Gavin Gordon — Actor (23)
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Three on a Ticket (1947)
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Sam Newfield actor: Hugh Beaumont / Cheryl Walker …
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
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Murder by Invitation (1941)
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Phil Rosen actor: Wallace Ford / Marian Marsh …
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
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American Madness (1932)
American Madness
Frank Capra actor: Walter Huston / Pat O'Brien …
other title: La follia della metropoli / Der Tag, an dem die Bank gestürmt wurde …
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
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The Bat (1959)
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Crane Wilbur actor: Vincent Price / Agnes Moorehead …
other title: Il mostro che uccide / Flagermusen …
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.
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Knock on Wood (1954)
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Melvin Frank / Norman Panama actor: Danny Kaye / Mai Zetterling …
other title: Un pizzico di follia / Cabeça de Pau …
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
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Sylvia (1965)
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Gordon Douglas actor: Carroll Baker / George Maharis …
other title: L'Enquête / Das Vorleben der Sylvia West …
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
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Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
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Michael Curtiz actor: Lionel Atwill / Glenda Farrell …
other title: La maschera di cera / Das Geheimnis des Wachsfigurenkabinetts …
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
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White Christmas (1954)
White Christmas
Michael Curtiz actor: Bing Crosby / Danny Kaye …
other title: Bianco Natale / Natal Branco …
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
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The Scarlet Empress (1934)
The Scarlet Empress
Josef von Sternberg actor: Marlene Dietrich / John Lodge …
other title: L'imperatrice Caterina / Die grosse Zarin …
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
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Female (1933)
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Michael Curtiz actor: Ruth Chatterton / George Brent …
other title: Der Boß ist eine schöne Frau / Hembra …
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
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Suspicion (1941)
Suspicion
Alfred Hitchcock actor: Cary Grant / Joan Fontaine …
other title: Il sospetto / Suspeita …
Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie Aysgarth. Though warned that Johnnie is little more than a fortune hunter, Lina marries him anyway and remains loyal to her irresponsible husband as he plows his way from one disreputable business scheme to another. Gradually Lina comes to the conclusion that Johnnie intends to kill her in order to collect her inheritance.
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein
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James Whale actor: Boris Karloff / Colin Clive …
other title: La moglie di Frankenstein / Frankensteins Brud …
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.