James Burke — Actor (14)
36 Hours to Kill (1936) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
36 Hours to Kill
director: Eugene Forde actor: Brian Donlevy / Gloria Stuart
other title: Across the Aisle / 36 Heures à tuer
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended.
Call of the Wild (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Call of the Wild
other title: Il richiamo della foresta / Goldfieber in Alaska
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Wharf Angel (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Wharf Angel
On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explains that after he spoke out about the rights of man to a crowd, a riot ensued, during which a policeman was killed. Como took the gun from the killer, but is thought to be guilty of the crime himself. Como, who reciprocates Mary's love, spends the night with her, but leaves to keep her out of danger. He joins the crew of a ship sailing to China after he is befriended by Turk, a big lumbering sailor who is also in love with Mary. Each man is unaware that they love the same woman.
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Ruggles of Red Gap
director: Leo McCarey actor: Charles Laughton / Mary Boland
other title: Il maggiordomo / Ein Butler in Amerika
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.
The Saint Takes Over (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Takes Over
director: Jack Hively actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie
other title: Le Saint reprend du service / El regreso del Santo
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
California (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
California
director: John Farrow actor: Ray Milland / Barbara Stanwyck
other title: Californie terre promise / Califórnia
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
Little Orphan Annie (1938) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Little Orphan Annie
director: Ben Holmes actor: Ann Gillis / Robert Kent
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell MacDonald). She brings him Johnny Adams (Robert Kent), a promising prizefighter. Annie gets the people of the neighborhood to finance his training. But on the night of Johnny's big fight, a gambling syndicate locks him in a gymnasium and it appears the neighborhood folks will lose their investment.
Lone Star (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lone Star
director: Vincent Sherman actor: Clark Gable / Ava Gardner
other title: Stella solitaria / Estrela do Destino
Cattle baron Devereaux Burke is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam Houston from establishing Texas as a republic. Burke must fight state senator Thomas Craden, in the process winning the heart of Craden's newspaper-editor girlfriend Martha Ronda.
Bowery Bombshell (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bowery Bombshell
director: Phil Karlson actor: Leo Gorcey / Huntz Hall
Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith snaps a pictures of three bank robbers as they are fleeing a robbery but when the Bowery Boys and Cathy realize that Sach is also in the photograph, they break into the photo lab to destroy the negative, which might make the police think Sach was involved in the robbery.
Rhythm on the Range (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Rhythm on the Range
director: Norman Taurog actor: Bing Crosby / Frances Farmer
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner of the farm where he works. He tries to win her heart, but without success, until she is endangered by gangsters