Roscoe Karns — Actor (34)
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Four Hours to Kill! (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Four Hours to Kill!
director: Mitchell Leisen actor: Richard Barthelmess / Ray Milland …
other title: Compás de espera / Ultime Forfait
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.
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Beggars of Life (1928) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Beggars of Life
director: William A. Wellman actor: Wallace Beery / Louise Brooks …
other title: Les mendiants de la vie / Los mendigos de la vida …
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
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Front Page Woman (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Front Page Woman
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Bette Davis / George Brent …
other title: Miss Repórter / Die Frau auf Seite 1 …
Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
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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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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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Dangerous to Know (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dangerous to Know
director: Robert Florey actor: Gail Patrick / Akim Tamiroff …
other title: Gefährliche Mitwisser
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.
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You and Me (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
You and Me
director: Fritz Lang actor: Sylvia Sidney / George Raft …
other title: Du und ich / Casier judiciaire
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
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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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Laughing Sinners (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Laughing Sinners
director: Harry Beaumont actor: Joan Crawford / Neil Hamilton …
other title: Salvada / La Pécheresse
Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting to commit suicide, she is saved by Carl, a Salvation Army officer. Encouraged by Carl, Ivy joins the Salvation Army. When her old flame re-enters her life, Ivy finds she is still attracted and begins another affair with him.
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Speed to Spare (1948) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Speed to Spare
director: William Berke actor: Richard Arlen / Jean Rogers …
Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's former girl friend. Also working for Jerry is Pete Simmons, son of the owner Al Simmons, and office secretary Jane Chandler, who is Pete's sweetheart. Before long, Cliff has made enemies of Pusher Wilks, a trucker whose run he takes over, and also Pete, whose girl he is trying to take over. Pusher sabotages Cliff's rig at every opportunity causing several near-fatal accidents.
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Dirigible (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dirigible
director: Frank Capra actor: Jack Holt / Ralph Graves …
other title: Das Luftschiff / Le dirigeable …
Dirigible commander Jack Braden and Navy pilot 'Frisky' Pierce fight over the glory associated with a successful expedition to the South Pole and the love of beautiful Helen, Frisky's wife. After Braden's dirigible expedition fails, Frisky tries an expedition by plane. Unfortunately he crashes and strands his party at the South Pole. Braden must decide between a risky rescue attempt by dirigible and remaining safely at home with Helen.