Melvyn Douglas — Actor (43)
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Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Third Finger, Left Hand
director: Robert Z. Leonard actor: Myrna Loy / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Wapakoneta / Dritter Finger, linke Hand
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
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The Hot Touch (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Hot Touch
director: Roger Vadim actor: Wayne Rogers / Marie-France Pisier …
other title: Adorables faussaires
A master art forger and his partner in crime, an art expert who can vouch for the authenticity of the forgeries, are making a bundle. An art dealer figures out their scheme but agrees to keep quiet if they forge some art lost in WWII.
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Tell Me a Riddle (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Tell Me a Riddle
director: Lee Grant actor: Melvyn Douglas / Lila Kedrova …
Aging couple David and Eva have lost the spark that once infused their marriage. After nearly four decades together, the elderly duo is feel disconnected and lost. When they discover that Eva is sick, they decide to travel across the country to stay with their granddaughter in San Francisco. On the trip, with Eva's possible death looming, the couple rediscovers the passion and love that had been missing from their lives.
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Hotel (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hotel
director: Richard Quine actor: Rod Taylor / Catherine Spaak …
other title: Intrighi al Grand Hotel / Hotel de Luxo …
This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.
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Death Takes a Holiday (1971) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Death Takes a Holiday
director: Robert Butler actor: Yvette Mimieux / Monte Markham …
other title: A Morte Está de Férias / La muerte está en un dilema
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
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On the Loose (1951) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
On the Loose
director: Charles Lederer actor: Joan Evans / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Padres delincuentes / Voglia di vita
After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical shadows, desperate teenager Jill Bradley (Joan Evans) makes a last-ditch play for attention by attempting suicide. Jill's guilt-ridden father tries at last to help her and to cheer her up but new problems arise.
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As You Desire Me (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
As You Desire Me
director: George Fitzmaurice actor: Greta Garbo / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Come tu mi vuoi / Wie Du mich wünschst …
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
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A Woman's Secret (1949) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Woman's Secret
director: Nicholas Ray actor: Maureen O'Hara / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Hai sempre mentito / Secret de femme …
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
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Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Arsène Lupin Returns
director: George Fitzmaurice actor: Melvyn Douglas / Virginia Bruce …
other title: A Volta de Arsène Lupin / La vuelta de Arsenio Lupin …
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
director: Jerry Schatzberg actor: Alan Alda / Barbara Harris …
other title: La seduzione del potere / Die Verführung des Joe Tynan …
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
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The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Lone Wolf Returns
director: Roy William Neill actor: Melvyn Douglas / Gail Patrick …
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the "trade" but relapses back into his old habits when he is tempted by the emerald pendant of beautiful socialite Marcia Stewart. The trouble (?) is that he falls for the belle and he soon gets more interested in getting the girl than the jewels that adorn her. What he wants now is to return the pendant but a rival gang interfere and force him to take part in a big-time caper.