The Ape Man 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Lock Your Doors
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford, Henry Hall, Minerva Urecal, Ralph Littlefield, J. Farrell MacDonald, Wheeler Oakman, Emil Van Horn, George Kirby, Jack Mulhall, Charles Jordan, Charlie Hall, Ray Miller, William Ruhl
Mad scientist James Brewster (Bela Lugosi) is working on a serum derived from the spinal fluid of a gorilla. He injects himself to test the serum and turns into a hairy, gorilla-like being. In order to reverse the process, he and his gorilla cohort must murder humans to get their spinal fluids.
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Back Door to Heaven 1939  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Wallace Ford, William Harrigan, Aline MacMahon, Raymond Roe, Anita Magee, Jane Seymour, Stuart Erwin, William Redfield, Kenneth LeRoy, Jimmy Lydon, Alfred Webster, Van Heflin
As a youth, Frankie Regan (Jimmy Lydon) was a juvenile delinquent; the adult Frankie (Wallace Ford) tries, but fails miserably, to go straight.
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Black Angel 1946  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford, Hobart Cavanaugh, Freddie Steele, John Phillips, Ben Bard, Junius Matthews, Marion Martin
Although innocent, Kirk Bennett (John Phillips) is sentenced to death for the murder of Martin Blair's (Dan Duryea) ex-wife (Constance Dowling). Kirk's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), teams up with Martin to prove Kirk's innocence.
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Blood on the Sun 1945  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller / Romance
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney, Wallace Ford, Rosemary DeCamp, Robert Armstrong, John Emery, Frank Puglia, Philip Ahn, Marvin Miller, Rhys Williams, Porter Hall, John Halloran, Leonard Strong, James Bell, Hugh Beaumont
This film involves the activities of American newspaper reporter Nick Condon (James Cagney) in Tokyo between World War I and World War II. Condon tries to uncover the "Tanaka Plan"–a grand scheme for Japanese world domination. The Japanese police are on Condon's trail, but he gets help from Chinese-American spy Iris (Sylvia Sidney) who sees this as her chance to settle a score with the Japanese High Command.
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Blues in the Night 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson, Wallace Ford, Howard Da Silva, Elia Kazan, Billy Halop, Peter Whitney, Joyce Compton, Herbert Heywood, George Lloyd, Charles C. Wilson, Matt McHugh
"Jigger" Pine (Richard Whorf) forms a jazz band, and the trumpeter Leo's (Jack Carson) wife Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) is their singer. They wait for that big break that doesn't come and spend their time riding the trains from one small gig to another. On one train ride they meet gangster Del Davis (Lloyd Nolan) who offers the band a job at his New Jersey roadhouse. They begin performing for Davis and employ sultry Kay (Betty Field) as their singer–and, too late, learn how mobster's moll Kay can tear the band apart.
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The Boy from Oklahoma 1954 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Wallace Ford, Merv Griffin, Sheb Wooley, Slim Pickens, Clem Bevans, Louis Jean Heydt
Tom Brewster (Will Rogers Jr.) becomes sheriff of a small town and keeps law and order in his own unique way.
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The Breaking Point 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Sherry Jackson, Ralph Dumke, William Campbell, John Doucette, Edmon Ryan
This remake of Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have Not" stars John Garfield in the role of Harry Morgan–the captain of a boat who, needing money, contracts to smuggle illegal aliens into California.
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Crack-Up 1946 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Tommy Noonan, Ellen Corby, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford
While trying to regain his own memory, amnesia victim George Steele (Pat O'Brien) attempts to get to the bottom of a series of suspected forgeries at his museum.
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The Cross of Lorraine 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Whorf, Joseph Calleia, Peter Lorre, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Jack Lambert, Donald Curtis
Surrendering to the Nazis under the false illusion of being sent home, Paul (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and Victor (Gene Kelly) suffer the brutality of concentration camp life–especially at the hands of Sergeant Berger (Peter Lorre). Useful war propaganda.
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 Dead Reckoning 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford, James Bell, George Chandler, William Forrest
After failing to locate his missing army buddy, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) investigates and discovers a murder that is gangster related.
