Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

Nascimento : 1914-02-17, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Morte : 1990-01-05

História

John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. He also won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the 1955 film Trial, and was a five-time Academy Award nominee.

Perfil

Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy

Filmes

Signs of Life
Owen Coughlin
The closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
The Humanoid
Dr. Kraspin
Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructible automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.
Dirty World
Senator Merelli
Senator Alberici tries to approach the secretariat of his party with a campaign against immorality. In reality the politician is a pervert with homosexual tendencies that he expresses with men and women.
Ciclone
Priest
Durante um violento ciclone, um barco de turismo acaba à deriva em pleno oceano. Aos seus integrantes se unem os sobreviventes da queda de um avião e do naufrágio de um navio pesqueiro. Praticamente sem comida ou água doce, e debaixo do sol quente, eles vão sucumbindo aos poucos, por fome ou por ataque de tubarões, à espera de um resgate que parece nunca vir.
Cave of the Sharks
Mr. Jackson
When Andres and his partner are hired to recover some valuables from an airplane that went down in the Bermuda Triangle, they face not only human treachery but also the mysterious powers of an underwater civilization.
Last Angels
Il nonno
Elisabeth and Massimo have been separated for two years and decide to affirm their independence with a divorce. The person who suffers the most from the situation is their son Marco, who normally lives with his father in a beautiful, but lonely country house. Marco's only satisfaction comes from riding his horse Socrates around the countryside, but Massimo sends the horse to his father-in-law in Sicily when, tired of solitude, he decides to sell everything and move into town. At this point, Marco, who has by chance witnessed the kidnapping and release of Gilberto, decides to flee and pretend he has been kidnapped to gain his parents' attention. His journey to Sicily, where his maternal grandfather lives near Ragusa, is crammed full of adventures, but the child makes it in the end, thanks to Rocco, a Neapolitan street urchin, who befriends him.
Covert Action
CIA Chief of Station, Athens
Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.
Nine Guests for a Crime
Uberto
Nine members of an extremely rich and hateful family have decided to have a reunion on a remote island in the Mediterranean. No sooner than their arrival, old grudges, resentments, and feuds make themselves known, along with allusions to some more macabre events in their past. But when their boats are sabotaged, thus stranding them without any connection to the mainland, it becomes clear that someone is not willing to let old wounds heal, a fact made all the more clear as bodies start to pile up...
A Sentinela dos Malditos
Monsignor Franchino
A New York City model with a troubled past relocates to an apartment in a brownstone building where the only other tenant is a withdrawn blind priest. After experiencing strange occurrences, she begins to realize her building houses a sinister evil.
Rome, Armed to the Teeth
Vice questore Ruini
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
Emmanuelle on Taboo Island
Antonio
Daniel is washed ashore after a shipwreck and discovers the beautiful Haydee in a tropical island paradise. However, Haydee's father and brother aren't as willing to accept their romance.
Blackmail Chase
Mike Jannacone
A couple of friends aspiring to join film land get mixed up in a robbery, ordered by a mafia boss who wants to seize the evidence he needs to blackmail an American politician.
Killer Cop
Armando Di Federico
The investigation of the bombing of a hotel lobby as seen through the eyes of a young detective.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
The Inspector
When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.
The Antichrist
Bishop Ascanio Oderisi
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
Nakia
Sheriff Sam Jericho
An American Indian deputy sheriff is caught in the middle of a community dispute when the tribe tries to save an historic mission from a housing developer. This TV pilot film was an ABC Movie of the Week and later became a TV series.
The President's Plane Is Missing
Gunther Damon
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
Ricco
Don Vito
Fresh out of the joint, young Ricco is eager to get home to see his family. He was cut loose a year early for good behavior, but it certainly wasn't good behavior that got him in the big house in the first place. Two years prior, Ricco took it upon himself to go after Don Avito, the man who killed his pappy and took his girlfriend. Yet Ricco came out of prison a changed man. He had a lot of time to think, and the anger and thirst for revenge is no longer there, much to his mother's chagrin. She is quite upset that her son is not interested in paying back Don Avito for his deeds, and she needles Ricco relentlessly until he reluctantly gives in to her demands.
Family Killer
Don Angelino Ferrante
Stefano, son of the Mafia Don Angelino Ferrante, is killed by Gaspare Ardizzone (John Saxon) for refusing to sell some valuable land. The old don sends for Ferrante Santino Billeci from America, in the hope that he'll be able to help in getting revenge. But Gaspar, meanwhile, is becoming the most powerful and ruthless boss of the area...
