Darren McGavin

Darren McGavin

Nacimiento : 1922-05-07, Spokane, Washington, U.S.

Muerte : 2006-02-25

Historia

Was an American actor best known for playing the title role in the television horror series Kolchak: The Night Stalker and his portrayal in the film A Christmas Story of the grumpy father given to bursts of profanity that he never realizes his son overhears. He appeared as the tough-talking, funny detective in the 1950s television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. From 1959-1961, McGavin starred in the NBC western series Riverboat, first with Burt Reynolds and then with Noah Beery, Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren McGavin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin

Películas

Pros & Cons
Mr. Stanford
Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's criminal!
Billy Madison
Brian Madison
Las únicas materias a las que Billy, heredero del Madison Hotel, ha dedicado su tiempo últimamente han sido las chicas y el alcohol. Para él, la vida ha sido una fiesta continua durante los diez años transcurridos desde que acabó el colegio. Se ha dedicado a beber interminables daiquiris, ponerse moreno en la piscina, gastar bromas pesadas y perseguir faldas. Pero cuando Brian Madison informa a su irresponsable hijo de que piensa poner su millonaria empresa a nombre del codicioso vicepresidente Eric Gordon, Billy va a por todas. Retoma sus estudios para conseguir sacarse un título en 24 semanas, ¡y con nota! Y esta vez, sin que su padre le financie ni un solo dólar. ¿Será capaz el zoquete de Billy de enderezar su vida para conseguir el respeto de su padre, la fortuna familiar y el amor de su bella profesora, Verónica? Al menos, se merece una oportunidad. (FILMAFFINITY)
Danielle Steel: Un amor verdadero
John Henry Phillips
Rafaela, hija de un prestigioso banquero y esposa adorada de un rico hombre de negocios, era una mujer enamorada. Sin embargo, su felicidad se ve truncada cuando su marido sufre un ataque de apoplejía y queda en silla de ruedas. Sin embargo, cuando la desgracia golpeaba a su puerta, Rafaela conoció a Alex, un hombre joven, apuesto y saludable que la invitó a dejar atrás el pasado y a abandonarse a un destino de felicidad y pasión. A pesar de todo, ella dudaba.
The American Clock
Older Arthur Huntington
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
Mastergate
Folsom Bunting
A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate hearings of 1972-1973.
Happy Hell Night
Henry Collins
25 years ago at Winfield College, psycho-priest Zachary Malius murdered seven frat boys and was put away in the local asylum. Now, however, the same fraternity stages a prank from which Malius is inadvertently set free and returns to the house to repeat his crime...
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.
Perseguido por todos
Hank Dick
Billy Zane (Titanic) protagoniza a Joey un perdedor bien intencionado que se ve involucrado con delincuentes que trafican una droga llamada Libido, que promete incrementar el deseo sexual de quien la usa. Joey es acosado por el detective Darren McGavin ("Kolchak: The Nightstalker") y se involucra con la hermosa pero neurótica Mona (Jennifer Beals). Un enredo tras otro en esta comedia sexy y negra del director Jeffrey Reiner ("Friday Night Lights" y "The Event".
Perfect Harmony
Mr. Hobbs
During the 1950s, a private school in the south undergoes racial tension as it experiences desegregation. Can a love of music help ease the pain?
Clara
Albert Kroll
Dramatizes a father’s repressed psyche and hidden prejudices at the scene of his daughter’s murder.
Capitán América
General Fleming
Portovenere (Italia), 1936: tras presenciar la matanza de su familia, Tadzio De Santis, un niño-prodigio, es sometido a crueles experimentos por los científicos de Hitler y Mussolini. La Dra. Vaselli, que participaba en esos experimentos, decide desertar y huir a América... California (USA), 1943: Steve Rogers, un joven con polio, se presenta como voluntario para un experimento militar que le convertirá en el primero de un ejército de super-soldados. Después de que la Dra. Vaselli (quien dirigía este proyecto americano) sea asesinada por un espía nazi, Steve Rogers adoptará la identidad del Capitán América y viajará a la Europa ocupada por el Eje. Ahí no solo deberá combatir a los nazis y sus nuevas armas secretas, sino que enfrentará al antiguo Tadzio De Santis, hoy convertido en un super-soldado fascista: se trata de su diabólica némesis, el agente nazi Craneo Rojo.
Primeras luces del Alba
Condor - Secretary of Interior
La tripulación de un bombardero nuclear ataca a la Unión Soviética mientras el presidente de los Estados Unidos trata desesperadamente de recuperar el control de su ejército después de que su helicçoptero se estrelle durante un intercambio nuclear.
