Andy Hardy's Double Life 1942  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Esther Williams, William Lundigan, Susan Peters, Robert Blake, Arthur Space, Addison Richards
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is ready to leave home for college, but he, as always, has girl problems. This time, Polly (Ann Rutherford) and her friend, Sheila (Esther Williams), teach him a lesson or two. This film marks Esther Williams' film debut. Also, look for Robert Blake in a bit part.
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Casino Royale 1954 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William H. Brown
Cast: Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre, Linda Christian, Michael Pate, Gene Roth, Jean Del Val, Eugene Borden, Kurt Katch, William Lundigan
This is a little-known version of Ian Fleming's story and is the first–by far–filming of any of his work. It was presented live on TV as an episode of the TV series "Climax." James Bond (Barry Nelson) must deal with wicked, Russian spy Le Chiffre (Peter Lorre) who attempts to win back money he has lost through gambling in Las Vegas. Good baccarat playing.
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy 1942  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Donna Reed, William Lundigan, Frieda Inescort, George P. Breakston, Harvey Stephens, Betty Wells
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) is handling a divorce case when he asks son Andy (Mickey Rooney) to date the divorcing couple's daughter, Melodie (Donna Reed)–an act he believes will help Melodie gain popularity and aid in her parents' reconciliation. Of course, complications ensue.
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Dishonored Lady 1947  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Paul Cavanagh, Natalie Schafer, Morris Carnovsky, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Hamilton, Ian Wolfe, Nicholas Joy, Dewey Robinson
Successful, but mentally unstable, magazine editor Madeleine (Hedy Lamarr) attempts suicide. After her psychiatrist insists she quit her high-pressure job, she moves to Greenwich Village and becomes a painter. She meets David (Dennis O'Keefe), and love blossoms. But she runs across an old boyfriend and, after he is killed, Madeleine is accused of the murder
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: William Lundigan, Jane Greer, Mitzi Gaynor, David Wayne, Gloria DeHaven, Billy Gilbert, Jack Paar, Lee Marvin
An army officer, stationed on a South Seas island in the late 1940s, has two love interests: a missionary's daughter (Jane Greer) and a beautiful native (Mitzi Gaynor). Look for Lee Marvin in a bit part.
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The Fabulous Dorseys 1947 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair, Paul Whiteman, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, Dave Willock, James Flavin, William Bakewell
Big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this biography, which includes the story of their father's (Arthur Shields) encouragement of their musical talent.
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The Fighting 69th 1940 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Dennis Morgan, Dick Foran, William Lundigan, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
This film is based on facts from the 69th regiment's World War I records. Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney) is a smart-aleck recruit who buckles under fire and causes the death of some men in his company. Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) helps in the rehabilitation. Great battle scenes.
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The House on Telegraph Hill 1951 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker, Gordon Gebert, Kei Thin Chung, Steven Geray, Herbert Butterfield, John Burton, Katherine Meskill, Mario Siletti, Charles Wagenheim, David Clarke, Natasha Lytess
After surviving a Nazi concentration camp imprisonment during World War II, Victoria (Valentina Cortese) takes the identity of her friend, Karin (Natasha Lytess), who died in the camp. Victoria visits Karin's young son, Chris (Gordon Gebert), who lives in a mansion on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, and she pretends to be his mother. Events take a turn when Chris' aunt/guardian is murdered to obtain the family fortune, and Victoria is scheduled to be the next victim. Once again, money does not buy happiness, and dangers lie ahead.
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 International Squadron 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna, James Stephenson, William Lundigan, Joan Perry, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards, Julie Bishop, John Ridgely, Selmer Jackson
A young American becomes a hero when he flies with the Royal Air Force in the days before America entered World War II.
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain 1951  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Lynn Bari, Ruth Donnelly, Kathleen Lockhart, Alexander Knox
Although unprepared for life in a rural community, Mary (Susan Hayward) gamely accompanies her minister husband, William Asbury Thompson (William Lundigan), to his new post in the Georgia hill country.
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I'll Get By 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis Day, Harry James, Thelma Ritter, Steve Allen, Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Victor Mature
This remake of 1940's "Tin Pan Alley" doesn't have much of a plot–the emphasis is on the music, and there are many old standards. Two singers (June Haver and Gloria DeHaven) plug songs for a writer/musical producer team (William Lundigan and Dan Dailey). Romance is on the way.
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The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, George Tobias, Marc Lawrence, John Litel, Henry Armetta, Alan Baxter
Great courtroom drama prevails in this film pitting two brothers–the District Attorney (George Brent) and the Defense Attorney (William Lundigan)–as adversaries working on the same case. This is a remake of "The Mouthpiece" and was again remade as "Illegal."
