William Halligan

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Earl of Puddlestone
1

Earl of Puddlestone

Aug 31, 1940
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.
Comedy
La Péniche d'amour
6.4

La Péniche d'amour

May 29, 1942
Bobo vit sur une péniche et vend des appâts à poissons. Tiny, un parasite qui le fait chanter depuis que Bobo est persuadé d' avoir étranglé un homme quelques années plus tôt,lui apprend que le vieux Pop Kelly a été tué par strangulation dans le bar même où il se trouvait la veille au soir, mais Bobo ne se souvient de rien et doute de son innocence. Peu après, sur la plage, il sauve Anna, une jeune fille qui voulait se suicider et la ramène sur la péniche. Ils tombent amoureux et bientôt décident de se marier. Le jour du mariage, Bobo est appelé par le docteur Brothers pour une réparation de son canot à moteur. Pendant cette absence, Tiny, qui n'avait pas été invité, surgit devant Anna et cherche à la violer. Elle s'évanouit. La croyant morte, Tiny tente de se débarrasser de son corps en la jetant dans le réservoir d'appâts puis il s'enfuit. À son retour, Bobo transporte Anna à l'hôpital et part à la recherche de Tiny...
Drama
Blessed Event
6.5

Blessed Event

Sep 10, 1932
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
Drama
Paper Bullets
5.2

Paper Bullets

Jun 13, 1941
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Crime
Riders of the Deadline
3.7
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
Western
Week-end at the Waldorf
6
Une journée dans la vie de quatre clients de l'hôtel Waldorf à New-York : une star de cinéma, un magnat des affaires, une dactylo et un soldat.
Comedy
Dick Tracy, détective
5.1
Une série de crimes abominables plonge la ville dans la terreur. Des crimes qui n'épargnent aucune couche sociale. Dick Tracy semble être le seul détective capable de faire le lien entre tous ces meurtres et endiguer cette vague d’assassinats. Son enquête le mène vers l’énigmatique Splitface, un bandit d’une cruauté sans égale…
Mystery
Emergency Landing
5.8

Emergency Landing

Mar 07, 1941
A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of it and try to steal it or destroy it.
Action
Broadway Big Shot
1

Broadway Big Shot

Feb 06, 1942
This drama chronicles the extreme measures taken by a determined young crime reporter to get an interview with a notorious convict. The zealous journalist, also a star quarterback on the town college team, decides to become a convict himself. He gets into the prison, becomes president of the prisoners' union, does his interview, successfully woo's the warden's daughter, and gets out in time to publish his story before anyone else does. His career is off to a tremendous start.
Drama
Mr. Celebrity
4

Mr. Celebrity

Oct 10, 1941
A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his veterinarian uncle in a racetrack environment.
Comedy
Blonde Comet
5.2

Blonde Comet

Dec 26, 1941
A tire manufacturer's daughter becomes a champion auto racer.
Drama
You Can't Fool Your Wife
4.5
Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.
Comedy
The Great Mike
1

The Great Mike

Nov 15, 1944
Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy, together they have a paper route, on which they deliver papers to customers via a wagon pulled by Mike. Recently a horse track has been built in the area and attracts horse breeder and racer Colonel Whiteny. He takes out a subscription for delivery and meets Mike and Speck & Jimmy. Clever Jimmy talks both the Colonel and Speck into taking on the Colonel's pure bred race horses at the track with comedic results.
Family
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
6.5
Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.
Drama
The Public Defender
6

The Public Defender

Aug 01, 1931
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
Mystery
Follow the Leader
5.4

Follow the Leader

Dec 06, 1930
A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her opportunity, as the understudy, to play the role and become a star herself.
Comedy
Everything’s Rosie
4

Everything’s Rosie

May 22, 1931
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.
Comedy
La Double Énigme
6.9

La Double Énigme

Oct 17, 1946
Une jeune femme est accusée du meurtre d'un médecin : on l'a vue près du lieu du crime au moment où celui-ci a été commis, et pourtant elle a un alibi indiscutable. La police découvre, en se rendant chez elle, la présence de sœurs jumelles, aucune n'avouant ni ne dénonçant l'autre. L’enquête tourne court, la procédure avorte et les deux sœurs sont remises en liberté. Un lieutenant de police arrive à convaincre un psychiatre (passionné par ce cas et amoureux de l’une des deux jeunes femmes) de l’aider à déterminer, au péril de sa vie, qui est la meurtrière.
Thriller
Lady and Gent
5.8

Lady and Gent

Jul 10, 1932
Stag Bailey, a slow-witted prizefighter, and his girlfriend, speakeasy hostess Puff Rogers, take over the upbringing of Ted Streaver after his father, Stag's manager, is killed.
Drama
Voyage sans retour
7.25

