Tonight Is Ours (1933)
Character: Prince Keri of Zalgar
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
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Devil's Lottery (1932)
Character: Major Hugo Beresford
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.
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The Squaw Man (1931)
Character: Henry - Earl of Kerhill
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Hawkins. Wyngate marries Naturich, but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Wyngate could not have predicted.
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The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Character: Inspector Stoddard
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has been unjustly deserved. He sets out to develop his father's formula in order to prove that he was a brilliant scientist rather than a murderous monster.
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The Law vs. Billy the Kid (1954)
Character: John H. Tunstall
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his old friend Pat Garrett.
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Goin' to Town (1935)
Character: Edward Carrington
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
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The Scarlet Coat (1955)
Character: Sir Henry Clinton
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
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The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Character: Governor Dick Crawford
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
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Hit Parade of 1951 (1950)
Character: Two-to-One Thompson
While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.
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The Golden Hawk (1952)
Character: Jeremy Smithers
A 17th-century French pirate (Sterling Hayden) sides with an English noblewoman (Rhonda Fleming) who's posing as a pirate.
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The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Character: Lord Penrose
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
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She Devil (1957)
Character: Sugar Daddy
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.
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The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
Character: Dr. Menzies
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
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Transgression (1931)
Character: Robert Maury
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.
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Port Sinister (1953)
Character: John Kolvac
A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, where it came to rest after an earthquake many years before. A scientist wants to study it, some thugs want the treasure alleged to be stored there, a bunch of mutated giant crabs living there attack them all.
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Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
Character: Cap Rawlston
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.
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The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
Character: Max Bernard, a.k.a. Sir Nigel Crane
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
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A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Character: Gray Meredith
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
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The Verdict (1946)
Character: Clive Russell
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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Flame of Calcutta (1953)
Character: Lord Robert Clive
A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.
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Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
Character: Sir Guy de Claremont
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the few filmed episodes of an unsold TV series.
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The Second Face (1950)
Character: Todd Williams
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has transformed her into a world-class beauty. When she finds out that a mysterious "benefactor" has paid for her surgery, she sets out to find out who he is and why he did it.
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Strictly Unconventional (1930)
Character: Ted
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
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Blonde Bait (1956)
Character: Insp. D.N. Hedges
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Scotland Yard, as his girlfriend, Angela Booth, is currently in a British prison. Angela has refused to give Nick up to the law, so the combined authorities arrange for Angela to escape, aided by stoolie Gran' Ramsey who is at the same prison. The police will then follow Angela to Nick. Gran' stages the getaway, and the two women, accompanied by a third convict, Marguerite, whose prison-born baby is about to be turned over to welfare authorities. It is up to Gran' to keep the police informed of Angela's movements without being detected by the escapees, until Angela contacts Nick. This film is a reworking of principal footage from the UK film WOMEN WITHOUT MEN (1955), q.v., which, with added new footage (including scenes with original star Beverly Michaels), significantly revises the plot and central characters from a story about a wrongly imprisoned waif to one about a gangster's moll.
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In the Money (1958)
Character: Inspector Herbert Saunders
The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean cruise.
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Within the Law (1939)
Character: English Eddie Morton
A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Character: Martin Arlington
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Madame Bovary (1949)
Character: Marquis D'Andervilliers
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
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The Storm (1930)
Character: Dave Stewart
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
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Interlude (1957)
Character: N/A
A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back home.
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The Raid (1954)
Character: Col. Tucker
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
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I Take This Woman (1940)
Character: Bill Rodgers
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Character: Kenneth Drake
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
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The All American (1953)
Character: Professor Banning
A family tragedy causes a college football quarterback to re-think his goals in life.
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The Prodigal (1955)
Character: Tobiah
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.
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The King's Thief (1955)
Character: Sir Edward Scott
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
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Khyber Patrol (1954)
Character: General Melville
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at the Khyber Pass. Enter Capt. Kyle Cameron of the British Lancers, whose renegade style may either save the day or doom the region to chaos. When Cameron learns that greater forces are pulling the strings, he attempts to destroy Shir's rebel faction from within.
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Reno (1939)
Character: John R. Banton
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
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Hollywood Story (1951)
Character: Roland Paul
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
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The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Character: Thomas MacDonald
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Character: Mr. Selworth
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts the proposal of Air Corps Lieutenant Tom West. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom goes into the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to be the old party girl. The problem is that her husband is working constantly. She looks to her friends, who are having their own problems, and to her old flame Captain Lancing. To decide on what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must grow up.
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Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Character: Dr. Henry Giraud
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
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Charade (1953)
Character: Col. Heisler
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware that the man is a murderer. "Duel at Dawn" is set in 1880s Austria. Two military officers fight a duel, with the survivor free to claim the heart of their shared love interest. "The Midas Touch" is a romance story of sorts. Jonah Watson is a successful American businessman, but is disgruntled with his life. He emigrates to England to start a new life, and works as a common servant. But he falls in love with a cockney maid who dreams of marrying into wealth.
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The House of Fear (1945)
Character: Simon Merrivale
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
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One Exciting Adventure (1934)
Character: Lavassor
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.
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Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
Character: Cmdr. Charles Brennan
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
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The Under-Pup (1939)
Character: Mr. Franklin Cooper
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed because of her background, she determines to show the snooty rich girls she's just as good as they are.
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Shoot the Works (1934)
Character: Alvin Ritchie
The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.
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Unfaithful (1931)
Character: Ronald Killkerry
In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is.
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Without Regret (1935)
Character: Robert Godfrey
In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is dead, she marries a wealthy man. Her new husband's ex-girlfriend, learning of the woman's past and that her first husband is indeed alive, threatens to expose the new wife as a bigamist.
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Splendor (1935)
Character: Martin Deering
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and the loss of their mansion and social position, they had hoped that Brighton would marry wealthy heiress and family friend, Edith Gilbert.
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The Virtuous Sin (1930)
Character: Capt. Orloff
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
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Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Character: Group Captain
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
Character: Rick Barrett
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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Hi-Jacked (1950)
Character: Hagen
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
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The Iron Glove (1954)
Character: Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I on the throne of England.
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Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Character: Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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Menace (1934)
Character: Leonard Crecy
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
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The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Character: Edmond Dureau
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
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