Jonathan Hale — Actor (30)
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36 Hours to Kill (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
36 Hours to Kill
director: Eugene Forde actor: Brian Donlevy / Gloria Stuart …
other title: Across the Aisle / 36 Heures à tuer
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended.
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Flight from Destiny (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Flight from Destiny
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Geraldine Fitzgerald / Thomas Mitchell …
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.
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Johnny Apollo (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Johnny Apollo
director: Henry Hathaway actor: Tyrone Power / Dorothy Lamour …
other title: Il prigioniero
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
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The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Ghost Goes Wild
director: George Blair actor: James Ellison / Anne Gwynne …
Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disguises himself as a mystic, only to conjure up a genuine ghost during a seance. Things come to a head during his trial, where the invisible ghost takes the witness stand on Our Hero's behalf.
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End of the Road (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
End of the Road
director: George Blair actor: Edward Norris / John Abbott …
other title: El motín de los presos
A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder" is innocent of the crime. He believes he knows who the actual culprit is, and sets out to befriend the man and get enough evidence to prove that he is the real killer.
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The Saint In Palm Springs (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint In Palm Springs
director: Jack Hively actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint à Palm Springs / El Santo en Palm Springs
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint," in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps, smuggled from England. Wendy Barrie is the true heir to this treasure, and the Saint is engaged to protect her and the stamps. Our hero meets Barrie in a posh Palm Springs resort, where a gang of homicidal thieves have converged to relieve the girl of her inheritance. Three murders and one kidnapping attempt later, the villains are foiled by the Saint, with the aid of his onetime partner in crime Pearly Gates (Paul Guilfoyle). The Saint in Palm Springs is the sixth in RKO's series of films based on the character created by Leslie Charteris.
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The Saint Takes Over (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Takes Over
director: Jack Hively actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint reprend du service / El regreso del Santo
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
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The Saint in New York (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint in New York
director: Ben Holmes actor: Louis Hayward / Kay Sutton …
other title: Le Saint à New-York / El Santo en Nueva York
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
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The Saint Strikes Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Strikes Back
director: John Farrow actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Le Saint contre-attaque / El Santo ataca de nuevo
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.