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Exiled to Shanghai 1937  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger, William Bakewell, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale, William Harrigan, Sarah Padden, Syd Saylor, Charles Trowbridge, Johnny Arthur, Minerva Urecal
After being fired by boss Charlie Sears (Dean Jagger), Ted Young (Wallace Ford) establishes the first television newsreel service and is re-hired by his news agency where he and Charlie vie for the attentions of Nancy Jones (June Travis).
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Flesh and Fury 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist, Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino, Harry Shannon, Nella Walker
A hearing and speech impaired boxer, Paul Callan (Tony Curtis), is torn between two women: a sexy blonde (Jan Sterling) and an honest, secure reporter (Mona Freeman).
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 Freaks 1932  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Wallace Ford, Olga Baclanova, Leila Hyams, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Edward Brophy, Matt McHugh, Rose Dione, Harry Earles, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Schlitze, Josephine Joseph, Johnny Eck, Frances O'Connor, Peter Robinson
This is producer Irving Thalberg's classic film about circus sideshow "freaks." "Little person" Hans (Harry Earles) marries trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova), but Cleopatra is planning to kill him, collect his money, and run off with strongman Hercules (Henry Victor). However, there is a code of honor among circus freaks, and they are keeping an eye on Cleopatra. The freaks uncover Cleopatra's scheme after she poisons Hans, and they transform her into a Feathered Hen. This insightful horror film forces the viewer to rethink preconceived ideas about those who are "different."
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The Furies 1950 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, Beulah Bondi, Albert Dekker, Wallace Ford, Blanche Yurka, John Bromfield, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Ferguson, Charles Evans
Cattle baron T.C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) and his daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), become estranged and fight over his New Mexico Territory ranch, "The Furies." Vance joins forces with her lover Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey) in a powerful psychological struggle between two strong personalities that leads to tragic results.
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The Green Years 1946 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Jessica Tandy, Richard Haydn, Andy Clyde, Wallace Ford
This is a saga of a boy growing into manhood. Following the death of his parents, Robert Shannon (Dean Stockwell and later Tom Drake) goes to Scotland where he lives with his great-grandfather (Charles Coburn). Of note in this film is the casting of Jessica Tandy as Kate Leckie, the daughter of Papa Leckie (Hume Cronyn).
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 Harvey 1950  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Victoria Horne, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Wallace Ford, Nana Bryant, Clem Bevans, William H. Lynn, Grayce Mills, Gino Corrado, Ida Moore, Dick Wessel
James Stewart plays Elwood P. Dowd, a middle-aged eccentric who often drinks too much. Elwood has an imaginary friend–a very tall rabbit named Harvey. This social commentary on sanity pits Elwood against his social-climbing relatives. Josephine Hull won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her fine performance as Elwood's sister Veta Louise Simmons. Stewart received a nomination for Best Actor.
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He Ran All the Way 1951 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford, Selena Royle, Gladys George, Norman Lloyd, Bobby Hyatt, Clancy Cooper, Renny McEvoy, Dale Van Sickel
In this final film of John Garfield, he plays a criminal escaping after a bank robbery in which he killed a cop. He takes refuge with Peg's (Shelley Winters) family and takes them hostage.
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The Informer 1935 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor, J.M. Kerrigan, Donald Meek, Joe Sawyer, Neil Fitzgerald, D'Arcy Corrigan, Leo McCabe, Steve Pendleton, Francis Ford, May Boley
Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen) turns in his rebel friend (Preston Foster) for the government's reward money, which in turn will provide passage for his girlfriend (Margot Grahame). Of course, this action initiates revenge from the I.R.A. rebel forces. John Ford won the Best Director Oscar, and Victor McLaglen took Best Actor honors. Two other Oscars were received (Best Writing and Musical Score), and the film was nominated for Best Picture.
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Inside the Law 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Wallace Ford, Frank Sully, Harry Holman, Luana Walters, Lafe McKee, Barton Hepburn, Danny Duncan, Earle Hodgins, Rose Plumer, Robert Frazer
Cross-country con artists, led by Pop Cobb (Lafe McKee) and Mom Cobb (Rose Plumer), find a letter appointing the recipient to the job as cashier at the local bank. Gang member Billy (Wallace Ford) assumes the identity and takes the cashier job through which the gang plans for him to walk away with the deposits. But, as days pass, the gang members decide to go straight and, after a series of funny events, become town heroes.
