Jan Sterling — Actor (12)
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The Human Jungle (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Human Jungle
director: Joseph M. Newman actor: Gary Merrill / Jan Sterling …
other title: Giungla Umana / Immer jagte er Blondinen
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
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The Mating Season (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Mating Season
director: Mitchell Leisen actor: John Lund / Gene Tierney …
other title: La madre dello sposo / SOS - Zwei Schwiegermütter …
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
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The High and the Mighty (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The High and the Mighty
director: William A. Wellman actor: John Wayne / Claire Trevor …
other title: Prigionieri del cielo / Alto e Poderoso …
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
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Flesh and Fury (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Flesh and Fury
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / Jan Sterling …
other title: Furia e passione / Sein großer Kampf …
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.
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Female on the Beach (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Female on the Beach
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Joan Crawford / Jeff Chandler …
other title: Delitto sulla spiaggia / Das Haus am Strand …
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home. Lynn soon has no doubts of what her scheming neighbors are up to, but she finds Drummond's physical charms hard to resist. And she still doesn't know what really happened to Eloise.
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Rhubarb (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rhubarb
director: Arthur Lubin actor: Ray Milland / Jan Sterling …
other title: Il gatto milionario / Los millones de Ruibarbo
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
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Man with the Gun (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Man with the Gun
director: Richard Wilson actor: Robert Mitchum / Jan Sterling …
other title: Sangue caldo / Sozinho Contra a Cidade …
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.