Louis Jean Heydt — Actor (13)
The Great Moment (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Great Moment
director: Preston Sturges actor: Joel McCrea / Betty Field
other title: El gran momento
The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
director: Albert C. Gannaway actor: Jim Davis / Arleen Whelan
other title: Sangue em Suas Mãos / Sheriff Brown räumt auf
Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal. He buries the body and takes the badge and rides on. At the next town, he is mistaken for the dead man, a legendary marshal named Brennan. The town sent for Marshal Brennan because they were facing a crisis that includes among other things an epidemic. The Stranger decides to stay as a way of hiding from the men chasing him. What he does not realize is that when he takes on the Badge of Marshal Brennan, he takes on the responsibilities of Marshal Brennan.
I Cover Big Town (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Cover Big Town
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.
Stranger at My Door (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Stranger at My Door
other title: Uno sconosciuto alla mia porta / Der schwarze Mustang
Notorious outlaw Clay Anderson and gang rob the town bank and flee in separate directions. Riding hard, Clay's horse goes lame and he is forced to pull-up at a nearby farm. He soon discovers that the place belongs to local preacher Hollis Jarret, his new wife, and a son from a previous marriage. Clay, posing as a weary traveler, tries to insinuate himself into a secure hideout, but the reverend isn't fooled. He agrees to allow Clay to remain at the farm for a few days, but his motive isn't the preservation of his family's safety. Hollis reasons that, with time, patience and a lot of faith, he can convince the outlaw to turn over a new leaf. But Clay's criminal tendencies may run deeper than the preacher had imagined
No Man's Woman (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
No Man's Woman
director: Franklin Adreon actor: Marie Windsor / John Archer
other title: Treachery
A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no shortage of suspects who wanted to see her dead--among them a rich husband she wouldn't divorce unless he paid her a huge settlement, a lover she caused to be fired from his job and an assistant whose fiancé she tried to seduce.
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.
The Great McGinty (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Great McGinty
other title: Il grande McGinty / Der große McGinty
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...