Jason Robards Sr.
Famed American stage actor. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. Appeared in many films, initially as a leading man, then in character roles and occasional bits. Consistently billed as Jason Robards, as his more famous son, Jason Robards, did not come into fame until the end of the elder Robards' career. Only referred to as Jason Robards Sr. in retrospect. Died in 1963, having lived to see his namesake son and grandson (Jason Robards III) carry on the family acting tradition.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as John RetchAn advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...
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San Francisco
as Father (uncredited)A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days...
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Born to Kill
as Conductor (uncredited)A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by...
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Impact
as JudgeAfter surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the...
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Wild in the Country
as Judge Tom Parker (uncredited)A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him...
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Isle of the Dead
as AlbrechtOn a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague....
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I Love You Again
as Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited)Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and...
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The Falcon's Alibi
as Harvey BeaumontA society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
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Bedlam
as Oliver ToddLondon, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who...
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Deadline at Dawn
as Policeman with Liquor Bottle (uncredited)A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag...
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The Farmer's Daughter
as Night Editor (uncredited)After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an...
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Betrayal from the East
as Charlie HildebrandA carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
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Abraham Lincoln
as HerndonA biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining...
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Employees' Entrance
as Commercial Artist (uncredited)Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He...
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Return of the Bad Men
as Judge HarperUS Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.
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The Threat
as Police Fingerprint Technician (uncredited)A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
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I Stole a Million
as Bank Teller (uncredited)A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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The President Vanishes
as KilbourneThe President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...
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The Fighting Marines
as KotaCorporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival...
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Juarez
as (uncredited)The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular...
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Post Office Investigator
as Henry HandA mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Bank Officer (uncredited)A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as...
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Broadway Bill
as Arthur WinslowTycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his...
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The Second Woman
as Stacy RogersIn flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California...
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Dick Tracy
as Motorist (uncredited)Detective Tracy (Morgan Conway) rescues Tess Trueheart (Anne Jeffreys) and Junior from a killer...
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The Falcon in San Francisco
as Loomis, Butler (uncredited)While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a...
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Step by Step
as BrucknerMarine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one...
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Half a Sinner
as Country Club Garage ManAlthough young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally...
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Man Alive
as Henry FletcherA reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Captain (uncredited)A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
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Wild Geese
as Mark JordanSilent romantic melodrama about a wife and mother who is desperate to keep a secret from the...
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Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Hawks (uncredited)Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and...
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Massacre River
as Lawyer Johnstone (uncredited)Two Cavalry Officers clash over the Colonel's Daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.
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The Firefly
as Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars....
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The Jazz Cinderella
as Herbert CarterIntending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most...
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Union Depot
as Station Agent (uncredited)Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...
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The Nurse from Brooklyn
as SurgeonA nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he...
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Smoky Mountain Melody
as Josh CorbyCountry-western favorite Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys star in the Columbia musical...
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The Falcon's Adventure
as Lieutenant EvansA society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Foley's BodyguardSecond serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
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Race Street
as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
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Dynamite
as Hook (Quarry Superintendent) (uncredited)Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves...
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The Fatal Hour
as GriswoldWhen a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime...
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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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Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Cantina ProprietorThe mysterious Don Del Oro ("Lord of Gold"), an idol of the Yaqui Indians, plans to take over...
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The Rage of Paris
as Department Head (uncredited)Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to...
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Desperate
as FerrariAn innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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The Judge Steps Out
as Police Officer Maloney (uncredited)A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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The Howards of Virginia
as Backwoodsman (uncredited)Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...
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Badman's Territory
as Alert Coffeyville Citizen (uncredited)After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...
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A Likely Story
as Cop (uncredited)A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon...
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
as HaydenWriter Kenneth Magee has bet that he can finish a story at rural resort Baldpate Inn, now closed...
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Rimfire
as Elkins (Banker)An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.
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The Woman Condemned
as Jim WallaceWhen a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young...
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
as PanchoIn the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible...
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The Last Days of Pompeii
as Tax Gatherer (uncredited)In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator,...
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The Way to Love
as GuideFrancois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his...
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Alaska Patrol
as Dr. LoringSpotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he...
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Silver Queen
as Bank Teller (uncredited)A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...
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Mademoiselle Fifi
as A Wholesaler in WineIn occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride...
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Break of Hearts
as Ticket-Seller (uncredited)Constance, a poor but aspiring composer, meets the great conductor, Franz, through their old...
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Traffic with the Devil
as Irate Motorist (uncredited)This "Theater of Life" series short looks at traffic problems in Los Angeles, California, as...
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Tracked by the Police
as Bob OwenThe Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or...