Child in the Night
Os Winfield
La doctora Hollis, psicóloga infantil, se enfrenta a uno de sus mayores retos de su carrera: profundizar en la mente de Luke, un niño de ocho años que presenta un importante bloqueo mental después de presenciar el asesinato de su padre. Sólo recuerda a un hombre con un gancho pero es la única baza con la que cuentan los investigadores ahora que una serie de crímenes siguen el patrón de aquel asesinato. En las profundidades de la mente de Luke puede estar la clave para dar con el asesino.
Kojak: It's Always Something
Wainwright
After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A.
Estamos muertos... ¿o qué?
Dr. Ernest McNab
Roger Mortis y Doug Bigelow son dos detectives de Los Angeles que investigan a una banda de violentos atracadores que parecen invencibles. Roger muere en acto de servicio, pero a través de una revolucionaria tecnología, consigue resucitar obteniendo unas 24 horas para dar con su asesino.
Odio en el viento
E.K. Hornbeck
Basado en un caso real de 1925, en el que dos grandes abogados argumentan a favor y en contra de un profesor de ciencias acusado del crimen de enseñar la evolución.
The Diamond Trap
Chief Walter Vadney
When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro) discover a major diamond heist is about to go down at a renowned gallery, they enlist one of their suspects, gallery employee Tara Holden (Brooke Shields). But an attempt to foil the robbery explodes with deadly consequences for Tara. Committed to break the case, Rawlings relentlessly pursues the clues through a twisted maze of deceit and danger that takes him to England, where he and Scotland Yard detecive Charlie Lawson expose the ultimate con and solve the crime.
El abogado más chalado del juzgado
Craig Duncan
El aprendiz de abogado Robin Weathers convierte un juicio civil en una charada de primera plana. Robin deberá replantearse sus escrúpulos para lograr ascender en el bufete para la que trabaja, y pasará a defender a un profesor de universidad que aparentemente es culpable de asesinato.
Ejecutor
Chief Harry Shannon
Mark Kaminsky es expulsado del FBI por maltratar a un sospechoso. Acaba ocupando el puesto de sheriff de una pequeña localidad de Carolina del Norte. El jefe del FBI Harry Shannon, cuyo hijo ha sido asesinado por un gángster llamado Patrovina, convence a Kaminsky para que se le una en una venganza personal con la promesa de ser readmitido en el FBI si Patrovina desaparece de la circulación. Para lograrlo Kaminsky debe adoptar una nueva personalidad e incorporarse a la banda de Patrovina.
Turk 182!
Det. Kowalski
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. David Jennings
Marcus Welby is back, and he has a few problems. First he is trying to bridge the gap between an old friend of his who gave up practicing medicine in favor of being the hospital administrator, and his son who is now a doctor and who is currently treating and romancing a woman who has kidney problems. And one of his patients an expectant mother is in an accident along with her husband and her husband dies. She blames Mark and is refusing to bond with her new baby. And the hospital that he has been serving faithfully for years is considering letting some of their elderly staff members go and Mark is on top of the list.
El mejor
Gus Sands (uncredited)
Nada iba a impedir que Roy Hobbs cumpliese su sueño de ser una estrella del beisbol. Robert Redford protagoniza esta inspiradora historia que empieza cuando Hobbs (Redford), con 14 años, hace un bate muy potente de la madera de un roble caído. Muy pronto impresiona a los cazatalentos de las ligas profesionales con su habilidad y queda grabado en la retina del periodista deportivo Max Mercy (Robert Duvall), el cual acabará siendo clave en la carrera de Hobbs. Sin embargo, un encuentro con una mujer misteriosa da al traste con su sueño. Pasan los años y un Hobbs más mayor reaparece como un novato en los New York Knights. Superando el dolor físico y desafiando a aquellos que les interesa ver perder a los Knights, Hobbs, con su bate de la infancia, tiene la oportunidad de hacer ganar la liga a los Knights y por fin cumplir su sueño. (Título original - The Natural) 1984 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Historias de Navidad
The Old Man (Mr. Parker)
En los años cuarenta, un niño quiere como regalo de navidad un rifle de aire comprimido. Claro está, los padres piensan que no es una buena idea. Comedia familiar extraordinariamente popular en Estados Unidos que se basa en las historias del humorista Jean Shepherd. Calificada como divertida y conmovedora a partes iguales, una tierna historia con mensaje que encandila tanto a los adultos como a los más jóvenes.
Power, Passion and Murder
In 1930s Hollywood, a rising starlet is swept into a secret love affair.
Firebird 2015 A.D.
