Kent Taylor — Actor (26)
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Double Door (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Double Door
director: Charles Vidor actor: Evelyn Venable / Mary Morris …
other title: La porta segreta
In 1910 Manhattan, Victoria Van Brett, a bitter spinster heiress lives an isolated life with her sister Caroline. Her domineering urges go into overdrive when their half-brother Rip brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion, built by their late industrialist father. The title refers to a secret soundproofed chamber that the villainess uses to entrap her enemies.
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Death Takes a Holiday (1934) [Movie] Skybridge IMDb TMDB WikiData
Death Takes a Holiday
director: Mitchell Leisen actor: Fredric March / Evelyn Venable …
other title: La morte in vacanza / Die schwarze Majestät …
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
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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 Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
director: Dan Milner actor: Kent Taylor / Cathy Downs …
other title: El fantasma de las 10.000 leguas / Le Monstre des profondeurs
A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves involved with a marine biology professor conducting secretive experiments, international spies trying to steal his secrets, a radioactive light on the sea bottom, and the malevolent thing which guards it.
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Slightly Scarlet (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Slightly Scarlet
director: Allan Dwan actor: John Payne / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: Veneri rosse / Straße des Verbrechens …
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.
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Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Roger Touhy, Gangster
director: Robert Florey actor: Preston Foster / Victor McLaglen …
other title: El último gangster
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
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Playgirl (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Playgirl
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Shelley Winters / Barry Sullivan …
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to forget what a knockout she was early in her career. This film will give you the chance to see her as a sexy nightclub singer teaching her just-in-from-the-sticks friend Colleen Miller the ropes in New York City. When Winters finds out that her married boyfriend Barry Sullivan has fallen for Miller, the recriminations...and bullets...start to fly!
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The Accusing Finger (1936) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Accusing Finger
director: James P. Hogan actor: Paul Kelly / Marsha Hunt …
other title: Le Doigt qui accuse
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.