Wallace Ford — Actor (30)
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Skyscraper Souls (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Skyscraper Souls
director: Edgar Selwyn actor: Warren William / Maureen O'Sullivan …
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the ruthless David, while seeking bank mergers to protect his building, tries to seduce Sarah's secretary, Lynn. David then agrees to a plot by a bank board member to inflate his bank's stock and sell short — just before the market crashes.
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Magic Town (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Magic Town
director: William A. Wellman actor: James Stewart / Jane Wyman …
other title: La città magica / Lille by hvad nu? …
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.
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Secret Command (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Secret Command
director: A. Edward Sutherland actor: Pat O'Brien / Carole Landis …
other title: Les saboteurs
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jeff still resents Sam for abandoning the family years ago and fears he may steal away Lea Damaron, his current girlfriend -- who is Sam's old flame. While Sam tries to sniff out Nazi saboteurs in the plant, he grows closer to Jill McGann, the agent tasked with pretending to be his wife.
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Money Means Nothing (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Money Means Nothing
director: Christy Cabanne actor: Wallace Ford / Gloria Shea …
At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy hang out, a wealthy Manhattan girl and a struggling Brooklyn boy meet and fall in love. She marries him against the wishes of her family, believing that love can solve everything, but she soon wonders if she made the right choice when she finds herself living in a manner, and with the kinds of people, she hadn't counted on.
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The Maverick Queen (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Maverick Queen
director: Joseph Kane actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Barry Sullivan …
other title: Il mio amante è un bandito / Até a Última Bala …
Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and prospered; acquiring a fortune and a hotel, which, like the owner bears the name of "The Maverick Queen."---a title picked up by Kit in her earlier days in Wyoming when she took every unbranded steer and put her own brand on it. Love and trouble enter her life in the person of a Pinkerton detective posing as Jeff Younger, nephew of the infamous Younger brothers. He is dedicated to catching Butch Cassidy and the members of The Wild Bunch
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Flesh and Fury (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Flesh and Fury
director: Joseph Pevney actor: Tony Curtis / Jan Sterling …
other title: Furia e passione / Sein großer Kampf …
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow and retired fight manager 'Pop' Richardson. For a time, Sonya has the upper hand with Paul, but ultimately a rival appears in the shape of upper-crust reporter Ann Hollis. With a 3-way fight under way for influence over Paul, he takes matters into his own hands, but learns that getting what he wanted isn't necessarily a happy ending.
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The Beast of the City (1932) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Beast of the City
director: Charles Brabin actor: Walter Huston / Jean Harlow …
other title: Il pericolo pubblico n. 1 / El monstruo de la ciudad …
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his police detective brother Ed to watch over Daisy who is associated with Belmonte but things don't go as planned.
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Wichita (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Wichita
director: Jacques Tourneur actor: Joel McCrea / Vera Miles …
other title: Un Jeu risqué / Wichita, ciudad infernal
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.