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Jericho 1937 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Dark Sands
Director: Thornton Freeland
Cast: Paul Robeson, Wallace Ford, Henry Wilcoxon, Princess Kouka, John Laurie, James Carew, Lawrence Brown, Rufus Fennell, Ike Hatch, Frank Cram, George Barraud
Unjustly convicted of the crime of striking an officer, Cpl. Jericho Jackson (Paul Robeson), is given the chance to escape when Capt. Mack (Henry Wilcoxon) allows him to attend a Christmas celebration. Robeson does get away and begins a new life in Africa. Mack, however, is court-martialed for his part in the escape and serves five years at Leavenworth. Upon his release, Mack spots a picture of Jackson in a newsreal and sets out in pursuit.
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The Last Hurrah 1958 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, John Carradine, Edward Brophy, Dianne Foster, Wallace Ford, Willis Bouchey, Basil Ruysdael, Ricardo Cortez, Frank McHugh, Carleton Young
Politics in big cities is the theme of this compelling story, which is based on the tenure of Boston Mayor James Curley. Mayor Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) tries to assist the people of his city and even deals in corruption to achieve his goal. When banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone) refuses to give Skeffington a loan, Skeffington uses his political clout and blackmails Cass into giving him the money. Skeffington's nephew, reporter Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), admires Skeffington, but even he cannot ignore the devious methods employed by his uncle to achieve success. This film is well worth watching for anyone interested in the inner-workings of U.S. politics and for the great job by the seasoned cast.
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A Lawless Street 1955 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, John Emery, James Bell, Ruth Donnelly, Michael Pate, Don Megowan, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Hagney
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) has spent years trying to clean up the West, but after he is shot and believed killed in the town of Medicine Bend, he hangs up his guns and returns to his wife, dance-hall singer Tally (Angela Lansbury), who had left him because of the dangers inherent in his job.
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The Lost Patrol 1934 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst, Douglas Walton, Sammy Stein, Howard Wilson, Neville Clark, Paul Hanson, Francis Ford, Frank(1) Baker
In this film adaptation of Philip MacDonald's novel, the story involves a British patrol stranded in the Mesopotamia Desert during World War I. The men are trying, with great difficulty, to fend off Arab enemy forces when their commanding officer is killed. A sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes over, but the patrol has no knowledge of its location–or even its mission–when they start their trek across the desert. They stumble onto an oasis where they hope to find rest, but snipers begin to pick off the men, and the religious ranting of Sanders (Boris Karloff) fills their ears. Finally, only two men remain alive–Sergeant Morelli (Wallace Ford) and Sanders–and the desperate fight for survival continues. Another John Ford masterpiece with interesting characters.
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Love, Honor and Oh Baby! 1940  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Marc Lawrence, Warren Hymer, Mona Barrie, Hobart Cavanaugh, Irving Bacon, Frank Puglia, Thomas E. Jackson, Eddy Waller, Matt McHugh, Robert Frazer, David Oliver, Vinton Haworth
After the break-up with his girlfriend, a desolate Brian (Donald Woods) decides to help his sister by hiring a hit man to kill him and allow his sister to collect on his insurance. Then, Brian falls in love with another woman, and now must race against time to figure out who the hit man is and to cancel the contract.
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Lucy Gallant 1955  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter, William Demarest, Wallace Ford, Edith Head, Tom Helmore, Gloria Talbott, Mary Field
After being dumped by her bridegroom, Lucy Gallant (Jane Wyman) proves she is more successful in business than in love. But, millionaire Casey Cole (Charlton Heston) is determined to prove that her personal life can be happy, too. 1 User Review
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Magic Town 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks, Wallace Ford, Regis Toomey, Donald Meek, Ann Doran, Ann Shoemaker, Mickey Kuhn, Larry Wheat
After a pollster, Rip Smith (James Stewart), finds the quintessential American town, troubles brew when the resulting publicity exposes the quiet town to the rest of the world.
