Hillary Brooke — Actor (20)
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
director: Charles Lamont actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Kidd il pirata / Abbott und Costello als Piraten wider Willen …
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
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The Fuller Brush Man (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Fuller Brush Man
director: S. Sylvan Simon actor: Red Skelton / Janet Blair …
other title: Dieser verrückte Mr. Johns! / El vendedor de cepillos …
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
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Confidence Girl (1952) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Confidence Girl
director: Andrew L. Stone actor: Tom Conway / Hillary Brooke …
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
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The Maze (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Maze
director: William Cameron Menzies actor: Richard Carlson / Veronica Hurst …
other title: Il labirinto / Le Labyrinthe …
A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged. Some mysterious things happen in a maze made from the hedges adjoining the castle.
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The House Across the Lake (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The House Across the Lake
director: Ken Hughes actor: Alex Nicol / Hillary Brooke …
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.
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I Cover Big Town (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Cover Big Town
director: William C. Thomas actor: Phillip Reed / Hillary Brooke …
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
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Unmasked (1950) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Unmasked
director: George Blair actor: Robert Rockwell / Barbra Fuller …
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her when she gets a divorce. However, the husband refuses to grant her a divorce, and takes back all the money and jewelry he has given her. The editor sees her husband leaving her apartment and, seeing his opportunity, kills her, takes all his IOUs (and the jewelry) and frames the husband for the murder.
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Strange Impersonation (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Strange Impersonation
director: Anthony Mann actor: Brenda Marshall / William Gargan …
other title: Strana personificazione / Extraña interpretación
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and she finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car.
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Standing Room Only (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Standing Room Only
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Paulette Goddard / Fred MacMurray …
other title: Tutto esaurito
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes di fronte alla morte / Sherlock Holmes ser døden i øjnene …
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.
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The Woman in Green (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Woman in Green
director: Roy William Neill actor: Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce …
other title: Sherlock Holmes e la donna in verde / Sherlock Holmes og kvinden i grønt …
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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Africa Screams (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Africa Screams
director: Charles Barton actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: Africa strilla / Abbott und Costello Verrücktes Afrika …
When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.