Paul Guilfoyle

Paul Guilfoyle

Nacimiento : 1902-07-14, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Muerte : 1961-06-27

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes. Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with The Jolly Roger and Cyrano de Bergerac in 1923 and ending with Jayhawker in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character. He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

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Paul Guilfoyle

Películas

Tess of the Storm Country
Director
Fourth reworking of the classic Grace Miller White novel, this time updated to the 60s, with young Scottish lassie Tess (Diane Baker) becoming embroiled in a conflict about a toxic chemical plant near her new home in Pennsylvania.
The Boy and the Pirates
Snipe
Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish and suddenly finds himself aboard Blackbeard's ship. Soon he realizes that being a pirate isn't what he expected.
La furia de los justos
Cap Grant
Un chico mexicano es acusado de violación y asesinato. De su defensa se ocupa un abogado joven e inexperto que tendrá que demostrar la inocencia del muchacho frente a una agitada comunidad que lo considera culpable de antemano
El gran jefe
Worm
Siendo todavía un niño, "Caballo loco" tuvo una visión que le anunciaba que cuando fuera un hombre guiaría a su pueblo hacia la libertad. Cuando llegó ese momento, se casó y se hizo amigo de un hombre blanco, un cazador honrado y valiente, pero acabó enfrentándose con él debido a que los blancos incumplían sistemáticamente los acuerdos que habían firmado con los pieles rojas. (FILMAFFINITY)
A Life at Stake
Director
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.
Apache
Santos
Después de años de sangrienta lucha contra los colonos y el ejército, el jefe apache Gerónimo se ve obligado a abandonar su tierra. Pero Massai (Lancaster), el guerrero más orgulloso de la tribu, se niega a aceptar la derrota y se enfrenta con astucia a la caballería. Y a medida que su cruzada se acerca al final, se dará cuenta de que debe perseverar, no sólo para salvar su vida, sino también para preservar el orgullo de su raza. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Golden Idol
Prince Ali Ben Mamoud
Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba has the idol and, with the help of Commissioner Barnes, Eli, and a beautiful archeologist, he foils Ali's plans.
Captain Scarface
Director
A group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To this end, they have kidnapped a nuclear scientist and are traveling by steamship to the coast of South America. Luckily for western civilization, the hard-nosed ship's captain, played by Barton MacLane, has other ideas.
La canción de la antorcha
Monty Rolfe
Jenny Stewart es una dura artista de musical, que no acepta críticas de nadie. Pero hay una persona, Tye Graham, un pianista ciego, que podría romper su dura coraza.
The Body Beautiful
Investigator
Susan Morrow, the secretary to Robert Clarke, a model photographer, is upset when her boss pays too much attention to model Noreen Nash. Morrow's younger sister takes a candid photo of her sister in her underwear, with face hidden, and sends it to Clarke. He is intrigued and tries to locate the mystery girl but, meanwhile, enters the photograph in a contest. It wins, provided Clarke can identify the girl. He offers a reward and hires a friend to search for her. Meanwhile, back the agency, Nash offers to pose as the missing girl, but she and Clarke quarrel and she walks out. Rather than leave her boss in a fix, Morrow admits she is the girl in the picture.
Julio César
First Citizen of Rome
Fiel adaptación para el cine de la obra homónima de Shakespeare. Terminada la guerra civil entre César y Pompeyo (49-46 a. C.), César se convierte en dictador vitalicio y concentra en su persona todos los poderes, lo cual implica, de hecho, la desaparición de la República. En el año 44 a. C., Casio y Bruto, dos nobles romanos defensores a ultranza de las libertades republicanas, encabezan una conjura contra el dictador, que es asesinado en los idus de marzo de ese mismo año. Cabría destacar el apologético (y demagógico) discurso que pronuncia Marco Antonio en defensa de César con el fin de soliviantar a la plebe contra los tiranicidas. Con esta obra Mankiewicz propone una lección política sobre los regímenes autoritarios.
Confidence Girl
William Pope
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
Actores y pecados
Mr. Blue
Película dividida en dos historias. La primera gira en torno a un actor de Broadway venido a menos; en la segunda el protagonista es un agente literario que tiene como cliente a una niña de 9 años que escribe guiones que rayan en la pornografía. (FILMAFFINITY)
Journey Into Light
Fanatic
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.
