Robert Shayne — Actor (19)
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San Antonio (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
San Antonio
director: David Butler actor: Errol Flynn / Alexis Smith …
other title: Duello a S. Antonio / Ein Mann der Tat
Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is indeed in the Texan town, intent on winning the affections of a beautiful chanteuse named Jeanne Starr. When the lovely lady meets and falls in love with the charismatic Hardin, the stakes for both men become higher.
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I Cover Big Town (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Cover Big Town
director: William C. Thomas actor: Phillip Reed / Hillary Brooke …
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
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Best Man Wins (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Best Man Wins
director: John Sturges actor: Edgar Buchanan / Anna Lee …
Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage.
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The Face of Marble (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Face of Marble
director: William Beaudine actor: John Carradine / Claudia Drake …
The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles conducts experiments that have horrifying side effects. Charles's lonely wife, Elaine, is frightened by his work, and in order to protect her, housekeeper Maria unleashes a torrent of voodoo that wrecks havoc.
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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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Cage of Evil (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Cage of Evil
director: Edward L. Cahn actor: Ron Foster / Patricia Blair …
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises.
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Backlash (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Backlash
director: Eugene Forde actor: Jean Rogers / Richard Travis …
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
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Murder Is My Beat (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Murder Is My Beat
director: Edgar G. Ulmer actor: Paul Langton / Barbara Payton …
other title: Danger is My Beat / Mord ist mein Geschäft
Mr. Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the arresting detectives when she convinces him that she just spotted the murderer outside their train.
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Christmas in Connecticut (1945) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Skybridge TMDB
Christmas in Connecticut
director: Peter Godfrey actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Dennis Morgan …
other title: Il sergente e la signora / Weihnachten nach Maß …
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
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War of the Satellites (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
War of the Satellites
director: Roger Corman actor: Dick Miller / Susan Cabot …
other title: Guerra dei satelliti / Planet der toten Seelen …
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.