John Crawford

John Crawford

Nacimiento : 1920-09-13, Colfax, Washington, USA

Muerte : 2010-09-21

Historia

Burly, handsome and rugged character actor John Crawford appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows combined in a career that spanned over 40 years, usually cast as tough and/or villainous characters. Crawford was born Cleve Richardson on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington. He was discovered by a Warner Bros. scout while attending the University of Washington's School of Drama. Although he failed his screen test, Crawford nonetheless joined RKO as a laborer. He then got a job building sets at Circle Theater in Los Angeles, and eventually persuaded the producers to cast him in some of their plays. He was soon signed to Columbia Pictures to act in secondary roles in westerns. In the late 1950s he graduated to bigger parts in such films as Ordre de tuer  (1958), La clé (1958) and Un homme pour le bagne (1960), all of which were made in the UK. Crawford returned to America in the early 1960s and began a prolific career in both movies and TV series, up until 1986. His most memorable film roles include the ill-fated chief engineer inL'aventure du Poséidon (1972), the hearty Tom Iverson in La fugue (1975), the bumbling mayor of San Francisco in L'inspecteur ne renonce jamais (1976), hard-nosed police chief Buzz Cavanaugh in Un couple en fuite (1977) and amiable old mine hand Brian Deerling in The Boogens (1981). John had recurring parts as Sheriff Ep Bridges inLa famille des collines (1971) and Capt. Parks on Sergent Anderson (1974). Among the many TV shows he made guest appearances in are The Lone Ranger (1949), Superman(1952), Les espions (1965), La quatrième dimension (1959), Les incorruptibles (1959),La grande caravane (1957), Le fugitif (1963), Star Trek (1966), Perdus dans l'espace(1965), Bonanza (1959), Stalag 13 (1965), Mission impossible (1966), Gunsmoke(1955), Super Jaimie (1976), Dallas (1978) and Dynastie (1981). Crawford died at age 90 following complications from a stroke on September 21, 2010, in Thousand Oaks, California. He's survived by his ex-wife Ann Wakefield, four daughters and two grandchildren. - IMDb Mini Biography

Perfil

John Crawford

Películas

Secretos de la Cripta
Homer
Una mujer atormentada por apariciones fantasmales y un profesor de fenómenos psíquicos investigan disturbios de otro mundo y descubren el secreto de una fuerza malévola que busca venganza más allá de la tumba.
The Other Victim
Price
After his wife is raped, a man struggles to find ways to express the anger and helplessness which the crime has instilled in him.
Los Boogens
Brian Deering
Una vieja mina de plata ubicada en Colorado y cerrada desde hace más de setenta años vuelve a ser abierta. Pero lo que desconocen sus trabajadores es que dentro de ella habitan unos terroríficos monstruos sarrosos con unos ansiosos deseos de sangre caliente. Uno a uno, los vecinos del lugar son asesinados salvajemente a manos de estos peculiares y feroces seres.
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Vernon Presley
Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.
Los más torpes del oeste 2
Captain Sherick
Dos ineptos atracadores de bancos que acaban de ser puestos en libertad intentan, por todos los medios, convertirse en ciudadanos respetables... ¡pero todo se pondrá en contra de ellos! Cuando intentan depositar dinero en un banco, son tomados por ladrones. Cuando se unen a la cabellería del ejército de Estados Unidos, son acusados de intentar volar un fuerte y llevados a prisión... Cuando los más torpes vaqueros del Oeste cabalgan de nuevo, la acción, el romance, la aventura y la risa están servidos.
The Sky Trap
A young man in Arizona, in trying to save his mother’s business, takes off in a sailplane and finds a secret landing strip. He finds that it is being used by drug smugglers, and he works to catch them.
Dreamer
Riverboat Captain
The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he loves sees only that his dream re-locates her to second place in his life; Harry White, his friend and mentor pushes him to become the champion Harry wanted to be — and never was. Torn between ambition and love, Dreamer fights to have both.
Hard Knocks
Josh
A suspenseful and romantic tale of a young man, Guy Montgomery (Michael Christian), whose whole life thus far has been a desperate escape from a tragic and dangerous past. Idealistic as he tries to be, a series of unfortunate incidents in the neon jungle of Hollywood lead him deeper and deeper into the mire of its seamier side until one terrifying evening at the home of a famous actress (Josette Banzet) Guy gets into a fight with her husband and beats him up so badly that he thinks he has killed the man. Once again, Guy is running from his past toward an uncertain future.
