Ambush 1949  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl, Don Taylor, Jean Hagen, Bruce Cowling, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Chief Thundercloud, Pat Moriarity
An Indian is involved in tracking a missing woman in this run-of-the mill Western which pits the U.S. Cavalry against the Apaches.
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The Bride Goes Wild 1948  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins, Hume Cronyn, Una Merkel, Arlene Dahl, Lloyd Corrigan, Elisabeth Risdon, Clara Blandick, Richard Derr
The author of children stories, Greg Rawlings (Van Johnson) pretends to be a widower father when he courts schoolteacher Martha Terrytown (June Allyson).
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Desert Legion 1953  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Alan Ladd, Richard Conte, Arlene Dahl, Akim Tamiroff, Oscar Beregi Jr., Leon Askin, Anthony Caruso, George J. Lewis
Alan Ladd leads a group of legionnaires in search of a guerilla leader who has been ambushing legionnaires, and this time it happens again with Ladd as the only survivor. When summoned back by Princess Morjana to rid her hidden city of the evil Crito and his followers, Ladd has his hands full. Stiff and stale.
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Here Come the Girls 1953 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Binyon
Cast: Bob Hope, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl, Rosemary Clooney, William Demarest, Fred Clark, Robert Strauss, Millard Mitchell, Frank Orth, Johnny Downs
Stanley Snodgrass (Bob Hope) becomes the star of a Broadway musical–although he is unaware that he is being set up as bait to trap a murderer.
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Inside Straight 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge, Paula Raymond, Lon Chaney Jr., Roland Winters, Claude Jarman Jr., John Hoyt, Barbara Billingsley
A poker game, set up by Rip MacCool (David Brian), is the vehicle for telling MacCool's history through flashbacks.
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Jamaica Run 1953 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles, Murray Matheson, Robert Warwick, Clarence Muse, Lester Matthews, Laura Elliot, Rex Evans
Ena Dacey (Arlene Dahl) is threatened with losing her Caribbean estate but the captain of a charter boat, Patrick Fairlie (Ray Milland), comes to her rescue.
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 Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Peter Ronson, Thayer David, Robert Adler, Alan Napier, Ben Wright, Molly Roden, Ivan Triesault, Red West, Edith Evanson
Scottish Professor Lindenbrook (James Mason) and his student Alec McEwen (Pat Boone) travel to Iceland at the beginning of their journey to the center of Earth. Along with Carla, whose geologist husband was killed when he attempted the same journey, and their guide Hans (Peter Ronson), they journey through an extinct volcano into Earth's core. On the trek, they encounter floods, winds, and treacherous areas of heat and cold–along with prehistoric beasts and Count Saknussemm (Thayer David) who killed Carla's husband and has been striving to be the first person to reach the center of Earth. Special effects are what earn this film its three stars.
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Kisses for My President 1964 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Edward Andrews, Eli Wallach, Donald May, Harry Holcombe, Bill Walker, Adrienne Marden
Roles are reversed in this comedy about Doris Reid (Polly Bergen) who is elected the first woman President of the United States, and her husband Thad (Fred MacMurray) must adapt to his new role in the public arena.
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Land Raiders 1970 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, Jocelyn Lane, George Coulouris, Guy Rolfe, Phil Brown, Marcella Saint-Amant, Fernando Rey, Paul Picerni, Robert Carricart
Apache-hating Vince Carden (Telly Savalas) attempts to take over their land, and he even resorts to committing robberies and blaming it on the Apaches. With government agents trying to bring peace, Vince's problems mount when his estranged brother (George Maharis) arrives on the scene.
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Night of the Warrior 1991  R, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rafal Zielinski
Cast: Lorenzo Lamas, Anthony Geary, Kathleen Kinmont, Ken Foree, Felicity Waterman, Arlene Dahl, Danny Kamekona, Bill Erwin, Mary Ann Oedy, Richard Redlin
When Miles Keane (Lorenzo Lamas) finds himself in debt paying off his dance club, he turns to illegal martial arts fighting and ends up with even more than money problems.
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Reign of Terror 1949 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Black Book
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Hart, Richard Basehart, Arnold Moss, Norman Lloyd, Charles McGraw, Beulah Bondi, Jess Barker, Wade Crosby, William Challee, Ellen Lowe
Set in France during the French Revolution, this tale of conspiracy and greed centers on the actions of Robespierre whose name has become synonymous with The Terror.
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Slightly Scarlet 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor, Ted de Corsia, Lance Fuller, Buddy Baer, Frank Gerstle, George E. Stone, Ellen Corby
Ben (John Payne) works for crime boss Sol (Ted de Corsia), and he seeks to find dirt on the mayoral candidate, Frank (Kent Taylor), who is campaigning on a platform to rid the city of crime. But Ben falls in love with Frank's secretary, June (Rhonda Fleming), and decides to work for Frank's election. Meanwhile, June's sister (Arlene Dahl) trys to win Ben's love, and Sol is obviously upset over what's going on. Predictable film noir, but good use of Technicolor to set the mood (and show off the redheads).
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A Southern Yankee 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Hero
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris, Lloyd Gough, John Ireland, Minor Watson, Charles Dingle, Art Baker, Reed Hadley
Aubrey (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in Missouri who wants to be a spy for the Yankees in the Civil War. He gets his chance when he substitutes for a captured Southern spy. Skelton is hilarious.
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Three Little Words 1950 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Debbie Reynolds, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins, Gloria DeHaven, Phil Regan, Harry Shannon
Songwriters Bert Kalmar (Red Skelton) and Harry Ruby (Fred Astaire) compose Broadway shows and find romances with performers.
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Woman's World 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Cornel Wilde, Elliott Reid, Margalo Gillmore, Alan Reed
Clifton Webb plays a corporate executive who chooses his new manager from three candidates and decides to base their qualifications on the abilities of their wives.
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| 1. Ambush (1949)
2. The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
3. Desert Legion (1953)
4. Here Come the Girls (1953)
5. Inside Straight (1951)
6. Jamaica Run (1953)
7. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
8. Kisses for My President (1964)
9. Land Raiders (1970)
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
10. Night of the Warrior (1991)
11. Reign of Terror (1949)
aka: The Black Book
12. Slightly Scarlet (1956)
13. A Southern Yankee (1948)
aka: My Hero
14. Three Little Words (1950)
15. Watch the Birdie (1950)
16. Woman's World (1954)
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