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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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla 1952   N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Boys from Brooklyn
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Charlita, Muriel Landers, Al Kikume, Mickey Simpson, Martin Garralaga, Milton Newberger, Steve Calvert, Ray Corrigan, Billy Wilkerson
Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi) is conducting evolution experiments on a jungle island when into his world come the zany Duke and Sammy (Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo) who literally fall from a plane. Well, Doctor, do something to rid us of these irritating rip-offs of Martin and Lewis. In fact, Jerry Lewis sued the duo. Clearly a candidate for the "10 worst movies" list. 2 User Reviews
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| | Fun Movie as good as any of the road pictures. | I know what I'm talking about. 01/30/2007 | | Charming movie. watch it and make your own decision. |
| | Cool movie with Martin and Lewis clones better than Martin a | Watch it. 01/30/2007 | | Watch it. |
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Billy the Kid vs. Dracula 1966 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Western / Horror
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Chuck Courtney, John Carradine, Melinda Plowman, Virginia Christine, Walter Janovitz, Bing Russell, Harry Carey Jr., Olive Carey, Roy Barcroft, Hannie Landman, William Forrest, Richard Reeves, Marjorie Bennett, Leonard P. Geer, George Cisar
Count Dracula is traveling by stagecoach through America's Western territory when he meets Double Bar B ranch owner James Underhill (William Forrest) who is subsequently killed in an Indian raid. Dracula takes on Underhill's identity and goes to the ranch where he tells Underhill's niece Elizabeth (Melinda Plowman) that he is her long-lost uncle. He makes moves on Elizabeth, but the ranch foreman, a reformed Billy the Kid (Chuck Courtney), becomes suspicious and steps in to stop Dracula before he can drink Elizabeth's blood.
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Blonde Comet 1941  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Virginia Vale, Robert Kent, Barney Oldfield, Vince Barnett, William Halligan, Joey Ray, Red Knight, Diana Hughes
Veteran racer Barney Oldfield plays himself as a mechanic inventor who hires Jim Flynn (Robert Kent) to test out one of his newly designed carburetors on the racing circuit. At the same time, "The Blonde Comet" Beverly Blake (Virginia Vale) races on the circuit trying to save her father's tire business. When the rival drivers meet, they fall in love, but they also manage to gain success for Beverly's father's tire business and Oldfield's new carburetor as well.
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The Chinese Ring 1947  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Warren Douglas, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Philip Ahn, Louise Currie, Byron Foulger, Thayer Roberts, Barbara Jean Wong, Paul Bryer, Chabing, George Spaulding, Thornton Edwards, Lee Tung Foo, Jack Mower
Chinese Princess Mei Ling (Barbara Jean Wong) visits Charlie Chan's (Roland Winters) home and gives Chan's chauffer Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland) a ring to show to Chan. While waiting for Chan, Mei Ling is killed in Chan's living room but manages to write the name "Captain K" on a piece of paper. Police Sergeant Bill Davidson (Warren Douglas) helps Chan investigate, and they are aided by reporter Peggy Cartwright (Louise Currie) and Chan's son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung). They learn that Mei Ling had $1,000,000 in her possession, and the money is missing. Will they be able to solve the case? This is a remake of "Mr. Wong in Chinatown," which starred Boris Karloff in the role of Mr. Wong.
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Clancy Street Boys 1943 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Benny Bartlett, Noah Beery, Lita Ward, Rick Vallin, Martha Wentworth, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dick Chandlee, William "Billy" Benedict, Ernest Morrison
The East Side Kids are back in action when Muggs' (Leo Gorcy) rich uncle (Noah Beery) comes for a visit. The uncle has been told that Muggs' parents had seven children, so Muggs has his gang members act as his siblings to ensure that his mother will continue getting money from the uncle. But trouble brews when a rival gang member tells of the scheme.