Red
In one of many unpopular and unsupported policy decisions, the US government of the near future outlaws vehicle petrol in an effort to curb the overuse of limited natural resources - except, of course, for official purposes. There are many renegades who oppose the authorities, and will stop at nothing to allow themselves the freedom of burning around the countryside.
Hangar 18
Harry Forbes
Durante la misión del lanzamiento de un satélite, tres astronautas toman contacto con un O.V.N.I. El satélite colisiona contra él y éste desaparece tras una explosión. Gravemente dañado aterriza al suroeste de los Estados unidos en donde es recogido y trasladado por el gobierno a una oculta base aérea, en el hangar 18. El gobierno quiere mantener en secreto el hallazgo pero los astronautas comienzan a investigar lo sucedido. Nadie sabe nada al respecto.
Waikiki
Capt. McGuire
A couple of private eyes, a laid-back Californian and a streetwise New Yorker, team up to track down a killer in Hawaii known as "The Cane Field Murderer" in this unsuccessful pilot to a detective series.
Love for Rent
Coach John Martin
Two small-town sisters go to Hollywood and find themselves seduced by the glamor of the big time and big money as high-priced professional escorts.
Ike
Gen. George S. Patton
Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.
Donovan's Kid
Timothy Donovan
Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering uncle, Timothy Donovan teams up with a fellow con-man to free them.
El laberinto de oro
Henry Waller
Randi, gran actor, no consigue un éxito desde el suicidio de su mujer. Será una mujer, Elena, quien consiga para Randi la fama perdida.
La herencia de los Bloodshy
Mayor Ragsdale
Twin brothers -- one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast -- compete for their father's fortune.
Zero to Sixty
Screenplay
Un hombre divorciado liga con una pilluela de dieciséis años que se gana la vida devolviendo coches previamente robados a sus propietarios.
Zero to Sixty
Michael Nolan
Un hombre divorciado liga con una pilluela de dieciséis años que se gana la vida devolviendo coches previamente robados a sus propietarios.
Aeropuerto 77
Stan Buchek
El Dos Tres Sierra es un avión de colosales proporciones, un Jumbo único de la Stevens Corporation, cuyo presidente, Philip Stevens, es también el propietario de la colección de pintura más importante del país. En un vuelo que transporta además de importantes personalidades, algunas de sus últimas adquisiciones, el avión cae al mar en el Triángulo de las Bermudas y se hunde rápidamente; pero los pasajeros siguen vivos dentro del aparato…
Law and Order
Deputy Chief Brian O'Malley
Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
Crackle of Death
Carl Kolchak
The first of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Firefall (about the ghost of an arsonist that tries to take over a renowned conductor's body as his doppelgänger) and The Energy Eater (about a Native American bear-spirit haunting a newly built hospital) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
Brinks: The Great Robbery
James McNally
In this telling of the infamous 1950 robbery, James McNally is portrayed as the one gang member who maintains his silence in the face of extreme police pressure. When he is sent up to prison and sees the other gang members letting him take all the heat, he still doesn't come clean to the cops. He feels a loyalty to his best friend, who was also in on the crime. But what will his best friend choose to do?
Demon and the Mummy
Carl Kolchak
The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Demon In Lace (about a succubus who murders young men to maintain her immortality) and Legacy of Terror (about an Aztec cult that seeks to resurrect their god by murdering physically perfect people) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
Un secuestro de locos
Duke
Dos delincuentes de poca monta secuestran a dos nietos del millonario JW Osborne. El importe de rescate es cada vez menor a medida que los dos niños tienen las mejores vacaciones del internado con sus dos nuevos amigos
Hay que matar a B.
Pal Kovak
En un imaginario país sudamericano que vive una situación de grave tensión social y política, unos conspiradores planean el asesinato de un importante líder en el exilio, cuyo regreso reclama una parte de la población. Para ello, obligan a un camionero de origen extranjero que se ha quedado sin trabajo a ejecutar el crimen.
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Director
An adopted teen who runs away to what he believes to be his birth town and mother, in the hopes of putting together the missing pieces of his sense of identity. He arrives during a wave of disappearances and murders, only to encounter New England aloofness and some very eccentric relatives.
La luna y el desierto
Oliver Spencer
Cuando el astronauta Steve Austin pone a prueba un nuevo avión del gobierno, que está a punto de morir después de su mal funcionamiento y accidentes. Para salvarlo que se reconstruye con partes biónicas. Teniendo dificultades para realizar el ajuste psicológico y sensación de depresión, Steve se da una asignación del gobierno en el Oriente Medio.
