Cliff Clark
Cliff Clark (June 10, 1889 – February 8, 1953) was an American actor. He entered the film business in 1937 after a substantial stage career and appeared in over 200 Hollywood films. In the last years of his life, he also played in a number of television productions. Clark mostly played minor supporting roles. A specialty of his were policemen, inspectors and sheriffs. He appeared in a recurring role as Inspector Donovan in the Falcon film series at RKO Pictures during the 1940s.
High Noon
as Ed Weaver (uncredited)Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail...
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Fort Apache
as Stage Driver (uncredited)Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military...
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The Grapes of Wrath
as City ManTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
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The Second Woman
as Police SergeantIn flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Jones (uncredited)An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...
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The Gunfighter
as Jerry Marlowe (uncredited)The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
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Young Mr. Lincoln
as Sheriff Gil Billings (uncredited)In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a...
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Western Union
as SheriffWhen Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he...
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Stranger on the Third Floor
as MartinNewspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence"...
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Invisible Stripes
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as HauptTrue story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure...
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The Mummy's Tomb
as Sheriff C.L. ClarkA high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill...
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The Fuller Brush Girl
as Ship Captain (uncredited)A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
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Shockproof
as Mac, Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful...
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The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Inspector Timothy DonovanThe Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another...
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The Sea Wolf
as uncreditedShipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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Kid Glove Killer
as Captain LynchVan Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor...
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It's a Wonderful World
as Captain HaggertyDetective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he...
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Maisie Goes to Reno
as Police Captain (Uncredited)A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
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Raw Deal
as GatesA revenge-seeking gangster is sent to prison after being framed for a crime he didn't commit....
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Golden Hoofs
as BoothA teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is...
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Miracles for Sale
as Inspector Marty GaviganA maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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The Men
as Dr. KameranKen, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of...
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Silver City
as uncreditedHaving masterminded the hold up of his company office, a mining engineer is barred from the...
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Warpath
as BartenderJohn Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He...
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Hollow Triumph
as Motorist (uncredited)Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate...
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The Stratton Story
as Josh HigginsStar major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes...
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The Falcon Strikes Back
as Inspector Timothy DonovanThe Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape...
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Calling Dr. Kildare
as Detective Flaherty (uncredited)Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare...
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The Wagons Roll at Night
as DocAn escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and...
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Knute Rockne All American
as Danny - Post Office Paymaster (uncredited)The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
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Blondie's Hero
as Police Officer (uncredited)Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts...
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Mountain Music
as Pretty Panther Medicine Show ProprietorMary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She...
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Women Without Names
as PeteJoyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused...
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Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Tom McGuireCelebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into...
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Slightly Honorable
as Captain GravesA lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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Babes on Broadway
as Inspector MoriarityPenny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them...
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The Missing Juror
as Inspector Davis (Uncredited)A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
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Wagon Train
as Matt GardnerIn his first starring Western for RKO, young Tim Holt must not only carry on his father's...
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Destroyer
as CommandantFlagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is...
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While New York Sleeps
as Insp. Cliff CollinsNewspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
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Fingers at the Window
as Police Lieutenant AllisonIn Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders,...
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Flowing Gold
as Oil Well Shares Seller (uncredited)In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...
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Honky Tonk
as Dr. OtisFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but...
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Blue, White, and Perfect
as Inspector PetersonIn order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and...
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Dust Be My Destiny
as First Detective (uncredited)Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail,...
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Manpower
as CullyHank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident...
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Cripple Creek
as uncreditedIt's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the...
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Maryland
as SheriffA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as ManagerA boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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Judge Hardy and Son
as Dan O'Shea (uncredited)Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
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Bride by Mistake
as Navy CaptainThe staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic...
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The Secret Fury
as Police Captain Arnold (uncredited)The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already...
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Buck Privates Come Home
as Quentin (INS) (uncredited)Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French...
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I, Jane Doe
as City EditorWhile stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl...
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Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited)A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
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Highways by Night
as Police Captain JamesA young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and...
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Ladies' Day
as Dan Hannigan, Sox ManagerA top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. After marrying a...
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The Cariboo Trail
as uncreditedA cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.
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Slightly Dangerous
as Detective (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
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Dangerously They Live
as Sheriff John DillA doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Lieutenant BuckleyA reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
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Something to Shout About
as HarriganA press agent, a composer and a landlord of a theatrical boardinghouse revive vaudeville on...
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Kentucky
as MelishYoung lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...
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A Dispatch from Reuters
as Reporter (uncredited)German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news...
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The Sound of Fury
as Sheriff Lem DemigA family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Garage OwnerJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
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Mokey
as Mr. GrahamA newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
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Henry Goes Arizona
as Theatrical Agent V. B. Carmady (uncredited)A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
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In the Meantime, Darling
as CorkeryA young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house...
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Brigham Young
as DissenterBased on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to...
