Robert E. Kent

Nacimiento : 1911-08-31, Canal Zone, Panama

Muerte : 1984-12-11

Películas

The Christine Jorgensen Story
Associate Producer
La infancia no fue un camino de rosas para George Jorgensen. Los niños del colegio se divertían con cosas que él simplemente aborrecía. Con el paso de los años, sus problemas de identidad sexual se vuelven cada vez más acusados; emocionalmente es una mujer pero físicamente es un hombre. Después de un desagradable incidente con uno de sus jefes, George contacta con el profesor Estabrook, que le enseña que el sexo es una cuestión química y que muchas desviaciones sexuales pueden ser corregidas con tratamientos hormonales. La historia de Christine Jorgensen no ha hecho más que empezar. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Christine Jorgensen Story
Writer
La infancia no fue un camino de rosas para George Jorgensen. Los niños del colegio se divertían con cosas que él simplemente aborrecía. Con el paso de los años, sus problemas de identidad sexual se vuelven cada vez más acusados; emocionalmente es una mujer pero físicamente es un hombre. Después de un desagradable incidente con uno de sus jefes, George contacta con el profesor Estabrook, que le enseña que el sexo es una cuestión química y que muchas desviaciones sexuales pueden ser corregidas con tratamientos hormonales. La historia de Christine Jorgensen no ha hecho más que empezar. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Fastest Guitar Alive
Screenplay
Confederate super-spy Johnny and his partner in crime Steve travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Johnny dons a fake wig, beard and mustache, and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.
Hot Rods to Hell
Screenplay
While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.
Hold On!
Writer
Herman's Hermits' first film, in which the British band has the chance to have an American spacecraft named for them.
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Writer
A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.
Get Yourself a College Girl
Writer
A young music student faces expulsion after her instructors learn she is moonlighting as a pop-music writer.
Blood on the Arrow
Story
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to his trial.
Blood on the Arrow
Screenplay
In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to his trial.
La revancha de Clint Cooper
Screenplay
Shelby, una pequeña ciudad del Oeste, ve turbada su tranquilidad con la llegada de Clint Cooper cuya intención es recuperar el amor de Helen, la joven a la que abandonó. (FILMAFFINITY)
Un trío de terror
Producer
Adaptación de varios cuentos de Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Un trío de terror
Writer
Adaptación de varios cuentos de Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hootenanny Hoot
Writer
The marriage of television director Ted Glover and television producer A.G. Bannister has gone on the rocks because she has permitted her career to take precedence over romance.
Diario de un loco
Screenplay
En su lecho de muerte, un asesino confiesa que quiere morir, ya que hay algo más fuerte que su voluntad que le obliga a cometer terribles crímenes. Por desgracia, nadie le cree. (FILMAFFINITY)
Diario de un loco
Producer
En su lecho de muerte, un asesino confiesa que quiere morir, ya que hay algo más fuerte que su voluntad que le obliga a cometer terribles crímenes. Por desgracia, nadie le cree. (FILMAFFINITY)
La torre de Londres
Writer
Año 1843. Mientras Inglaterra está al borde de la guerra, el rey Eduardo IV está en su lecho de muerte. Su hermano Ricardo, duque de Gloucester, incitado por su mujer, se propone ocupar el trono, pero antes debe eliminar a todos los que lo preceden en la línea de sucesión. Después ejecutar personalmente varios asesinatos, sus víctimas se le aparecen para atormentarlo.
Jack y el gigante asesino
Associate Producer
El terrible y traicionero Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) planea hacerse con el trono de Cornwall intentando que el rey Mark (Dayton Lummis) abdique y luego casarse con su bella hija Elaine (Judi Meredith). Para conseguirlo cuenta con la ayuda de terribles brujas que habitan en su castillo y su imparable magia. Un gigante bajo su control secuestra a la princesa, pero de camino a casa, el gigante se encuentra con Jack (Kerwin Mathews), un humilde granjero, que lo mata. Ese es sólo el comienzo, ya que Jack debe mantener la magia de Pendragon bien lejos.