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The Old Maid 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Donald Crisp, Jane Bryan, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Lundigan, Rand Brooks, Cecilia Loftus, Janet Shaw, William Hopper, Sidney Bracey
Based on Edith Wharton's novel, this is the story of the aftermath of a love affair between Charlotte (Bette Davis) and Clem (George Brent). When Clem dies while fighting in the Civil War, Charlotte is left alone to face unmarried motherhood. Her solution is to give their daughter (Jane Bryan) to a cousin (Miriam Hopkins) to raise as her own. Now, Charlotte watches as her daughter grows up but must remain as an outsider.
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Pinky 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, Griff Barnett, Evelyn Varden, Raymond Greenleaf, Arthur Hunnicutt
The absurdity of racial prejudice is shown in this film about a Black woman (Jeanne Crain) who passes for White in the Deep South. Crain was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and both Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Santa Fe Trail 1940 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, William Lundigan, Van Heflin, Gene Reynolds, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond
Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn), who would later become Robert E. Lee's top cavalry scout, is given orders to bring in abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey).
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 The Sea Hawk 1940   N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Flora Robson, Alan Hale, Donald Crisp, Gilbert Roland, William Lundigan, Montagu Love, Francis McDonald, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor, James Stephenson, Julien Mitchell, J.M. Kerrigan
Errol Flynn is definitely at his swashbuckling best as 1850s' British pirate Geoffrey Thorpe leads the Sea Hawk pirates on raids and captures more than 50 Spanish ships. In the process, he learns that the Spanish are planning to attack England and have placed spies in Queen Elizabeth's (Flora Robson) court. But, Elizabeth does not approve of Thorpe's pirating tactics and demands that he change his ways. Meanwhile, Thorpe falls in love with Dona Maria (Brenda Marshall), and now he must expose the treachery to save his country and win the love of Dona Maria. 1 User Review
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State Department File 649 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: William Lundigan, Virginia Bruce, Jonathan Hale, Frank Ferguson, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Raymond Bond, Milton Kibbee, Harlan Warde, Victor Sen Yung, Nana Bryant, H.T. Tsiang
U.S. Foreign Service officer Kenneth R. Seeley (William Lundigan) is among several American citizens who face execution by a Chinese warlord and his gang of Mongolian rebels.
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Robert Cummings, William Lundigan, Ernest Cossart, Nella Walker, Felix Bressart, Grady Sutton
The song "Because" was introduced in this sequel to "Three Smart Girls" as the youngest sibling, Penny (Deanna Durbin), interferes in her sisters' romances.
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The Way West 1967 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Richard Widmark, Lola Albright, Sally Field, Stubby Kaye, Jack Elam, Michael Witney, Katherine Justice, Michael McGreevey, Harry Carey Jr., Connie Sawyer, William Lundigan, Elisabeth Fraser, John Mitchum
A.B. Guthrie Jr. wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on which this film is based. It depicts the 1840s' journey of Missouri farmers, led by Senator William J. Tadlock (Kirk Douglas), trekking along the Oregon Trail to resettle farther west. This was Sally Field's first feature film, and she stands out in her debut.
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What Next, Corporal Hargrove? 1945 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Jean Porter, Chill Wills, Hugo Haas, William "Bill" Phillips, Paul Langton, Cameron Mitchell, William Lundigan, Walter Sande
This sequel to "See Here, Private Hargrove" finds our hero (Walker) in France near war's end. He and his buddy (Wynn) are on garbage duty where they get into all sorts of predicaments.
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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows 1968 G, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Susan Saint James, Milton Berle, Van Johnson, William Lundigan, Robert Taylor, Dolores Sutton
This sequel to "The Trouble With Angels" again features Rosalind Russell as the Mother Superior. This time she runs into problems at the convent when a young novice (Stella Stevens) cannot seem to adjust to policies.
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Wives Under Suspicion 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Jonathan Hale, Lillian Yarbo, Milburn Stone, J. Anthony Hughes, James Flavin, Minerva Urecal, Edwin Stanley
District Attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) has earned his reputation as a ruthless man who believes that execution should be the only sentence for first-degree murderers. While prosecuting Professor Shaw McAllen (Ralph Morgan) who is accused of murdering his wife, Stowell realizes that events in his own married life with his wife Lucy (Gail Patrick) closely parallel those of McAllen and his murdered wife. Compassion takes over as Stowell reflects on the circumstances and reasons that the death penalty may not always be the correct sentence.
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| 1. Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
2. Casino Royale (1954)
3. The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
4. Dishonored Lady (1947)
5. Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1953)
6. The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
7. The Fighting 69th (1940)
8. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
9. International Squadron (1941)
10. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
11. I'll Get By (1950)
12. Love Nest (1951)
13. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
14. The Old Maid (1939)
15. Pinky (1949)
16. The Santa Fe Trail (1940)
17. The Sea Hawk (1940)
18. State Department File 649 (1949)
19. Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
20. The Way West (1967)
21. What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
22. Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
23. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
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