Tilt
Mickey
Tilt is the story of a precocious young girl who is a pinball wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents, Tilt is contemplating running away from home. Skipping school one day, she decides to go to to Mickey's Bar. Mickey, who is Tilt's good friend, helps her set up a gambler for a pinball game. Because the gambler is unaware of Tilt's pinball wizardry, he is easily hustled out of his money. While watching the confrontation, a young man named Neil Gallagher, who is an aspiring musician, is impressed with Tilt's ability, congratulating her after the win. Neil invites Tilt to watch him sing at a rock concert, and after his performance she believes he can become a great singer. Because Neil needs money for a demo tape of his songs, he has an idea of taking Tilt with him and having her hustle would-be gamblers.
Lawman Without a Gun
Sgt. Hunt
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
Desperate Women
Three unjustly convicted female prisoners are being transported to prison. Their guards die of water poisoning and a former contract killer helps them survive.
The Two-Five
Capt. Paul Carter
A police show pilot movie dealing with two eager-beaver cops who try to set up a major narcotics bust anonymously because their eccentric commander wants to keep his precinct out of the limelight.
Outlaw Blues
Buzz Cavenaugh
An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a country music superstar. When his confrontation with the star takes a violent turn the ex-con has to go back on the run, but he finds an unexpected ally in a shrewd background singer with a plan to turn the tables in his favor.
Harry el ejecutor
The Mayor
Tercera entrega de las andanzas del controvertido y duro policía de San Francisco, Harry Callahan, de nuevo interpretado por Clint Eastwood. Esta vez, se enfrenta a un grupo de sádicos terroristas que se hacen llamar 'Acción Revolucionaria del Pueblo' y que tratan de dominar la ciudad. Callahan y su nueva ayudante, Kate Moore, deberán rescatar al alcalde, a quien los terroristas han secuestrado.
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Fred Stoner
The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement denials of the crime.
The Swiss Family Robinson
Nate Bidwell
A family shipwrecked on a deserted island tries to survive the best way they can. All is going well until a gang of pirates arrives on the island looking for a hidden treasure.
La noche se mueve
Tom Iverson
Al detective privado Harry Moseby lo contrata una actriz hollywoodiense decadente y alcohólica para que encuentre a su hija.
El coloso en llamas
Callahan
La noche en que se inaugura un gigantesco rascacielos de 138 plantas en la ciudad de San Francisco y se celebra una fiesta a la que acude un amplio grupo de personas, que incluye a las autoridades locales y a las principales personalidades de la ciudad, un cortocircuito en el piso 81 genera un terrible incendio que termina en tragedia.
Strange Homecoming
Winston
A small-town sheriff is surprised to see his brother show up in town, a man whom he hasn't seen in 20 years--and who has graduated from petty thievery to murder.
Message to My Daughter
Abortionist
A confused teenager discovers a stack of tapes recorded years earlier by her dying mother.
Brazo asesino
Doctor Sanders
Atrapados en una cueva, un grupo de hombres se ven acosados por el hambre y deciden amputarle el brazo a uno de ellos para alimentarse. Al rato los encuentran, pero el hombre mutilado queda en estado de shock. Habiendo regresado a la normalidad, los supervivientes comienzan a ser eliminados uno por uno por un misterioso asesino con un hacha.
La aventura del Poseidón
Chief Engineer
Mientras los 1.500 pasajeros del Poseidón, un lujoso trasatlántico que navega de Estados Unidos a Europa, celebran la Nochevieja, estalla una feroz tormenta y una enorme ola transforma el placentero viaje en una catástrofe que puede acabar con la vida de todos los pasajeros.
J.W. Coop
Rancher
Después de perder ocho años en prisión, el vaquero J. W. Coop es liberado para volver a la vida como un vaquero de rodeo profesional en los años 60. Decidido a compensar los años 'primordiales' perdidos de su carrera, avanza tenazmente y aprende que no solo ha cambiado el negocio del rodeo durante su encarcelamiento, sino que también la sociedad en su conjunto ha realizado cambios dramáticos.
