Joe Downing

Joe Downing

Nacimiento : 1903-06-26, New York City, New York, USA

Muerte : 1975-10-16

Perfil

Joe Downing

Películas

Blood
The New Realton
A mysterious family moves into their new home, but their secrets are far more sinister than anyone could imagine.
Matanza en la Décima Avenida
Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook
Un valiente estibador permanece después de ser abatido a tiros por 3 mafiosos, como un ayudante decidido, D.A. busca con ahínco testigos temerosos contra los hombres
Fighting Trouble
Hal Lomax
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.
Lucky Jordan
Harrison
Un pillo y corredor de apuestas de Nueva York, llamado Lucky Jordan, cuenta un montón de mentiras para librarse del ejército, de ahí que las fuerzas armadas le tengan bajo vigilancia. Sin embargo, cuando una banda de espías extranjeros se inmiscuyen en los negocios de una vieja amiga a la que Jordan quiere como a una madre, este hombre reconsiderará su actitud ante la vida...
You Can't Escape Forever
Varney (uncredited)
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Un gángster sin destino
Frenchy
Un gánster, próximo a morir en la cárcel, comienza a rememorar su vida. Condenado cuatro veces, la última fue a cadena perpetua, aunque era inocente. El culpable de todo ello fue un famoso abogado convertido en gánster que lo contrató para un atraco a cambio de una gran suma.
Larceny, Inc.
Smitty
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
Senda prohibida
Ryan (as Joseph Downing)
Johnny Eager (Taylor) es un gángster que, para no levantar sospechas, lleva una doble vida: finge que vive en una humilde casa con sus parientes, pero en secreto continúa siendo el rey del juego ilegal. Lisbeth (Turner) es una inocente chica que conoce a Johnny y se enamora de él.
Unholy Partners
Jerry
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
Belle Starr
Jim Cole
Terminada la Guerra Civil norteamericana (1861-1865), las tierras de la familia de Belle Starr (Gene Tierney) han ido a parar a manos de los yanquis. Durante el conflicto, Belle, muy comprometida con la causa sudista, se casó con el líder confederado Sam Starr (Randolph Scott). Una vez concluida la contienda, la hermosa Belle se convierte en una proscrita y se dedica a combatir contra el expolio yanqui de los estados del Sur. (FILMAFFINITY)
Strange Alibi
Benny McKaye
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
San Francisco Docks
Cassidy
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who has been annoying her. Cassidy is murdered that night and Johnny is jailed for the crime. Kitty, her father Andy Tracy, and waterfront-priest Father Cameron believe Johnny is innocent but all evidence points to his guilt.
The Secret Seven
Lou Boyd
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.
Castle on the Hudson
Gangster in Car (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
'Doc' Kendrick - Bank Robber
In this musical comedy, a traveling salesman gets mixed up with a bratty heiress after she gets in a car wreck as she heads for her elopement. The two begin traveling together and get further mixed up with a fleeing bank robber, a crazy tourist camp, and other troubles. Songs include: "Oh Johnny, How You Can Love," "Maybe I Like What You Like," "Swing Chariot Swing," and "Make Up Your Mind."
Barreras invisibles
Johnny
Cliff Taylor es un exconvicto que intenta llevar una vida normal, pero desde que salió de la cárcel en libertad condicional, su pasado criminal le impide encontrar y mantener un cualquier trabajo. Sin embargo, lo peor es que Tim, su hermano menor, siguiendo sus pasos, se une a la banda de Charles Martin
Missing Evidence
Marty Peters
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
Otra reunión de acusados
Hoodlum (uncredited)
A Nick y a Nora Charles, un matrimonio muy excéntrico, les apasiona ejercer de detectives aficionados. Un día, la familia Charles, después de pasar un fin de semana fuera, regresa a su casa en compañía de un industrial de Long Island que sospecha que alguien quiere matarle, e inmediatamente su temor se hace realidad. Lo peor es que Nick está entre los sospechosos, pero Nora tiene sus propias ideas sobre el caso y se escabulle dentro de un club para buscar pistas.
Smashing the Money Ring
Dice Mathews
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Muero cada amanecer
Limpy Julien
Aunque inocente, el reportero Frank Ross es declarado culpable de asesinato y es enviado a la cárcel. Mientras sus amigos del periódico tratan de averiguar quien lo engañó, Frank se va endureciendo por la vida en prisión y su optimismo se convierte en amargura.
The Forgotten Woman
Johnny Bradshaw
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Spuds O'Brien
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Un crimen en la conciencia
Smitty
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
North of Shanghai
Chandler
In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the Sino-Japanese war. They meet on the boat ride over and decide to team up. They are further assisted by a Chinese cameraman. The three of them manage to expose of spy ring operating out of the Shanghai office of the woman's newspaper.
Ángeles con caras sucias
Steve
Un sacerdote presencia impotente cómo los niños marginados de su parroquia sucumben a las malas influencias de un criminal que fue compañero suyo de la infancia. Sin embargo, con el tiempo los dos hombres siguieron caminos muy diferentes: uno abrazó el sacerdocio y el otro se convirtió en un gángster.
The Night Hawk
Lefty
Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby needs. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Lonigan searches for reporter Slim Torrence, because Slim is friends with Tom Niles, the customs officer on the verge of cracking a whiskey smuggling case. Lonigan is about to send another reporter to cover the story when Della Parrish, the publisher's daughter, assures him that she can locate Slim. With the help of Slim's young photographer, Willie Sing, Della finds Slim in a waterfront dive, and Willie and Slim sneak aboard the Pacific Queen to find Niles. Niles hints that McCormick is the head of the smuggling ring and promises Slim an exclusive when he breaks the story the next day.
Racket Busters
Joe Pender
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Danger on the Air
Joe Carney
Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.
The Devil's Party
Frank Diamond
Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.
The Lady in the Morgue
Steve Collins
A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.
Wide Open Faces
Stretch
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
A Slight Case of Murder
Innocence
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Borrowing Trouble
Charlie
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
Dr. Socrates
Cinq Laval
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
The Case of the Lucky Legs
George Sanborne (as Joseph Downing)
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.