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Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford (May 21, 1899 – June 20, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960, mostly bit parts or supporting roles. Sanford frequently appeared in Westerns and often portrayed "tough guys". He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.

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The Oregon Trail (1959)

In 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory. He hopes to confirm a rumor that President Polk is sending in soldiers disguised as settlers in order to strengthen American claims to the Territory. ...

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The Big Country (1958)

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land. ...

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Up In Smoke (1957)

In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil. ...

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Beginning of the End (1957)

An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they disco ...

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Footsteps in the Night (1957)

Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like. ...

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Friendly Persuasion (1956)

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. ...

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Shotgun (1955)

Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory's Indian commissioner until the notorious Ben Thompson slays the marshal when he tried to make an arrest. Clay turns his back on a white-collar job and his ...

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Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)

Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers. ...

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The Forty-Niners (1954)

1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a trio of killers. ...

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River of No Return (1954)

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband. ...

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Torpedo Alley (1953)

After carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for submarine duty. During training he competes with Commander Heywood for the affection of Navy nurse Lt Susan Peabody. Heywood gets a new sub command at the outbr ...

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I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953)

1947 film "Linda, Be Good" with added 3-D scenes with chorus girls. ...

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Count the Hours! (1953)

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial. ...

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Springfield Rifle (1952)

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confe ...

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Sea Tiger (1952)

Murder ensues when owners and hired help contrive against each other to obtain diamonds and gold ingots secretly hidden on a derelict and abandoned Japanese freighter left lying in anchor in a New Guinea cove at the end of WW II. ...

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The Turning Point (1952)

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob l ...

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Rancho Notorious (1952)

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price. ...

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Let's Make It Legal (1951)

A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much. ...

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Fort Defiance (1951)

It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to the cowardice of Tallon. Thinking Tallon dead, another man who lost a brother at the same battle arrives t ...

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Rhubarb (1951)

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them ...

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Kentucky Jubilee (1951)

A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he gets kidnapped. ...

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Danger Zone (1951)

A San Francisco man is paid to bid on a saxophone and escort a woman to a yacht party. ...

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Missing Women (1951)

A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery. ...

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Rogue River (1951)

The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once framed on a bank robbery charge, unleashes innumerable family skeletons. Ownie is obliged to solve the long- ...

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Rhythm Inn (1951)

A bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop clerk--an aspiring songwriter--that he'll let the band's female singer do the clerk's songs at a local club if he will let the band "borrow" their instruments at night ...

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Father's Wild Game (1950)

The fourth entry in Monogram's "Father" series. Henry Latham decides he'll save money by hunting for his meat rather than buying it from the store. ...

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Union Station (1950)

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man. ...

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The Glass Menagerie (1950)

An aging Southern Belle complicates life for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her own warped views of what life should be. ...

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So You Want to Move (1950)

Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how. ...

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Hi-Jacked (1950)

A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers. ...

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The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob. ...

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So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence. ...

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective. ...

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So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)

Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and producers ...

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The Heiress (1949)

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance. ...

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In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail. ...

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Champion (1949)

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. ...

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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot. ...

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Easter Parade (1948)

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing t ...

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French Leave (1948)

Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi. But they are ordered by their skipper Muldoon (Ralph Sanford) to remain on board and guard against theft ...

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Let's Live Again (1948)

The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother. ...

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Linda, Be Good (1947)

A writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business. ...

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Web of Danger (1947)

Ernie Reardon, the superintendent, and Bill O'Hara, the foreman, of a construction company crew working on a bridge to a remote valley, are constantly quarreling over small and minor matter, especially when it comes to Peg Mallory, whom both men are romanc ...

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So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in. ...

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Copacabana (1947)

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers. ...

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It's a Joke, Son! (1947)

Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to s ...

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare. ...

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That Brennan Girl (1946)

Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are ...

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Sioux City Sue (1946)

A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled. ...

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Never Say Goodbye (1946)

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirt ...

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My Pal Trigger (1946)

Gabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's horse escape, the Sovereign gets shot accidentally by Skoville but Roy is blamed and jailed. A year later Roy returns with Trigger, the son of the Sovereign. Wh ...

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Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth f ...

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They Made Me a Killer (1946)

A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges. ...

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Girl on the Spot (1946)

Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot ...

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Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)

A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse. ...

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High Powered (1945)

Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in which he was injured and another workman was killed. ...