El estrangulador de la noche
Carl Kolchak
Un reportero llamado Kolchak (Darren McGavin) investiga una serie de asesinatos de mujeres que parecen repetirse cada veintiún años. A todos los cadáveres se les ha extraído un poco de sangre.
43: The Richard Petty Story
Lee Petty
The story of how Petty Enterprises started and how Richard Petty became "The King" as told from his father Lee's point of view.
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Lou Grazzo
Maggie Cole is a research scientist who, after the sudden death of her husband, takes a position as an on-call doctor in an inner-city clinic. There, she must fight a battle on two fronts: against the medical conditions endangering her patients and against sexism toward a female doctor.
Here Comes the Judge
Judge
A widowed judge tries to balance the trials of his occupation along with those of his family life.
The Rookies
Sergeant Eddie Ryker
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.
Algo diabólico
Paul Worden
Una joven pareja se muda a una granja en Pennsylvania. Cuando llegan allí, descubren que no están solos, pues algo demoníaco habita en las paredes de su casa.
Una historia alucinante
Carl Kolchak
Un periodista de un diario de Las Vegas investiga una serie de asesinatos cometidos, presuntamente, por un vampiro. (FILMAFFINITY) Tu crítica
Sam Cade
Sam Cade was the first feature-length "movie" put together from episodes of Cade's County, the early '70s series starring Glenn Ford as a modern-day sheriff in Madrid County, CA. In the first half, directed by Marvin Chomsky, Cade finds himself targeted for assassination when he's scheduled to testify in the trial of a mob kingpin -- what he doesn't know is that the assassin is one of his oldest friends (Darren McGavin), who is romancing another old friend (Loretta Swit) with a troubled past and using Cade's determination and his investigative skills to set him up for a hit. In the second half, directed by Richard Donner, Cade gets a tip that the mob has planned an assassination on a retired crime boss (Edward Asner) living in the county, who is so bull-headed and distrustful of the law that he won't accept any help or provide any information on who the killers might be, even though he's putting his own daughter (Shelley Fabares) at risk.
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Darren McGavin (uncredited)
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
The Death of Me Yet
Joe Chalk
The editor of a small-town newspaper has his past unexpectedly catch up with him: he finds out that a Soviet agent who knew him when he was a spy has been sent to the U.S. to kill him.
Banyon
Lieutenant Pete Cordova
Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon's new client, a young woman, is found dead in his office...shot with his own gun.
Cómo me hice agente de la CIA
Farrell
Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks and acts completely unlike a spy), she's assigned to simple courier duty to pick up a book in Mexico City. But when the pickup doesn't go as planned, Mrs. Pollifax finds herself handcuffed to a handsome stranger on a plane bound for an Albanian prison. And it's up to her to get them out.
Tribes
Drake
A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
The Challengers
Jim McCabe
Racers compete in the Grand Prix.
Berlin Affair
Paul Killian
Spy suspense drama set in 1960's Berlin. Intrigue and double-cross lead Killian on a twisting path through love and loss.
The Challenge
Jacob Gallery
All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an isolated island.
Anatomy of a Crime
Private detective David Ross has two apparently unconnected cases to investigate in the same day. In the first he is hired by a millionaire who paid a large ransom for his kidnapped daughter twelve years before, but she was never seen again. Now a woman has come forward who claims the young girl she raised is the millionaire's missing daughter. Later, Ross is contacted by a retired burlesque dancer who's about to publish her memoirs and possibly reveal the secrets of some important people, but someone is determined to stop her.
Mission Mars
Col. Mike Blaiswick
Tres astronautas estadounidenses que aterrizan en Marte descubren el cuerpo de un cosmonauta ruso congelado y un orbe misterioso que habla.
The Outsider
David Ross
Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies start dropping and the savvy P.I. is the primary suspect in an attractive woman's death. This NBC TV movie served as a pilot for the later series.
African Gold
Mike Gregory
The sky lights up and the desert comes alive on this desperate search for hidden millions.
La gran matanza Sioux
Captain Frederick William Benton
Cuando el capitán Benton llega al Oeste y se pone a las órdenes del general Custer, éste ve en él a su sucesor. Benton se enamora de la hija de Custer. Todo parece marchar con normalidad hasta que un grupo de hombres se muestra contrario al tratado firmado con los indios y empieza a a instigar a Custer para que lo rompa.