Incident in an Alley
Producer
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is innocent after all.
Don't Knock the Twist
Writer
A TV executive tries to create a musical special to save his network.
Beauty and the Beast
Producer
A low-budget re-telling of the classic fairy tale.
Deadly Duo
Producer
Two identical twin sisters...one is very,very good--one is very, very bad. The good twin is due some big bucks. The bad twin wants 'em. Since they look just alike...look out.
Saintly Sinners
Producer
Directed by Jean Yarbrough Ex-con Joseph Braden (Ron Hagerthy) has his car temporarily stolen by a pair of bank robbers who hide their loot in the vehicle's spare tire. After the car is repossessed, it's sold to the kindly Rev. Daniel Sheridan (Don Beddoe), who immediately sets out on a fishing trip. Not knowing that his new automobile was recently used in a heist, Father Dan gets the surprise of his life when he's suddenly stopped by a police officer.
Twist Around The Clock
Screenplay
The plot is virtually identical to the plot of the earlier film "Rock Around the Clock." A struggling manager visits a hayseed town and discovers a new dance craze, and hopes to turn it into a overnight nationwide sensation. Features performances by Chubby Checker and Dion.
The Clown and the Kid
Producer
The Clown and the Kid is a 1961 film. When Moko the Clown (Don Keefer) passes away, his newly orphaned son Shawn (Michael McGreevey) takes up with mysterious wanderer Peter (John Lupton), and the two strangers become close friends and partners until a closely guarded secret rips them apart.
Gun Street
Producer
In this movie filmed and released in 1961 (and not a 1962 production), an escaped convict returns to town and begins a reign of terror. Marked for death are Dr. Dean Knudtson, his wife Janice, formerly married to the killer, and Jeff Baxley, on whose testimony the man was originally sent to prison. Sheriff Charles Morton and deputy Sam Freed head a posse tracking down the killer in the desert. The man is found dead of the wounds inflicted by a prison guard trying to prevent his escape. The sheriff resigns his job and heads west with Joan. Written by Les Adams
Mary Had a Little...
Screenplay
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
Secret of Deep Harbor
Producer
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
The Flight That Disappeared
Producer
A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.
When the Clock Strikes
Producer
A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.
Police Dog Story
Producer
After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.
Five Guns to Tombstone
Producer
Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt (Robert Karnes), not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.
The Walking Target
Producer
An ex-con finds unexpected romance with the widow of his former accomplice as he tries to collect his hidden loot.
Cage of Evil
Producer
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises.
The Music Box Kid
Producer
A young gangster in 1920's New York quickly rises through the ranks of the mob, then sets up his own murder-for-hire organization. When he starts kidnapping other mobsters for ransom, the New York gangs band together for revenge.
Noose for a Gunman
Producer
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Noose for a Gunman
Screenplay
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Oklahoma Territory
Producer
Temple Houston (Sam Houston's son) who is the DA with a sense of Justice. He is located in Fort Smith, Ark and works with Judge Parker in 1872. His area includes the Oklahoma Territory which was the Indian territory at that time. Chief Buffalo Horn who is falsely accused of murder.
Three Came to Kill
Producer
Assassins take a flight controller's family hostage to force him into revealing the aircraft carrying their quarry.
Three Came to Kill
Writer
Assassins take a flight controller's family hostage to force him into revealing the aircraft carrying their quarry.
Gunfighters of Abilene
Producer
A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.
A Dog's Best Friend
Producer
A young orphan rejects his foster parents and instead turns to a German shepherd whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.
Vice Raid
Producer
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Producer
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
Inside the Mafia
Producer
A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.