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There Goes Kelly (1945)

Musical turned murder mystery set at a radio station. ...

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Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)

A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police. ...

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Lost in a Harem (1944)

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle. ...

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Mystery of the Riverboat (1944)

A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it. ...

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Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)

A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife. ...

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Wilson (1944)

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must de ...

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Take It or Leave It (1944)

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor. ...

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Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944)

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various ways, including solving a crime. ...

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Minesweeper (1943)

A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his re ...

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Submarine Alert (1943)

Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore Japanese sub. To nab the spy ring, the Government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed to see if the Nazis recruit them to c ...

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Alaska Highway (1943)

Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormsby, decides he had rather fight with bullets than bulldozers but is assigned by the Army ...

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High Explosive (1943)

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jea ...

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Aerial Gunner (1943)

Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman. ...

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A Night for Crime (1943)

A dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a fast-talking girl reporter, doubles as amateur sleuth solving yet another mystery among Hollywood's famous. ...

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No Place for a Lady (1943)

A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only it has disappeared by the time the police arrive, leaving him to be charged with hoaxing the police. With h ...

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Lucky Legs (1942)

Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the round ...

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Wildcat (1942)

Wildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the person who brings in the first well. They find oil on the outskirts but have to sell a share to a promoter who hires Johnny's old enemy. ...

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I Live on Danger (1942)

A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss. ...

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Come on Danger (1942)

When a woman turns outlaw, she is suspected of murder. ...

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Meet the Stewarts (1942)

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget. ...

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Obliging Young Lady (1942)

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce. ...

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Torpedo Boat (1942)

Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a lightweight, high-speed torpedo boat (hence the title). Their copacetic business relationship is strained when nightclub singer Grace Holman (Jean Parker), havin ...

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No Hands on the Clock (1941)

A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case. ...

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Who's a Dummy? (1941)

Mrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi, as she needs the family car. The taxi driver tells Leon a tale of a love triangle that sets Leon's imagination on fire. He follows his wife and discovers her re ...

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Down in San Diego (1941)

A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets. ...

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Melody for Three (1941)

Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best for the boy to have his parents back together, and sets out to do ju ...

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Men of the Timberland (1941)

Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his hench ...

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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)

A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder. ...

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Blondie Goes Latin (1941)

Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some lively musical numbers. ...

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Blonde Inspiration (1941)

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for. ...

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Four Mothers (1941)

Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together. ...

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East of the River (1940)

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl. ...

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Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventu ...

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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death. ...

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They Drive by Night (1940)

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company. ...

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Carolina Moon (1940)

A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and save a man and daughter from con men. ...

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Cross-Country Romance (1940)

A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco. ...

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Gaucho Serenade (1940)

Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, ...

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Tear Gas Squad (1940)

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman. ...

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Kid Nightingale (1939)

A waiter who sings gets in a fight with rude customers and overpowers them. A boxing promoter sees this and transforms him into "Kid Nightingale," marketing him as a boxer who sings. ...

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Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop. ...

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Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll. ...

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Quiet, Please (1939)

A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production. ...

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Undercover Agent (1939)

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring. ...

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Dodge City (1939)

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line. ...

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax ...

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Girls on Probation (1938)

A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart. ...

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If I Were King (1938)

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on ...

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Give Me a Sailor (1938)

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim is also in love with Nancy so he begs Nancy's ugly duckling sister, ...

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Blondes at Work (1938)

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information ...

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The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective s ...

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Sea Racketeers (1937)

J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling furs past the Coast Guard. ...

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While the Cat's Away (1936)

Henry and Johnnie need to clean the apartment before the wives get home. ...

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The Policy Girl (1934)

An insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the celebrity a policy. ...

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Kissing Time (1933)

An American woman visits a small South American town where she quickly falls for a charming lieutenant. ...

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In the Dough (1933)

A cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle and chef. ...

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Salt Water Daffy (1933)

In this comedic short, two screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor. ...

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The Radio Murder Mystery (1933)

This short, introduced and closed by Louis Sobol, features Richard Gordon as 'Sherlock Holmes of the air.' Not long after one broadcast explaining in a story how a murder was committed an actual murder is committed using the same technique. The police then ...

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What Price Pants (1931)

The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its illegal shenanigans. Charlie Dale is the greedy owner of a sweatshop pants factory, and Joe Smith is his underpaid cutter. A letter arrives for Smith, informing him ...

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