La leyenda de Sam Guard
Sam Ward
Logan Keliher (Audie Murphy) es un antiguo pistolero retirado que vive como ranchero con una mujer y el hijo de ésta. Un día llega al pueblo Sam Ward (Darren McGavin), el padre del niño, con el propósito de atracar el banco y matar a Logan. (FILMAFFINITY)
Witchcraft
Fred
Madame Tirelou is a witch who will not allow her daughter Marie to marry her true love Louis. The witch puts a curse on Louis should he ever set eyes on Marie again. Louis enlists the help of his old friend Fred to break the witch's spell so the young lovers may finally marry. However, Madame Tirelou proves more powerful than non-believer Fred bargained for.
Disneyland '59
Self
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
The Case Against Brooklyn
Pete Harris
Tras la publicación de un artículo en el que un periodista denuncia la corrupción policial estadounidense, el fiscal de distrito, Michael Norris, decide acudir a la academia de policía en busca de un novato al que infiltrar entre los presuntos corruptos para investigar el caso. Basada en hechos reales.
Locuras de Nueva York
Charley Hand
Recreación cinematográfica de la vida de James J. Walker (Bob Hope), que a finales de los años 20 se convierte en el controvertido alcalde de Nueva York, conocido por sus chistes y bromas y por la imparable corrupción durante su mandato. Además provocó un gran escándalo por su relación con Betty Compton (Vera Miles).
Delicado delincuente
Mike Damon
Sidney Pythias es un sencillo portero de una vivienda en un barrio conflictivo dominado por bandas juveniles. El orden y la paz es indispensable para la convivencia por lo que Sidney tendrá que prepararse como policía. El agente Mike Damon se encargará de su entrenamiento.
El proceso de Billy Mitchell
Capt. Russ Peters
Este film bélico, que tiene por escenario el descenlace de la Primera Guerra Mundial, narra las vivencias de Billy Mitchell, un coronel que vislumbra el potencial destructivo de los aviones, hasta el momento utilizados para misiones de reconocimiento. Entonces, concibe la idea de transformarlos en bombarderos y cazas de combate; idea que no convence a sus superiores. A pesar de los contratiempos, Mitchell inicia una campaña a favor de la creación de un Ejército del Aire, por lo que es acusado de traición y sometido a un consejo de guerra. Este hecho pondrá de manifiesto la incompetencia del ejército frente a las ideas de un hombre con una gran visión de futuro. Sometido a consejo de guerra y declarado culpable, abandona el ejército para retirarse a su propiedad en Virginia. Fue ascendido a general de brigada en 1942, seis años después de su muerte.
El hombre del brazo de oro
Louie
Frankie Machina, un malhechor adicto al juego y la heroína, interpretado soberbiamente por Frank Sinatra, tras pasar una buena temporada en la cárcel, regresa a su casa en Chicago junto a su mujer, Eleanor Parker, con el firme propósito de dejar atrás su pasado criminal y rehabilitarse de sus adicciones. Pero no le resultará fácil, ya que le estarán esperando sus viejas e indeseables amistades, quienes tratarán por todos los medios, de que regrese a sus antiguos hábitos.
A Word to the Wives...
George Peters
The story of two women and how they trick a husband into renovating a kitchen.
Locuras de verano
Eddie Yaeger
Jane Hudson, una solterona americana de 40 años, decide ir a pasar unas vacaciones a Venecia. Llega a la ciudad de los canales con la esperanza de encontrar el amor que tanto tiempo ha estado buscando. Impresionada por la belleza de la ciudad, paseando va a parar a la tienda de Renato, un encantador anticuario que transformará su solitaria estancia en una inolvidable experiencia.
Queen for a Day
Dan
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.
Your Next Job
Balancing hobbyist
In this documentary short film, a U.S. Army lieutenant instructs soldiers in how to prepare for new and interesting jobs in civilian life after the war. He leads the soldiers through a number of checklists to determine what their interests are and how to make decisions and plans for future employment. One of the soldiers, T-5 Dailey, worries about his options, until his mirror-image self appears to talk him through a plan of action.
La dama se rinde
The Kid - Soldier in Hospital (uncredited)
Susan Lane es una psiquiátra especialista en autocontrol. Antes de regresar en tren a su consulta en Chicago, pasa el tiempo en el este con veteranos de guerra, ayudando a mejorar su autoestima. Allí conoce a Michael Kent, un oficial y autor de la historieta "The Nixie", que ella adora. Él se enamora al instante, pero ella lo detesta. Se vuelven a encontrar en el tren, él se dirige al Pacífico, pero se baja en Chicago y, con la ayuda de su padre, la persigue y trama un plan para casarse con ella. Mientras tanto, ella tiene su propio plan para deshacerse de él con la ayuda de un paciente rubio.
Canción inolvidable
Student (uncredited)
Adaptación de la biografía del gran músico polaco Frederic Chopin.
The Cheney Vase
Lyle Endicott
When Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.