La balada de Cable Hogue
Writer
El explorador Cable Hogue es abandonado en medio del desierto por sus crueles compañeros Taggart y Bowen, que le arrebatan la montura, el rifle y las provisiones. Después de caminar bajo un sol implacable durante cuatro días, cuando ya está al borde del colapso, nota que sus botas están húmedas...
The Ravine
Captain Keller
In the winter of 1943, deep in the frozen waste of German occupied Yugoslavia, a lone parachute drifts from the snowy skies, falling ever closer to earth and a waiting German patrol car. Suddenly shots ring out from a hidden sniper, the Germans are killed, and the parachutist scurries away into the forest. The sniper is a woman, the number one partisan terrorist on the German hit list, and her adversary is the German number one exterminator sent direct from berlin to eliminate her. The battle is on, orders from high command - capture her… alive. Both are professional, but now the hunter becomes the hunted.
El regreso de Ben Wyatt
Butch Cassidy
Un pistolero se convierte en el mejor amigo de una chica mejicana que desea vengar el asesinato de sus padres. (FILMAFFINITY)
Spring Night, Summer Night
Virgil
Jessica, la hija mayor de un granjero convertido en minero de carbón, tiene una aventura con su medio hermano Carl, lo que complica las cosas aun más cuando ella se queda embarazada.
Duelo en Diablo
Clay Dean
El teniente McAllister recibe la orden de transportar un cargamento de municiones a través de territorio apache. Para realizar esta misión sólo cuenta con un pequeño destacamento formado por inexpertos soldados de caballería. Les acompaña Jess Remsberg, un veterano explorador del ejército que intenta encontrar a Ellen Grange, una cautiva de los apaches que, después de haber sido liberada, inexplicablemente ha vuelto con ellos. (FILMAFFINITY)
Jugando con la muerte
State Trooper
Dos chicas adolescentes pasan el rato gastando bromas telefónicas, llamando a números al azar y susurrando "Sé lo que has hecho...". Cuando una de sus víctimas resulta ser un asesino que acaba de matar a su mujer y cree que las chicas han sido testigos del crimen, empieza la caza.
La historia más grande jamás contada
Alexander
Superproducción sobre la vida de Jesús de Nazaret que contó con un extenso y conocido reparto en el que destaca Max von Sydow como Jesucristo. A partir de los Evangelios narra la vida de Jesús en la Palestina ocupada por Roma: su nacimiento en Belén, su infancia en Nazaret, los tres años de vida pública, la Última Cena, la traición de su discípulo Judas, su juicio, crucifixión y posterior resurrección.
La americanización de Emily
Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un rico y cobarde oficial de la Marina, que se mantiene alejado de la guerra en una base militar norteamericana, se enamora de una viuda inglesa. Esta historia de amor se ve amenazada cuando el oficial debe cumplir una peligrosa misión, previa al desembarco de Normandía.
Jasón y los argonautas
Polydeuces (uncredited)
Jasón ha profetizado dejar el trono a Tesalia. Pero Pelias le dice que viaje a Colchis y él sigue su consejo, navegando durante muchos días con los Argonautas hasta Grecia. Pero en su viaje se enfrentará con gigantes de bronce y toda serie de monstruos, aunque ellos tenían la protección de Hera, reina de los dioses.
El día más largo
Col. Caffey (uncredited)
Reconstrucción con todo lujo de detalles de uno de los episodios claves para el desarrollo de la II Guerra Mundial: el desembarco en las playas de Normandía llevado a cabo por las tropas aliadas en junio de 1944.
The Impersonator
Sgt. Jimmy Bradford
When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a woman, both he and a local school teacher must race to clear his name and find the real killer.
The Devil's Messenger
Donald Powell
In this feature version of the Swedish TV series "13 Demon Street," a 50,000-year-old woman is found frozen in an ice field, and a man's death is foretold in dreams.
Éxodo
Capt. Hank Schlosberg
Superproducción sobre el nacimiento del estado de Israel (1948). Seiscientos once judíos que han sobrevivido a los campos de exterminio nazis, abandonan Alemania en un barco (el "Estrella de David") que atraca en Chipre. Después de superar grandes dificultades, logran al fin zarpar de la isla en el "Éxodo", barco de carga con destino a Palestina. El objetivo de los refugiados es crear el estado de Israel. Akiva, un líder fanático, considera que el terrorismo es la única vía para construir la nación, pero su hermano Barek y su sobrino Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman) no son de la misma opinión.
