Jess Barker
Nacimiento : 1912-06-04, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Muerte : 2000-08-08
Historia
Jess Barker (June 4, 1912 - August 8, 2000) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s. He is probably most famous for being the first husband of actress Susan Hayward.
Malone
En sus sueños, un hombre persigue a una mujer viuda y rica. En la realidad ella lo seduce y lo incita al crimen. Mientras, un abogado investiga el asesinato del marido de la mujer.
Ed Halcomb
A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his men causing all the trouble. The new preacher sets out to bring the two sides together and he says he will not need a gun.
Daniel Foster
En 1820, Big Eli (Burt Lancaster) y su hijo deciden abandonar Kentucky para empezar una nueva vida en Texas. Antes de llegar a su destino, se detienen en el pueblo, donde vive el hermano mayor de Eli, y surgen entonces ciertas dificultades. A pesar de ser un gran cazador, Eli no encuentra oportunidades. Además tiene un altercado con el sheriff, que lo encierra en prisión. (FILMAFFINITY)
Jim Edwards
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them of three precarious and dangerous cases of con artistry. Included are tracking down a dance hall girl, who, together with a big operative, are thwarted in attempting a robbery; a racketeer fleecing a book publisher on a Trans-Atlantic voyage, and the tripping up of the plans of a phony land syndicate.
George Gurney
Following the death of a wealthy man, his three daughters squabble about who should be the principal heiress.
Artie
En una cafetería aislada, cerca del mar, viven George, el sarcástico dueño; Slob, el potencialmente violento cocinero; y Kotty, la camarera sensual que atrae a todos los hombres. Más un cliente ocasional y "Profesor Sam", el novio de Kotty, que vive en un laboratorio experimental cercano. Y algo ocurre bajo la superficie de las emociones potencialmente explosivas: secretos nucleares que son contrabandeados fuera del país.
Dixon
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in air defense, by American Air Force instructors,led by Major Brady, a famed and skilled-but-grounded pilot, assigned to the Kongku base.
Bill (Robert Cummings), a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris (Marie Wilson.) But Doris has inherited a million dollars and Bill won't marry her because he dreams of a home and babies, with himself as the sole source of income on his $65 a week. Doris has to find a way to make him change his mind. No matter her character name, Marie Wilson was playing her usual "Irma" role, and finds an "Irma" solution.
John Carter
Roger Bradley, desesperado por salir de la ociosidad consigue trabajo con el archirival de su padre. Pronto se enamora de la hija de su jefe y su trabajo como lechero se desvirtúa.
Saint-Just
Revolución francesa, 1794. El marqués de Lafayette pide a Charles D'Aubigny que se infiltre en el Partido Jacobino para derrocar a Maximilian Robespierre, quien, tras obtener el poder supremo y establecer un reino de terror regido por la muerte, pretende ahora convertirse en dictador de Francia.
Arnold Sykes
El profesor Andrew Gentling está en Los Ángeles buscando una nueva universidad. Allí se encuentra a una antigua pareja suya, Catherine Sykes. Al día siguiente, Catherine desaparece, y su amiga Martha convence a Andrew de que él es el primer sospechoso. Andrew decide investigar el caso antes de que le arresten, pero esto sólo le pone en peligro.
Thomas Danbury
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.
Larry Brewster
Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rourke as a song plugger.
Rick Crane
Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot of the title because she was on the scene of a murder. The police conclude she didn't do it and they use her to set a trap for the real killer, a G&S addict, by financing a Broadway production starring Collier.
David Janeway
Christopher Cross es un simple cajero infelizmente casado, pero tiene un raro talento para la pintura. En cierta ocasión, conoce a una aventurera de la que se enamora y le hace creer que es un pintor de éxito. La chica y su novio, un individuo sin escrúpulos, aprovechan la ocasión para explotar al pobre hombre, que llegará incluso a cometer un desfalco en su empresa para que ella siga creyendo que es un artista de éxito.
Jeff Colton
The notorious Dalton Boys have decided to go straight and move to Argentina. Just before they leave, they learn of a friend whose land is about to be seized by a greedy land company. Before they can help, the man is killed by a company assassin. The brothers do manage to rescue his widow and head for the hills. There, they decide to revert back to outlaw life. Meanwhile, a newspaper publisher's daughter falls for one of the brothers.
Chadwick
At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him...and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new technique, Florence is revealed in a flashback as Michel's abandoned wife Karin, whom their daughter Susette thinks is dead. Can Susette cope if they now re-unite?
Tim Winters
Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.
Junior Vanderheusen
Un variopinto grupo de mujeres intenta adaptarse sus nuevas vidas después de alistarse en el Cuerpo del Ejército Femenino.
Dr. Bill White
Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.
George Carter Haven
A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.
Coudair as a young man
Una bailarina de Brooklyn abandona a su novio tras ganar un concurso de belleza y convertirse en una famosa modelo de revista, pero pronto descubrirá que la fama y la fortuna no pueden reemplazar al amor verdadero.
Dana McGuire
En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, un fabricante de coches intenta construir aviones en Washington. Por suerte, o no, encuentra una secretaria que sabe desenvolverse en el laberinto político de la capital... y algunas cosas más.
Oliver Yates
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
Merd Falin (as Philip Barker)
En un valle perdido entre las montañas, viven los Tolliver y los Falin, dos familias enemistadas que mantienen durante generaciones una guerra abierta e incesante. Se trata de un odio atávico, heredado, sin que ninguna de las partes conozca ni remotamente el oscuro motivo que originó la sangrienta confrontación.
