Walter Thompson

Nascimento : 1903-05-08, Indiana, USA

Morte : 1975-12-17

Filmes

O Último dos Valentões
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O detetive particular Philip Marlowe tenta encontrar Velma, dançarina de um clube noturno e namorada de Moose Malloy, um pequeno criminoso que acaba de sair da prisão. Mas rapidamente percebe que nada neste caso é o que aparente ser à primeira vista. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
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Hapless driving instructor and former Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty, living in squalor near Hollywood, California, doesn't put up too much of a fight when two ladies hitch a ride and attempt to kidnap him in their attempt to get to New Orleans; while initially put off, Rafferty finds he's charmed by the kooky pair of misfits and the three of them drive to Las Vegas, Nevada and later Tucson, Arizona, where their bond eventually unravels.
The Paper Chase
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A first-year law student struggles with balancing his coursework and his relationship with the daughter of a stern professor.
Paixão Pelo Perigo
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Burt Reynolds é Shamus McCoy, um detetive privado aficionado por bilhar, dinheiro sujo e mulheres. Um perturbante homicídio está relacionado ao roubo de um diamante de um milhão de dólares. O excêntrico proprietário da jóia roubada contrata McCoy para encontrar o assassino... e a mercadoria roubada. Mas o estranho cliente parece atrás de algo mais que os diamantes...
A Fúria dos Sete Homens
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Os sete pistoleiros magníficos cavalgam novamente! Lee Van Cleef é o xerife de uma cidade do Arizona que tem a mulher sequestrada e morta por um assassino chamado Donavan. Para achar o criminoso, o xerife liberta alguns prisioneiros da cadeia com a promessa do perdão se eles o ajudarem a capturar Donavan. A trilha leva os sete homens a uma pequena cidade que foi massacrada. Num final tenso e cheio de tiroteios os sete homens encontram o seu destino!
Cidade das Ilusões
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Abandonado pela esposa, um boxeador alcoólatra decide voltar a lutar e acaba se aproximando de um outro boxeador, em começo de carreira.
The Todd Killings
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Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
Dois Trapaceiros da Pesada
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Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.
The Baby Maker
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Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
Sem Rumo no Espaço
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After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
O Segredo Íntimo de Lola
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Enquanto tenta levantar dinheiro para recuperar seu carro, George é atraído por Lola, uma francesa que trabalha em um estabelecimento que aluga belas modelos para fotógrafos. Sua breve noite de amor dá a ambos a vontade de lidar com seus respectivos problemas.
A Flea In Her Ear
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Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
Matt Helm Contra o Mundo do Crime
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The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a whole continent. It seems Dr. Solaris has been kidnapped by a criminal organization. The trace leads to the Cote D'Azur.
Devagar, Não Corra
Editor
During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.
King Rat
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When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King's enthusiastic approach to life.
A Voz do Sangue
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Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck), um famoso bandido durante a guerra civil espanhola, tem vivido em exílio na França há 20 anos. Quando sua mãe está morrendo, ele resolve visitá-la secretamente na sual cidade natal espanhola. Mas seu maior inimigo, o policial espanhol Viñolas (Anthony Quinn), preparou uma armadilha no hospital para finalmente pegar Artiguez.
O Mundo Maravilhoso dos Irmãos Grimm
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The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
Peregrino da Esperança
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No Outback Australiano, a família Carmody - Paddy, Ida e seu filho adolescente Sean - levam uma vida nômade, são tropeiros de ovelhas, sempre em movimento. Ida e Sean querem sossegar e comprar uma fazenda. Mas Paddy quer se manter em movimento. Um concurso de tosquia de ovelhas, o nascimento de uma criança, bebidas, jogos e um cavalo de corrida terão um papel na decisão final.
Uma Cruz à Beira do Abismo
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Em 1930, o jovem Gabrielle Van der Mal entra em um convento em sua Bélgica natal para se tornar uma freira. Quase imediatamente, ela tem dificuldade para se ajustar à vida de clausura, e seu votos de pobreza, castidade e obediência. Ela duvida a sua própria capacidade, mesmo quando ela faz seus votos perpétuos. Gabrielle, agora chamada de Irmã Luke, se destaca em seus estudos médicos e sonhos de servir no Congo Belga.
South Seas Adventure
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Cinerama takes you on a South Seas Adventure to tropical islands set like sparkling jewels in dreamy cerulean waters. Thrill to the lure of sunbrowned, luscious maidens and a paradise of coconut palms, coral strand and blue lagoons. Enchanted South Pacific archipelagos beckon with all the beauty and color of a painter’s palette. Stepping stones in the vast expanse of far-away seas, they promise romance, adventure, excitement—an irresistible blend of fascinating people and exotic places.
The Second Woman
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In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
Areia Movediça
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Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
Caminho da Tentação
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An insurance man's affair with a blonde leads to guilt, murder and a confession to his wife.
So This Is New York
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A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.
The Gangster
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Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
A Orquídea Branca
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Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
Jane Eyre
