Results for : James Gleason

    Suddenly
    6.4
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    Suddenly [HD] (1954)

    The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

    6.4 /10
    Star in the Dust
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    Star in the Dust [HD] (1956)

    The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.

    3.9 /10
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [HD] (1945)

    In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.

    7.9 /10
    Come Fill The Cup
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    Come Fill The Cup [HD] (1951)

    Director Gordon Douglas' 1951 drama stars James Cagney as a newspaperman battling his alcoholism. The cast also includes Gig Young (Oscar nominee, Best Supporting Actor), Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason, Selena Royle, Larry Keating, Sheldon Leonard and King Donovan.

    7.0 /10
    Miss Grant Takes Richmond
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    Miss Grant Takes Richmond [HD] (1949)

    A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

    6.5 /10
    The Falcon Takes Over
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    The Falcon Takes Over [HD] (1942)

    While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.

    5.8 /10
    Hoopla
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    Hoopla [HD] (1933)

    A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager.

    6.0 /10
    Forty Naughty Girls
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    Forty Naughty Girls [HD] (1937)

    Hildegarde Withers (ZaSu Pitts) and Inspector Piper (James Gleason) try to solve a murder while attending the opening-night performance of a Broadway show. Comedy-mystery.

    5.0 /10
    Crash Dive
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    Crash Dive [HD] (1943)

    A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart (Power), has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors (Andrews), for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett (Baxter) and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.

    5.7 /10
    The Last Hurrah
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    The Last Hurrah [HD] (1958)

    An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950s when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Based loosely on the career of multi-term Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, this film examines the good and evil inherent in politics and all the things that go into an election. Tracy's uphill battle to stay in office is set against the political machinery that preyed on ethnic hatred and old-time money.

    7.1 /10
    Take One False Step
    5.2
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    Take One False Step [HD] (1949)

    Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

    5.2 /10
    Search for Beauty
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    Search for Beauty [HD] (1934)

    Three con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.

    7.0 /10
    Bad Boy
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    Bad Boy [HD] (1949)

    A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.

    7.5 /10
    The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
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    The Ex-Mrs. Bradford [HD] (1936)

    Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. But through horse trainer Mike North, Brad is embroiled in the case of a jockey who died of "heart failure" during a race. As they pursue clues, Paula pursues Brad for remarriage, and assorted hoods pursue the Bradfords.

    6.3 /10
    Footlight Serenade
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    Footlight Serenade [HD] (1942)

    Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.

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    Babes on Broadway
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    Babes on Broadway [HD] (1941)

    Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.

    6.7 /10
    Change of Heart
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    Change of Heart [HD] (1934)

    Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

    6.5 /10
    A Date with the Falcon
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    A Date with the Falcon [HD] (1942)

    In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancΓ©e, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.

    6.6 /10
    Lady and Gent
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    Lady and Gent [HD] (1932)

    Fresh young boxer Buzz Kinney is just out of college. He's able to knock out Stag Bailey when the veteran becomes over confident. Later Buzz is a worn out wreck with a broken nose and cauliflower ear.

    6.0 /10
    The Jackpot
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    The Jackpot [HD] (1950)

    Jimmy Stewart's Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred.

    7.1 /10
    The Keys of the Kingdom
    7.0
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    The Keys of the Kingdom [HD] (1944)

    A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.

    7.0 /10
    Arsenic and Old Lace
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    Arsenic and Old Lace [HD] (1944)

    Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

    7.5 /10