Hal E. Chester

Born: 1921-03-06

Hal Chester started his career as a child actor in the United States, but in the mid-1950s moved to Britain, where he is remembered as the producer of films including the classic horror Night of the Demon (1957), as well as School for Scoundrels (1960).


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The Witness Vanishes

as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-22

In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of...

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Boys of the City

as Buster
Released: 1940-07-15

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

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Hit the Road

as Trusty
Released: 1941-06-27

Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.

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Crime School

as Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1938-05-10

In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a...

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Junior G-Men

as Murph (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-01

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals,...

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Little Tough Guy

as Dopey
Released: 1938-07-22

The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal...

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Juvenile Court

as Lefty
Released: 1938-09-10

Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a...

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Sea Raiders

as Swab
Released: 1941-10-13

A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.

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Newsboys' Home

as Murphy
Released: 1938-12-24

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.

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Code of the Streets

as Murph
Released: 1939-04-13

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and...

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Off the Record

as Reform School Inmate
Released: 1939-01-21

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to...

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East Side Kids

as Fred "Dutch" Kuhn
Released: 1940-02-10

After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't...

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Little Tough Guys in Society

as Murphy
Released: 1938-11-01

A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.

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You're Not So Tough

as Second Newsboy
Released: 1940-07-26

The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny...

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