John Wray — Actor (16)
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The Miracle Man (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Miracle Man
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Sylvia Sidney / Chester Morris …
other title: Spiel am Abgrund
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and uses him to scam the gullible public of funds for a supposed chapel. But when a real healing takes place, a change comes over the gang.
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Smuggled Cargo (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Smuggled Cargo
director: John H. Auer / Michael Jacoby actor: Barry MacKay / Rochelle Hudson …
When a sudden cold snap hits the Imperial Valley in California, orange growers fear that frost will kill their crops. Orange Growers Association president John Clayton assures his fellow farmers that he will help them obtain the oil needed to keep warming fires burning.
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Miss Pinkerton (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Miss Pinkerton
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: Joan Blondell / George Brent …
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerton, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
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New York Nights (1929) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
New York Nights
director: Lewis Milestone actor: Norma Talmadge / Gilbert Roland …
other title: Noches de Nueva York
Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being pursued by a gangster, and she leaves her husband after he spends the night with a floozie. Jill ends up as the gangster's moll, but she soon gets tired of the lifestyle.
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After Tonight (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
After Tonight
director: George Archainbaud actor: Constance Bennett / Gilbert Roland …
other title: Après ce soir / La espía del Zar …
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of the Austrian army. Meanwhile, Ritter is assigned to detect the identity of a spy.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Each Dawn I Die
director: William Keighley actor: James Cagney / George Raft …
other title: Morire all'alba / Todesangst bei jeder Dämmerung …
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
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The Cat and the Canary (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Cat and the Canary
director: Elliott Nugent actor: Bob Hope / Paulette Goddard …
other title: Il fantasma di mezzanotte / Erbschaft um Mitternacht …
Relatives gather at a haunted mansion for a will reading where the sole heir is threatened by a clause that could disinherit her if she goes mad, all while a homicidal maniac escapes nearby.
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High Pressure (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
High Pressure
director: Mervyn LeRoy actor: William Powell / Evelyn Brent …
other title: Ein ausgefuchster Gauner
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is relatively easy, but it becomes difficult when those want to see the inventor of the synthetic rubber...