Crawlspace
Albert Graves
A childless middle-age couple adopt a troubled youth they find living in their crawlspace and attempt to get him to rejoin society with tragic results.
A Morte da Inocência
Mark Hirsch
A mother travels to New York to see her daughter who is awaiting trial for murder. The mother is totally convinced of her daughter's innocence and does all she can to help her. As the trial progresses however, the mother begins to have doubts.
My Old Man's Place
Walter Pell
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
The Movie Murderer
Angus MacGregor
An experienced arson investigator takes along his young associate as they try to find an arsonist who is burning down movie sets.
Tubarão
Doc
A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He's not the only one.
Hail, Hero!
Albert Dixon
Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war.
A Batalha de Anzio
Maj. Gen. Jack Lesley
Um das batalhas mais sangrentas da WW2 com os Aliados rompendo as linhas alemãs que tinham se fechado na cabeça de peaia de Anzio. Quatro meses e 30.000 mortes depois os Aliados finalmente marcham para Roma. As Forças Aliadas desembarcam em Anzio sem oposição, mas em vez de avançar em linha reta para o interior seu comandante decide cavar, se entrincheirar. Um correspondente de guerra aguerrido pega emprestado um jipe, vai até Roma e volta sem encontrar quaisquer forças alemãs, mas o seu relatório sobre esta ausência do inimigo é desconsiderado. No momento em que os generais finalmente resolvem fazer algum movimento de avanço os alemães já tinham conseguido montar a sua defesa e uma luta prolongada e sangrenta se inicia.
A Pistola do Mal
Owen Forbes
Lorn Warfield regressa a casa após ter criado, durante três anos, a reputação de grande pistoleiro. Encontra o seu rancho em ruínas e descobre que a mulher e as filhas foram levadas pelos índios apache. Por intermédio de um velho e aparentemente louco comerciante, que em tempos negociou com os índios, consegue uma pista e uma esperança de encontrar a família com vida.
Caçada ao Pistoleiro Esquecido
Tuscosa Marshal Roy W. Colby
A famous gunman decides to change his life around and turn himself in when amnesty is declared by the new governor of the New Mexico Territory, but a vindictive sheriff sets out to stop him from reaching the Territory.
Monday's Child
Peter Richardson
The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.
Viagem Fantástica
Dr. Duval
A ciência da miniaturização foi desvendada, e o exército tem grandes planos. Mas quando um cientista que transporta o segredo do processo é ferido em um ataque surpresa, um coágulo sanguíneo que ameaça sua vida o coloca em coma. Agora, uma equipe de aventureiros terá que usar essa mesma tecnologia para viajar para dentro de seu corpo e destruir o coágulo.
Nevada Smith
Bill Bowdre
Nevada Smith é o jovem filho de uma mãe índia e pai branco. Quando seu pai é morto por três homens por causa de ouro, Nevada sai em busca de vingança. O menino é levado por um comerciante de armas que ensina como carregar e disparar rápido e certeiro.
Joy in the Morning
Patrick Brown
Carl Brown and Annie McGairy are in love. Their Irish immigrant parents knew each other in the old country - and Carl's parents want better for their son than Annie, who was raised in the slums. When Annie runs away to marry Carl while he's at college, they have many difficulties, including a college Dean that frowns upon married couples, Carl's angry parents, Carl's jealousy, and Annie's own problems with her sexuality.
Murrieta
Capt. Love
The fictionalized story of Joaquin Murrieta, a real life Mexican bandit who terrorized California with his gang of raiders and cutthroats during the first half of the 19th century. Some saw him as a murderous outlaw, others as the Mexican Robin Hood.
Crepúsculo de Uma Raça
Doc Holliday
Quando a agência do governo encarregada dos índios não entrega os escassos suprimentos, devidos por tratado, para a orgulhosa tribo Cheyenne em sua estéril reserva no deserto, os índios famintos entendem que foram mais abusados do que vale a pena tolerar. Mais de 300 cheyennes abandonam a reserva destinada a eles, partindo em uma travessia de 2.400 km rumo à sua ancestral área de caça. Isso é encarado pelo governo como um ato de rebelião, que então tenta impedir a jornada. O Capitão de Cavalaria Thomas Archer é encarregado de sua captura, mas durante a busca cresce seu respeito pela sua nobre coragem, e decide ajudá-los.
Attack and Retreat
Ferro Maria Ferri
Chronicle of the unheralded and unsuccessful invasion of the Soviet Union by the Italian army during World War II.