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Desperate Cargo 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan, Jack Mulhall, I. Stanford Jolley, Richard Clarke, Paul Bryar, Kenneth Harlan, Johnstone White, Thornton Edwards, Don Forrest, Rick Vallin
Clipper-ship crewman Tony Bronson (Ralph Byrd) comes to the rescue of two chorus girls, Peggy and Ann (Carol Hughes and Julie Duncan), who are stranded in a South American village. He invites them on board his ship, which is headed toward their home. But problems arise when bad guys try to steal the ship's money. Luckily, Tony also comes to the ship's rescue.
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The Feathered Serpent 1948 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Robert Livingston, Nils Asther, Carol Forman, Martin Garralaga, Jay Silverheels
This is one of the last in a long series of Charlie Chan films. In this story, the mystery of a stolen Mexican statue is solved by the Chans.
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Follow the Leader 1944  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: East of the Bowery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Durand, Buddy Gorman, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Jack La Rue, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mary Gordon
On leave from the Army, Muggs and Glimpy (Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall) find that one of their East Side Kids gang has wrongfully been jailed for a robbery. Suspicion falls on one of their new members, Spider (William "Billy" Benedict), who is killed by the bad guys. Now, Muggs and Glimpy take on the villains. One of the better "East Side Kids" entries
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Ghosts on the Loose 1943 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Rick Vallin, Minerva Urecal, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict
The East Side Kids take on a Nazi gang (headed by Bela Lugosi) in this wartime film that depicts the mood in the country during World War II when Nazis threatened the world.
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The Golden Eye 1948 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Bruce Kellogg, Wanda McKay, Evelyn Brent, Ralph Dunn, Lois Austin, Forrest Taylor, Lee "Lasses" White, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, George Spaulding, Lee Tung Foo
Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) visits an Arizona dude ranch where a defunct gold mine, mysteriously, has become active and, once again, is producing gold. The mine owner, Mr. Manning (Forrest Taylor) has called on Chan to help him when he learns that he is the intended victim of a murderer. Chan, his son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung), and chauffeur Birmingham (Mantan Moreland) pose as tourists, and the investigation begins. Clues lead to mine operator Driscoll (Ralph Dunn) who is smuggling gold from Mexico and passing it off as coming from the mine. But solving this case will prove difficult–and dangerous.
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 1966 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: John Lupton, Cal Bolder, Jim Davis, Estelita Rodriguez, Steven Geray, William Fawcett, Narda Onyx, Rayford Barnes, Nestor Paiva, Roger Creed, Rosa Turich, Felipe Turich, Dan White, Fred Stromsoe, Page Slattery
Legendary outlaw Jesse James (John Lupton) has escaped a trap set by Marshal MacPhee (Jim Davis), but Jesse's partner Hank Tracy (Cal Bolder) has been wounded. They meet Juanita Lopez (Estelita Rodriguez) who is attracted to Jesse, and she takes them to mission doctor Maria Frankenstein (Narda Onyx) who happens to be Victor Frankenstein's granddaughter. Of course, Maria is following in her grandfather's footsteps, and she transplants the brain of Frankenstein's original Monster into the head of Tracy. After turning Tracy into the bald zombie, Igor, who terrorizes the townsfolk, a showdown is a certainty.
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Kidnapped 1948 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy, Roland Winters, Jeff Corey, Houseley Stevenson, Erskine Sanford, Alex Frazer, Olaf Hytten
Roddy McDowall is cast as David Balfour, the young Scot who inherits a fortune and is kidnapped by his evil uncle. David meets alan Breck (Dan O'Herlihy) and the two travel across Scotland in an attempt to regain what is rightfully his.
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Lassie's Great Adventure 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: June Lockhart, Hugh Reilly, Jon Provost, Robert Howard, Will J. White, Richard Kiel, Walter Stocker, Walter Kelley, Patrick Waltz, Leo Needham, Dick Simmons, Patrick Westwood
In this three-episode feature film, Timmy Martin (Jon Provost) and his dog Lassie are carried off in a giant balloon that finally lands them in Canada. They are befriended by a deaf-mute Indian, Chinook Pete (Richard Kiel), who wants Timmy to replace his own deceased son. Meanwhile, Timmy's parents Ruth and Paul (June Lockhart and Hugh Reilly) frantically seek help from the Canadian Mounties to track down Timmy and Lassie.
