Anthony Warde
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Anthony Warde (November 4, 1908 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964.
A native of Pennsylvania, Warde started his Hollywood career in Escape by Night, appearing in a handful of undistinguished feature films before gaining popularity as one of the hardest working henchmen in the 1930s and 1940s serials.
Warde first appeared in his first film bow in 1936, but he spent most of his time bothering serials heroes as a vicious bodyguard, underground leader or infamous rustler, but also was satisfactory in character roles and the occasional sympathetic part. Usually, he played in many unsavory characterizations, including low-budget crime and Western styles throughout his career. He also appeared in popular serials such as Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), for Universal; The Spider Returns (1941) and Batman (1943) for Columbia, as well as in The Masked Marvel (1943), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and The Black Widow (1947) for Republic.
But Warde is probably best remembered for playing Killer Kane, gangster ruler of the Earth in Universal's adaptation of Buck Rogers (1939). In the 1950s, he made a multiple number of TV appearances including a brief turn as a counterfeiter in two episodes of Amos 'N' Andy.
Warde made his last screen appearance in The Carpetbaggers, a 1964 film adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-seller novel. Following his acting career, he owned a men's clothing store.
Anthony Warde died in Hollywood, California at the age of 66.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8272 |
| Birthday | 1908-11-04 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As | Anthony Ward, Tony Ward, Tony Warde, Benjamin Schwartz, |
1966
Destination Saturn
8/1
Made-for-TV feature version of the 1940 movie serial, Buck Rogers.
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Destination Saturn
1977
Buck Rogers
5.8/5
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1966
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
7/2
Feature version of the 1943 serial "The Masked Marvel", q.v., edited for television syndication and 16mm rental only.
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Sakima and the Masked Marvel
1943
White Savage
5.571/7
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
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White Savage
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid
6.565/31
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Cr...
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The Lemon Drop Kid
1948
Panhandle
5.75/16
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
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Panhandle
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
6.45/20
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Dust Be My Destiny
1947
The Thirteenth Hour
6/20
In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
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The Thirteenth Hour
1947
The Black Widow
5.3/5
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The Black Widow
1945
Allotment Wives
6.667/6
Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
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Allotment Wives
1945
Bewitched
5.405/21
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
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Bewitched
1947
High Tide
6.026/19
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High Tide
1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
6.618/17
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
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1948
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
6.5/2
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1951
Storm Warning
6.739/44
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Storm Warning
1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
6.632/19
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1953
Raiders of the Seven Seas
6.125/8
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1948
Here Comes Trouble
5.188/8
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1948
Stage Struck
6.3/5
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
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Stage Struck
1942
Man With Two Lives
5.556/9
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Man With Two Lives
1947
Bells of San Fernando
4.571/7
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Bells of San Fernando
1941
Johnny Eager
6.194/49
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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Johnny Eager
1946
Don Ricardo Returns
8/1
After being shanghaied in a plot to have him declared dead and take over his ranchero and other properties, Don Ricardo, disguised as a peon, returns...
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Don Ricardo Returns
1945
The Monster and the Ape
6.75/6
A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist plans to steal it for use in his criminal plans. His...
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The Monster and the Ape
1943
Where Are Your Children?
7/2
Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plants, meets and falls in love with Danny Chester (Jac...
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Where Are Your Children?
1943
The Masked Marvel
5.5/7
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome sabot...
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The Masked Marvel
1944
Sensations of 1945
6.6/5
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her....
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Sensations of 1945
1948
Congo Bill
3/4
Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
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Congo Bill
1944
The Great Alaskan Mystery
6/3
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The Great Alaskan Mystery
1947
King of the Bandits
7/2
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King of the Bandits
1937
Escape by Night
6/10
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.
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Escape by Night
1948
The Big Punch
6.2/5
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
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The Big Punch
1954
Rear Window
8.339/7126
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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Rear Window
1938
Law of the Underworld
5.8/5
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
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Law of the Underworld
1946
King of the Forest Rangers
7/2
An Indian rug is the key to the location of a lost treasure. When the rug's owner is murdered, it becomes a case for Forest Ranger Steve King
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King of the Forest Rangers
1938
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
6.3/16
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Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
1945
Black Market Babies
5.833/6
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Black Market Babies
1947
That Hagen Girl
5.278/9
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her re...
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That Hagen Girl
1954
Casanova's Big Night
6.053/19
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little susp...
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1938
The Affairs of Annabel
5.5/4
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1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
8/1
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Captain Tugboat Annie
1939
Chip of the Flying U
7.5/2
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Chip of the Flying U
1944
Shadow of Suspicion
7.5/2
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Shadow of Suspicion
1946
Dark Alibi
6.318/22
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Dark Alibi
1964
The Carpetbaggers
5.859/39
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
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The Carpetbaggers
1939
Tell No Tales
5.357/7
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Tell No Tales
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
5.955/11
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For...