Lawrence da Arábia
Jackson Bentley
Graças ao seu conhecimento dos beduínos, o oficial britânico T.E. Lawrence é enviado à Arábia para encontrar o príncipe Faisal e servir de ligação entre árabes e ingleses na luta contra os turcos. Com a ajuda do nativo xerife Ali, Lawrence se rebela contra as ordens de seus superiores e enfrenta uma jornada através do deserto para atacar um porto turco bem protegido.
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Dr. Henry Adams
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Barrabás
Pontius Pilate
Criminoso é escolhido pelo povo para ser perdoado e solto por Pôncio Pilatos ao invés de Jesus antes da Crucificação. Este conto épico-bíblico reconta as provações pelas quais ele passa para conquistar a liberdade, enfrentando seus demônios internos
O Estranho Caso da Velha Curiosa
Paul Quimper
Quando Miss Jane Marple (Margaret Rutherford) relata testemunhar um assassinato pela janela de um trem que passava, a Polícia a dispensa como uma solteirona pontuda quando nenhum traço do crime pode ser encontrado.
Claudelle Inglish
Clyde Inglish
A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by becoming the town's harlot.
Entre Deus e o Pecado
Jim Lefferts
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) é um caixeiro-viajante oportunista, imoral e alcoólatra que é convertido pela Irmã Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) e passa a viajar em sua companhia pelos Estados Unidos pregando e explorando novos fiéis. Ricos e famosos, eles constroem um templo, mas Gantry é abalado pelo reencontro com um antigo amor.
Amores Clandestinos
Bart Hunter
Ken Jorgeson (Richard Egan) é um importante homem de negócios que resolve levar sua esposa Helen (Constance Ford) e sua filha Molly (Sandra Dee) a uma ilha fora da costa de Maine, local onde foi salva-vidas, para passar as tão esperadas férias. Já no resort, Molly conhece Johnny Hunter (Troy Donahue) por quem se apaixona perdidamente. O que eles não sabem é que o pai de Molly, Ken, e a mãe de Johnny, Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), tiveram uma ardente e intensa paixão na adolescência, exatamente no mesmo resort. O reencontro dos dois irá reacender um amor adolescente que nunca se apagou completamente, criando um clima tenso mesclado de paixão e traição.
Home Is the Hero
Willie O'Reilly
This well-acted drama about an Irishman just released from jail is filled with rich characterization. The story is adapted from a stage play by Walter Macken who also plays the role of the ex-convict Paddo in this screen version. Direction is by J. Fielder Cook. Once Paddo returns home after being sentenced to five years for killing a man, his old friends try to put him back in their niche of local hero but Paddo will have none of it. He is disillusioned and changed. His son Willie (Arthur Kennedy) walks with a limp that keeps him too self-conscious to assert himself as he would like with the young woman of his dreams. While other people come in and out of Paddo's life, from his taciturn friend the trapper to the local tinker, it is Paddo's son Willie suffering from his own disability who makes the difference in his father's life.
Deus Sabe Quanto Amei
Frank Hirsh
Em 1948, o escritor Dave Hirsh retorna à sua cidade natal de Parkman, Indiana. Ele deixou o exército e não tem certeza do que vai fazer para o resto de sua vida, embora não deseje ser um escritor. Não tem certeza do por que está voltado para casa. Não se dá bem com seu irmão mais velho Frank e nem com sua cunhada Agnes, que o odeia. Logo se encontra com um jogador profissional Bama Dillert e se tornam grandes amigos. Também tem que lidar com Ginnie Moorehead, uma garota que conheceu em Chicago na noite da sua partida e ela decidiu ir junto. Não planeja ficar na cidade por muito tempo até que conhece Dawn French uma professora de redação criativa na universidade local e uma fervorosa admiradora de suas obras anteriores. Ele se apaixona por ela, mas ela não é tão rápida em se apaixonar por ele.
Turbilhão de Paixões
First Mate Ramsay
An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.
A Caldeira do Diabo
Lucas Cross
Enquanto Constance e os outros pais da arrumadinha e perfeita cidade de New Hampshire lutam para manter seus filhos adolescentes na linha, escândalos acontecem ao seu redor, resultando na revelação de que nada nesta pequena cidade realmente é o que parece ser.
O Vício Singra o Mississipi
Rick Harper
Ben Matthews desiste da vida de jogador de barco, na esperança de se estabelecer em Galena com sua namorada Zoe. Mas um importante cidadão de Galena é assassinado no barco. Quando chegam Ben encontra um grupo de linchamento querendo o seu pescoço e obviamente foge. Três anos de vida errante mais tarde, as cartas de Zoe param de chegar e Ben volta para encontrá-la e tentar a impossível tarefa de inocentar a si mesmo.
Madrugada da Traição
Santiago
Santiago, a jolly modern bandito, has just lost his partner when he happens on the isolated farm of young Manuel and Maria Lopez...
