Selmer Jackson — Actor (14)
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The Pretender (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Pretender
director: W. Lee Wilder actor: Albert Dekker / Catherine Craig …
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.
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Gunmen of Abilene (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Gunmen of Abilene
director: Fred C. Brannon actor: Allan Lane / Black Jack …
Abilene gunmen are bent on terrorizing the town of Blue Valley and massacring its inhabitants. They have been hired by local druggist Henry Turner, who has discovered gold beneath the town and wishes complete possession.
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The Glass Alibi (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Glass Alibi
director: W. Lee Wilder actor: Paul Kelly / Douglas Fowley …
Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes drastic measures to make sure his wife dies.
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The Lost Missile (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Lost Missile
director: William Berke actor: Robert Loggia / Phillip Pine …
other title: Das rote Telefon... Alarm!
A missile from parts unknown enters an orbit only 5 miles above Earth's surface and, due to friction from its intense speed through our atmosphere, proceeds to incinerate everything in its immediate wake.
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Margin for Error (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Margin for Error
director: Otto Preminger actor: Joan Bennett / Milton Berle …
other title: Marge d'erreur / Margen de error
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
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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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The French Key (1946) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The French Key
director: Walter Colmes actor: Albert Dekker / Evelyn Ankers …
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they discover a dead body on the bed, holding a gold coin in its hand. Fletcher is told by a coin collector that the piece is an old and valuable Spanish coin, but Fletcher soon begins to suspect that the man is himself involved in the murder. Fletcher's investigation leads to he and Sam getting caught up in a murder and gold smuggling scheme.