When I Grow Up
Doc
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances across an old diary once kept by his grandfather. Leafing through the yellowed pages, Josh discovers that Grandpa went through many of the same childhood travails that he is enduring at that moment. Armed with a renewed understanding of and appreciation for his elders, Josh decides to stick around for a while and see how things develop.
Bomba and the Hidden City
Hassan
A photographer and his guide meet a corrupt Emir with a dirty secret. Only jungle-dwelling Bomba knows the truth.
Casada con un comunista
Ralston
Originalmente titulada "I Married a Communist", fue renombrada como "The Woman on Pier 13" debido a la creencia general del público, convencido de que se trataba de material documental. Brad es el vicepresidente de una compañía naviera que acaba de casarse con Nan tras un noviazgo de tan sólo una semana. Pronto aparece una fotógrafa, Christine, antigua novia de Brad y camarada en su pasado como militante comunista. Brad sufre los chantajes del partido, que lo amenaza con desvelar su pasado si no colabora con sus planes de agitación propagandística. Nan descubre esta coacción y tratará de ayudar a su esposo mientras su hermano emprende una relación sentimental con Christine.
Davy Crockett, el explorador indio
Ben
Corre el año 1848. Un pelotón del ejército que escolta una caravana de colonos que se dirige al sudoeste es atacado por los indios. Después de las primeras investigaciones, el coronel Pollard está convencido de que tiene que existir un espía que pasa información a los indios. Uno de los colonos acusa directamente a Halcón Rojo, un guía indio que trabaja para el ejército. Su compañero de fatigas, Davy Crockett, sobrino del famoso explorador, intentará dar con el verdadero culpable para limpiar el honor de su compañero.
There's a Girl in My Heart
Father Callaghan
A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its inhabitants---an Irish policeman and his tap-dancing daughter and music-hall wife; a German professor of music and his singing daughter; and an Italian café-owner, a kindly priest, a struggling young doctor and a saloon-keeper. And a political ward-heeler, Terrence Dowd, who has a deceptive and dishonest plan to sell them all out in order to build a fight arena. But he meets his match in property-owner Claire Adamson.
Al rojo vivo
Roy Parker
Cody Jarrett y su banda asaltan un tren que transporta 300.000 dólares, asesinan a los conductores y huyen con el dinero. Poco después, los agentes federales inician la persecución, convencidos de que él es el autor del asalto. Cody se entrega a la policía y es condenado a sólo dos años de prisión, ya que ha preparado una coartada perfecta. Sin embargo, los agentes del tesoro están convencidos de que fue el cerebro del asalto y le tienden una trampa.
El gran gorila
Smith
En un viaje a África, un empresario del mundo del espectáculo descubre un enorme gorila de diez pies de altura, junto al que vive una hermosa joven que lo tiene de mascota. El empresario le convence para que vayan a Hollywood y allí presenta al gorila como "Míster Joseph Young de África". Obtiene un gran éxito como atracción de un club nocturno, pero algunos espectadores desaprensivos emborrachan al gorila, lo que da lugar a una serie de conflictos.
Ven tras de mí
Overbeck
El teniente de policía Harry Grant persigue implacablemente a un asesino en serie, conocido como "El Juez", que desde hace meses tiene aterrorizada a la ciudad. Sin embargo, todas las pistas le conducen a un callejón sin salida. El caso se complicará todavía más cuando una reportera decida también seguir los pasos del criminal.
Miss Mink of 1949
Uncle Newton
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
The Judge
William Jackson
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.
Un secreto de mujer
Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited)
Marion, una actriz y cantante ya retirada de la vida profesional por haber perdido la voz, intenta formar y promocionar a Susan, una joven cuyo nombre artístico es Estrellita, que está dotada de buenas cualidades, pero que carece de carácter. Melodrama con trasfondo criminal, basado en una novela de Vicki Baum.
Trouble Preferred
Baby Face Charlie
A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.
Roses Are Red
George 'Buster' Cooley
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
Second Chance
Nick
Jewel thieves battle investigators.
The Millerson Case
Jud Rookstool
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Frankie
A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing crew will lose their upcoming race.
