William Gargan

William Gargan

William Gargan, born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 17, 1979 aged 73 on a flight between New York and San Diego. He was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.

  • Title: William Gargan
  • Popularity: 4.451
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1905-07-17
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: William Dennis Gargan, Bill Gargan
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William Gargan Movies

  • 1955
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    Man on the Ledge

    Man on the Ledge

    1 1955 HD

    Beat cop Bragan is about to go off duty when he discovers a man standing on the ledge of a hotel more than a dozen stories up. Bragan tries to talk...

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  • 1946
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    Strange Impersonation

    Strange Impersonation

    5.974 1946 HD

    A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her...

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  • 1946
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    Hot Cargo

    Hot Cargo

    1 1946 HD

    Two discharged service men go to the redwood country in northern California to visit the family of a buddy killed in the war. There, they find the...

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  • 1941
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    I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Screaming

    6.8 1941 HD

    A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip...

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  • 1945
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    Midnight Manhunt

    Midnight Manhunt

    4.5 1945 HD

    Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.

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  • 1945
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    The Bells of St. Mary's

    The Bells of St. Mary's

    6.788 1945 HD

    Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt...

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  • 1942
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    Sealed Lips

    Sealed Lips

    5.8 1942 HD

    There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself....

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  • 1946
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    Night Editor

    Night Editor

    5.5 1946 HD

    A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

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  • 1933
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    The Story of Temple Drake

    The Story of Temple Drake

    6.5 1933 HD

    The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual...

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  • 1939
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    Within the Law

    Within the Law

    6 1939 HD

    A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.

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  • 1936
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    The Milky Way

    The Milky Way

    6.278 1936 HD

    Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in...

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  • 1932
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    Rain

    Rain

    6.8 1932 HD

    Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it...

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  • 1935
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    Broadway Gondolier

    Broadway Gondolier

    5.4 1935 HD

    A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

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  • 1934
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    Four Frightened People

    Four Frightened People

    5.9 1934 HD

    Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave...

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  • 1946
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    Behind Green Lights

    Behind Green Lights

    5.6 1946 HD

    An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a...

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  • 1942
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    Who Done It?

    Who Done It?

    6.9 1942 HD

    Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder...

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  • 1942
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    A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

    A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

    5.7 1942 HD

    A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

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  • 1942
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    A Close Call for Ellery Queen

    A Close Call for Ellery Queen

    5.2 1942 HD

    Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

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  • 1942
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    Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

    Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

    5.5 1942 HD

    Detective Ellery Queen aids Free Dutch agents battle Nazi spies over a prize of industrial diamonds.

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  • 1944
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    The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

    6.6 1944 HD

    The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.

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  • 1933
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    Lucky Devils

    Lucky Devils

    6.3 1933 HD

    Two Hollywood stuntmen compete for the same pretty extra.

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  • 1940
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    Star Dust

    Star Dust

    4.7 1940 HD

    When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

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  • 1937
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    You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

    7.1 1937 HD

    Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is...

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  • 1940
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    Double Alibi

    Double Alibi

    4.5 1940 HD

    A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

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  • 1935
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    Don't Bet on Blondes

    Don't Bet on Blondes

    5 1935 HD

    Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his...

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  • 1935
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    Black Fury

    Black Fury

    6.4 1935 HD

    A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.

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  • 1933
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    Night Flight

    Night Flight

    5.8 1933 HD

    Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

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  • 1940
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    They Knew What They Wanted

    They Knew What They Wanted

    5.643 1940 HD

    While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she...

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  • 1956
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    Miracle in the Rain

    Miracle in the Rain

    6.7 1956 HD

    Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

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  • 1946
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    Till the End of Time

    Till the End of Time

    6.7 1946 HD

    Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with...

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  • 1932
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    The Animal Kingdom

    The Animal Kingdom

    5.7 1932 HD

    Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not Daisy whom he asks, it is Cecelia. After the marriage,...