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A Man Betrayed 1941 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Wheel of Fortune
Director: John H. Auer
Cast: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford, Ward Bond, Harold Huber, Alexander Granach, Barnett Parker, Edwin Stanley, Harry Hayden
Lawyer Lynn Hollister (John Wayne) arrives in town to take on political corruption and ends up falling in love with a crooked politician's (Edward Ellis) daughter, Sabra Cameron (Frances Dee).
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The Man from Laramie 1955 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western / Mystery
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam, Aline MacMahon, James Millican, Gregg Barton, John War Eagle, Boyd Stockman, Frank DeKova, Eddy Waller
When Indians use rifles to do in a small cavalry patrol, they kill Will Lockhart's (James Stewart) brother. Will's mission is to find the culprit who illegally sold the rifles to the Indians.
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The Matchmaker 1958 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford, Robert Morse, Wallace Ford, Perry Wilson, Russell Collins, Rex Evans, Gavin Gordon, Torben Meyer, Bess Flowers
This forerunner of the musical "Hello, Dolly" stars Shirley Booth as matchmaker Dolly Levi who falls in love with Horace Vandergelder (Paul Ford). Anthony Perkins and Shirley MacLaine play the young couple, Cornelius Hackl and Irene Malloy, who Dolly has matched.
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The Maverick Queen 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy, Wallace Ford, Howard Petrie, Jim Davis, Emile Meyer, Walter Sande, John Doucette
A hotel owner, Kit Banion (Barbara Stanwyck), deals with outlaws but changes her ways when she is influenced by Jeff (Barry Sullivan), a Pinkerton agent who is on an undercover investigation.
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Men in White 1934 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt, Elizabeth Allan, Otto Kruger, Henry B. Walthall, Wallace Ford, Samuel S. Hinds, Frank Puglia, Russell Hopton
This film led to a number of Hollywood stories about personal lives of doctors. This story is about a surgeon (Clark Gable) who is devoted to medicine but has problems in his love life.
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Money Means Nothing 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Wallace Ford, Gloria Shea, Edgar Kennedy, Maidel Turner, Betty Blythe, Vivien Oakland, Eddie Tamblyn, Richard Tucker, Ann Brody, Olaf Hytten, Tenen Holtz
During the Depression, socialite Julie Ferris McKay (Gloria Shea) falls in love with tire clerk Kenneth McKay (Wallace Ford), but problems loom for this ill-fated couple.
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The Mummy's Hand 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Horror / Thriller
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Eduardo Ciannelli, George Zucco, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Trowbridge, Tom Tyler, Sig Arno, Leon Belasco, Harry Stubbs, Michael Mark, Eddie Foster, Mara Tartar, Frank Lackteen
Unemployed archeologists Steve (Dick Foran) and Babe (Wallace Ford) receive funding from a magician, The Great Solvani (Cecil Kellaway), and his daughter Marta (Peggy Moran). Steve and Babe join forces in Egypt and find themselves living with the Mummy (Tom Tyler) and threatened by a high priest (George Zucco) in this good comedic horror film. Humor helps relieve the tension.
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The Mummy's Tomb 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Elyse Knox, John Hubbard, Turhan Bey, Dick Foran, Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Mary Gordon, Virginia Brissac, Cliff Clark, Paul E. Burns, Frank Reicher, Emmett Vogan, Harry Cording, Rex Lease
In this sequel to "The Mummy's Hand," Lon Chaney Jr. makes his debut in the role of Kharis, the Mummy. Although it was assumed in the earlier film that archaeologist Steve Banning (Dick Foran) had killed the Mummy, he was only injured. Now, the Mummy is hiding in a Mapleton, Massachusetts, graveyard waiting for the first full moon in order to seek revenge against those who had desecrated Princess Ananka's tomb 30 years ago.
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Murder by Invitation 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden, Gavin Gordon, George Guhl, Wallis Clark, Minerva Urecal, Arthur Young, Herb Vigran, Hazel Keener, Phillip Trent, Dave O'Brien
Knowing that her greedy relatives can't wait to get her money, Aunt Cassie (Sarah Padden) invites the family to her estate for a family reunion. Also along for the evening's events are reporter Bob White (Wallace Ford) and his girl Friday, Nora O'Brien (Marian Marsh). At the stroke of midnight, a guest is murdered, and more murders follow in this mystery/comedy.