Invasores invisibles
Producer
Unos extraterrestres informan al científico Penner (Philip Tongue) que ellos han estado escondidos en la luna durante siglos, invisibles ante los ojos de los telescopios terrestres, y ahora han decidido aniquilar la Tierra a no ser que las principales potencias firmen la rendición incondicional de inmediato. Un equipo al mando de Penner se autoaisla en un laboratorio secreto para estudiar la manera de vencer a estos invasores y hallar su punto débil. Pero tendrán que resistir el embate de los invasores que se han adueñado de los cuerpos de las personas muertas
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Producer
Cuando los tiroteos de dos delincuentes juveniles despiertan protestas públicas, llaman a un psicólogo para que intente solucionar el problema con medios pacíficos.
Guns Girls and Gangsters
Producer
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
Guns Girls and Gangsters
Screenplay
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
La maldición del hombre sin cara
Producer
En las excavaciones de Pompeya un trabajador desentierra un cuerpo y un medallón de bronce con unas extrañas inscripciones. Carlo Fiorillo, arqueólogo italiano, especula sobre la posibilidad de que el cuerpo siga con vida. El investigador médico Paul Mallon se muestra escéptico hasta que su prometida comienza a soñar eventos extraños?.
Badman's Country
Producer
Pat Garrett arrives in Abilene where he catches five of Butch Cassidy's gang. He calls in Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson and they learn there is a half million dollar shipment of money arriving by train and Cassidy is amassing enough men to take it.
It ¡El terror del más allá!
Producer
Una expedición anterior: sólo hallan al capitán, y el resto de la dotación ha desaparecido. Acusado de matar a sus compañeros, el hombre es apresado y conducido de regreso a la Tierra. Pero antes de despegar de Marte, una criatura se cuela en el interior de la nave y, a lo largo del viaje, comienza a diezmar a la tripulación.
Crimen S.A.
Producer
Arthur Blane es acusado injustamente del asesinato de su compañero de trabajo Mickey Partos. Éste había descubierto pruebas que vinculaban a su sindicato con el crimen organizado. Laura, la prometida de Blane, en el juicio, defiende su inocencia testificando que la noche del crimen estaba con él. A pesar de ello, tras el hallazgo de una misteriosa grabación que lo inculpa, Arthur es condenado a prisión. Sin embargo, quedan ciertas cuestiones sin resolver, por lo que el abogado del estado Jim Fremont decide investigar el caso con la ayuda de Laura. (FILMAFFINITY)
Gun Duel In Durango
Producer
A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.
Utah Blaine
Screenplay
Utah Blaine salva a un ranchero a quien Nevers, que desea sus tierras, ha colgado y dejado por muerto. Agradecido, el ranchero le deja en herencia la mitad de su rancho (la otra mitad es para la hermosa Angie), pero Nevers y sus hombres no dejarán la cosa así.
Don't Knock The Rock
Writer
Rock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the mayor and other concerned adults have banned him from performing in his hometown because they consider him and his music a negative influence on the youth. But with the help of disc jockey/publicist Alan Freed and fellow artists (including Bill Haley and the Comets and Little Richard), they hope to convince everyone that rock and roll is not as dangerous as the adults think.
Miami Exposé
Writer
A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.
Los colmillos del lobo
Story
En el pequeño pueblo de Mountaincrest, un hombre afectado de amnesia mata a otro en la calle. La policía intenta atraparlo. El problema es que no están seguros de si persiguen a un hombre o a un animal salvaje.
Los colmillos del lobo
Screenplay
En el pequeño pueblo de Mountaincrest, un hombre afectado de amnesia mata a otro en la calle. La policía intenta atraparlo. El problema es que no están seguros de si persiguen a un hombre o a un animal salvaje.
Rock Around the Clock
Screenplay
A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes to bring the new sound to the entire country. But will a conniving booking agent, with a personal ax to grind with the manager, conspire to keep the band from making the big time?
Rock Around the Clock
Story
A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes to bring the new sound to the entire country. But will a conniving booking agent, with a personal ax to grind with the manager, conspire to keep the band from making the big time?
The Houston Story
Writer
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.
Inside Detroit
Writer
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.
El rifle que conquistó el oeste
Screenplay
Durante la construcción de las vías del ferrocarril en la zona sioux del territorio de Wyoming, se edifican una cadena de fuertes por toda la zona para poder defenderse del ataque indio. A la cabeza de la misión está Jack Gaines, con su nuevo rifle modelo Springfield.