A Fúria dos Justos
Barney Castle
A história de um julgamento de assassinato onde um menino mexicano é acusado da morte de uma menina caucasiana.
Horas de Desespero
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Três condenados escapam e aterrorizam um lar do suburbio. Depois de escapar da prisão, Glenn Griffin, seu irmão Hal e um terceiro detento Sam Kobish escolhem aleatoriamente uma casa em um subúrbio de Indianápolis onde se esconder. A casa pertence à família Hilliard, Dan e Ellie que moram lá com sua filha de 19 anos Cindy e seu filho Ralph. Eles planejam ficar apenas até a meia-noite, enquanto Griffin está esperando por sua namorada, que vai encontrá-los com algum dinheiro que ele escondeu. Quando ela não chega, a estadia deles se estende por vários dias. Dan Hilliard joga seu jogo sabendo que se ele fizer qualquer tentativa de contatar a polícia, sua família pode ser pega no fogo cruzado.
Um Certo Capitão Lockhart
Vic Hansbro
O misterioso Will Lockhart entrega suprimentos à lojista Barbara Waggoman em Coronado, uma cidade isolada em território Apache. Em pouco tempo, ele é confrontado por Dave Waggoman, o sádico filho do fazendeiro Alec e primo da bela Bárbara. Mas ele fica para a cidade, e sua presença é um catalisador de mudança na vida do povo, procurando alguém que não sabe quem ele é... mas que foi responsável pela venda de espingardas para os Apaches.
Liberdade Sangrenta
Joe Quinn
O condenado Van Duff organiza uma fuga em grande escala de prisão; os seis sobreviventes se escondem numa mina perto da prisão, depois partem em uma longa e perigosa jornada a pé, de carro, trem e caminhão para recuperar o monte de dinheiro de Duff. No caminho, enquanto interferem na vida de pessoas comuns, cada um tem seu próprio encontro com o destino. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Elã
Alan Curtis
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Paixão de Bravo
Wes Merritt
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
The Girl in White
Dr. Ben Barringer
The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor.
O Diabo Feito Mulher
Vern Haskell
Um homem em busca de vingança infiltra-se em um rancho, escondido em uma região inóspita, onde seu proprietário, Altar Keane, dá abrigo a foras-da-lei que fogem da lei em troca de um preço.
E o Sangue Semeou a Terra
Emerson Cole
Homem lidera um grupo de pioneiros ao Oregon, onde iniciarão uma nova vida. No caminho, porém, eles passam por uma série de percalços e dificuldades.
Red Mountain
Lane Waldron
Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries. He drags an innocent gold prospecting couple into trouble when the husband is accused of a murder he committed.
Só Resta a Lembrança
Larry Nevins
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Algemas de Cristal
Tom Wingfield
An aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because of her dreams of what life should be.
Caminhos Sem Fim
Tommy Ditman
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.
Lágrimas Tardias
Alan Palmer
Uma noite, em uma estrada solitária, um carro em alta velocidade joga uma bolsa de dinheiro, destinada a outra pessoa, no banco de trás de Jane e Alan Palmer. Alan quer entregá-lo à polícia, mas Jane o convence a ficar 'por um tempo'. Logo, os Palmers são descobertos por um Danny Fuller, um personagem desprezível que afirma que o dinheiro é dele.
Ninguém Crê em Mim
Ed Woodry
Tommy tem nove anos e vive inventando grandes histórias. Em uma noite de calor, ele decide dormir na escada de incêndio de seu apartamento e acaba testemunhando um assassinato. Ao revelar o que viu, seus pais e a polícia acabam não acreditando nele.
O Invencível
Connie Kelly
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
The Walking Hills
Chalk
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
Cheyenne
The Sundance Kid
Slick gambler James Wylie (Dennis Morgan) is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence if he poses as a bandit. His mission is to uncover the identity of the Poet, a notorious outlaw who has been holding up bank-owned stagecoaches and leaving verses at the crime scenes to taunt the authorities. James finds time to woo the Poet's lovely wife, Ann (Jane Wyman), who initially cold-shoulders him. But, as a romance develops, they partner up to find the robber.
O Justiceiro
John Waldron
Esta dramatização de um incidente real começa em uma tranquila cidade de Connecticut, onde um amável sacerdote é assassinado enquanto aguardava em uma esquina. Os cidadãos ficam horrorizados e exigem uma ação da polícia. Todas as testemunhas identificam John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy), um nervoso forasteiro, como o assassino. Embora Waldron negue veementemente o crime, ninguém vai acreditar nele. O promotor Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) é então colocado no caso e enfrenta a oposição política em sua tentativa de provar a inocência de Waldron.