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The Pride of the Legion
as MoranAfter suffering a traumatic injury, a policeman resigns from the force and, after he's saved...
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Only Yesterday
as Investor (Uncredited)On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....
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Public Stenographer
as Fred 'Freddie' WhiteA stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.
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Scouts to the Rescue
as DocFilmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is...
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Shed No Tears
as Homicide Inspector (Uncredited)A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance...
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Fighting Father Dunne
as J.J. SoninA dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
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Wild Horse Mesa
as Hod SlackDave and Chito are working for Melburn who is looking for wild horses. Olmstead has his men...
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Criminal Court
as Al Marsh (uncredited)A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the...
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Horsemen of the Sierras
as Phineas GrantWhen Robin Grant inherits a valuable range, certain evil interests try their best to kill off...
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The Miracle Rider
as CarltonIn 1930s Texas, following the murder of his father, Tom Morgan joins the Texas Rangers to avenge...
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Western Pacific Agent
as Train Passenger (uncredited)An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder...
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Zombies on Broadway
as Headwaiter (uncredited)Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster...
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Damaged Lives
as Dr. Bill HallAn extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
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Riff-Raff
as Mr. DominguesA private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oilfields...
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The Bamboo Blonde
as Colonel Graham (uncredited)A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with...
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Ding Dong Williams
as Director KenmoreDing Dong Williams, a clarinet player who can neither read nor write music is employed at a...
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I Live My Life
as Church (Uncredited)A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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Riders of the Whistling Pines
as Charles Carter (uncredited)While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry...
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Ladies Crave Excitement
as NickBored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
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Woman Against Woman
as Mr. RoamerA newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling...
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The Conquerors
as LaneA newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
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Thunder Mountain
as Jim GardnerMarvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud...
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Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Crooked DealerIn this western, a young cowboy rides out to avenge his father's killer. Eventually, he finds...
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The Gilded Lily
as Frank ThompsonA hostess at a Broadway cafe marries one of her many suitors, and finds out her new husband is...
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The Devil's Mate
as ClintonA convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the...
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A Game of Death
as CaptainA shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where...
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The Cohens and Kellys
as Tim KellyJacob Cohen, who owns a dry goods store, and Patrick Kelly, an Irish cop, are constantly at...
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Vogues of 1938
as ReporterAn early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...
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Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as John DrummondMarjorie Temple, owner of a bus line and an apparently worthless plot of land, is set upon by...
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Code of the West
as Morley (uncredited)Knowing the railroad is coming, Carter is after the rancher's land. Bob and Chito return just in...
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Twin Husbands
as Dorothy's AttorneyLeon Errol's wife blames him for his twin brother's mishaps.
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The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Judge (uncredited)A drunken driver, his wife and a hitchhiker equals murder.
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Trifles
as George HendersonThe Sheriff and County Prosecutor come to an isolated country farm where a woman killed her...
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Torture Money
as Alex Carmathy (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages...
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The Gamblers
as Carvel EmersonA father-and-son team of cons gamble their firm’s assets. The son is caught investing money that...
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Banjo
as Conductor Matthews (uncredited)Family drama about a young farm girl, suddenly orphaned, who must give up her beloved dog when...
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Footloose Widows
as J.A. "Jerry" SmithDepartment-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J....
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The Flying Marine
as Mitch MoranReleased in both a silent and a sound version: Mitch Moran, a veteran WWI pilot and now a...
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The Long Shot
as DoctorA racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a...
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The Kansan
as Bank TellerWounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the...
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All of Me
as Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend...
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Unholy Love
as SimmingtonAn adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have...
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Slightly Married
as Jack HainesMary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for...
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San Antonio Rose
as Man at Radio StationSan Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars,...
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Guns of Hate
as Ben JasonBen Jason has found a lost gold mine. When Morgan learns this, he and his henchman chase down...
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If You Knew Susie
as Ogleby (uncredited)In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary...
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Under the Tonto Rim
as Captain McLeanA stagecoach owner goes to jail to catch a holdup gang.
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Carnival Lady
as Jim RyanWhen his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too....
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Sky Patrol
as Paul Smith - Three Points Airfield Owner"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the...
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Western Heritage
as Judge WinstonA forger has made a copy of a Spanish land grant and Arnold is after it. Arnold and his men...
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Charlie Chan Carries On
as Walter HoneywoodCharlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel....
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Vacation in Reno
as Sheriff JohnsonA hapless husband searches for buried treasure at a dude ranch; meanwhile, his wife wants a...
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The Third Degree
as Howard Jeffries Jr.Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome...
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The Mad Empress
as President Benito JuarezThe Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of...
