Background to Danger 1943  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Osa Massen, Turhan Bey, Frank Puglia, Pedro de Cordoba, Steven Geray, Nestor Paiva, Willard Robertson, Kurt Katch, Jean Del Val, Michael Mark, Wilhelm von Brincken
During World War II, American espionage agent Joe Barton (George Raft) is sent to Ankara where he is given an envelope containing maps showing where the Germans will invade Turkey. Nazi agent Colonel Robinson (Sidney Greenstreet) knows about the maps and orders his agents to severely beat Barton, but he is rescued by Turkish official Zaloshoff (Peter Lorre) and his sister Tamara (Brenda Marshall). The maps are stolen by Robinson's agents, and the chase is on as Barton will stop at nothing to retrieve them.
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Captains of the Clouds 1942  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Denny, Reginald Gardiner, Paul Cavanagh, Russell Arms, Clem Bevans
Brian MacLean (James Cagney) is a bush pilot in Canada during 1940 who runs a delivery service for adventurers way up north. Stimulated by hearing Winston Churchill's "we will not surrender" speech, Brian and his buddies join the Royal Canadian Air Force. There's lots of romance and humor but not much action.
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The Constant Nymph 1943  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Dame May Whitty, Peter Lorre, Eduardo Ciannelli, Montagu Love, Marcel Dalio
Joan Fontaine received an Academy Award nomination for her role as the 14-year-old Tessa Sanger who is smitten with the sophisticated composer, Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer).
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Footsteps in the Dark 1941 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale, Lee Patrick, Allen Jenkins, Lucile Watson, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Grant Mitchell
While looking for ideas for crime novels, writer Francis Warren (Errol Flynn) heads for the seamy side of the city and ends up solving a real crime.
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The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, George Tobias, Marc Lawrence, John Litel, Henry Armetta, Alan Baxter
Great courtroom drama prevails in this film pitting two brothers–the District Attorney (George Brent) and the Defense Attorney (William Lundigan)–as adversaries working on the same case. This is a remake of "The Mouthpiece" and was again remade as "Illegal."
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 The Sea Hawk 1940   N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Flora Robson, Alan Hale, Donald Crisp, Gilbert Roland, William Lundigan, Montagu Love, Francis McDonald, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor, James Stephenson, Julien Mitchell, J.M. Kerrigan
Errol Flynn is definitely at his swashbuckling best as 1850s' British pirate Geoffrey Thorpe leads the Sea Hawk pirates on raids and captures more than 50 Spanish ships. In the process, he learns that the Spanish are planning to attack England and have placed spies in Queen Elizabeth's (Flora Robson) court. But, Elizabeth does not approve of Thorpe's pirating tactics and demands that he change his ways. Meanwhile, Thorpe falls in love with Dona Maria (Brenda Marshall), and now he must expose the treachery to save his country and win the love of Dona Maria. 1 User Review
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Strange Impersonation 1946  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler, Ruth Ford, H.B. Warner, Lyle Talbot, Mary Treen, Cay Forrester, Dick Scott, Forrest Taylor
Nora (Brenda Marshall) has told her fiance Stephen (William Gargan) that she is too busy with her scientific research to take time for marriage. She is in the process of inventing a new anesthesia and asks for help from her assistant Arline (Hillary Brooke) to inject her with the new drug. The drug is given. Too late, she learns that Arline has used the drug test to her advantage. She over-mixed the drugs before injecting Nora. While Nora is sleeping, Stephen returns and then leaves again. An explosion disfigures her face, and while Nora is fixing her face, Arline runs off with Stephen. Now, Nora schemes to get Stephen back and exact revenge on Arline. Nora experiences quite an adventure in the process, but, by story's end, she awakens and realizes that the whole experience was only a nightmare brought on by the anesthesia.
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Whispering Smith 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Alan Ladd, Brenda Marshall, Robert Preston, Donald Crisp, William Demarest, Frank Faylen, Fay Holden, Murvyn Vye, John Eldredge, J. Farrell MacDonald
Railroad detective Whispering Smith (Alan Ladd) uncovers the fact that his friend is involved in a series of robberies.
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| 1. Background to Danger (1943)
2. Captains of the Clouds (1942)
3. The Constant Nymph (1943)
4. Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
5. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
6. The Sea Hawk (1940)
7. Strange Impersonation (1946)
8. Whispering Smith (1948)
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