El virginiano
Shorty
La acción se centra en un cowboy fuera de la ley de Virginia, que vuelve a liderar una banda de ladrones. Sin embargo el Virginiano se enfrenta a un dilema cuando descubre de uno de sus amigos más cercanos es ahora miembro de una banda distinta. ¿Cómo manejará el Virginiano esta situación? y ¿cómo afectarán sus acciones a su relación con una preciosa maestra de escuela?.
The Scarlet Horseman
Jim Bannion
Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.
Why Girls Leave Home
Steve Raymond
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.
The Missing Corpse
Andy McDonald
A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car. Good guy Kruger attempts to hide McDonald's body, with the help of chauffeur Hogan (Jenks), to keep from being charged with murder. However, zany scenarios occur as the body just won't stay hidden, and keeps on popping up in multiple places where Kruger is located, leading to him hiding the body again and again while Kruger tries to find the real killer.
Dark Shadows
Dudley Badger
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
The Mark of the Whistler
'Limpy' Smith
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
La raza superior
Katry
En junio de 1944, cuando los aliados declaran el día-D y los últimos reductos alemanes huyen como los cuervos de la tormenta, en Kolar, Bélgica, los aliados tratan de reconstruir el pueblo... pero también allí quedan nazis que, como nubes negras, están dispuestos a procurar que la paz no llegue nunca. El instructor nazi, Frederick von Beck (George Coulouris), tomará la iniciativa, pero allí está el mayor Phil Carson (Stanley Ridges) y otros valientes para enfrentarlo y proteger al pueblo.
La séptima cruz
Fiedler
En los años previos a la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), siete prisioneros consiguen escapar de un campo de concentración nazi. El comandante del campo ordena que se claven siete cruces en siete árboles para enterrarlos cuando sean capturados.
Sucedió mañana
Shep
Larry Stevens trabaja como reportero del Evening News de Nueva York y está a punto de celebrar sus bodas de oro con su esposa Sylvia y toda su familia. Durante la fiesta, cuenta un extraño hecho que le sucedió a fines del siglo XIX, cuando el viejo Benson, el encargado de la hemeroteca del periódico, al que apenas conocía, le entregó un ejemplar del Evening News que vaticinaba con un día de antelación las noticias que iban a producirse
Three Russian Girls
Trishin
Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies, Three Russian Girls is a remake of Russia's The Girl From Stalingrad. Set just after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the film stars Anna Sten as Natasha, a Red Cross volunteer who is dispatched to a field hospital located in an old pre-revolution mansion. American test pilot John Hill (Kent Smith), who'd been in Russia on a goodwill mission, is wounded in battle and brought to the hospital. As he slowly recovers from his wounds, Hill falls in love with Natasha. A last-act crisis develops when the hospital personnel are forced to move immediately to Leningrad as the Nazis advance.
La estrella del norte
Iakin
Segunda Guerra Mundial. En el verano de 1941, los alemanes invaden las poblaciones fronterizas de la Rusia comunista, siendo Estrella del Norte una de ellas. Mientras un grupo de jóvenes procedentes de este lugar parten en un viaje que se les complicará por el camino.
Petticoat Larceny
Joe 'Tinhorn' Foster
An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for her roles, but when she is kidnapped, trouble soon follows in this comedy.
White Savage
Erik
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
Time to Kill
Manager, Florence Apartments
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
Madero of Mexico
Don Francisco Madero
This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.
The Incredible Stranger
The Stranger (uncredited)
In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built, arrives in the small town of Bridgewood to keep a promise.
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Carl Spence
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the district attorneys office is aiding her in solving the mystery of the missing lady.
The Man Who Returned to Life
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
El Santo en Palm Springs
Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
El Santo viaja a Palm Springs para resolver una serie de terribles asesinatos. Ésta fue la última película con George Sanders encarnando al personaje creado por Chartreris.
East of the River
Balmy
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Wildcat Bus
Donovan
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
One Crowded Night
Jim Andrews
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.
Millionaires in Prison
Ox
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
El regreso del Santo
Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
El Santo regresa a la acción para ayudar a un viejo amigo suyo el Inspector Fernack, acosado por un grupo de mafiosos.