El rifle que conquistó el oeste
Story
Durante la construcción de las vías del ferrocarril en la zona sioux del territorio de Wyoming, se edifican una cadena de fuertes por toda la zona para poder defenderse del ataque indio. A la cabeza de la misión está Jack Gaines, con su nuevo rifle modelo Springfield.
El levantamiento de los seminolas
Screenplay
Año 1855. En el Oeste americano, el teniente de Caballería Cam Elliott recibe la misión de capturar a Gato Negro, el jefe de los indios seminola, que lleva a su pueblo a la destrucción a través de luchas interminables. Gato Negro secuestra a Susan, la hija del coronel Hannah, con la intención de venderla a un grupo de blancos renegados a cambio de armas. El teniente Elliott, enamorado de la joven, perseguirá a los indios para rescatarla. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Miami Story
Story
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
The Miami Story
Screenplay
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Tambores de Tahiti
Screenplay
A finales del siglo XIX, Tahití es un protectorado francés. Pero los nativos descontentos apoyados por la vieja reina que cuenta, supuestamente, con la ayuda de los ingleses, intentan quitarse de encima la dominación francesa.
Tambores de Tahiti
Story
A finales del siglo XIX, Tahití es un protectorado francés. Pero los nativos descontentos apoyados por la vieja reina que cuenta, supuestamente, con la ayuda de los ingleses, intentan quitarse de encima la dominación francesa.
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Screenplay
Joe Branch, reputed to be the son of Jesse James, comes riding into Coffeyville Kansas, looking for proof one way or the other regarding the question of who his father was.
Guante de acero
Story
En el siglo XVIII, el patriota irlandés Charles Wogan de Rathecoffey llega a Escocia para ayudar al Príncipe Jacobo en su búsqueda para reclamar el trono de Jorge II. El pretendiente reconoce que sus fuerzas son demasiado pequeñas y vuelve al exilio en Francia. Poco después en una taberna, Charles escucha al Duque de Somerfield insultar descaradamente al rey Jorge II. El Duque es herido y Charles es arrestado y encarcelado. (FILMAFFINITY)
Charge of the Lancers
Screenplay
Un soldado se disfraza de gitano para rescatar a su mejor amigo del enemigo.
Flame of Calcutta
Screenplay
A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.
La sirena de Bagdad
Writer
Mientras el mago Kazah presenta su espectáculo en el desierto, sufre el ataque de las tropas de Hamid, que secuestran a sus bellas bailarinas. Kazah sigue a los bandidos hasta Bagdad y allí descubre que han sido compradas por el visir Sorodin para el harén del sultán El Malid. Cuando el mago se dispone a rescatarlas, conoce a Zendi, la hija del ex sultán Ahmand el Justo.
La serpiente del Nilo
Writer
El drama de Antonio y Cleopatra, con bajo presupuesto y filmado en los sets de SALOMÉ (1953) de Rita Hayworth.
Fort Ti
Screenplay
Albany, 1759. Los franceses necesitan un espía y han elegido a un granjero. Como no les basta con amenazar a su familia, utilizan a los indios para secuestrar a su mujer y a sus hijos. El hombre, desesperado, confiesa su traición y se presta a facilitar información falsa para ganar tiempo mientras su cuñado, al frente de un grupo de voluntarios, intenta el rescate. (FILMAFFINITY)
Fort Ti
Story
Albany, 1759. Los franceses necesitan un espía y han elegido a un granjero. Como no les basta con amenazar a su familia, utilizan a los indios para secuestrar a su mujer y a sus hijos. El hombre, desesperado, confiesa su traición y se presta a facilitar información falsa para ganar tiempo mientras su cuñado, al frente de un grupo de voluntarios, intenta el rescate. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Pathfinder
Screenplay
Pathfinder, un hombre blanco criado por los indios mohicanos, une fuerzas con el ejército británico para vengarse de los guerreros mingo y los franceses, que han traído la muerte y el saqueo a su pueblo.
