Patric Knowles — Actor (28)
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From the Earth to the Moon (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
From the Earth to the Moon
director: Byron Haskin actor: Joseph Cotten / George Sanders …
other title: Dalla Terra alla Luna / Von der Erde zum Mond …
Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
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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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Kitty (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Kitty
director: Mitchell Leisen actor: Paulette Goddard / Ray Milland …
other title: Eine Lady mit Vergangenheit / La bribona
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
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World for Ransom (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
World for Ransom
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Dan Duryea / Gene Lockhart …
other title: Singapore intrigo internazionale / Menschenraub in Singapur …
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
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No Man's Woman (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
No Man's Woman
director: Franklin Adreon actor: Marie Windsor / John Archer …
other title: Treachery
A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among them a rich husband she wouldn't divorce unless he paid her a huge settlement, a lover she caused to be fired from his job and an assistant whose fiancé she tried to seduce.
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The Patient in Room 18 (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Patient in Room 18
director: Bobby Connolly / Crane Wilbur actor: Patric Knowles / Ann Sheridan …
other title: Triple tragedia
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
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O.S.S. (1946) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
O.S.S.
director: Irving Pichel actor: Alan Ladd / Geraldine Fitzgerald …
other title: Les Heros dans l'ombre / Bajo el manto tenebroso …
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
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Who Done It? (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Who Done It?
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Gianni e Pinotto detectives / Deux nigauds détectives …
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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Auntie Mame (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Auntie Mame
director: Morton DaCosta actor: Rosalind Russell / Forrest Tucker …
other title: La signora mia zia / Die tolle Tante …
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
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Crazy House (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Crazy House
director: Edward F. Cline actor: Ole Olsen / Chic Johnson …
other title: Fantasmas rumberos / Symphonie loufoque
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
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The Big Steal (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Big Steal
director: Don Siegel actor: Robert Mitchum / Jane Greer …
other title: Il tesoro di Vera Cruz / Die rote Schlinge …
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.