It's Your America
Soldier / Narrator (uncredited)
This short--long rumored to have been directed by John Ford--was produced by the US government specifically for veterans returning home from World War II, showing them what their responsibilities as citizens were now that they were returning to civilian life.
Devoção
Branwell Brontë
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.
Target - Invisible
Air Force Officer / Narrator
Documentary short film depicting the uses of radar in high-level bombing during World War II. B-29 bombers are shown delivering bombs over Japan and using radar to make pinpoint accurate target assessments despite overcast conditions.
The Last Bomb
Crewman (voice)
Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Sgt. Alfred Mason
A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
Memphis Belle: A Fortaleza Voadora
(uncredited)
This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure
Capt. Mathews
This U.S. Army Air Forces documentary short film depicts training methods and instructions for pilots of the C-47 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft. Lieutenant Warren is shown being put through his training paces by his instructor, Captain Mathews, who shows Warren the correct procedures and checklists for preparation for takeoff, takeoff, automatic pilot functioning, feathering a malfunctioning engine, and landing on one engine. Upon landing, Lt. Warren is instructed in taxiing and shut-down of the aircraft.
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Bob Chilton
U.S. Army Air Force pilot Bob Chilton and North American Aircraft designer Arthur Deeds show an Air Force colonel and major the new P-51B aircraft, explaining the changes in this new model and taking the plane through its paces with full description of its flight characteristics.
Ditch and Live
Captain Scott H. Reynolds
Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as a result of insufficient training in ditching procedure. Sent back to the States and promoted, Captain Reynolds takes command of a new B-17 and indoctrinates his crew carefully in the proper methods of preparation for ditching and for survival at sea thereafter.
Águias Americanas
Bombardier
A tripulação de um bombardeiro da Força Aérea chega em Pearl Harbor no rescaldo do ataque japonês e é enviado para Manila para ajudar com a defesa das Filipinas. Em 6 de dezembro de 1941, nove bombardeiros B-17 partiram em um voo de San Francisco para o Havaí. Um dos bombardeiros, o Mary Ann, é comandado pelo "Irlandês" Quincannon. O bombardeiro, Tommy McMartin, tem uma irmã vivendo no Havaí e o copiloto, Bill Williams, está apaixonado por ela. Os homens são todos altamente profissionais, com exceção do artilheiro Joe Winocki, um homem amargo que tem toda a intenção de deixar a Força Aérea do exército. Eles chegam ao Campo Hickam na manhã de 7 de dezembro, na mesma hora que os japoneses estão atacando Pearl Harbor e outras instalações militares. Todos os homens se preparam para enfrentar o inimigo, inclusive Winocki cuja atitude muda rapidamente. O bombardeiro e sua tripulação participarão de muitas missões, mas nem todos sobreviverão.
Reconnaissance Pilot
Decoration Announcer (voice)
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 2, Flight Operations)
Instructor
Military training film in which an instructor trains a new B-17 bomber pilot in proper procedure and technique while airborne.
How to Fly the B-17 (Part 1, Ground Operations)
Instructor
Military training film in which an instructor takes a new B-17 bomber pilot through preflight inspections of the aircraft and preparation for departure.
Jornada Trágica
Jed Forrest
Um grupo de aviadores norte-americanos ao serviço da RAF britânica embarca numa missão suicida: voar até ao interior do território alemão e bombardear um entroncamento ferroviário muito bem defendido por artilharia e armas antiaéreas. Após serem abatidos, eles são presos, mas conseguem fugir, iniciando uma desesperada luta pela sobrevivência e pela liberdade no interior do território germânico.
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
This is a collection of bloopers and film manipulation by The Warner Studio Club for an annual dinner for the staff at Warner Brothers.
O Intrépido General Custer
Ned Sharp
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Highway West
George Foster
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Bad Men of Missouri
Jim Younger
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.
Strange Alibi
Sgt. Joe Geary
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Knockout
Johnny Rocket
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.
Seu Último Refúgio
Red
Depois de ser libertado da prisão, o notório ladrão Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle é contratado por seu antigo patrão para ajudar um grupo de criminosos inexperientes a planejar e executar o roubo de um resort na Califórnia. Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle é libertado da prisão por um antigo colega que quer que ele ajude no próximo assalto. Quando o roubo dá errado e um homem é baleado e morto, Earle é forçado a fugir, e com a polícia e a imprensa irritada em sua cola, ele finalmente se refugia entre os picos das montanhas de Sierra Nevada, onde um cerco tenso acontece. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
City for Conquest
Eddie Kenny
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?