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I'll Take Milk
as uncreditedRita informs Leon that, as a lark, he stole a valuable necklace at a dinner party the night...
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Ship of Wanted Men
as John CraigA shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition...
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A Strange Adventure
as Dr. BaileyA police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded...
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The Isle of Lost Ships
as Frank HowardThe Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a...
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Stunt Pilot
as Paul SmithThe second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest...
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Masked Raiders
as Captain of Texas Rangers (uncredited)Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws...
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Peacock Alley
as Jim BradburyClaire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to...
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Lightnin'
as Raymond ThomasLightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by...
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
as uncreditedA wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being...
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Discarded Lovers
as Rex ForsytheIn this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after...
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Son of God’s Country
as John ThorntonBill Sanger has his men out raiding and killing to obtain the ranches along the route that he...
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Crazy That Way
as Frank OakesYoung heiress Ann Jordan and her fiancè Frank Oakes would be happy except for the constant...
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Crimson Romance
as PierreAfter Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German...
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Corruption
as Police CommissionerA young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous...
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Cipher Bureau
as EllsworthThe younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a...
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Woman Unafraid
as Big Bill LewisA dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother...
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Docks of San Francisco
as John BanningBarbary Coast, San Francisco. The gangster moll Belle gets deeply entangled with gangsters led...
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South of Death Valley
as Major Porter Mullen (uncredited)When Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the...
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Range War
as RancherBuck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from...
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The Heart of Maryland
as Maj. Alan KendrickAt the outbreak of the War Between the States, Maryland Calvert is loved by Maj. Alan Kendrick,...
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Ex-Bad Boy
as Roger ShieldsA man gets in trouble with his girlfriend when a beautiful movie star and her fiance come to his...
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Klondike
as Jim ArmstrongDr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation, that has never been done before, and the...
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Salvation Nell
as Major WilliamsYoung Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and...
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Stella Maris
as Walter HeroldBased on a novel by William J. Locke, Stella Maris is a remake of the 1918 Mary Pickford vehicle...
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Subway Express
as Paul BordonInspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder...
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Mystery Plane
as Paul SmithAn American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.
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Trial Marriage
as Dr. Thorvald WareConstance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds...
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Vagabond Lady
as John’s Best Man (uncredited)Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department...
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Clipped Wings
as Raoul McGuireMickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the...
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Jaws of Steel
as John WarrenOur doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has...
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The Death Ship
as Tom - The First MateOn a stormy night at sea, a Captain and the First Mate talk about the girl that they are both in...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as uncreditedLeon suspects something between his wife (Dorothy Granger) - talk about the pot calling the...
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Sweetheart of the Navy
as BumperSinger Joan Whitney, called the "Sweetheart of the Navy" by sailors, is struggling to re-open...
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Take the Stand
as Joe ReynoldsA radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective...
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Hills of Kentucky
as Steve HarleyAdapted from Dorothy Yost's story, "The Untamed Heart"
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Paris
as Andrew SabbotIrène Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy...
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The Law of the Tong
as Charlie WongA young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal...
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Danger Flight
as Paul SmithCrooks plot to steal a payroll being shipped by air.
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Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Tavern SingerTwo yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.
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Bermuda Mystery
as Mark DunhamA private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.
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Radio Hams
as Pilot in distressA "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows...
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White Flannels
as Frank PolitzA smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz, stands in the way of the engagement of her college son...
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Caught Plastered
as Harry WatersSet in a drugstore the boys take on to save a nice old lady from the clutches of the local...
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The Land of Hope
as Sascha RabinoffOn her journey to the United States, Marya Nisko falls in love with another immigrant, Sascha...
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The Super Snooper
as uncreditedAndy is a rich and well-respected man. But he's concerned what sort of boyfriend his daughter...
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On Trial
as Defense AttorneyA man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become...
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Trapped
as Detective Lt. Jack ReedThe Shadow's second movie short, an adaptation from a Ray Humphreys story, "The Cat's Paw," from...
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Irish Hearts
as RorySheila, a feisty Irish girl, loves Emmett, a somewhat shady Irish boy. When Emmett goes to...
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Feudin' Rhythm
as Mr. Rushman (uncredited)Eddy Arnold, singing star of the Ace Lucky radio program gets involved when Ace's equipment for...
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Flight to Fame
as MullerAn evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
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White Eagle
as Dave RandGregory is a phony government agent issuing worthless checks. To keep from being exposed he has...
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Do or Diet
as BossEdgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence,...
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Leave It to Beaver
as uncreditedLeave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often...
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The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Rupert WillisThe Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from...
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General Electric Theater
as Sam BradyGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as L.P. KernerGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as JudgeGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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