Blaze of Noon 1947  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny Tufts, William Bendix, Sterling Hayden, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, Johnny Sands, Jean Wallace, Lloyd Corrigan
Early days of the United States Air Mail service provide the subject for this film featuring brothers Colin (William Holden), Roland (Sonny Tufts), Tad (Sterling Hayden), and Keith (Johnny Sands) who pioneered the new profession as daring pilots.
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Cat-Women of the Moon 1953  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Romance
aka: Rocket to the Moon
Director: Arthur Hilton
Cast: Sonny Tufts, Victor Jory, Marie Windsor, William Phipps, Douglas Fowley, Carol Brewster, Susan Morrow, Suzanne Alexander, Bette Arlen, Roxann Delman, Ellye Marshall, Judy Walsh
Commander Laird Grainger (Sonny Tufts) and his space ship co-pilot Kip Reissner (Victor Jory) take off for an expedition to the "back" side of the moon. Others in the crew are navigator Helen Salinger (Marie Windsor), Doug Smith (William Phipps), and Walt Walters (Douglas Fowley). When they land on the moon, they discover an underground empire of women, led by Alpha (Carol Brewster). They are the last members of an old civilization, and, after hypnotizing Helen, they plot to learn how to operate the ship so that they can steal it and head for Earth. Remade as "Missile to the Moon."
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Come Next Spring 1956  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Steve Cochran, Walter Brennan, Sherry Jackson, Richard Eyer, Edgar Buchanan, Sonny Tufts, Harry Shannon, Mae Clark, Roscoe Ates
Following eight years of roaming the countryside, family patriarch Matt Ballot (Steve Cochran) returns to his wife Bess (Ann Sheridan) and children. He has his work cut out for him in convincing relatives and friends that he is home to stay.
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The Crooked Way 1949  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans, Greta Grandstedt, Harry Bronson, Raymond Largay, Hal Baylor, Don Haggerty
While Eddie Rice (John Payne) is recuperating from shell shock–but is still suffering amnesia–following his service in World War II, his criminal past begins to catch up with him.
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Cross My Heart 1946  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Berry
Cast: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Rhys Williams, Ruth Donnelly, Iris Adrian, Al Bridge, Howard Freeman, Michael Chekhov, Milton Kibbee, Lewis L. Russell
Confessing to a murder she did not commit, a woman (Betty Hutton) depends on her lawyer husband (Sonny Tufts) to defend her and, in turn, give her the attention she craves. This is a remake of "True Confession."
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Easy Come, Easy Go 1947 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Diana Lynn, Sonny Tufts, Dick Foran, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, John Litel, Arthur Shields, Frank Faylen, James Burke
Irish gambler Martin (Barry Fitzgerald) is hooked on horse racing, and his daughter Connie (Diana Lynn) has the money that keeps the habit going. So, when she intends to get married, Martin just can't let that happen.
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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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Government Girl 1943 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dudley Nichols
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker, James Dunn, Paul Stewart, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Davenport, Sig Ruman, Jane Darwell
When Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) is hired to develop bomber planes, a pretty secretary, Smokey Allard (Olivia de Havilland), shows him the ropes of wartime bureaucracy in Washington D.C.
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Here Come the Waves 1944 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ann Doran, Catherine Craig, Noel Neill, Anabel Shaw, Mae Clarke, Minor Watson, Yvonne De Carlo
"Ac-cent-u-ate the Positive" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song in this delightful musical about Johnny Cabot (Bing Crosby) courting twins Susie and Rosemary (Betty Hutton plays both).
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Miss Susie Slagle's 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield, Ray Collins, Lillian Gish, Billy De Wolfe, Lloyd Bridges, Bill Edwards, Roman Bohnen, Morris Carnovsky
A group of medical students live together in Miss Susie Slagle's boarding house. Set in the early 1900s, this is the story of the drama and humor surrounding the lives of these future doctors and nurses.
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 The Seven Year Itch 1955 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Butch Bernard, Sonny Tufts, Robert Strauss, Oskar Homolka, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Moore, Donald MacBride
After seven years of marriage, Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) and his wife (Evelyn Keyes) say a short goodbye as she leaves to spend the summer in the coolness of Maine, and he resolves to spend a boring summer in the city. Boredom is thrown to the wind when Richard meets a neighbor (Marilyn Monroe). Tom Ewell: "What happened at the office? Well, I shot Mr. Brady in the head, made violent love to Miss Morris, and set fire to 300,000 copies of 'Little Women'."
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So Proudly We Hail! 1943 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, George Reeves, Barbara Britton, Walter Abel, Sonny Tufts, Bill Goodwin, Mary Treen, John Litel
In this somewhat dated, but still enjoyable, film Army nurses serve on Bataan treating the wounded soldiers during World War II. Paulette Goddard was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress).
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The Virginian 1946 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Gilmore
Cast: Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Henry O'Neill, Marc Lawrence, Paul Guilfoyle, William Frawley
Joel McCrea is the fourth actor to play the lead role in this story of the good guy, the Eastern schoolteacher, the friend-gone-bad, and the villain (Brian Donlevy). OK; saved by Donlevy, who always makes a good villain.
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The Well-Groomed Bride 1946 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts, James Gleason, Constance Dowling, Percy Kilbride, Jean Heather, Tom Fadden, Don Beddoe, William Forrest
Lieutenant Dudley Briggs (Ray Milland) tries to get the only bottle of French champagne in San Francisco to use in the christening of an aircraft carrier. His quest leads to Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland) who is saving the champagne for her wedding to Lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts).
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| 1. Blaze of Noon (1947)
2. Cat-Women of the Moon (1953)
aka: Rocket to the Moon
3. Come Next Spring (1956)
4. The Crooked Way (1949)
5. Cross My Heart (1946)
6. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
7. Easy Living (1949)
8. Government Girl (1943)
9. Here Come the Waves (1944)
10. I Love a Soldier (1944)
11. Miss Susie Slagle's (1945)
12. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
13. So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
14. The Virginian (1946)
15. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
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