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Ray Collins

Ray Collins

Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. With 900 stage roles to his credit, he became one of the most successful actors in the developing field of radio drama.

A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, Collins went to Hollywood with the Mercury Theatre company and made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane, as Kane's ruthless political rival.

Collins appeared in more than 75 films and had one of his best-remembered roles on television, as the irascible Lieutenant Arthur Tragg on the television series Perry Mason.

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Jamaica's Cool Runners: Pushcarts and the Art of Living (2014)

Jamaica, famous for its decelerated lifestyle and home of the Reggae music, is also the birthplace of the unique, multi-purpose steerable pushcart: an affectionately hand-made vehicle of diverse capabilities. ...

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Viva la clase media (1980)

Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties. ...

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I'll Give My Life (1960)

This story opens with John Bradford throwing a graduation party for his son, Jim, who has just earned a degree in engineering. John has planned to make his son a partner in his engineering firm for many years. However, Jim has decided to enter the ministry ...

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Touch of Evil (1958)

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth. ...

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Spoilers of the Forest (1957)

Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persu ...

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The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operatio ...

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Never Say Goodbye (1956)

In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes b ...

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The Go-Getter (1956)

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The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)

One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real ...

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Texas Lady (1955)

Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds respons ...

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The Desperate Hours (1955)

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage. ...

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Athena (1954)

A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family. ...

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Rose Marie (1954)

Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapp ...

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Bad for Each Other (1953)

A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping the poor. ...

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The Kid from Left Field (1953)

Coop's an ex-ballplayer is now a peanut vendor, who takes too much of an interest in the game. But he's passed on his craze for baseball to his son, Christie. When his dad gets fired, Chris makes friends with the former team owner's niece (and her boyfrien ...

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The Desert Song (1953)

Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains ...

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Column South (1953)

In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Coll ...

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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952)

The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph Wade, a spy who gets killed by spies Inez and Cyrus Kraft. ...

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Dreamboat (1952)

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been ...

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Young Man with Ideas (1952)

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children. ...

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Invitation (1952)

A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out. ...

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I Want You (1951)

The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy. ...

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The Racket (1951)

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick. ...

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Reunion in Reno (1951)

A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences. ...

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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)

The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygiencially. ...

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You're in the Navy Now (1951)

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the cr ...

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Vengeance Valley (1951)

A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his ...

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Summer Stock (1950)

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who ...

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The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)

A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper. ...

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Kill the Umpire (1950)

Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine un ...

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Paid in Full (1950)

Two sisters fall in love with the same man. After the wedding, the new husband realizes he may have married the wrong sister. ...

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Francis (1950)

During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him. ...

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Free For All (1949)

The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor. ...

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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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The Fountainhead (1949)

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards. ...

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It Happens Every Spring (1949)

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery. ...

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Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949)

Horse story with Dynamite, The Red Stallion... ...

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The Price of Freedom (1949)

The son of a newspaper editor visits his uncle in Germany and learns how government control gradually took away the freedom of the people. He returns and influences his father to print news items which will lead the people of their community to see the wor ...

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Hideout (1949)

Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realization that a jewelry heist may be behind the discovery of a dead body in the park -- and that the culprit may be one of the town's leading citizens (Ray Coll ...

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Command Decision (1948)

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost. ...

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For the Love of Mary (1948)

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics. ...

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Good Sam (1948)

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house. ...

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The Man from Colorado (1948)

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperat ...

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Homecoming (1948)

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a feeling that it's "the thing to do" rather than deep-seated patriotism. On his first day, he's put into place by 'Snapshot', a sassy and attractive nurse. ...

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The Swordsman (1948)

Young lovers brings two fighting clans together. ...

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The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)

A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen. ...

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A Double Life (1947)

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage. ...

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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates. ...

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The Red Stallion (1947)

Family film about an elderly rancher, her young grandson, and the horse that the child raises from a colt. ...

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Trail Street (1947)

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war. ...

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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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The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)

The grandson of Edmond Dantes was cheated out of his fortune and falsely imprisoned, only to escape and wreak vengeance on his betrayers by assuming the guise of the Count of Monte Cristo. Just like grandpa, the younger Dantes is framed by a trio of conniv ...

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Two Years Before the Mast (1946)

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howar ...

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Three Wise Fools (1946)

An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men. ...

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Crack-Up (1946)

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot? ...

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Boys' Ranch (1946)

A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker. ...

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Badman's Territory (1946)

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gan ...

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Night in Paradise (1946)

Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold. ...

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Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)

A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease. ...

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Up Goes Maisie (1946)

A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas. ...

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Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her. ...

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The Hidden Eye (1945)

A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder. ...

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Roughly Speaking (1945)

In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again. ...

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Can't Help Singing (1944)

With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has him sent to California. Headstrong Caroline follows him by train, riverboat, and covered wagon, gaining comp ...

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Barbary Coast Gent (1944)

Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications. ...

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The Seventh Cross (1944)

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to fr ...

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The Eve of St. Mark (1944)

Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and his hometown girlfriend Janet discuss their future plans. ...

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The Hitler Gang (1944)

The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler's rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany. ...

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Main Street Today (1944)

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from. ...

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See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)

Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on th ...

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Madame Curie (1943)

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying in her field, Marie encounters skepticism concerning her abilities, but is eventually offered a research placement in Pierre Curie's lab. The scientists so ...

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Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)

Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself. ...

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Salute to the Marines (1943)

It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first by strangling a Nazi agent, and then dying in his dress blues uniform while blowing up a bridge. ...

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Crime Doctor (1943)

Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist. ...

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Slightly Dangerous (1943)

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity. ...

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The Human Comedy (1943)

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war. ...

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Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement. ...

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The Navy Comes Through (1942)

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis. ...

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Highways by Night (1942)

A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters. ...

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The Big Street (1942)

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him. ...

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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. ...

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Citizen Kane (1941)

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction t ...

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Valley Town: A Study of Machines and Men (1940)

A documentary examining the effects of industrial automation on a small American town. ...

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The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)

A couple of murderous crooks try to smuggle the famous Stanhope diamonds into New York but they're double-crossed and killed before reaching New York. ...

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Words & Music (1931)

Singer Ruth Eton is looking for some new songs to use in her act. Don Hopkins is a songwriter who wants to break into the business, but knows it is difficult to get music publishers to consider new talent. Don sees Ruth having dinner at a night club and as ...

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One Way Out (1931)

A man in the mythical Elyria tries to kill himself but a cop stops him from doing so. In Elyria, one needs a permit to commit suicide, so off the man goes to the Department of Suicides for a suicide permit, which he is granted. ...

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