Richard Thorpe — Director (30)
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Carbine Williams (1952) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Carbine Williams
director: Richard Thorpe actor: James Stewart / Jean Hagen …
other title: Carabina Williams / Stärker als Ketten …
David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
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A Date with Judy (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Date with Judy
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Wallace Beery / Jane Powell …
other title: Così sono le donne / O Príncipe Encantado …
Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
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City Park (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
City Park
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Sally Blane / Henry B. Walthall …
The old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome (Henry B. Walthall) bluffs his way into obtaining enough money to support the welfare of the girl,Rose Wentworth (Sally Blane), and his two cronies. He sends for the girl's former sweetheart, who turns out to be a crook.
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Strange People (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Strange People
director: Richard Thorpe actor: John Darrow / Gloria Shea …
other title: El crimen misterioso
All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.
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20 Mule Team (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
20 Mule Team
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Wallace Beery / Leo Carrillo …
other title: Puño de hierro / Twenty Mule Team …
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
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Notorious But Nice (1933) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Notorious But Nice
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Marian Marsh / Betty Compson …
other title: Notorious but Nice
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gambler. When the scum bag is shot and killed, the little goodie good is the prime suspect. Can her old beau come to the rescue and save her from the death penalty? Hell, its the least he can do, or is he a scum bag too!
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The Golden Head (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Az aranyfej
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Buddy Hackett / George Sanders …
other title: Das goldene Haupt / Az aranyfej
Stevenson, the famous English criminal expert visits Hungary with his family. While he is chairing a conference on criminology, infamous art treasure robbers steal the golden herm of Saint László. Suspicion is cast on the Stevenson children.
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The Truth About Spring (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Truth About Spring
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Hayley Mills / John Mills …
other title: Crociera imprevista / Los piratas del acantilado
Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.
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Cry 'Havoc' (1943) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Cry 'Havoc'
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Margaret Sullavan / Ann Sothern …
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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That Funny Feeling (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
That Funny Feeling
director: Richard Thorpe actor: Sandra Dee / Bobby Darin …
other title: Quello strano sentimento / Das Schlafzimmer ist nebenan …
Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him back to her tiny apartment that she shares with her roommate Audrey, Joan brings Tom over to a fancy apartment that she cleans on a daily basis not knowing that it's his place. Tom plays along with the charade despite not knowing who Joan really is, while she tries to tidy up Tom's place not knowing who he really is.