Allen Jenkins — Actor (27)
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Wonder Man (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Wonder Man
director: H. Bruce Humberstone actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo …
other title: L'uomo meraviglia / Mein zauberhafter Bruder …
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
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The Hat Box Mystery (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Hat Box Mystery
director: Lambert Hillyer actor: Tom Neal / Pamela Blake …
Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is accidentally hidden in the box and the woman is killed. Susan is charged with murder, but Russ and his less-than-useful associate, Harvard, get on the case.
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Meet the Wildcat (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Meet the Wildcat
director: Arthur Lubin actor: Ralph Bellamy / Margaret Lindsay …
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief known as "The Wildcat," Ann follows him into the street and accuses him of being the thief. Even though the police attest that Brod is a New York City police detective, Ann remains dubious.
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Fun on a Weekend (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fun on a Weekend
director: Andrew L. Stone actor: Eddie Bracken / Priscilla Lane …
other title: Ardides de juventud
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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Five Came Back (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Five Came Back
director: John Farrow actor: Chester Morris / Lucille Ball …
other title: La tragedia del Silver Queen / Quels seront les cinq ? …
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.
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The Mayor of Hell (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Mayor of Hell
director: Archie Mayo actor: James Cagney / Madge Evans …
other title: Le Bataillon des sans-amour / Por el mal camino
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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The Inside Story (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Inside Story
director: Allan Dwan actor: Marsha Hunt / William Lundigan …
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.
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A Date with the Falcon (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Date with the Falcon
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: Los diamantes del Halcón / Los diamantes del halcón
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
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The Gay Falcon (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Gay Falcon
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie …
other title: El intrépido Halcón
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
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Ever Since Eve (1937) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Ever Since Eve
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Marion Davies / Robert Montgomery …
other title: Bataille de dames
Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews, accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.
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Footsteps in the Dark (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Footsteps in the Dark
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Errol Flynn / Brenda Marshall …
other title: Passi nel buio / Mr. X auf Abwegen …
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of problems when his wife wants to know about his little disappearances and exceptionally late nights out.
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The Falcon Takes Over (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Falcon Takes Over
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Lynn Bari …
other title: El Halcón inicia el vuelo
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
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The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Case of the Curious Bride
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Warren William / Margaret Lindsay …
other title: El caso de la novia curiosa
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.