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 The Mysterious Mr. Wong 1934 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, E. Alyn Warren, Lotus Long, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Edward Peil Sr., Luke Chan, Lee Shumway, Etta Lee
A power-crazed Asian (Bela Lugosi) is obsessed with owning the "12 coins of Confucius" through which he will gain great power.
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The Nut Farm 1935 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melville W. Brown
Cast: Wallace Ford, Betty Alden, Florence Roberts, Spencer Charters, Oscar Apfel, Joan Gale, Bradley Page, Lorin Raker, Arnold Gray
Middle-aged couple Bob and Helen (Oscar Apfel and Betty Alden) make a fresh start in California where Bob wants to buy a nut farm. But plans change, and when they put their money and acting skills into a low-budget film directed by Bob's brother (Wallace Ford), more than a few misadventures ensue.
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One Frightened Night 1935 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Charley Grapewin, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Hohl, Wallace Ford, Evalyn Knapp, Lucien Littlefield, Regis Toomey, Hedda Hopper, Clarence Wilson, Rafaela Ottiano, Fred Kelsey, Adrian Morris
Eccentric millionaire Jasper Whyte (Charley Grapewin) has a dilemma: if his long-lost granddaughter can't be found, he must leave his estate to "lesser" relatives and friends. So he calls the greedy group together with the news. But now TWO girls show up claiming to be the granddaughter. When one is poisoned and the other barely escapes murder, the hunt is on for the killer. A mixture of humor and mystery make this a fun film to watch.
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A Patch of Blue 1965 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, John Qualen, Elisabeth Fraser, Renata Vanni, Debi Storm, Kelly Flynn, Saverio LoMedico, Tom Curtis, Robert Williams, Dorothy Lovett, Gregg Martell
Selina D'Arcy (Elizabeth Hartman) is a blind, White girl who meets a Black man, Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier), at the park and falls in love with him. Although his brother Mark (Ivan Dixon) sternly advises Gordon to tell Salina that he is Black, Gordon refuses to do so. Problems rise to the fore when Selina's selfish mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) learns about Gordon and Selina's relationship and forbids Selina from being with Gordon because he is Black. Despite Rose-Ann's objections, Gordon and Selina remain bonded. Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Hartman was nominated for Best Actress.
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 The Rainmaker 1957 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Joseph Anthony
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Wendell Corey, Lloyd Bridges, Earl Holliman, Wallace Ford, Tony Merrill, Yvonne Fedderson, Dan White, John Benson, Cameron Prud'Homme, Dottie Bee Baker, James F. Stone, Joe Brown, Kenneth Becker
Con-man Bill Starbuck (Burt Lancaster) arrives in the arid Southwest to bring rain to a town, which is badly in need of it. Shy spinster Lizzie Curry (Katharine Hepburn) falls under Starbuck's spell, and in the process, learns something about asserting herself. Performances of both Lancaster and Hepburn are great. Katharine Hepburn was nominated for an Oscar.
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Rendezvous with Annie 1946 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Philip Reed, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, William Frawley, Wallace Ford, Will Wright, Lucien Littlefield
When a GI (Eddie Albert) went AWOL and visited his wife, she became pregnant. Now, nine months later, he tries to prove that he did indeed go AWOL and is the baby's father.
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Roar of the Press 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren, Robert Frazer, Harland Tucker, Evalyn Knapp, Dorothy Lee, John Holland, Paul Fix, Maxine Leslie, Betty Compson
Honeymoon plans are put on hold when newspaper reporter Wally Williams (Wallace Ford) begins an investigation into a series of murders that were originally written off as suicides. Within a few days both the bride (Jean Parker) and the groom are kidnapped, but Wally's gangster acquaintances arrive to save the day.
