Back in the Saddle 1941  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Edward Norris, Julie Bishop, Addison Richards, Arthur Loft, Edmund Elton, Edmund Cobb, Joe McGuinn, Robert Barron, Frankie Marvin
This tuneful tidbit has Gene Autry inheriting a ranch, and guess what. Copper is found and Gene must fight the bad guys who want to frame him in a crime so they can get the copper.
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The Blazing Sun 1950  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Lynne Roberts, Anne Gwynne, Kenne Duncan, Alan Hale Jr., Gregg Barton, Edward Norris, Tom London, Steve Darrell
Set in the current time, once again Gene Autry and his sidekick Pat Buttram are on the trail of bank robbers.
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Boys Town 1938   N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Addison Richards, Edward Norris, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson, Mickey Rentschler, Frankie Thomas, Sidney Miller, Martin Spellman, Jimmy Butler
As Father Edward J. Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) strives to set up a community for homeless boys, he runs into trouble with one boy, Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney), whose older brother (Edward Norris) is a gangster. Whitey runs away a number of times and finally manages to join his brother's gang. But, Father Flanagan and the boys capture the gang, and Whitey, at last, respects Father Flanagan's program and has hope for the future. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award as Best Actor for his role in this film (his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar). Nominations were received for Best Picture and Director, and another Oscar was received for Best Original Story.
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Decoy 1946 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Bernhard
Cast: Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard, Marjorie Woodworth, Philip Van Zandt, Carole Donne, Bert Roach, Rosemary Bertrand, William Self, Jody Gilbert, Louis Mason, Pat Flaherty, Ray Teal
Margot (Jean Gillie) schemes to get her hands on her gangster boyfriend Frank's (Robert Armstrong) $400,000 when Frank is scheduled to die in the gas chamber. Her plan is to have Frank's body removed immediately after execution and then have Dr. Craig (Herbert Rudley) administer an antidote that will bring Frank back to life. The plan works, and Frank gives Margot half of a map to locate the money in a treasure chest, but then Frank is shot by a rival, Jim (Edward Norris), who then, with Margot's help, forces the doctor to help find the treasure. Before all is said and done, Margot has killed both the doctor and Jim. For all her work, Margot ends up dead from a fatal gunshot wound, and it turns out the only thing in the treasure chest is a one-dollar bill and a note from Frank saying he knew there would be a double-cross.
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The Gorilla 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Joseph Calleia, Paul Harvey, Edward Norris, Wally Vernon, Art Miles
Inept detectives (the Ritz Brothers–Jimmy, Harry, and Al) visit Peter's (Bela Lugosi) haunted house and become involved in solving a murder mystery.
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I Live on Danger 1942  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Sam White
Cast: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Norris, Dick Purcell, Roger Pryor, Douglas Fowley, Ralph Sanford, Edwin Maxwell, Patsy Nash, Bernadene Hayes, Billy Nelson
Newsman Jeff Morrell (Chester Morris) sets out to prove the innocence of Eddie (Edward Nelson) upon the urging of Eddie's sister, Susan (Jean Parker). In the process, the couple falls in love, and Jeff is successful in saving Eddie. An OK thriller.
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The Kentuckian 1955  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Lancaster
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Diana Lynn, Dianne Foster, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Walter Matthau, John Carradine, Rhys Williams, John Litel, Edward Norris
This is the film adaptation of Basula Felix Holt's novel, "The Gabriel Horn." It also marks the film debut of Walter Matthau. In 1820, Big Eli (Burt Lancaster) and his son left their hard existence in Kentucky in search of better lives in Texas. History is combined with romance and action in this fine film.
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The Lady Has Plans 1942 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Albert Dekker, Margaret Hayes, Cecil Kellaway, Addison Richards, Edward Norris, Charles Arnt, Gerald Mohr
This story is set in Lisbon where Ken Harper (Ray Milland) and his aide, Sidney Royce (Paulette Goddard), walk into the middle of World War II's espionage, and Sidney is mistaken for a spy.
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 The Lady in Question 1940 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris, Curt Bois, Frank Reicher
Juror Andre Morestan (Brian Aherne) votes to acquit Natalie Roguin (Rita Hayworth) in a murder trial and becomes intimately involved in her life.