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The Living Ghost 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: A Walking Nightmare
Lend Me Your Ear
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: James Dunn, Joan Woodbury, Paul McVey, Vera Gordon, Norman Willis, J. Farrell MacDonald, Minerva Urecal, George Eldredge, Jan Wiley, Lawrence Grant, Howard Banks, Gus Glassmire
Ex-detective Nick Trayne (James Dunn) and his assistant, Billie Hilton (Joan Woodbury), search for wealthy-banker, kidnap-victim Walter Craig (Gus Glassmire), and during the investigation Craig turns up alive but in a catatonic state. To solve the new mystery, Nick and Billie follow a trail of clues that leads them to an old shack where eerie experiments involving zombies have been performed.
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Men of San Quentin 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: J. Anthony Hughes, Eleanor Stewart, Dick Curtis, Charles Middleton, Jeffrey Sayre, George P. Breakston, Art Mills, John Ince, Michael Mark, Jack Cheatham
Prison guard Jack Holden (J. Anthony Hughes) is promoted to warden of San Quentin Prison and begins to institute reforms. But, his ideas will be put to the test during an attempted prison break when his expertise pays off, and Holden is able to prevent the escape.
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Misbehaving Husbands 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Dummy Trouble
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Harry Langdon, Betty Blythe, Esther Muir, Gayne Whitman, Florence Wright, Luana Walters, Frank Hagney, Gig Young, Fred Kelsey, Mary MacLaren, Frank Jaquet
Henry Butler (Harry Langdon) is innocent of cheating on his wife, Effie (Betty Blythe), but she sues for divorce, and more than a few complications ensue.
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Mom and Dad 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: June Carlson, Lois Austin, George Eldredge, Jimmy Clark, Hardie Albright, Bob Lowell, Willa Pearl Curtis, Jimmy Zaner, Jane Isbell, Robert Filmer
Joan's (June Carleson) innocence helped result in pregnancy. Tame by today's standards, this was considered to be obscene when it was released and even banned in some areas. It is interesting as a slice of changing attitudes in the country since the 1940s.
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Stone, Buddy Gorman, David Durand, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Betty Blythe, Halliwell Hobbes, Eddie Gribbon
To avoid reform school, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) takes a job with wealthy socialite Margaret Murray (Betty Blythe). He brings in his East Side Kids to be servants for Margaret's spoiled daughter's engagement party. When a valuable necklace is stolen, the East Side Kids are blamed, and they set out to find the real thief.
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The Old-Fashioned Way 1934 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: W.C. Fields, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jan Duggan, Nora Cecil, Baby LeRoy, Jack Mulhall, Tammany Young, Samuel Ethridge, Ruth Marion, Richard Carle, Jeffrey Williams, Larry Grenier, William Blatchford, Donald Brown
A widow, Cleopatra Pepperday (Jan Duggan), has provided board for the cast and funding for the production of The Great McGonigle's (W.C. Fields) production of "The Drunkard" in exchange for a role in the play. Cleopatra's son Albert (Baby LeRoy) becomes McGonigle's nemesis, and Albert enjoys tormenting him by throwing food in his face. McGonigle must also deal with his daughter Betty (Judith Allen) and her romance with Wally Livingston (Joe Morrison). The show goes on, but McGonigle deletes Cleopatra's role in the play and skips out without paying the bills after the performance–but he does ensure Betty's happiness in a future with Wally.
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The Panther's Claw 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson, Gerta Rozan, Lynn Starr, Barry Bernard, John Ince, Martin Ashe, Thornton Edwards, Walter James, Frank Darien, Willy Castello
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Sidney Blackner) investigates a murder in an opera company, and, while wigmaker Everett Digberry (Byron Foulger) is the prime suspect, many are on the list of potential perpetrators.
