George Tobias — Actor (18)
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Juke Girl (1942) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Juke Girl
director: Curtis Bernhardt actor: Ann Sheridan / Ronald Reagan …
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
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City for Conquest (1940) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
City for Conquest
director: Anatole Litvak / Jean Negulesco actor: James Cagney / Ann Sheridan …
other title: La città del peccato / Im Taumel der Weltstadt …
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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The Tattered Dress (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Tattered Dress
director: Jack Arnold actor: Jeff Chandler / Jeanne Crain …
other title: Il vestito strappato / Kreuzverhör
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.
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The Strawberry Blonde (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Strawberry Blonde
director: Raoul Walsh actor: James Cagney / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: Bionda fragola / Schönste der Stadt …
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.
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Sinbad the Sailor (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sinbad the Sailor
director: Richard Wallace actor: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. / Maureen O'Hara …
other title: Sinbad il marinaio / Simbad, O Marujo …
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexander the Great. His first stop is the port of Basra, where his ship is seized and scheduled for auction. In his attempt to win it back, he befriends beautiful concubine Shireen. But when her master, the nefarious Emir, calls her back to duty, Sinbad must interrupt his adventure to save the "Jewel of Persia."
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Ten Tall Men (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Ten Tall Men
director: Willis Goldbeck actor: Burt Lancaster / Jody Lawrance …
other title: I dieci della legione / Ti tapre mænd …
Sgt. Mike Kincaid of the French Foreign Legion learns, from a Riff prisoner, that an attack will soon be made by the villainous Hussin on the Legion's outpost of Tarfa. Kincaid volunteers to lead nine other Legionnaires on a mission to delay Hussin's attack till reinforcements arrive. When he discovers that Hussin plans to marry Mahla, a girl from a rival tribe, in order to build a coalition against the French, Kincaid kidnaps Mahla. Hussin forcefully takes her back, but by now his planned attack on Tarfa is crumbling and Mahla has begun to fall in love with Kincaid.
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Out of the Fog (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Out of the Fog
director: Anatole Litvak actor: Ida Lupino / John Garfield …
other title: Fuori dalla nebbia / Ufer im Nebel …
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
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Sergeant York (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sergeant York
director: Howard Hawks actor: Gary Cooper / Walter Brennan …
other title: Il sergente York / Sargento York …
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.