Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 – March 26, 1987) was an American stage and film character actor. His eyes were brown and his (adult) height was five foot ten inches. Abel was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Christine (née Becker) and Richard Michael Abel. Abel graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where he had studied in 1917 and joined a touring company. He made his Broadway debut in Forbidden in 1919. His many theatre credits include As You Like It, Desire Under the Elms, Mourning Becomes Electra, Merrily We Roll Along, and Trelawny of the 'Wells'. On the stage, he appeared in Channing Pollock's 1926 production of The Enemy together with Fay Bainter. Abel was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter. He died of a myocardial infarction in Essex, Connecticut. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Abel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Walter Abel
  • Popularity: 5.256
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1898-06-05
  • Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Walter Abel Movies

  • 1942
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    Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

    7 1942 HD

    Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bing Crosby

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  • 1953
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    Island in the Sky

    Island in the Sky

    6.2 1953 HD

    A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: John Wayne

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  • 1972
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    Night of the Dark Full Moon

    Night of the Dark Full Moon

    5.1 1972 HD

    A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Patrick O'Neal

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  • 1936
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    Fury

    Fury

    7.49 1936 HD

    Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Sylvia Sidney

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  • 1944
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    Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington

    6.6 1944 HD

    A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bette Davis

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  • 1942
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    Wake Island

    Wake Island

    5.5 1942 HD

    In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Brian Donlevy

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  • 1957
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    Raintree County

    Raintree County

    6.3 1957 HD

    In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Elizabeth Taylor

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  • 1947
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    13 Rue Madeleine

    13 Rue Madeleine

    5.9 1947 HD

    Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students,...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: James Cagney

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  • 1965
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    Mirage

    Mirage

    7 1965 HD

    In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Gregory Peck

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  • 1941
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    Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

    6.577 1941 HD

    Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charles Boyer

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  • 1948
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    That Lady in Ermine

    That Lady in Ermine

    5.833 1948 HD

    Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Betty Grable

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  • 1956
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    The Steel Jungle

    The Steel Jungle

    5.3 1956 HD

    The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Perry Lopez

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  • 1955
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    The Indian Fighter

    The Indian Fighter

    6.1 1955 HD

    A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Kirk Douglas

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  • 1954
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    Night People

    Night People

    5.938 1954 HD

    A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gregory Peck

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  • 1938
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    Racket Busters

    Racket Busters

    5.1 1938 HD

    A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Humphrey Bogart

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  • 1941
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    Skylark

    Skylark

    6.8 1941 HD

    As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business....

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Claudette Colbert

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  • 1940
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    Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    6.5 1940 HD

    Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lloyd Nolan

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  • 1942
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    Star Spangled Rhythm

    Star Spangled Rhythm

    5.9 1942 HD

    Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bing Crosby

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  • 1946
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    The Kid from Brooklyn

    The Kid from Brooklyn

    6.2 1946 HD

    Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Danny Kaye

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  • 1943
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    So Proudly We Hail

    So Proudly We Hail

    5.5 1943 HD

    During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Claudette Colbert

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  • 1947
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    Variety Girl

    Variety Girl

    6.1 1947 HD

    Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Bing Crosby

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  • 1930
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    Liliom

    Liliom

    6.6 1930 HD

    A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charles Farrell

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  • 1935
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    6.4 1935 HD

    The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Walter Abel

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  • 1940
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    Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

    6.118 1940 HD

    A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Claudette Colbert

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  • 1944
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    An American Romance

    An American Romance

    5.9 1944 HD

    A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

    Genre: Romance

    Cast: Brian Donlevy

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  • 1937
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    Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

    7 1937 HD

    Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Miriam Hopkins

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  • 1945
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    The Affairs of Susan

    The Affairs of Susan

    6.1 1945 HD

    Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joan Fontaine

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  • 1936
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    Two in the Dark

    Two in the Dark

    5.7 1936 HD

    Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith)...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Walter Abel

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  • 1938
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    Law of the Underworld

    Law of the Underworld

    5.3 1938 HD

    A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Chester Morris

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Bud Abbott

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  • 1940
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    Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

    Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

    4.3 1940 HD

    When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: John Hubbard

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  • 1948
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    Dream Girl