El hermano orquídea
Red Martin
El gángster Little John Sarto viaja por Europa en busca de estilo, sin embargo nunca podrá poseer ese toque que anhela. Cuando regresa a América sin un dólar encuentra a su banda liderada por Jack Buck y a su novia convertida en una nueva rica.
Las uvas de la ira
Floyd
Tom Joad regresa a su hogar tras cumplir condena en prisión, pero la ilusión de volver a ver a los suyos se transforma en frustración al ver cómo los expulsan de sus tierras. Para escapar al hambre y a la pobreza, la familia no tiene más remedio que emprender un larguísimo viaje lleno de penalidades con la esperanza de encontrar una oportunidad en California, la tierra prometida.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Minor Role (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
Recuerdo de una noche
District Attorney
Justo antes de Navidad, la joven Lee Leander (Barbara Stanwyck) es arrestada por el robo de una joya y es procesada por el fiscal John Sargent (Fred McMurray) pero el juicio se pospone hasta después de Navidad. Sargent acaba sintiendo pena por ella y decide llevarsela con él a casa de su madre. Después de pasar unos dias juntos, ámbos se enamoran, pero les surge un nuevo problema, como solventar el asunto de la justicia.
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Gordon Mavis
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
One Hour To Live
Stanley Jones
Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
Sabotage
Steve Barsht
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at the plant, catches two men breaking into the machine shop. The men run, but the major shoots one of them.....
Our Leading Citizen
Jerry Peters
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.
News Is Made at Night
Bat Randall
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
Heritage of the Desert
Snap Thornton
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.
Unexpected Father
Ed Stone - Sandy's Uncle
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen Rand threatens to fire Jimmy for neglecting his work, but Jimmy's girlfriend Diana squares things by going to dinner with Rand over Jimmy's objections. Sandy catches measles and the quarantine causes Jimmy and Boris to miss a big audition.
Society Lawyer
Murtock
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence
Money to Loan
Hanley's Assistant
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
The Story of Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.
Pacific Liner
Wishart
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the attention of nurse Ann Grayson (Wendy Barrie). A Chinese stowaway, meanwhile, infects the stokehold with cholera and it is left to Crusher to keep the engines at full throttle until reaching harbor. But morale sinks to an all-time low when Crusher himself is stricken and the overworked men threaten with mutiny. Tony attempts to keep the stokers in check but the situation is growing more dangerous by the minute when a heroic Crusher rises from his sickbed. Leaving their previous petty squabbles behind, Tony and Crusher manage to guide the ship safely to harbor, where the doc and Ann rekindle their romance.
The Law West of Tombstone
Bud McQuinn
A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
Tarnished Angel
Eddie Fox
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.
Ocho mujeres y un crimen
Bat Regan
Melsa Manton, una jovencita de clase alta, descubre una noche, en una casa deshabitada, un cadáver. Pero cuando llega la policía, el cuerpo ha desaparecido. Al día siguiente, un diario publica la noticia, tomando por una bromista contumaz a Melsa, quien no duda en poner un pleito al autor del artículo, Peter Ames. Deseando demostrar la verdad, Melsa y su grupo de inseparables amigas empiezan a investigar el caso. Un segundo cadáver, éste nada escurridizo, no tarda en aparecer. Los meandros de la investigación son cada vez más espesos. Y entre dudas, sospechas y amenazas, Peter Ames y Melsa Manton empiezan a constatar que del odio al amor hay sólo un minúsculo paso.
Fugitives for a Night
Monks
A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
Amanda (Carefree)
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Steven tiene problemas con la relación entre él y su prometida Amanda. La convence de ver a su amigo el Dr. Flagg. Después de unos malentendidos, Amanda acaba enamorada del doctor. Cuando él intenta hipnotizarla para hacerla sentir más por Steven, las cosas empiezan a complicarse.
I'm from the City
Willie
Pete Pepper (Joe Penner) is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whirlwind when he has been hypnotized by "Ollie" Finch (Richard Lane). Pete is entered as a competitor in a wild-west cross-country obstacle race...and has to ride without being hypnotized.