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  • 1948
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    Waterfront at Midnight

    Waterfront at Midnight

    4 1948 HD

    Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has...

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  • 1933
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    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    5.8 1933 HD

    A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.

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  • 1946
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    Murder in the Music Hall

    Murder in the Music Hall

    4.6 1946 HD

    An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

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  • 1941
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    Cheers for Miss Bishop

    Cheers for Miss Bishop

    5.9 1941 HD

    Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only...

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  • 1940
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    Turnabout

    Turnabout

    6 1940 HD

    Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.

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  • 1935
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    Bright Lights

    Bright Lights

    4.5 1935 HD

    Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

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  • 1939
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    Broadway Serenade

    Broadway Serenade

    6.2 1939 HD

    A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...

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  • 1934
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    British Agent

    British Agent

    5.563 1934 HD

    In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy.

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  • 1939
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    The House of Fear

    The House of Fear

    6.5 1939 HD

    A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...

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  • 1942
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    Destination Unknown

    Destination Unknown

    6 1942 HD

    Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.

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  • 1939
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    Three Sons

    Three Sons

    3.2 1939 HD

    A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.

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  • 1942
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    Miss Annie Rooney

    Miss Annie Rooney

    6.3 1942 HD

    A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her...

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  • 1933
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    Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

    5.8 1933 HD

    A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

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  • 1935
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    Things Are Looking Up

    Things Are Looking Up

    6 1935 HD

    Scatterbrain circus lady has to cover for her sour schoolmistress sister.

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  • 1933
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    Sweepings

    Sweepings

    5.8 1933 HD

    Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the...

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  • 1943
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    Harrigan's Kid

    Harrigan's Kid

    1 1943 HD

    A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.

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  • 1935
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    Traveling Saleslady

    Traveling Saleslady

    5.9 1935 HD

    A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and...

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  • 1939
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    Women in the Wind

    Women in the Wind

    6.8 1939 HD

    A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

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  • 1934
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    Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

    5.3 1934 HD

    A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

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  • 1948
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    The Argyle Secrets

    The Argyle Secrets

    6 1948 HD

    A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated...

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  • 1943
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    Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

    5 1943 HD

    Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

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  • 1939
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    The Housekeeper's Daughter

    The Housekeeper's Daughter

    3.5 1939 HD

    A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

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  • 1935
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    A Night at the Ritz

    A Night at the Ritz

    3 1935 HD

    A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.

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  • 1936
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    Navy Born

    Navy Born

    4.5 1936 HD

    A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the son of his late best friends. Despite the...

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  • 1945
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    She Gets Her Man

    She Gets Her Man

    3.7 1945 HD

    The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.

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  • 1938
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    The Devil's Party

    The Devil's Party

    5.5 1938 HD

    Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

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  • 1942
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    The Mayor of 44th Street

    The Mayor of 44th Street

    4 1942 HD

    In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out....

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  • 1939
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    The Adventures of Jane Arden

    The Adventures of Jane Arden

    5.7 1939 HD

    Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is...

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  • 1933
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    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

    7 1933 HD

    Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.

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  • 1940
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    Isle Of Destiny

    Isle Of Destiny

    5 1940 HD

    A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.

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  • 1938
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    Personal Secretary

    Personal Secretary

    1 1938 HD

    Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.

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  • 1930
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    Follow the Leader

    Follow the Leader

    5.375 1930 HD

    A kooky waiter and sometimes vaudevillian promises to get his employer's daughter into a Broadway show. When he kidnaps the show's star, she gets her...

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  • 1932
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    The Sport Parade

    The Sport Parade

    5.3 1932 HD

    Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

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  • 1938
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    The Crowd Roars

    The Crowd Roars

    6.5 1938 HD

    A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy...

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  • 1938
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    The Crime of Doctor Hallet

    The Crime of Doctor Hallet

    1 1938 HD

    Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.

