Walter Abel — Actor (19)
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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
Mitchell Leisen actor: Charles Boyer / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: La porta d'oro / Das goldene Tor …
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
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Grace Quigley (1985)
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Anthony Harvey actor: Katharine Hepburn / Nick Nolte …
other title: Agenzia omicidi / Grace Quigleys letzte Chance …
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being committed by a top hit-man, Seymour Flint. She proposes to blackmail him into killing her, however, she has one or two friends she wants him to get rid of first.
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The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
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Norman Z. McLeod actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo …
other title: Preferisco la vacca / Der Held des Tages …
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
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Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
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Arthur Lubin actor: John Hubbard / Wendy Barrie …
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the official investigator, but most of the clue gathering is done by amateur sleuths Kirk Pierce and Sally Ambler.
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Night People (1954)
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Nunnally Johnson actor: Gregory Peck / Broderick Crawford …
other title: Gente di notte / Das unsichtbare Netz …
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.
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Wise Girl (1937)
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Leigh Jason actor: Miriam Hopkins / Ray Milland …
other title: SOS vertu !
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.
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The Three Musketeers (1935)
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Rowland V. Lee actor: Walter Abel / Margot Grahame …
other title: Die drei Musketiere / Por la dama y el honor
In 17th century France, young d'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers — Athos, Porthos, and Aramis — and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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Kiss and Tell (1945)
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Richard Wallace actor: Shirley Temple / Jerome Courtland …
other title: Non parlare, baciami / Küsse und verschweig mir nichts!
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
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Eugene Forde actor: Lloyd Nolan / Marjorie Weaver …
other title: Michael Shayne: Détective privé
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
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13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
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Henry Hathaway actor: James Cagney / Annabella …
other title: Il 13 non risponde / Calle Madeleine nº 13 …
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
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Skylark (1941)
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Mark Sandrich actor: Claudette Colbert / Ray Milland …
other title: Eheposse / La Folle Alouette
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
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Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance
Dorothy Arzner actor: Maureen O'Hara / Louis Hayward …
other title: Balla ragazza balla / Dança, Rapariga, Dança …
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
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That Lady in Ermine (1948)
That Lady in Ermine
Ernst Lubitsch actor: Betty Grable / Douglas Fairbanks Jr. …
other title: La signora in ermellino / Die Frau im Hermelin …
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...