Richard Rober — Actor (7)
April Showers (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
April Showers
director: James V. Kern actor: Jack Carson / Ann Sothern
other title: Olvida tus pesares / Cavalcade d'avril
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is going nowhere, they're almost broke and they have to do something to get them back on top or they'll really be in trouble. They decide to put their young son in the act in hopes of attracting some new attention. The boy turns out to be a major talent, audiences love him and the act is on its way to the top. That's when an organization whose purpose is to stop children from performing on stage shows up, and they're dead set on breaking up the act.
Deported (1950) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Skybridge TMDB
Deported
director: Robert Siodmak actor: Märta Torén / Jeff Chandler
other title: Il deportato / Abgeschoben
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.
Larceny (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Larceny
director: George Sherman actor: John Payne / Joan Caulfield
other title: Ladri in guanti gialli / Aves de rapiña
Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.
Man in the Saddle (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Man in the Saddle
director: André de Toth actor: Randolph Scott / Joan Leslie
other title: Il cavaliere del deserto / Terra do Inferno
A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.