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  • 1937
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    She Asked for It

    She Asked for It

    6 1937 HD

    Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends...

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  • 1936
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    The Sky Parade

    The Sky Parade

    1 1936 HD

    Aviation action highlights this programmer which concerns foreign intrigue and a pair of WW1 buzz-boys developing a high-tech aircraft.

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  • 1949
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    Dynamite

    Dynamite

    4 1949 HD

    Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their...

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  • 1937
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    Reported Missing

    Reported Missing

    1 1937 HD

    A gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.

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  • 1937
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    You're a Sweetheart

    You're a Sweetheart

    4 1937 HD

    A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He...

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  • 1936
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    Fury and the Woman

    Fury and the Woman

    1 1936 HD

    A tough Irishman tries to help a logging company owner on Vancouver Island who is being sabotaged by a nearby competitor.

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  • 1936
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    Alibi for Murder

    Alibi for Murder

    5.5 1936 HD

    A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them...

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  • 1940
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    Sporting Blood

    Sporting Blood

    4.3 1940 HD

    Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the...

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  • 1932
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    The Misleading Lady

    The Misleading Lady

    1 1932 HD

    A scheming socialite meets her match in the out-of-touch wildlife explorer she ventures to ensnare.

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  • 1937
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    Wings Over Honolulu

    Wings Over Honolulu

    5.5 1937 HD

    A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

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  • 1936
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    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    1 1936 HD

    A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.

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  • 1937
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    Some Blondes Are Dangerous

    Some Blondes Are Dangerous

    1 1937 HD

    "Iron Man" Mason is a talented but rather dimwitted prizefighter. Against the advice of his crusty old manager George Regan, Mason dumps his...

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  • 1943
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    No Place for a Lady

    No Place for a Lady

    6 1943 HD

    A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only...

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  • 1941
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    Keep 'Em Flying

    Keep 'Em Flying

    5.9 1941 HD

    When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott &...

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  • 1942
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    Bombay Clipper

    Bombay Clipper

    5.5 1942 HD

    Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.

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  • 1945
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    Song of the Sarong

    Song of the Sarong

    5 1945 HD

    An adventurer is promised $1 million if he can recover a fortune in pearls, but they are guarded by a tribe of fierce natives.

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  • 1939
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    Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

    Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

    2 1939 HD

    Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead...

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  • 1941
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    1 1941 HD

    Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.

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  • 1946
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    Swell Guy

    Swell Guy

    1 1946 HD

    Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true nature until a climatic redemption.

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  • 1956
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    The Rawhide Years

    The Rawhide Years

    5.5 1956 HD

    Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But...

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  • 1934
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    The Hollywood Gad-About

    The Hollywood Gad-About

    4 1934 HD

    A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.

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  • 1935
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    Things You Never See on the Screen

    Things You Never See on the Screen

    5 1935 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.

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  • 1937
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    Breezing Home

    Breezing Home

    1 1937 HD

    Bookmakers try to fix a horse race.

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  • 2003
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    Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

    6.7 2003 HD

    Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

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  • 1945
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    Follow That Woman

    Follow That Woman

    6 1945 HD

    A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.

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  • 1936
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    Flying Hostess

    Flying Hostess

    1 1936 HD

    The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.

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  • 1937
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    Behind the Mike

    Behind the Mike

    1 1937 HD

    Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

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  • 1936
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    Blackmailer

    Blackmailer

    5 1936 HD

    Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.

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  • 1941
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    Flying Cadets

    Flying Cadets

    3 1941 HD

    Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1949
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    Martin Kane, Private Eye

    Martin Kane, Private Eye

    5 1949 HD

    Martin Kane, Private Eye was an early radio series and television crime series sponsored by United States Tobacco Company.

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  • 1954
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    The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

    7 1954 HD

    The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960.

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  • 1953
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    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

    1 1953 HD

    The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted...

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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    5.167 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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