Voyage sans retour

Oct 04, 1932
Dan Hardesty, un meurtrier qu'escorte Steve Burke, et Joan Ames, une femme qui n'a plus que quelques mois à vivre, se rencontrent sur le bateau qui mène de Hong Kong à San Francisco et vont vivre durant la traversée un grand amour. Ils promettent de se revoir pour le nouvel an, mais personne ne sera au rendez-vous. Seuls, deux verres se briseront sur le bar de l'hôtel.
Romance
La Fièvre du pétrole
6.923
Deux prospecteurs, Mc Masters et Sand se rencontrent dans une ville économiquement florissante et s'associent dans la recherche de pétrole. Mc Masters se marie plus tard avec la fiancée de Sand, mais ce dernier est bon perdant. Un jour les deux amis jouent leur exploitation aux dés.
Adventure
Henry Aldrich, Editor
6

Henry Aldrich, Editor

Sep 01, 1942
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Comedy
Dancers in the Dark
4.8

Dancers in the Dark

Mar 11, 1932
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
Drama
Hired Wife
6.8

Hired Wife

Sep 13, 1940
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
Comedy
'Til We Meet Again
6.2

'Til We Meet Again

Apr 20, 1940
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Romance
Third Finger, Left Hand
6.8
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
Comedy
Black Hills Express
6

Black Hills Express

Aug 15, 1943
A man framed for a series of Wells' Fargo stage robberies and a comical sheriff's deputy join forces to uncover the real robbers, unaware that a U.S. Marshal assigned to the case and the Mayor of the town which is at the center of the robberies, are the leaders of the gang.
Western
Foreign Agent
4

Foreign Agent

Oct 09, 1942
Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.
Drama
Remember the Day
6.6

Remember the Day

Dec 25, 1941
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
War
Waltzing Around
1

Waltzing Around

May 13, 1929
Two zany transients get jobs as vendors at a sports arena. One of them accidently knocks out one of the fighters, and must take his place, with his partner acting as referee.
Comedy
The Circus Show-Up
7.5

The Circus Show-Up

Feb 17, 1932
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
Mystery
L'Homme-léopard
6.5

L'Homme-léopard

May 19, 1943
Alors qu'un léopard se promène dans la nature, d'horribles meurtres sèment la terreur dans une ville du Nevada.
Horror
The Remarkable Andrew
8.2

The Remarkable Andrew

Mar 05, 1942
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.
Fantasy
A Gentleman at Heart
6

A Gentleman at Heart

Jan 16, 1942
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director Ray McCarey's 1942 comedy also stars Carole Landis, J. Carrol Naish, Steven Geray, Richard Derr, Rose Hobart, Elisha Cook Jr., Chick Chandler, Francis Pierlot and Jerome Cowan.
Comedy
Double Cross
4.8

Double Cross

Jun 27, 1941
A disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.
Crime
He's My Guy
6

He's My Guy

Mar 26, 1943
The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.
Music
Coney Island
5.3

Coney Island

Jun 18, 1943
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.
Comedy
Ses trois amoureux
5.5

Ses trois amoureux

Jun 13, 1941
Janie se voit demander en mariage par un vendeur de voitures conservateur, un mécanicien bohème et un playboy millionaire, et doit donc faire un choix entre les trois hommes.
Comedy
Lucky Jordan
6

Lucky Jordan

Nov 16, 1942
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
Comedy
La Septième Victime
6.4

La Septième Victime

Aug 21, 1943
Une jeune fille recherche sa soeur, mystérieusement disparue. Celle-çi est sous l'influence d'une secte d'adorateurs de Satan
Horror
Le Facteur sonne toujours deux fois
7.05
Frank Chambers, un jeune désoeuvré, se rend en auto-stop de San Francisco à San Diego. Dans un restaurant où il fait une halte, il fait la connaissance de Nick Smith, le patron de l'établissement, et de son irrésistible épouse, Cora. A la recherche d'un employé, Nick décide d'engager Frank, malgré les réticences de Cora. Peu de temps après, la belle succombe au charme du jeune homme et tous deux deviennent amants. Entraînée par la passion démesurée qu'elle voue au garçon, Cora pousse Frank à éliminer son mari, en faisant passer le crime pour un simple accident. Frank finit par céder à cette insistante prière et supprime Nick...
Drama
The Big Street
5.8

The Big Street

Aug 13, 1942
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Romance
By Whose Hand?
6

By Whose Hand?

Jul 06, 1932
On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
Mystery