El halcón dorado
Screenplay
Kit Gerardo, un conocido bucanero español al que llaman "El Halcón Dorado" rescata a una encantadora pelirroja a la que había secuestrado Luis del Toro, su principal enemigo. (FILMAFFINITY)
El hidalgo
Original Story
Norteamericanos y rusos se enfrentan entre sí por la propiedad de la tierra de California en el siglo XIX.
El hidalgo
Screenplay
Norteamericanos y rusos se enfrentan entre sí por la propiedad de la tierra de California en el siglo XIX.
El guerrero bravío
Writer
En Indiana, a principios del siglo XIX, vuelve a surgir el conflicto entre Estados Unidos y Gran Bretaña por el territorio y las fronteras. Cada lado se esfuerza por ganarse el apoyo de las tribus indias Shawnee de la zona. El gobernador William Henry Harrison solicita la ayuda de Steve Ruddell, cuya amistad con el jefe de Shawnee, Tecumseh, se remonta a la infancia. El liderazgo de Tecumseh del Shawnee es impugnado por su hermano , conocido como El Profeta, que se pone del lado de los británicos. Tecumseh, quien creció como un compañero de juegos de la infancia de Steve y de Laura McGregor, ama a Steve como hermano y espera casarse con Laura. Pero Laura está enamorada de Steve. El padre de Laura, Shayne McGregor, lidera en secreto el apoyo local de los británicos contra los estadounidenses, a pesar de que arriesga la vida y el amor de su hija. Todo llega a un punto crítico en la batalla de Tippecanoe.
Thief of Damascus
Screenplay
A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan.
Thief of Damascus
Story
A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan.
El hacha de la venganza
Writer
Williamsburg, 1753. Hannoc, un joven príncipe de los Deleware, acepta aliarse con los británicos contra los franceses que están invadiendo el sur de Canadá. Una espía francesa, Elizabeth Leeds, hace todo lo que puede para seducir a Hannoc y evitar que lleve a su gente a la guerra en el lado británico.
Last of the Buccaneers
Screenplay
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.
Al borde del peligro
Adaptation
Marx Dixon (Dana Andrews) es un conflictivo policía marcado por el fuerte carácter de su padre. En el transcurso de una investigación, hiere de muerte a un sospechoso y oculta el crimen. Un taxista (Tom Tully) es acusado como presunto autor del asesinato. Y, mientras tanto, Mark se enamora de su bella hija (Gene Tierney).
Almas desnudas
Adaptation
Cuando descubre el cuerpo sin vida del amante de su hija, Lucia Harper decide esconderlo porque sospecha que la autora del crimen es su propia hija.
Assigned to Danger
Story
A gang of bank robbers is pursued by an insurance investigator.
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Story
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
Screenplay
The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.
The Red Stallion
Screenplay
Family film about an elderly rancher, her young grandson, and the horse that the child raises from a colt.
Gas House Kids Go West
Screenplay
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporation.
Philo Vance Returns
Screenplay
Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend, Philo Vance, to help find the killer.
It's a Joke, Son!
Story
Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.
It's a Joke, Son!
Screenplay
Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.
The Falcon's Adventure
Dialogue
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
The Falcon's Adventure
Additional Dialogue
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Screenplay
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Genius at Work
Writer
Two actors who play detectives on the radio find themselves investigating a real crime masterminded by an arch-criminal named the Cobra.
Radio Stars on Parade
Screenplay
A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.
El Halcón en San Francisco
Screenplay
Las vacaciones de El Halcón (Tom Conway) y su amigo "Goldie" Locke (Edward Brophy) se ven interrumpidas al encontrar a una niña llamada Annie, cuya institutriz ha sido asesinada. Cuando la llevan a su casa, son arrestados por supuesto secuestro. Una vez puestos en libertad bajo fianza, que paga una misteriosa mujer (Helm), El Halcón intentará desentrañar con su proverbial sagacidad este nuevo misterio.