Piccadilly Third Stop
Joe Preedy
A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.
Hell Is a City
Don Starling
Cuenta la persecución del criminal Don Starling recién escapado de la cárcel, tras dejar malherido a uno de sus carceleris, quien supuestamente tiene que pasar por Manchester, ya que allí deben estar guardadas las joyas que robó y que tratará de recuperar.
Salomón y la reina de Saba
Joab
Drama histórico sobre el famoso relato bíblico, en el que el Rey David tiene una visión en la que Dios le comunica que su joven hijo Salomón le sucederá en el trono, lo que provoca los celos de su otro hijo: Adonijah.
El capitán Jones
George Washington
Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos (1775-1783). Relato sobre la épica historia de John Paul Jones, el primer gran héroe de la marina americana. Tras pasar su juventud en Escocia, consiguió impresionantes victorias frente a la marina británica. Fue un marino que destacó por su valentía, sus extraordinarias cualidades de estratega y su capacidad de liderazgo para conducir América hacia la libertad. Sin embargo, sus enfrentamientos con el Congreso lo convirtieron en un hombre problemático y acabó siendo destinado a Rusia para dirigir la armada de la zarina Catalina la Grande.
Floods of Fear
Jack Murphy
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
Orders to Kill
Kimball
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
Intent to Kill
Boyd
Cuando el médico inglés Bob McLaurin se prepara para operar en Montreal a un líder sudamericano, su esposa lo chantajea si se niega a aceptar un trabajo en Inglaterra. Hastiada de la vida provinciana en Canadá, está dispuesta a destruir la carrera de su marido y de su hermosa colega la doctora Nancy Ferguson, con tal de volver a casa. Entretanto, un trío de asesinos se dispone a terminar con la vida del paciente.
La llave
American Captain
Durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Stella (Loren), una mujer que vive en Londres, lleva una desastrosa vida sentimental. A través de los años la llave de su casa ha pasado de unas manos a otras, pero su actitud con sus amantes ha sido siempre fría y distante. Sin embargo, cuando el capitán canadiense David Ross (Holden) llega a su casa a través de un viejo amigo, dentro de Stella nace un sentimiento nuevo y tan apasionado que llega a prometerle a Ross que él será su último amante. Pero en tiempos de guerra mantener las promesas puede ser muy difícil
Satan's Satellites
Roth
Feature version of the 1951 American serial film, "Zombies of the Stratosphere".
La batalla de Rogue River
Capt. Richard Hillman
Durante años, el ejército ha sufrido los ataques de los indios de Oregón. El nuevo comandante, el Mayor Archer, será destinado a la zona para acabar de una vez por todas con estos enfrentamientos.
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
Bonnett
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl is a 1954 Action-adventure film about a woman who disguises herself as a slave girl in order to try to gain information from Captain Kidd about his hidden treasure. The film was directed by Lew Landers, and stars Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, and Alan Hale Jr..
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Bill Gaines
In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to prevent the natives from starting a revolution in Burmatra and its neighbors.
Secret of Outlaw Flats
King Bradshaw
Two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series edited together and released as a feature.
Slaves of Babylon
Avil
The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shepherd, is proclaimed king and defeats Nebuchadnezzar.
Los sobornados
Al - Bannion's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
Dave Bannion es un honesto policía que investiga el suicidio de un compañero. Bertha, la viuda, le explica a Bannion que a su esposo le habían diagnosticado una grave enfermedad. Pero Lucy, la amante del difunto, le cuenta que, en realidad, el policía había descubierto un complejo entramado de corrupción en su departamento. Cuando Lucy aparece brutalmente asesinada, Bannion decide acusar a Lagana, el mayor mafioso de la ciudad. Al cabo de poco tiempo, el coche de Bannion explota y mata a su esposa, hecho que le llevará a iniciar una salvaje venganza.
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd
Two British officers are assigned to collect information to convict Captain Kidd of piracy.
