William Beaudine — Director (29)
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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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Philo Vance Returns (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Philo Vance Returns
director: William Beaudine actor: William Wright / Vivian Austin …
Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken romances and divorces, Virginia decides she will marry him. Virginia is slain that night and Blandon telephones his friend, Philo Vance, to help find the killer.
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Fugitives (1929) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fugitives
director: William Beaudine actor: Madge Bellamy / Don Terry …
Nightclub singer Alice Carroll is found in the office of club owner Al Barrow, who is lying dead on the floor. Alice has been overheard threatening to kill Barrow rather than give in to his advances. She protests her innocence, but the District Attorney doesn't believe her and charges her with Barrow's murder. However, things aren't quite as cut-and-dried as the D.A. believes them to be.
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The Printer's Devil (1923) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Printer's Devil
director: William Beaudine actor: Wesley Barry / Harry Myers …
other title: Bankrøvernes Overmand
Brick Hubbard, a "printer's devil", convinces his friend Sid Fletcher to invest in "The Gazette", a local newspaper. Sid pens an editorial that infuriates Ira Gates, a local banker and a power in the town--and who also happens to be the father of Vivian Gates, whom Sidney is in love with. To complicate matters, the bank is robbed and Sidney is suspected of the crime.
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The Green Hornet (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData
The Green Hornet
director: Norman Foster / William Beaudine … actor: Van Williams / Bruce Lee …
other title: Bruce Lee – Das Geheimnis der grünen Hornisse / El retorno del dragón …
After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this property, of which this 1974 effort is the first. The bulk of the film consists of four episodes crudely spliced together. Scattered throughout are bizarrely irrelevant fight scenes from other episodes, which make the already disjointed plotting quite surreal. The television image was cropped to make a widescreen film, which means the tops of heads and hats are lopped off the frame with alarming regularity.
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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
director: William Beaudine actor: Bela Lugosi / Duke Mitchell …
other title: Bela Lugosi & il Gorilla di Brooklyn / Bela Lugosi contra el Gorila …
The entertainment duo Mitchell & Petrillo, en route to a USO show for troops in Guam, fall out of their plane and end up on the jungle island of Cola Cola, where the mad scientist Dr. Zabor is conducting evolutionary experiments.
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Tough Assignment (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tough Assignment
director: William Beaudine actor: Don 'Red' Barry / Marjorie Steele …
other title: Cowboy-Gangster
A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers.
Donald "Red" Barry plays Dan Reilly, a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with his wife, photographer Margie (Marjorie Steele). Margie insists on taking pictures of everywhere they go, and so as she's walking into a butcher shop she poses for Dan - while at the same time three thugs make their way quickly out after beating up the proprietors. Soon Margie and Dan are involved in investigating an illegal meat operation that rustles cattle and forces butchers to buy it - or else. Dan gets beaten up a couple of times, but is undaunted in pursuing the great story - and hey, he's only got 64 minutes to do so, he'd best get cracking!
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Voodoo Man (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Voodoo Man
director: William Beaudine actor: Bela Lugosi / George Zucco …
other title: La Venganza de Dracula
After several female motorists begin disappearing en route to Twin Falls, a Hollywood screenwriter and the cousin of his bride-to-be discover that they've all been abducted by the mysterious Dr. Marlowe, who is attempting to resurrect his dead wife.