El Halcón en San Francisco
Story
Las vacaciones de El Halcón (Tom Conway) y su amigo "Goldie" Locke (Edward Brophy) se ven interrumpidas al encontrar a una niña llamada Annie, cuya institutriz ha sido asesinada. Cuando la llevan a su casa, son arrestados por supuesto secuestro. Una vez puestos en libertad bajo fianza, que paga una misteriosa mujer (Helm), El Halcón intentará desentrañar con su proverbial sagacidad este nuevo misterio.
Dos en la oscuridad
Screenplay
Después de casi atropellarlo con su taxi, Patty Mitchell recoge un pasajero que dice tener amnesia. A medida que el extraño trata de recordar los hechos básicos de su identidad, Patty va interesando por él y decide ayudarlo. Pero, conforme las piezas del rompecabezas van cayendo en su lugar y el interés de Patty se vuelve más personal, él descubre que es el principal sospechoso en un caso de asesinato.
Una chica urgentemente
Screenplay
Dos intérpretes de vodevil de poco éxito deciden buscar oro durante la Fiebre de 1849. Llegan a una ciudad en la que no vive ninguna mujer, por lo que sus habitantes les prometen una gran cantidad de oro si les traen algunas mujeres.
Gildersleeve's Ghost
Screenplay
Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.
Find the Blackmailer
Screenplay
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is implicated, and the detective is off on a hectic pursuit of the incriminating crow and the actual murderer.
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Screenplay
On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
Murder on the Waterfront
Screenplay
A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
Truck Busters
Writer
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
City of Silent Men
Story
The plot revolves around a group of ex-convicts who try to start life anew by relocating in a small town under assumed names. The mayor of the town welcomes the former cons with open arms, helping them re-open a dormant canning factory and encouraging them to hire other reformed criminals.
Spy Ship
Screenplay
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.
I Was Framed
Screenplay
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
Bullet Scars
Writer
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
Bad Men of Missouri
Story
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
The Case of the Black Parrot
Screenplay
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
Father Is A Prince
Screenplay
Director Noel Smith's comic 1940 morality tale, about a carpet sweeper manufacturer who sacrifices his family's happiness for his business, stars Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, Jan Clayton, George Reeves, Lee Patrick, John Litel, Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Frank Ferguson, Vera Lewis, Pierre Watkin, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely and Frank Orth.
Always a Bride
Screenplay
A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.
Calling All Husbands
Screenplay
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexpectedly turns up. Comedy.
Ladies Must Live
Screenplay
A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his friends warn him she's only interested in his money.
Gambling on the High Seas
Screenplay
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.
King of the Lumberjacks
Story
Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.
Flying G-Men
Screenplay
Four flying G-Men protect America against enemy spies; one of the four assumes the identity of The Black Falcon, to befuddle the saboteurs even further.
The Spider's Web
Screenplay
Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.
Juvenile Court
Screenplay
Cuando no puede salvar a su cliente de la silla eléctrica, un abogado de oficio ayuda a la hermana del hombre a limpiar los bajos fondos.
Who Killed Gail Preston?
Screenplay
Gail Preston (Rita Hayworth), una cantante de orquesta con no pocos enemigos, es asesinada de un tiro al terminar su segunda canción, "The Greatest Attraction in the World", y el primer sospechoso, Mr. Owen (Dwight Frye), queda claro cuando cae muerto. Entonces, el inspector de policía Tom Kellogg y su incompetente ayudante, Cliff Connally, enfocan su atención en el líder de la banda, "Swing" Traynor, y en su celosa amante Ann Bishop, pero también ponen su mirada en Frank Daniels, Jules Stevens y Charles Waverly.
All American Sweetheart
Story
Cap Collender (Arthur Loft),a showboat gambling racketeer, ensnares a collegiate rowing team's coxswain, "Squirt" Adams (Jimmy Eagles), into the sports-gambling racket.
Paid to Dance
Screenplay
Dos agentes encubiertos investigan la desaparición de varias bailarinas que trabajaban en las numerosas salas de baile de un mafioso.