Rebel City
Joe Spencer
Rebel City is a "B" western with "A" aspirations. Wild Bill Elliot plays gambler Frank Graham, who heads to Kansas in search of his father's murderer. This being 1864, the local military presence is more preoccupied with keeping Southern sympathizers out of the state to worry about Graham's problems. Thus, our hero undertakes the task of exposing the killer himself. As always, the least likely suspect is the guilty party (though sharp-eyed viewers were wise to the villain from the first reel). Marjorie Lord co-stars as Jane Dudley, the comely operator of the local freight line who helps Graham in his task. Producer Thomas M. Fennelly and director Thomas Carr later collaborated on the Richard Diamond TV series.
La serpiente del Nilo
Captain Domitius
El drama de Antonio y Cleopatra, con bajo presupuesto y filmado en los sets de SALOMÉ (1953) de Rita Hayworth.
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Chris Peters - Henchman
Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his stooge who then offers even less than Mason. But Rocky eventually suspects Mason and when Bill Anderson informs him the agent is a fake, they head out after Mason
Star of Texas
Texas Ranger Stockton
Ed Ryan is a Texas ranger who goes undercover to trap a criminal gang headed by Luke Andrews. Posing as the wanted killer Robert Larkin, Ed is able to move freely amongst the town riffraff. Marshal Bullock learns that the brains behind the gang of Luke Andrews is a group of supposed respectable businessmen.
A Star Shall Rise
Gaspar
Story of the Three Magi's search for the Christ child following their discovery of a new star foretold in Jewish scripture and Zoroastrain religious texts.
Son of Geronimo
Ace Devlin [Chs.1-9]
The self-styled son of Indian chief Geronimo gets himself involved with a gang of nasty whites in this typical low-budget 15 chapter serial, which benefitted from a great deal of footage from the the stock piles at Columbia Pictures. Jim Scott (Clayton Moore) and wagon train boss Tulsa (Bus Osborne) are on to the nefarious schemes of Rance Rankin (Marshall Reed) and Ace Devlin (John Crawford), getting words of warning through to Portico (Rodd Redwing), the Son of Genronimo. With Portico's help, the white renegades are finally destroyed in the serial's concluding chapter, "Peace Treaty." Moore, the future star of the television series The Lone Ranger, was here billed "Clay Moore." Usually cast as a villain, mustachioed Bud Osborne turned in a rare "good guy" performance in this serial.
Old Oklahoma Plains
Chuck Ramsey
One-time cavalry officer Rex Allen, between jobs as a star rodeo rider, is asked by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bigelow, to help settle a dispute between the army and local ranchers. The cavalry has commandeered a large parcel of land needed to test their newly-designed tank and prominent rancher Jenson has encited the locals to rebel at this intrusion. It is up to Rex and his sidekick, Slim, to thwart Jenson and convince the residents that these army tests are essential.
Blackhawk
Chuck
Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the war, they continued to fight evil where ever they find it. In this movie, they are battling a group of spies and saboteurs bent on destroying democracy. The Blackhawks foil a succession of plots, with a cliff hanger ending in each episode.
Zombis de la estratosfera
Roth
Un agente de la Patrulla inter-planetaria lucha contra una raza de zombies que tratan de desbaratar la órbita terrestre. Los marcianos planean utilizar una bomba de hidrógeno para destruir la Tierra y así poder mover Marte a su órbita para aprovechar su mejor clima. Se trata de un serial de 12 episodios que fue reemitido por la cadena NBC en 1955 como parte del ciclo ROCKET SUIT SAGA. Episodios: 1- THE ZOMBIE VANGUARD 2- BATTLE OF THE ROCKETS 3- UNDERSEA AGENTS 4- CONTRABAND CARGO 5- THE IRON EXECUTIONER 6- MURDER MINE 7- DEATH ON THE WATERFRONT 8- HOSTAGE FOR MURDER 9- THE HUMAN TORPEDO 10- FLYING GAS CHAMBER 11- MAN VS. MONSTER 12- TOMB OF THE TRAITORS * Su versión condensada fue SATAN’S SATELLITES (1958), con una duración de 70 minutos.
Actores y pecados
Movie Hero
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)
Northwest Territory
LeBeau
Wilderness adventure starring Kirby Grant and Chinook.
Honeychile
Marvin McKay
A music publishing company tries to swindle a song from a country girl that they inadvertently recorded without her permission.
Hollywood Story
1st Detective (uncredited)
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cadet
José Ferrer ganó el Oscar al mejor actor por su retraro del espadachín y poeta con lengua de plata que intenta atraer a la mujer a la que ama, pero que ama a otro hombre.