Gigantes del cielo
'Fergie' Ferguson
Historia del duro entrenamiento para los pilotos de entre guerras. Varios jóvenes quieren convertirse en ases de la aviación y deberán convivir y aprender a confiar los unos en los otros, bajo la inquisidora mirada del jefe de la academia. Todo ello salpicado con el amor a una joven por el que rivalizarán los dos protagonistas.
El Santo en Nueva York
Hymie Fanro
Las mafias campan a sus anchas en la ciudad de Nueva York, por lo que los ciudadanos deciden unirse y pedir ayuda a Simon Templar, 'El Santo', para que expulse al crimen organizado de toda Manhattan. Una vez en Nueva York, Simon intentará desmantelar la banda de gángsters de Big Fellow.
Blind Alibi
Taggart
A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's love letters.
Law of the Underworld
Batsy
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
This Marriage Business
Frankie Spencer
A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.
El rapto de Laura
P.X. Quinn - Bailbondsman (uncredited)
El hijo de un millonario, que reparte leche para ganar una apuesta a su padre, se enamora de una aristócrata que él confunde con una criada.
La fiera de mi niña
(uncredited)
David Huxley (Cary Grant) es un paleontólogo tímido y despistado que está a punto de acabar la laboriosa reconstrucción del esqueleto de un brontosaurio, al que sólo le falta una clavícula intercostal. También está a punto de casarse con su anodina secretaria. En un partido de golf con el abogado de una solterona millonaria, potencial mecenas del museo para el que trabaja, Huxley conoce a Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn), una joven adinerada y caprichosa que hará lo posible para que no culmine ninguno de sus dos proyectos: se dedicará a manipular a Huxley para seducirlo con un estilo muy peculiar: le abolla el coche, le desgarra el smoking, esconde su ropa, le rompe las gafas y por si fuera poco, lo embauca para que cuide a un joven leopardo llamado "Baby".
Double Danger
Taylor
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.
Crashing Hollywood
Herman Tibbets
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
She's Got Everything
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
Quick Money
Ambrose Ames
Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who never liked Bluford, holds no grudges against him and too welcomes him with open arms. Although Bluford had no intention of making the news public, the townsfolk learn that he has indeed come back to do business, specifically develop a summer resort in Glenwood to rival that of the best summer resorts worldwide.
Danger Patrol
Tim
An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.
Fight for Your Lady
Jim Trask
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
El valle de los ícaros
Jones
Un grupo de aviadores profesionales se dedica al transporte en las remotas tierras de los Andees. Uno de los aviadores, aficionado en exceso a la bebida, trae a la mujer con la que acaba de casarse, la cual se enamora de uno de sus compañeros.
Hideaway
Norris
A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to hide out.
Super-Sleuth
Gibbons, a film director
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Behind The Headlines
Art Martin
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
You Can't Buy Luck
Frank Bent
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.
The Woman I Love
Bertier
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Miguel Strogoff
Vasiley
Narra la historia de un correo del zar de Rusia que debe entregar una carta al duque, en la que le previene del traidor Iván Ogaref que quiere asesinarlo y entregar su ciudad a los Khanes mongoles. En su apresurado camino se encuentra con Nadia, una joven que va a la misma ciudad, Irkuskt, para ver a su padre. Los mongoles capturan a Miguel Strogoff, que logra escapar curiosamente y entrega la carta al duque, evitando la invasión mongola.
Wanted: Jane Turner
Phil Crowley
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
Winterset
Garth Esdras
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Gallagher
Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger, a female fight promoter, when he becomes involved with June Prentice and her high-society crowd.
Roaming Lady
Dr. Wong
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers her dashing aviator sweetheart, Dan Bailey and and her munitions-producing father, E. J. Reid and an assortment of the usual south-seas characters along with some Asians with varying agendas. The cargo included a shipment of bombs and machine guns. She soon finds herself being held hostage and they will free her only if Dan agrees to pilot a bombing plane for some Chinese bandits.
You May Be Next!
Navy Messenger (uncredited)
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
The Crime of Doctor Crespi
Dr. John Arnold
A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in anyone who gets the injection. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, in order to bury them alive.
Special Agent
Williams - Quinn's Secretary
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
The Skull Murder Mystery
Paul Beck
When the skeleton of a young man is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tenants come under suspicion. The team of Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree use the skull of the victim to solve the murder.