The Amazing Spider-Man 1977  TV, 92 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Spider-Man
Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Cast: Nicholas Hammond, Thayer David, David White, Michael Pataki, Lisa Eilbacher, Jeff Donnell, Hilly Hicks, Dick Balduzzi, Ivor Francis, Barry Cutler, Robert Hastings, Carmelita Pope, Norman Rice, Len Lesser, Ivan Bonar
Based on the Marvel comics superhero, this film was the pilot for a TV series. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker (Nicholas Hammond) becomes super-strong and is able to climb vertical structures with ease, as well as perform other feats–just what one needs to become a super crime fighter. This being his daytime job, he works as a photographer for the newspaper by night. His major task at the moment is saving the world from a mad scientist who blackmails the city by threatening to unleash people programmed to blow themselves up.
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The Blue Gardenia 1953  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern, Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erdman, George Reeves, Ruth Storey, Ray Walker, Nat King Cole
After finding out that her soldier/boyfriend has found a new girlfriend, Norah (Anne Baxter) goes out with Harry (Raymond Burr). The blind date doesn't go well for Norah. Returning to Harry's place after having too much to drink, he makes a pass at her, and she takes a poker to him. Later, after Harry is found dead, Norah assumes she did it while drunk, and now a reporter (Richard Conte) is on her trail. OK film noir.
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The Boogie Man Will Get You 1942 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Jeff Donnell, Larry Parks, Maude Eburne, Don Beddoe, Frank Puglia, George McKay, Frank Sully
To help with the war effort, Professor Billings (Boris Karloff) and Doctor Lorentz (Peter Lorre) plan to turn corpses into supermen who will fight for the Allies in World War II.
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Doughboys in Ireland 1943  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Kenny Baker, Jeff Donnell, Lynn Merrick, Guy Bonham, Harry Shannon, Dorothy Vaughan, Robert Mitchum, Pedro de Cordoba, Herbert Rawlinson, George Tyne
Orchestra leader Danny O'Keefe (Kenny Baker) is drafted into the Army and sent to Ireland where he helps entertain the troops. He strikes up a romance with a local girl (Jeff Donnell), but things get dicey when his state-side girlfriend (Lynn Merrick) shows up as part of a USO troupe. Not much, but another one of many such World War II tension-relievers.
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Easy Living 1949  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts, Lloyd Nolan, Paul Stewart, Jeff Donnell, Jim Backus, Don Beddoe, Art Baker
A football player (Victor Mature) risks a heart attack and continues to play his sport for fear that his wife (Lizabeth Scott) will not stay in their marriage if he quits the game.
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The First Time 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Bill Goodwin, Jeff Donnell, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Harvey, Cora Witherspoon, Bea Benaderet, Mona Barrie, Kathleen Comegys
Joe and Betsy (Robert Cummings and Barbara Hale) await the arrival of their baby with high anticipation. But after the baby arrives, they find that parenting is not as easy nor always as pleasant as they anticipated. Not great, but some laughs.
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 In a Lonely Place 1950 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Art Smith, Carl Benton Reid, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, Martha Stewart, William Ching
Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is a hot-tempered Hollywood screenwriter who is accused of murder until Laurie Gray (Gloria Grahame) provides an alibi. Subsequent pressure from the police brings out Steele's violent nature.
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 My Man Godfrey 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor, Jay Robinson, Martha Hyer, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Anderson, Eric Sinclair, Dabbs Greer, Harry Cheshire, Fred Essler, Jack Mather, Paul Levitt
While on a scavenger hunt for a "Forgotten Man," socialite Irene Bullock (June Allyson) finds down-on-his-luck Godfrey (David Niven) and brings him back to the party hoping to win the prize. That event leads to Godfrey being taken into the Bullock home where he serves as the family's butler and works to bring some sense into the lives of the screwball Bullock family.
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My Sister Eileen 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias, Allyn Joslyn, Elizabeth Patterson, Grant Mitchell, Richard Quine, June Havoc, Donald MacBride, Gordon Jones, Frank Sully, Clyde Fillmore, Jeff Donnell, Ann Doran
This is the movie version of the 1940 Broadway hit about two sisters, Ruth (Rosalind Russell) and Eileen (Janet Blair), from Ohio who move into a basement-studio apartment in Greenwich Village where they meet and befriend their nutty neighbors. Ruth yearns to be a writer, while Eileen is determined to find success on the stage. Ruth finds success in her field when she starts writing about her sister Eileen, and she finds love with magazine editor Robert Barker (Brian Aherne) who has taken an interest in helping both sisters succeed with their plans. Russell received an Oscar nomination for her performance. A musical version was made in 1955, which followed a Broadway musical remake.
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A Night to Remember 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, Will Wright, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Donald MacBride, Lee Patrick, Don Costello, Blanche Yurka
Mystery writer Jeff Troy (Brian Aherne) and his wife, Nancy (Loretta Young), find a dead body in their apartment. After more than one misstep, the amateur sleuths really do find the killer.
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The Phantom Thief 1946 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: D. Ross Lederman
Cast: Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane, Dusty Anderson, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Marvin Miller, Wilton Graff, Murray Alper, Forbes Murray, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Dunn, George Magrill, Eddie Fetherston, Edmund Cobb
Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) is back, and this time around the reformed thief and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) follow clues left by a jewel thief and killer that lead to a seance where spiritualist Dr. Nejino (Marvin Miller) and his racket are exposed.
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 Sweet Smell of Success 1957 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Edith Atwater, Emile Meyer, Joseph Leon
This top-notch film reveals the corrupt world of gossip columnists. Burt Lancaster plays J.J. Hunsecker, the columnist who has press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) try to break up his sister's (Susan Harrison) romance.
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Thief of Damascus 1952 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Will Jason
Cast: Paul Henreid, John Sutton, Jeff Donnell, Lon Chaney Jr., Elena Verdugo, Robert Clary, Philip Van Zandt, Edward Colmans, Nelson Leigh, Leonard Penn
During a siege of Damascus, an alliance between opposing forces results in the invaders' defeat.
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Three Guys Named Mike 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Barry Sullivan, Phyllis Kirk, Anne Sargent, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Heyes, Robert E. Sherwood, Don McGuire, Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Sanders
Flight attendant Marcy (Jane Wyman) knows that three "Mikes" are romantically interested in her. When Mike Lawrence (Van Johnson), Mike Jamison (Howard Keel), and Mike Tracy (Barry Sullivan) find out about each other, Marcy must choose from the three.
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Walk Softly, Stranger 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jack Paar, Jeff Donnell, John McIntire, Howard Petrie, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale
In an attempt to start over, shady gambler Chris Hale (Joseph Cotten) relocates to a small town and takes a shoe factory job. Seeing the way to make a fast buck, he pretends to fall in love with the owner's daughter (Alida Valli), who is confined to a wheelchair. But Chris does fall in love, again deciding to go straight, but his past resurfaces. Slow.
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| 1. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
aka: Spider-Man
2. The Blue Gardenia (1953)
3. The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
4. Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
5. Easy Living (1949)
6. The First Time (1952)
7. The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
8. Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
9. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
10. In a Lonely Place (1950)
11. My Man Godfrey (1957)
12. My Sister Eileen (1942)
13. A Night to Remember (1943)
14. The Phantom Thief (1946)
15. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
16. Thief of Damascus (1952)
17. Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
18. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
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