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Phantom Killer 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, John Hamilton, Warren Hymer, Mantan Moreland, J. Farrell MacDonald, Gayne Whitman, Kenneth Harlan, George J. Lewis, Elliott Sullivan, Karl Hackett, Frank Ellis
District Attorney Edward Clark (Dick Purcell) prosecutes the rich, popular, deaf mute John G. Harrison (John Hamilton) on a murder charge. When John is acquitted, the DA investigates and uncovers the fact that the Hamiltons are twin brothers, and the "normal" one is the bad guy. Remake of 1933's "The Sphinx."
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Philo Vance Returns 1947 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Infamous Crimes
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: William Wright, Vivian Austin, Leon Belasco, Clara Blandick, Ramsay Ames, Damian O'Flynn, Frank Wilcox, Iris Adrian, Ann Staunton, Tim Murdock
After a seven year absence Philo Vance returns for a short series of three low-budget entries with William Wright in the role of the sophisticated master detective in this one–but not the final two. When popular playboy Larry Blendon (Damian O'Flynn) is murdered, his many ex-wives and girlfriends come under suspicion as well as becoming potential victims due to inheriting their share of his estate. Perhaps Philo Vance can come to the rescue.
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Shanghai Chest 1948 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Deannie Best, Mantan Moreland, John Alvin, Tim Ryan, Victor Sen Yung, Tristram Coffin, Russell Hicks, Pierre Watkin, Philip Van Zandt
Fingerprints of the murderer lead to a dead man, but Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) sleuths out the real killer.
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Sparrows 1926 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Charlotte Mineau, Spec O'Donnell, Lloyd Whitlock, Monty O'Grady, Billy Butts, Jack Lavine
Molly (Mary Pickford) is the oldest of a group of orphans enslaved by the evil Mr. Grimes (Gustav von Seyffertitz) at his "baby farm" in the middle of a swamp. Despite the threat of alligators surrounding the farm, Molly leads her group on a desperate trek to safety.
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Ten Who Dared 1960 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Brian Keith, John Beal, James Drury, R.G. Armstrong, Ben Johnson, L.Q. Jones, Dan Sheridan, David Stollery, Stan Jones, David Frankham
This Disney failure is about the expedition down the Colorado River in the 1860s that is led by John Wesley Powell.
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Westward Ho, the Wagons! 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley, Jeff York, David Stollery, Sebastian Cabot, George Reeves, Iron Eyes Cody, Juliette Compton, Mouseketeers
In this Disney Western, a wagon train rolling along the Oregon Trail is attacked by savage Sioux Indians. Our mouseketeer friends (Doreen Tracy, Chubby O'Brien, Tommy Cole, and Karen Pendleton) are on the trip as the Stevens and Thompson kids, but can't help this film much.
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| 1. The Ape Man (1943)
aka: Lock Your Doors
2. Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
aka: The Boys from Brooklyn
3. Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
4. Blonde Comet (1941)
5. The Chinese Ring (1947)
6. Clancy Street Boys (1943)
7. Desperate Cargo (1941)
8. The Face of Marble (1946)
9. The Feathered Serpent (1948)
10. Follow the Leader (1944)
aka: East of the Bowery
11. Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
12. The Golden Eye (1948)
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
aka: Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
13. Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
14. Kidnapped (1948)
15. Lassie's Great Adventure (1963)
16. The Living Ghost (1942)
aka: A Walking Nightmare
aka: Lend Me Your Ear
17. Men of San Quentin (1942)
18. Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
aka: Dummy Trouble
19. Mom and Dad (1948)
20. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
21. No Holds Barred (1952)
22. The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
23. The Panther's Claw (1942)
24. Phantom Killer (1942)
25. Philo Vance Returns (1947)
aka: Infamous Crimes
26. Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)
27. The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
28. Shanghai Chest (1948)
29. Sparrows (1926)
30. Ten Who Dared (1960)
31. Voodoo Man (1944)
32. Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
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