Bedside Manner 1945  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Her Favorite Patient
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: John Carroll, Ruth Hussey, Charles Ruggles, Ann Rutherford, Claudia Drake, Renee Godfrey, Esther Dale, Grant Mitchell, Frank Jenks, Vera Marshe, John James, Bert Roach
Dr. Hedy Fredericks (Ruth Hussey) visits her hometown, and her overworked uncle, Dr. J.H. Fredericks (Charles Ruggles), wants her to stay around to help with the patient load. When he learns that Hedy has other plans, her uncle convinces an Air Force pilot (John Carroll) to fake an injury and have Hedy treat him. The plot works but not without complications.
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Border Patrol 1943  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Russell Simpson, Claudia Drake, George Reeves, Duncan Renaldo, Cliff Parkinson, Pierce Lyden, Robert Mitchum
Texas Rangers Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd), California (Andy Clyde), and Johnny (Jay Kirby) are tasked to break up the smuggling of Mexicans into the U.S. who are being held as, essentially, slaves in Orestes' (Russell Simpson) silver mine. When one Mexican is shot by a member of the Orestes gang, the Rangers are convicted by a kangaroo court and sentenced to be hanged. They escape and, with great dispatch, take care of the situation. Look for young Robert Mitchum as one of the gang members.
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Detour 1945   N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Roger Clark, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie, Harry Strang, Eddie Hall
Al Roberts (Tom Neal) performs as a pianist in a NYC nightclub. After his girlfriend leaves for L.A., Al decides to follow her and hitchhikes his way west. When the man who gave Al a lift dies, Al, fearing that he will be blamed, buries the body and takes the man's identity. Continuing his journey in the dead man's car, Al picks up another hitchhiker, Vera (Ann Savage), who figures out Al's deception, and, under the threat of blackmail, he gets in ever-deeper trouble when he must join in on her scheme. Cheaply made in six days, this classic film noir has rightly become a cult favorite. 1 User Review
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| | Defeatist guy succombs to bad luck and road to destruction | darknessatnoon 01/10/2007 | | Semi cute... true film noir... but I hoped for better dialog... better acting... better characterization... and better plot... and better directing. Would love to see a remake with a more Whitman male lead and more Stanwick femme fatale and crisper direction (...there're a lot of flow-breaking pauses and non-sequiturs). Still... I wouldn't want to have missed seeing it. |
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Enemy of Women 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Mad Lover
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Claudia Drake, Wolfgang Zilzer, Donald Woods, H.B. Warner, Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Morgan, Gloria Stuart, Robert Barrat, Beryl Wallace, Byron Foulger, Lester Dorr, Crane Whitley
Presumably based on Hitler's propaganda chief, Dr. Goebbels (Wolfgang Zilzer), this wartime propaganda film follows Goebbels from his beginnings as a young playwright and his later womanizing. He had fallen in love with Maria (Claudia Drake) when acting as a tutor and later helped, unknown to her, with her acting career.
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The Lady Confesses 1945 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald, Claudia Drake, Emmett Vogan, Edward Howard, Dewey Robinson, Barbara Slater, Carol Andrews, Jack George
About to be divorced, Norma Craig (Barbara Slater) returns after a seven-year disappearance and tells her husband Larry's (Hugh Beaumont) fiancee Vicky (Mary Beth Hughes) that she cannot marry Larry. That same night, Norma is murdered, and Larry is the prime suspect. Vickie sets out on her own to prove Larry's innocence and finds her own life in peril.
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The Return of Rin Tin Tin 1947  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
aka: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Director: Max Nosseck
Cast: Donald Woods, Robert Blake, Claudia Drake, Steve Pendleton, Earle Hodgins
A young refugee, Paul (Robert Blake), finds a friend in Rin Tin Tin, and for the first time since the war, Paul sees the bright side of life. All goes well until bad guys try to take the dog away, but Paul and Rin Tin Tin are destined to be inseparable.
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| 1. Bedside Manner (1945)
aka: Her Favorite Patient
2. Border Patrol (1943)
3. Detour (1945)
4. Enemy of Women (1944)
aka: The Mad Lover
5. The Face of Marble (1946)
6. False Colors (1943)
7. The Lady Confesses (1945)
8. The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947)
aka: The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
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