Helen Westcott — Actor (20)
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13 Lead Soldiers (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
13 Lead Soldiers
director: Frank McDonald actor: Tom Conway / John Newland …
other title: Thirteen Lead Soldiers
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldiers were part of a set of thirteen which formed the key to a hidden vault of treasure. Following some clever sleuthing and set-up on Drummond's part, the guilty man is trapped in the vault,which is hidden behind the fireplace.
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The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Secret of Convict Lake
director: Michael Gordon actor: Glenn Ford / Gene Tierney …
other title: Il segreto del lago / Vergeltung am Teufelssee …
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.
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Hot Blood (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hot Blood
director: Nicholas Ray actor: Jane Russell / Cornel Wilde …
other title: La donna venduta / Feuer im Blut …
Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.
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Alaska Patrol (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Alaska Patrol
director: Jack Bernhard actor: Richard Travis / Helen Westcott …
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Captain Wright and Operative Dale are assigned to investigate and determine who is behind the spy syndicate for which Rattick worked. They bring in the services of Agent Tom Norman, who bears a strong resemblance to Rattick.
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Flaxy Martin (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Flaxy Martin
director: Richard L. Bare actor: Virginia Mayo / Zachary Scott …
other title: L'amante del gangster / Blondes Gift …
Attorney Walter Colby has ties to the mob, but he begins to regret his criminal affiliations. When his girlfriend, showgirl Flaxy Martin, who also has shady connections, becomes a suspect in a murder, Walter takes the fall. However, on his way to prison, he escapes, determined to bring the real killer to justice.
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Monster on the Campus (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Monster on the Campus
director: Jack Arnold actor: Arthur Franz / Joanna Moore …
other title: Ricerche diaboliche / Der Schrecken schleicht durch die Nacht …
A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelacanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.
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God's Little Acre (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
God's Little Acre
director: Anthony Mann actor: Robert Ryan / Jack Lord …
other title: Il piccolo campo / Gottes kleiner Acker …
In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their grandfather but problems related to poverty, marital infidelity, unemployment and booze threaten to destroy their family.
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Backfire (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
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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Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Phone Call from a Stranger
director: Jean Negulesco actor: Shelley Winters / Gary Merrill …
other title: Telefonata a tre mogli / Ein Fremder ruft an …
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Midsummer Night's Dream
director: Max Reinhardt / William Dieterle actor: Ian Hunter / Verree Teasdale …
other title: Il sogno di una notte di mezza estate / Ein Sommernachtstraum …
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehearses a play. When the fairy Puck uses a magic flower to make people fall in love, the whole thing becomes a little bit confused...
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Whirlpool (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Whirlpool
director: Otto Preminger actor: Gene Tierney / José Ferrer …
other title: Il segreto di una donna / Le Mystérieux Docteur Korvo …
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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Day of the Outlaw (1959) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Day of the Outlaw
director: André de Toth actor: Robert Ryan / Burl Ives …
other title: La notte senza legge / Tag der Gesetzlosen …
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
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Tales of Frankenstein (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Tales of Frankenstein
director: Curt Siodmak actor: Anton Diffring / Helen Westcott …
other title: Frankenstein Geschichten
In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally ill sculptor and his assertive wife…