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
7/1
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who...
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Tim Tyler's Luck
1939
Buck Rogers
6.071/14
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a spe...
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Buck Rogers
1939
Pacific Liner
5.538/13
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Pacific Liner
1939
Almost a Gentleman
8/2
Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
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Almost a Gentleman
1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
8/2
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. Wh...
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1943
Crime Doctor
6.357/14
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...
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Crime Doctor
1944
Dixie Jamboree
5.4/5
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
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Dixie Jamboree
1943
Shantytown
6.5/2
Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"
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Shantytown
1940
The Earl of Chicago
6.286/7
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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The Earl of Chicago
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
7.441/1549
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of internati...
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1954
Day of Triumph
8/2
A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
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Day of Triumph
1947
Killer Dill
7.333/3
Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
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Killer Dill
1943
I Escaped from the Gestapo
6/6
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the...
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I Escaped from the Gestapo
1939
Oklahoma Frontier
6/2
It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier is also after the same section and has hired outlaws to...
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Oklahoma Frontier
1942
Eyes of the Underworld
5.6/5
Blackmail and murder in a tale of an auto-theft ring.
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Eyes of the Underworld
1943
Riders of the Deadline
5.28/5
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the...
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Riders of the Deadline
1940
The Sea Hawk
7.206/153
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
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The Sea Hawk
1940
Florian
4.5/2
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
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Florian
1940
Millionaires in Prison
6.143/7
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
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Millionaires in Prison
1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
6.75/4
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1940
The Green Archer
6.583/6
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes...
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The Green Archer
1949
Trail of the Yukon
7.5/2
When the local Banker jumps the Blaine's claim, they have men rob the bank to retrieve their money. When the men try to double-cross the Blains, a gun...
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Trail of the Yukon
1949
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
7.5/2
The war lords of a potential enemy of the US has the spy ring, led by John Baroda, the Spy King and his aide Nitra, sabotaging the plans for a vast de...
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Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
1944
Are These Our Parents?
7/1
A mother's preference for partying, boozing and running around with an assortment of sleazy characters results in her neglecting her nubile teenage da...
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Are These Our Parents?
1945
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
9/1
In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit gambling dens. The resulting pictures are then use...
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Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1941
The Spider Returns
8.5/4
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
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The Spider Returns
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
5.8/5
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangl...
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Keep 'Em Slugging
1941
Ridin' on a Rainbow
5.833/6
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves...
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Ridin' on a Rainbow
1942
King of the Mounties
8/1
King of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic p...
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King of the Mounties
1953
Planet Outlaws
4.857/14
A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been tak...
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Planet Outlaws
1941
Down in San Diego
6.667/3
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 w...
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Down in San Diego
1946
North of the Border
10/1
Rancher "Utah" Neyes crosses the border into Canada to meet his partner, only to find that the latter has been murdered by a gang led by "Nails" Nelso...
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North of the Border
1947
Where the North Begins
7.5/2
A Canadian Mountie investigates the disappearance of a brother officer.
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Where the North Begins
1941
Lady from Louisiana
5.406/16
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mir...
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Lady from Louisiana
1944
Mystery of the Riverboat
6.5/2
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.
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Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
The Mummy's Ghost
5.637/84
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning th...
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The Mummy's Ghost
1951
Roaring City
5.071/7
A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's murder.
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Roaring City
1952
The Atomic City
5.656/16
Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula.
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The Atomic City
1941
Singapore Woman
7.167/6
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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Singapore Woman
1943
Captive Wild Woman
5.346/39
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it cost...
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Captive Wild Woman
1951
Mysterious Island
6.333/6
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and...
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Mysterious Island
1943
The Ghost and the Guest
5.611/9
Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching...
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The Ghost and the Guest
1943
So's Your Uncle
6/2
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not appr...
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So's Your Uncle
1943
Batman
6.264/127
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American sc...
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Batman
1938
The Saint in New York
6.529/17
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox...
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The Saint in New York
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
5.75/26
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly cl...
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Here Come the Co-Eds
1939
Twelve Crowded Hours
6.125/4
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
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Twelve Crowded Hours
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.514/36
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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Marie Antoinette
1953
The War of the Worlds
6.811/692
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from...
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The War of the Worlds
1940
So You Won't Talk?
5.75/4
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
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So You Won't Talk?
1946
The Mask of Diijon
4.765/17
A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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The Mask of Diijon
1943
Secret Service In Darkest Africa
7/3
An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring.
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Secret Service In Darkest Africa
1938
Come On, Leathernecks!
7.5/2
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
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Come On, Leathernecks!
1942
Broadway
6.375/4
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
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Broadway
1944
Follow the Boys
5.727/11
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical...
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Follow the Boys
1947
Devil Ship
6.5/2
Captain Biff Brown owns a boat used to ferry prisoners from the mainland to Alcatraz. The police find some escape tools on his boat and, although Brow...
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