Estación Unión
Hackett (uncredited)
A Joyce Willecombe le inspiran desconfianza dos hombres que viajan con ella en el tren; llama entonces a Calhoun (Holden), el jefe de policía de la Estación Unión. Aunque éste, al principio, se muestra escéptico, todo parece indicar que los sospechosos están implicados en un caso de secuestro, razón por la cual Calhoun pide ayuda al inspector de policía Donnelly, pero los secuestradores son muy escurridizos.
Lonely Heart Bandits
Stevedore
Two con artists join forces and pose as brother and sister. He then meets rich widows through the "personals" sections of newspapers, marries them, and both kill the widows for their money.
La calle del misterio
Reporter (uncredited)
En una playa de Massachusetts, es hallado un cadáver que es casi un esqueléeo. Peter Morales (Montalban), un detective de Boston, lo lleva a Harvard, donde el doctor McAdoo (Bruce Bennett) determina que corresponde a una mujer que estaba embarazada y fue asesinada. Las investigaciones de Morales lo conducen a Henry Shanway (Marshall Thompson), un joven recién casado que parece no contar toda la verdad durante el interrogatorio al que se le somete.
La jungla de asfalto
Reporter (uncredited)
La meticulosa planificación de un atraco a una joyería por parte de una banda de delincuentes le sirve a Huston para ofrecer un poderoso relato lleno de intensidad, amén de un realista e insuperable estudio de personajes y sus motivaciones. Sin lugar a dudas, una de los mejores películas del cine negro de todos los tiempos, con el gran Hayden y una seductora y sexy Marilyn Monroe.
The Invisible Monster
Harris
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibility chemical and plans to build a mercenary army of invisible men.
Ghost of Zorro
Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more than a cowboy in a black mask in this 12 chapter Republic serial. Mason, the head of the telegraph line work crew, assumes his ancestor's trade-mark mask (but not whip) in order to prevent a local czar (Roy Barcroft) from sabotaging the burgeoning telegraph line. Pamela Blake, a brunette starlet formerly known as Adele Pearce, played Mason's imperiled girlfriend, and the serial also benefitted from the usual competent work of Republic's great stunt-performers, including Dale van Sickel, Tom Steele, Eddie Parker, and Joe Yrigoyen.
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Sands
The war lords of a potential enemy of the US has the spy ring, led by John Baroda, the Spy King and his aide Nitra, sabotaging the plans for a vast defense system of radar stations along the American borders. Radar Defense Bureau operative Chris Calvert comes to the rescue of a brilliant radar scientist, Joan Hughes, who has been kidnapped by Baroda henchmen in chapter 1 ("The Fatal Fog"), and the two battle together before putting an end to the Spy King in the aptly-named chapter 12, "Day of Reckoning".
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
Amos Ramsey
Jesse James returns to Missouri, and he and brother Frank come to the aid of a young woman who owns a gold mine. Her father was murdered and she took over the mine, and now the villains who killed her father are trying to drive her out of the mine so they can take it over.
Sons of Adventure
George Norton
This western mystery offers a behind-the-scenes look at movie making. The trouble begins when a cowboy star is mysteriously killed on the set. A detective investigates and becomes determined to save the prime suspect. Despite the terrible danger he faces, the investigator does not stop until the real culprit has been apprehended and justice is served.
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Danton - Henchman
Crooks discover a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border but the treasure is hidden somewhere on land. In their efforts to find the hidden treasure they resort to murder and sabotage to stop the construction of the Alcan highway which will bring homesteaders to the area. Sergeant Royal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police battles through 12 episodes to find the crooks and to learn the identity of their mysterious leader known only as 'The Boss'.
El fantasma huye
Dandy at Party (uncredited)
Los dos cómicos encarnan a sendos espíritus que fueron tachados por error de traidores. Como es lógico no pueden descansar en paz, así que deciden volver para probar su inocencia.
Sucedió en el tren
Soldier (uncredited)
Kit Madden es una novelista que viaja en tren a Hollywood para colaborar en una película que se basa en su nuevo libro 'Aquí está el mañana'. Durante el trayecto conoce al marine Rusty Thomas, un caballero que discutirá con ella diversos aspectos del libro, mostrando su desacuerdo en algunos puntos, sin saber que está hablando con la autora.