Nat Pendleton — Actor (21)
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Fugitive Lovers (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Fugitive Lovers
director: Richard Boleslawski actor: Robert Montgomery / Madge Evans …
other title: Zwei Herzen auf der Flucht
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels. Along the way the bus picks up escaped convict Paul Porter, who quickly allies himself with Letty. With the police in hot pursuit and Legs monitoring his every move with Letty, Paul is running out of both time and ideas.
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It's a Wonderful World (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
It's a Wonderful World
director: W.S. Van Dyke actor: Claudette Colbert / James Stewart …
other title: Questo mondo è meraviglioso / Afinal, o Mundo é Belo! …
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Taxi! (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Taxi!
director: Roy Del Ruth actor: James Cagney / Loretta Young …
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
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Phantom Raiders (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Phantom Raiders
director: Jacques Tourneur actor: Walter Pidgeon / Donald Meek …
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
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Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Arsène Lupin Returns
director: George Fitzmaurice actor: Melvyn Douglas / Virginia Bruce …
other title: A Volta de Arsène Lupin / La vuelta de Arsenio Lupin …
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
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Lady for a Day (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Lady for a Day
director: Frank Capra actor: Warren William / May Robson …
other title: Signora per un giorno / Milionária por Um Dia …
Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.
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By Whose Hand? (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
By Whose Hand?
director: Benjamin Stoloff actor: Ben Lyon / Barbara Weeks …
On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
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Scared to Death (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Scared to Death
director: Christy Cabanne actor: Bela Lugosi / George Zucco …
other title: Spaventato a morte / Mort de peur …
A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's cousin who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf.
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Buck Privates (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Buck Privates
director: Arthur Lubin actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Gianni e Pinotto reclute / Deux nigauds soldats …
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.