Elisabeth Risdon — Actor (18)
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Crime and Punishment (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Crime and Punishment
director: Josef von Sternberg actor: Edward Arnold / Peter Lorre …
other title: Ho ucciso! / Schuld und Sühne …
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
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Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Every Girl Should Be Married
director: Don Hartman actor: Cary Grant / Betsy Drake …
other title: Ogni ragazza vuol marito / Jedes Mädchen müßte heiraten …
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage
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The Unseen (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Unseen
director: Lewis Allen actor: Joel McCrea / Gail Russell …
other title: Il fantasma / Der Tod wohnt nebenan …
David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.
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Five Came Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Five Came Back
director: John Farrow actor: Chester Morris / Lucille Ball …
other title: La tragedia del Silver Queen / Quels seront les cinq ? …
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
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Bunco Squad (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bunco Squad
director: Herbert I. Leeds actor: Robert Sterling / Joan Dixon …
other title: Mensaje de otro mundo
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
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Tall in the Saddle (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tall in the Saddle
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: John Wayne / Ella Raines …
other title: Romanzo nel West / En Cowboy Renser Byen …
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
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The Girl from Mexico (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Girl from Mexico
director: Leslie Goodwins actor: Lupe Vélez / Donald Woods …
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
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Blonde Fever (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Blonde Fever
director: Richard Whorf actor: Philip Dorn / Mary Astor …
other title: Blonde fever
Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally, a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.
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The Secret Fury (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Secret Fury
director: Mel Ferrer actor: Claudette Colbert / Robert Ryan …
other title: Nozze infrante / Fureur secrète …
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
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High Wall (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
High Wall
director: Curtis Bernhardt actor: Robert Taylor / Audrey Totter …
other title: La muraglia delle tenebre / Anklage - Mord …
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.
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Theodora Goes Wild (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Theodora Goes Wild
director: Richard Boleslawski actor: Irene Dunne / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: L'adorabile nemica / Los pecados de Teodora …
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.