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A Fugitive from Justice
as Police Captain (uncredited)Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on...
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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
as Lieutenant WilsonOn a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four...
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USS VD: Ship of Shame
as Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the...
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Cocoanut Grove
as AuctioneerBand tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
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Joe Smith, American
as Police Captain (uncredited)Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after...
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Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
as Sheriff MalinJoe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
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Time Out for Murder
as Det. Capt. CollinsA bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and...
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The Falcon's Brother
as Timothy DonovanA gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from...
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The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as City Editor Emmett WillardRival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and...
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Keep 'Em Slugging
as MacklinA gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men...
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Albuquerque
as Armin's Clerk (uncredited)Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted...
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Gangs of Chicago
as uncreditedA criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends...
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Black Diamonds
as Archie ConnorA reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and...
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Homicide
as Captain MooneyMichael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the...
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Brother Rat and a Baby
as Police CaptainThree comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Construction Materials Contractor (uncredited)A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up...
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Barbary Coast Gent
as Jack CodaHonest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s...
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Cross-Country Romance
as G.G. BurkeA runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Toughest Man in Arizona
as uncreditedMarshal Landry captures outlaw Girard and bringing him in finds a woman and two children, the...
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The Thirteenth Hour
as Police Captain LinfieldIn this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of...
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Madame Spy
as Inspector VardenJoan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the...
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Missing Evidence
as Allen JenningsG-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating...
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Cavalry Scout
as Col. DeeringKirby Frye, a former Confederate officer but now a Union Cavalry scout, is sent into Montana...
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Overland Telegraph
as Terence MuldoonNot to be confused with the 1929 film The Overland Telegraph, this Western from director Lesley...
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Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Fire ChiefAppointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of...
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Florian
as Detective JoeSet against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...
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The Falcon in Danger
as Insp. Timothy DonovanTwo industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is...
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Vigilante Hideout
as Howard SandersCattle detective, Rocky Lane, arrives in town to investigate cattle disappearances only to...
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Trouble Makers
as Police Captain MadisonSlip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a...
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False Paradise
as Gerald WaiteA banker is trying to cheat people out of their silver-rich land. Hoppy learns that the banker...
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The Daredevil Drivers
as Mr. McAullifeTo spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for...
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Cliff ClarkThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Vic KerseyThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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as Fred WarrenA cattle inspector runs a rustling ring on the side.
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Strange Alibi
as Capt. ReddickAn undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true...
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Honolulu
as First DetectiveWanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner...
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Desperadoes of the West
as Colonel ArnoldA group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting...
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Jail House Blues
as Warden BoswellA prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his...
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Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Judge WilsonMaggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the...
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Adventures of Gallant Bess
as SheriffTed Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames...
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The Falcon Out West
as Inspector Timothy DonovanWhen a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he...
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He Couldn't Say No
as AuctioneerA lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as RyanA man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....
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Secret Enemies
as Detective Capt. JarrettFBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate...
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You're Not So Tough
as Sheriff GriswoldThe Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny...
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Fast and Furious
as Sam TraversJoel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...
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Taxi, Mister
as Police ChiefThe owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.
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Post Office Investigator
as Inspector DelanyA mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
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Street of Chance
as Ryan, (Policeman)In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling...
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Mike KellyTorchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
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Bury Me Dead
as Archer, DetectiveA woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.
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Home of the Brave
as Colonel BakerA sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate...
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Powder River Rustlers
as Lucius StattonPowder River Rustlers is a western film directed by Philip Ford in 1949. The railroad is coming...
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Washington Melodrama
as SimpsonAn elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town...
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Philo Vance's Gamble
as Inspector WalshPrivate Detective Philo Vance gets involved with a succession of murders and a mystery...
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The Patient in Room 18
as Inspector FoleyChoreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of...
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Double Alibi
as Police Inspector EarlyA man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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A Yank on the Burma Road
as Police LieutenantA celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II...
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Chicken Wagon Family
as Horse AuctioneerAddie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...
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Flaming Fury
as Fire Engineer Robby RollinsA Los Angeles fire captain (Roy Roberts) sends an arson-squad rookie (George Cooper) undercover.
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Within the Law
as McGuireA wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.
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Flat Feat
as Chief of PoliceSterling, a rookie cop, finds it hard to live up to the reputation his father, who was also a...
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Borrowed Trouble
as Dink DavisFinishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the...
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Honeymoon Deferred
as Police Insp. MathewsEdmund Lowe plays an insurance investigator who interrupts his honeymoon to look into the case...
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Who Is Hope Schuyler?
as Lieutenant PalmerA girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial,...
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Inside Story
as CollinsA good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an...
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Butch Minds the Baby
as Police Captain (uncredited)Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and...
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Law of the Tropics
as BartenderJim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the...
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Desert of Lost Men
as Carl LandersRocky Lane arrives at the town of Bear Creek to help insure the safe arrival of forty thousand...
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