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The Man from the Alamo 1953 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Glenn Ford, Julie Adams, Chill Wills, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Neville Brand, Jeanne Cooper, John Daheim, George Eldredge, Edward Norris
John Stroud (Glenn Ford) is assigned the job of leaving the Alamo to warn Texans in the surrounding countryside that Santa Ana's forces are approaching.
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The Man with Two Lives 1942 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Edward Norris, Frederick Burton, Addison Richards, Edward Keane, Hugh Sothern, Eleanor Lawson, Marlo Dwyer, Tom Seidel, Elliott Sullivan, Anthony Warde, Ernie Adams, Kenne Duncan
Philip (Edward Norris) and his fiancee, Helen (Marlo Dwyer), are involved in an automobile accident in which Philip is killed. Dr. Richard Clark (Edward Keane) is called in and succeeds in bringing Philip back to life. But, at the same moment, a criminal being executed takes over Philip's soul, and Philip finds himself being drawn into the criminal world.
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Road Show 1941 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Roach
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Charles Butterworth, Patsy Kelly, George E. Stone, Margaret Roach, Polly Ann Young, Edward Norris, Marjorie Woodworth, Florence Bates, Willie Best
Col. Carleton Carroway (Adolphe Menjou) and Drogo Gaines (John Hubbard) escape from a mental asylum and join Penguin Moore's (Carole Landis) carnival. Zaniness abounds.
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Shadows in the Night 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Baxter, Nina Foch, George Zucco, Minor Watson, Lester Matthews, Ben Welden, Edward Norris, Charles C. Wilson, Charles Halton, Jeanne Bates
In this, one of the better Crime Doctor entries, it appears that one of Lois Garland's ( Nina Foch) greedy relatives is trying to drive her insane. Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is called into the haunted house scene to investigate.
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Show Them No Mercy! 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Kidnappers hold a young couple captive and their very lives rest in the mercy of their captors–until the law finally comes to the rescue. Remade as a Western, "Rawhide."
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Trapped by Boston Blackie 1948 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Seymour Friedman
Cast: Chester Morris, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Patricia Barry, Edward Norris, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Fay Baker, William Forrest, Sarah Selby, Mary Currier, Pierre Watkin, Ben Welden, Abigail Adams, Bess Flowers
While Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) are guarding a priceless pearl necklace that Claire Carter (Sarah Selby) plans to wear at a party she is giving, the necklace disappears. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) investigates and finds the necklace in Blackie's pocket. Once again, Blackie and The Runt escape and set out to find the thief in order to clear their names.
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Wagon Trail 1935 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Edward Norris, Roger Williams, Earl Dwire, Chuck Morrison, John Elliott, Chief Thundercloud, Dick Botiller, Francis Walker, Budd Buster
Sheriff Hartley's (Harry Carey) son, Clay (Edward Norris), is talked into riding with a gang in a stage robbery. When a deputy is killed, Clay is wrongly convicted. Sentenced to be hung at dawn, the now ex-sheriff–due to the conviction of his son–uncovers the real killer.
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Wings Over the Pacific 1943 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Inez Cooper, Edward Norris, Montagu Love, Robert Armstrong, Henry Guttman, Ernie Adams, Santini Pualoa, John Roth, Alex Havier, Jody Gilbert, Jimmy Lono
World War I veteran Jim Butler (Montagu Love) and daughter Nona (Inez Cooper) are spending their days during World War II on a remote island in the Pacific. Peacefulness reigns–until American pilot Allan Scott (Edward Norris) and German pilot Kurt Heinmann (Henry Guttman) crash-land their planes on the island.
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| 1. Back in the Saddle (1941)
2. The Blazing Sun (1950)
3. Boys Town (1938)
4. Decoy (1946)
5. The Gorilla (1939)
6. I Live on Danger (1942)
7. The Kentuckian (1955)
8. The Lady Has Plans (1942)
9. The Lady in Question (1940)
10. The Man from the Alamo (1953)
11. The Man with Two Lives (1942)
12. Road Show (1941)
13. Shadows in the Night (1944)
14. Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
15. Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
16. Wagon Trail (1935)
17. Wings Over the Pacific (1943)
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