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The Rogues' Tavern 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Wallace Ford, Barbara Pepper, Joan Woodbury, Jack Mulhall, Clara Kimball Young, John Elliott, John Cowell, Earl Dwire, Vincent Dennis, Arthur Loft, Ed Cassidy
Detective Jimmy Flavin (Wallace Ford) and his bride-to-be Marjorie (Barbara Pepper) check in at an inn. They must put off their wedding plans when they investigate a series of deaths at the inn that are thought to be caused by a mad dog. Together they find the real culprit in this poorly written–but fun–entry.
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Secret Command 1944 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick, Barton MacLane, Tom Tully, Wallace Ford, Howard Freeman, Frank Sully, Matt McHugh
Sam Gallagher (Pat O'Brien) is an agent with Naval Intelligence and is sent to a California shipyard during World War II to find Nazi saboteurs known to be operating there. He saves the day in this pretty good spy thriller.
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The Set-Up 1949 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Baylor, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine
Over-the-hill boxer Bill "Stoker" Thompson (Robert Ryan) is set up by his manager, Tiny (George Tobias), who takes money for a "dive" from gambler Little Boy (Alan Baxter). But, Stoker has no knowledge of the deal as he sits in a seedy dressing room awaiting his fight.
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Seven Days' Leave 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortes, Ginny Simms, Peter Lind Hayes, Walter Reed, Wallace Ford, Arnold Stang, Addison Richards
An army private (Victor Mature) has one week to find a bride if he wants to receive his grandfather's inheritance.
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Shadow of a Doubt 1943 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal, Clarence Muse, Patricia Collinge, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Janet Shaw, Isabel Randolph, Eily Malyon
This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films–and, reportedly, his favorite. The Newton family has lived an uneventful existence UNTIL Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) comes to visit. Teenage daughter "Charlie" (Teresa Wright), who was named after her uncle, begins to suspect that he is a psychotic killer wanted by the police. Now her life is in danger.
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She Couldn't Say No 1954 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edgar Buchanan, Wallace Ford, Raymond Walburn, Jimmy Hunt, Ralph Dumke, Gus Schilling, Hope Landin
Corby (Jean Simmons) is an oil heiress who comes home to Arkansas, tries to dole out money to those who helped her when she was poor, and ends up upsetting the peaceful existence of her hometown. With the good stars, you would think a good film would be provided to them.
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 Spellbound 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Jean Acker, Norman Lloyd, Steven Geray, Bill Goodwin, Wallace Ford
Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) reports as the new director of Green Manors mental hospital where he is to replace Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll). While answering questions of his staff, a psychiatrist, Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) notices that there are problems with their new director. She suspects that he is not really Edwards and that he is an amnesiac and could have murdered the real doctor. Constance believes that curing his amnesia is the key to solving the mystery and attempts to heal him. While working with him, Constance begins to fall in love but will soon learn that danger lurks ahead. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov) and Director.
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The Spoilers 1955 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton, Barbara Britton, John McIntire, Wallace Ford, Carl Benton Reid, Raymond Walburn, Ruth Donnelly, Willis Bouchey, Roy Barcroft, Forrest Lewis, Byron Foulger, Dayton Lummis
During the Gold Rush of 1898, gold mine owner Roy Glennister (Jeff Chandler) is confronted by gold commissioner Alex McNamara (Rory Calhoun) who is intent on cheating Glennsiter out of his claim to his mine. Wealthy saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Ann Baxter) falls in love with Glennister but becomes the pawn of McNamara. Meanwhile, Glennister has fallen in love with Helen (Barbara Britton) whose uncle, Judge Stillman (Carl Benton Reid), is in cahoots with McNamara. Glennister is arrested on a murder charge but breaks out of jail and ends up in a fistfight with McNamara to gain back his rights to reopen his mine.
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T-Men 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Mary Meade, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman
Told in documentary style, complete with narration, this is the tale of treasury agents, T-Men (Dennis O'Keefe and Alfred Ryder), who go undercover and infiltrate a counterfeit ring to get the goods on the leaders. Exciting, tough film noir.
