John Gallaudet — Actor (16)
April Showers (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
April Showers
director: James V. Kern actor: Jack Carson / Ann Sothern
other title: Olvida tus pesares / Cavalcade d'avril
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
Confidence Girl (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Confidence Girl
director: Andrew L. Stone actor: Tom Conway / Hillary Brooke
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
Right Cross (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Right Cross
director: John Sturges actor: June Allyson / Dick Powell
other title: Il messicano / Der einsame Champion
Prizewinning boxer Johnny Monterez is mad at the world, feeling persecuted because of his Mexican heritage. Worse yet, his right hand is damaged from years of fighting. Then Johnny falls in love with Pat O'Malley, his manager's pretty daughter, even though his best friend, Rick Gavery, is already besotted with her. Everything is on the line when Johnny, against Rick's wishes, agrees to a match with a fearsome opponent.
Double Jeopardy (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Double Jeopardy
director: R.G. Springsteen actor: Rod Cameron / Gale Robbins
other title: Doble chantaje
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.
Girls Can Play (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Girls Can Play
The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).
No Man's Woman (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
No Man's Woman
director: Franklin Adreon actor: Marie Windsor / John Archer
other title: Treachery
A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among them a rich husband she wouldn't divorce unless he paid her a huge settlement, a lover she caused to be fired from his job and an assistant whose fiancé she tried to seduce.
Adventure in Manhattan (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Adventure in Manhattan
director: Edward Ludwig actor: Jean Arthur / Joel McCrea
other title: Antes de medianoche / Aventure à Manhattan
The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (who is believed to be dead) while at the same time romancing a lovely young actress who's in a play that also happens to be the cover for massive jewel job. Art connoisseur and criminologist George Melville is hired to track down art thieves, assisted by perky Claire Peyton and goaded by Phil Bane, the roaring newspaper editor who has employed him. The mastermind poses as a theatrical impresario and stages a war drama, replete with loud explosions, to divert attention from his band of thieves, who are cracking safes in a bank adjacent to the theater.
Quicksand (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Quicksand
director: Irving Pichel actor: Mickey Rooney / Jeanne Cagney
other title: Kviksand / Sables mouvants
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.