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The Sergeant and the Spy (1954)
Character: Gizelle
A trip to Paris has been long in the making for Sergeant Stanley Gilchrist and his army buddy Hank, who are stationed in Milan. But when Stanley requests a furlough from his tyrannical colonel, he's assigned to London instead to deliver a top-secret document. Undaunted, Stanley and Hank sneak in a brief stay in the City of Lights. Their holiday turns into a nightmare when the bag containing the secret documents disappears.
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Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942)
Character: Vesta Hadden
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Character: Peggy Donato
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
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Lady of Burlesque (1943)
Character: Janine
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
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A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
Character: Harem Girl
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
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Night Editor (1946)
Character: Jill Merrill
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
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The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Character: Patricia Henley
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
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The Girl in the Case (1944)
Character: Myra Warner
William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving spies, the police and lots of picked locks!
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Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Character: Joan Kirby
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
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Cadet Girl (1941)
Character: Mary Moore
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
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Thunder Birds (1942)
Character: Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
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The Power of the Whistler (1945)
Character: Jean Lang
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.
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Just Off Broadway (1942)
Character: Lillian Hubbard
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
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The Half-Breed (1952)
Character: Helen Dowling
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
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Santa Fe (1951)
Character: Judith Chandler
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
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I Married an Angel (1942)
Character: Sufi
A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.
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Slightly French (1949)
Character: Louisa Gayle
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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And Baby Makes Three (1949)
Character: Wanda York
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
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My Forbidden Past (1951)
Character: Corinne Lucas
An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.
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One Way to Love (1946)
Character: Josie Hart
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
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Framed (1947)
Character: Paula Craig
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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I Love Trouble (1948)
Character: Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
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One Mysterious Night (1944)
Character: Dorothy Anderson
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
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That Other Woman (1942)
Character: Constance Powell
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.
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Swing Out the Blues (1943)
Character: Dena Marshall
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the handsome Rich.
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A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Character: Teddy Evans
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
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