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Tess of the Storm Country 1960 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Cast: Diane Baker, Jack Ging, Lee Philips, Wallace Ford, Robert F. Simon, Bert Remsen, Archie Duncan, Grandon Rhodes, Nancy Valentine
In this rendition of Grace Miller White's novel, the story is updated to the 1960s. A Scottish woman, Tess (Diane Baker), moves to the Pennsylvania Dutch country and has problems fitting in with her Mennonite neighbors–until she sides with the farmers who are unhappy about a toxic chemical company polluting the land. During the confrontations, she falls in love with a Mennonite, Peter Graves (Jack Ging), and finally, after her work to save the environment, the community accepts her.
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Three Ring Circus 1954 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Jerrico, The Wonder Clown
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Wallace Ford, Sig Ruman, Nick Cravat, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Sheldon, Douglas Fowley
Pete Nelson (Dean Martin) and Army pal Jerry Hotchkiss (Jerry Lewis) team up and join a circus owned by the beautiful Jill Brent (Joanne Dru). This film provides one VERY funny scene between Lewis and a "Bearded Lady."
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Warlock 1959 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Richard Arlen, Regis Toomey, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford, Tom Drake, DeForest Kelley
Warlock is a Western town undergoing a metamorphosis from unlawful to peaceful existence. Threatened by a gang of horse thieves, a gunslinger (Henry Fonda) is hired to protect the town residents.
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The Wet Parade 1932 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Walter Huston, Myrna Loy, Neil Hamilton, Lewis Stone, Dorothy Jordan, Robert Young, Jimmy Durante, Wallace Ford, John Miljan, Emma Dunn
Based on Upton Sinclair's novel about corruption during Prohibition, this film shows the devastating effects of alcoholism and the problems encountered in upholding the Constitution.
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The Whole Town's Talking 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Ford
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Wallace Ford, Donald Meek, Arthur Hohl, Edward Brophy, Arthur Byron, Etienne Girardot
A quiet, retiring clerk, Arthur Jones (Edward G. Robinson) is mistaken for a mobster, "Killer" Mannion (Edward G. Robinson), and his whole life changes. A good John Ford effort.
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Wichita 1955 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Wallace Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves, Keith Larsen, Carl Benton Reid, Jack Elam, Robert J. Wilke
Wyatt Earp (Joel McCrea) is hired by citizens of Wichita to clean up the violence. When Wyatt bans all guns inside the city limits, citizens revolt.
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| 1. The Ape Man (1943)
aka: Lock Your Doors
2. Back Door to Heaven (1939)
3. Black Angel (1946)
4. Blood on the Sun (1945)
5. Blues in the Night (1941)
6. The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
7. The Breaking Point (1950)
8. Crack-Up (1946)
9. The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
10. Dead Reckoning (1947)
11. Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
12. Flesh and Fury (1952)
13. Freaks (1932)
14. The Furies (1950)
15. The Green Years (1946)
16. Harvey (1950)
17. He Ran All the Way (1951)
18. The Informer (1935)
19. Inside the Law (1942)
20. Jericho (1937)
aka: Dark Sands
21. The Last Hurrah (1958)
22. A Lawless Street (1955)
23. The Lost Patrol (1934)
24. Love, Honor and Oh Baby! (1940)
25. Lucy Gallant (1955)
26. Machine Gun Mama (1944)
27. Magic Town (1947)
28. A Man Betrayed (1941)
aka: Wheel of Fortune
29. The Man from Laramie (1955)
30. The Matchmaker (1958)
31. The Maverick Queen (1956)
32. Men in White (1934)
33. Money Means Nothing (1934)
34. The Mummy's Hand (1940)
35. The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
36. Murder by Invitation (1941)
37. The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
38. Night of Terror (1933)
39. The Nut Farm (1935)
40. One Frightened Night (1935)
41. A Patch of Blue (1965)
42. Possessed (1931)
43. The Rainmaker (1957)
44. Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
45. Roar of the Press (1941)
46. The Rogues' Tavern (1936)
47. Secret Command (1944)
48. The Set-Up (1949)
49. Seven Days' Leave (1942)
50. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
51. She Couldn't Say No (1954)
52. Spellbound (1945)
53. The Spoilers (1955)
54. T-Men (1947)
55. Tess of the Storm Country (1960)
56. Three Ring Circus (1954)
aka: Jerrico, The Wonder Clown
57. Warlock (1959)
58. The Wet Parade (1932)
59. The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
60. Wichita (1955)
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