John Hoyt — Actor (23)
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Casanova's Big Night (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Casanova's Big Night
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Bob Hope / Joan Fontaine …
other title: La grande notte di Casanova / Der Schürzenjäger von Venedig …
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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The Purple Mask (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Purple Mask
director: H. Bruce Humberstone actor: Tony Curtis / Colleen Miller …
other title: La maschera di porpora / Die purpurrote Maske …
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
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Forever, Darling (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Forever, Darling
director: Alexander Hall actor: Lucille Ball / Desi Arnaz …
other title: Il suo angelo custode / Mein Engel und ich …
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems. Lorenzo is developing insecticide #383 at Finlay Vega Chemical Co. and plans to test it on a camping trip that he takes with Susan, but the trip becomes an obstacle course for him.
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The Unfaithful (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Unfaithful
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Ann Sheridan / Lew Ayres …
other title: Le donne erano sole / Ehebruch …
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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My Favorite Brunette (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
My Favorite Brunette
director: Elliott Nugent actor: Bob Hope / Dorothy Lamour …
other title: La mia brunetta preferita / En skør detektiv …
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
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Outside the Wall (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Outside the Wall
director: Crane Wilbur actor: Richard Basehart / Marilyn Maxwell …
other title: Yo fui presidiario / Ins Leben entlassen …
Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.
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Sealed Verdict (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sealed Verdict
director: Lewis Allen actor: Ray Milland / Florence Marly …
other title: Tormentos de duda / Verdict secret …
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
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Moonfleet (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Moonfleet
director: Fritz Lang actor: Stewart Granger / George Sanders …
other title: Il covo dei contrabbandieri / Mens bøddelen ventede …
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
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The Bribe (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Bribe
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Robert Taylor / Ava Gardner …
other title: Corruzione / Lábios que Escravizam …
United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.
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O.S.S. (1946) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
O.S.S.
director: Irving Pichel actor: Alan Ladd / Geraldine Fitzgerald …
other title: Les Heros dans l'ombre / Bajo el manto tenebroso …
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
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The Lady Gambles (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Lady Gambles
director: Michael Gordon actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Robert Preston …
other title: La roulette / Spielfieber …
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.