Ed Begley — Actor (13)
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Backfire (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Backfire
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Viveca Lindfors / Dane Clark …
other title: Fuoco alle spalle / Pasión desenfrenada …
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
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Boomerang! (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Boomerang!
director: Elia Kazan actor: Dana Andrews / Jane Wyatt …
other title: Boomerang - L'arma che uccide / Bumerang …
When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence.
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The Street with No Name (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Street with No Name
director: William Keighley actor: Mark Stevens / Richard Widmark …
other title: La strada senza nome / Straße ohne Namen …
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sweet Bird of Youth
director: Richard Brooks actor: Paul Newman / Geraldine Page …
other title: La dolce ala della giovinezza / Corações na Penumbra …
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
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Dark City (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dark City
director: William Dieterle actor: Charlton Heston / Lizabeth Scott …
other title: La città nera / I storbyens mørke …
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
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Billion Dollar Brain (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Billion Dollar Brain
director: Ken Russell actor: Michael Caine / Karl Malden …
other title: Il cervello da un miliardo di dollari / Milliard dollar hjernen …
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
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Wild in the Streets (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Wild in the Streets
director: Barry Shear actor: Shelley Winters / Christopher Jones …
other title: Quattordici o guerra / Wild in den Straßen …
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than expected. Inspired by their hero's words, Max's fans pressure their leaders into extending the vote to citizens as young as 15. Max and his followers capitalize on their might by bringing new issues to the fore, but, drunk on power, they soon take generational warfare to terrible extremes.
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Stars in My Crown (1950) [Movie] TMDB
Stars in My Crown
director: Jacques Tourneur actor: Joel McCrea / Ellen Drew …
other title: Corona di stelle / Estrellas en mi corona
Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
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On Dangerous Ground (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
On Dangerous Ground
director: Nicholas Ray / Ida Lupino actor: Ida Lupino / Robert Ryan …
other title: Neve rossa / Cega Paixão …
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
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Road to Salina (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
La Route de Salina
director: Georges Lautner actor: Mimsy Farmer / Robert Walker Jr. …
other title: Quando il sole scotta / La Route de Salina …
Jonas, a young drifter, is wandering in a deserted area on the road to Salina, Mexico. He stops at a desolate roadside service station when Mara, the owner, identifies him as her son Rocky, who disappeared four years ago. Feeling sorry for Mara, he decides to stay on and meets Mara's friend Warren and Rocky's sister Billie, but dark facts are to be revealed about the disappearance of Rocky.
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Sorry, Wrong Number
director: Anatole Litvak actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Burt Lancaster …
other title: Il terrore corre sul filo / Galt nummer …
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.