    Dream Girl

    4.5 1948 HD

    A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Betty Hutton

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  • 1943
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    Fired Wife

    Fired Wife

    4.8 1943 HD

    A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Diana Barrymore

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  • 1953
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    So This Is Love

    So This Is Love

    5.5 1953 HD

    Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Kathryn Grayson

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  • 1938
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    Men with Wings

    Men with Wings

    5 1938 HD

    Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Fred MacMurray

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  • 1958
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    Handle with Care

    Handle with Care

    7.2 1958 HD

    A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dean Jones

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  • 1945
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    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    5.6 1945 HD

    Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Shirley Temple

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  • 1936
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    The Lady Consents

    The Lady Consents

    5.8 1936 HD

    Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ann Harding

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  • 1936
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    We Went to College

    We Went to College

    3 1936 HD

    Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.

    Genre:

    Cast: Charles Butterworth

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  • 1939
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    Miracle on Main Street

    Miracle on Main Street

    5.417 1939 HD

    On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Margo

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  • 1964
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    The Confession

    The Confession

    1 1964 HD

    Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ginger Rogers

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  • 1941
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    Glamour Boy

    Glamour Boy

    6 1941 HD

    Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jackie Cooper

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  • 1936
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    The Witness Chair

    The Witness Chair

    6.2 1936 HD

    Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Ann Harding

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  • 1937
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    Portia on Trial

    Portia on Trial

    5 1937 HD

    Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Walter Abel

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  • 1942
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    Beyond the Blue Horizon

    Beyond the Blue Horizon

    1 1942 HD

    A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. When she is found, as a grown...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Dorothy Lamour

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  • 1954
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    Twelve Angry Men

    Twelve Angry Men

    8 1954 HD

    Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Cummings

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  • 1940
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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    6.4 1940 HD

    Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maureen O'Hara

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  • 1985
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    Grace Quigley

    Grace Quigley

    5.867 1985 HD

    Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Katharine Hepburn

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  • 1944
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    The Hitler Gang

    The Hitler Gang

    5.9 1944 HD

    The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bobby Watson

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  • 1945
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    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    6.1 1945 HD

    The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ed Gardner

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  • 1965
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    The Human Duplicators

    The Human Duplicators

    3.029 1965 HD

    An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: George Nader

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  • 1937
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    Green Light

    Green Light

    6.3 1937 HD

    A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Errol Flynn

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  • 1944
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    Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

    5.2 1944 HD

    During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: George Raft

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  • 1947
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    The Fabulous Joe

    The Fabulous Joe

    5.75 1947 HD

    Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Walter Abel

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  • 1973
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    The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

    6.5 1973 HD

    At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cliff Robertson

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  • 1948
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    Picture in Your Mind

    Picture in Your Mind

    1 1948 HD

    Sent by the U.S. government as a participant in the Marshall Plan with a specific mission to assist the French in re-gearing their animation studios,...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Walter Abel

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  • 1939
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    King of the Turf

    King of the Turf

    7 1939 HD

    Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Adolphe Menjou

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  • 1943
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    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    1 1943 HD

    Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: George Reeves

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  • 1957
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    Bernardine

    Bernardine

    7 1957 HD

    A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Pat Boone

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  • 1936
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    Second Wife

    Second Wife

    1 1936 HD

    Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Gertrude Michael

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  • 1939
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    First Offenders

    First Offenders

    1 1939 HD

    A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and...

    Genre:

    Cast: Beverly Roberts

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  • 1976
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    The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

    The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

    1 1976 HD

    Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Patricia Neal

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  • 1971
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.529 1971 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ed Sullivan

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  • 1956
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1956 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bert Lytell

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  • 1957
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1957 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1958
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1958 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Lundigan

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  • 1957
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1957 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Montgomery

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  • 1955
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1955 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast:

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  • 1958
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1958 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1957
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    4.2 1957 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1967
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.2 1967 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bob Hope

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  • 1953
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    Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

    6 1953 HD

    Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast:

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  • 1956
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    Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

    6 1956 HD

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  • 1955
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    Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

    6 1955 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Conrad Nagel

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  • 1965
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.167 1965 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: E.G. Marshall

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  • 1957
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1957 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1957
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1957 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Robert Montgomery

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  • 1956
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1956 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bert Lytell

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