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After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
Mergulho no Inferno
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Um tenente submarino e seu comandante se apaixonam pela mesma garota. Contra sua preferência pessoal, o comandante da embarcação PT Ward Stewart é nomeado diretor executivo do submarino USS Corsair. De licença antes de zarpar, ele conhece a professora Jean Hewlett e fica apaixonado... sem saber que ela é a queridinha de Dewey Connors, seu novo comandante. No mar, os homens criam um relacionamento enquanto lutam contra os navios alemães. Quando eles descobrirão sua rivalidade romântica mútua? Será que isso vai interferir num ataque de comando espetacular à uma base secreta alemã?
Thunder Birds
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On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.
This Above All
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In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
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Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
O Segredo do Pântano
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A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
Wild Geese Calling
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In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie.
Moon Over Miami
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After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay (Betty Grable) and Barbara Latimer (Carole Landis), waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of their aunt Susan (Charlotte Greenwood), the sisters take the last of their money and head to a well-known Miami resort where they soon meet two wealthy young men, Phil (Don Ameche) and Jeff (Robert Cummings), who begin a fierce rivalry for Kay, not realizing that Barbara has fallen in love with one of them.
Uma Noite no Rio
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No Rio de Janeiro o barão Manuel Duarte (Don Ameche), um mulherengo, se encontra em sérias dificuldades financeiras. Ele precisa viajar até Buenos Aires para tentar conseguir um empréstimo. Para não haver nenhuma suspeita do que o barão está fazendo, seus sócios contratam Larry Martin (Don Ameche), um ator que é muito parecido com o barão. A baronesa Cecilia Duarte (Alice Faye) fica sabendo da história, mas até ela fica na dúvida de quem é quem, pois o barão resolveu o assunto mais rápido do que esperava mas finge ter voltado só no dia seguinte, deixando Cecilia toda confusa.
Tin Pan Alley
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Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
A Volta de Frank James
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Frank James deixou sua vida de crimes e se tornou um pacífico fazendeiro. Nem quando Clem Tom Grayson, um jovem e grande amigo, lhe conta que Jesse James foi baleado pelas costas pelos irmãos Ford, Frank procura se vingar, pois crê na justiça. Aparentemente isto acontece, pois Bob e Charles são condenados por assassinato. Porém meia hora após o veredicto o governador lhes dá total perdão, e ainda recebem uma recompensa. Ao ver isto Frank constata que precisa fazer justiça com as próprias mãos.
Lillian Russell
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Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Everything Happens at Night
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Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
Hollywood Cavalcade
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Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
A Mocidade de Lincoln
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Nova Salem, Illinois, 1832. Uma família que está viajando em uma carroça necessita de mantimentos da loja de Abraham Lincoln e a única coisa de valor que eles tem para trocar é um livro sobre Direito. Abraham fala sobre suas ambições com Ann, uma jovem mulher que logo morre. Ele se muda para Springfield, a nova capital do estado, e em 1937, juntamente com o amigo John T. Stuart abre um escritório de advocacia. Lincoln conhece Mary Todd, uma mulher do Kentucky que, ao contrário de Lincoln, era rica. É focado o primeiro caso de Lincoln, no qual primeiramente impede que Matt Clay e Adam Clay sejam linchados por terem assassinado Scrub White. Ambos os irmãos se declaram culpados, como se um protegesse o outro. Abigail Clay, a única pessoa que poderia testemunhar, é a mãe dos acusados e se recusa a dizer algo, pois o testemunho dela salvaria um dos filhos, mas automaticamente condenaria o outro à forca.
A História de Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
Wife, Husband and Friend
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Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
Anjo de Felicidade
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Plucky Penny Hale está animada porque vai voltar do internato para morar com seu pai viúvo, mas quando fica sabendo que ele está com dificuldades financeiras devido a um projeto imobiliário, Plucky decide conquistar um ranzinza investidor do ramo imobiliário, que ela erroneamente acredita ser o "Tio Sam".
Miss Broadway
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Betsy é uma órfã talentosa que passa a ficar sob os cuidados de seu tio Pop, gerente de uma casa teatral. Em pouco tempo a garota se transforma na queridinha da clientela, incluindo o maestro Jimmy Clayton. Mas a proprietária do edifício, Sarah Roger não está gostando nada da situação.
Sally, Irene and Mary
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Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
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Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
A Queridinha do Vovô
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A Queridinha do Vovô começa com a pequena Priscilla (Temple) embarcando para a Índia, juntamente com sua mãe, a viúva Joyce Williams (June Lang). Elas estão indo se encontrar com o coronel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith), avô da garotinha. Inicialmente duro, ele irá aos poucos se tornando uma pessoa mais leve em contato com a neta. Priscilla também testemunha a prisão do líder da facção rebelde Khoda Khan (Cesar Romero) e ele, assim como seu avô, terão os corações derretidos com sua meiguice.
Partners
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A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.
Easy to Get
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In the third of Pathe's Gay Girls comedy series, Harry Myers is a married man who strings one of them along until his wife Isabel Withers, comes along. Later one of them gets a job as a co-respondent in a divorce suit, and Myers is the divorce-seeking husband.