Nestor Paiva — Actor (20)
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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
Mitchell Leisen actor: Charles Boyer / Olivia de Havilland …
other title: La porta d'oro / Das goldene Tor …
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
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The Lady Pays Off (1951)
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Douglas Sirk actor: Linda Darnell / Stephen McNally …
other title: Elena paga il debito / Amor comprado …
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.
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Can-Can (1960)
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Walter Lang actor: Frank Sinatra / Shirley MacLaine …
other title: Can-can
A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righteous judge. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her lawyer boyfriend.
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A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
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Alfred E. Green actor: Evelyn Keyes / Phil Silvers …
other title: Notti d'oriente / 1001 Nacht …
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
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Let's Kill Uncle (1966)
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William Castle actor: Nigel Green / Mary Badham …
other title: Gioco mortale / L'Héritage Diabolique …
A 12-year-old orphan who has just inherited a fortune is trapped on an island with his uncle, a former British intelligence commander who intends to kill him. A young girl is the boy's only ally against the sarcastic uncle, who uses hypnotism, a pool of sharks, fire, and poisonous mushrooms as weapons.
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Fly By Night (1942)
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Robert Siodmak actor: Richard Carlson / Nancy Kelly …
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escaped from a shady sanitarium, where he has been held prisoner by Nazi spies.
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A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
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George Marshall actor: Fred MacMurray / Eleanor Parker …
other title: Gli amori di Cristina / Un millonario para Christy
Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle has died and left him $2 million. Christy, who's in financial straits, decides to try to snag Peter. Zany hijinks ensue and romantic sparks fly.
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The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)
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Edward Bernds actor: Moe Howard / Larry Fine …
other title: Tres chiflados en órbita
The fate of the planet in the hands of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe? That's exactly the situation the trio finds themselves in when they befriend a wacky scientist and must defend his secret invention from a pair of malevolent Martians. Sight gags, slapstick and plenty of nyuks abound as the Stooges bumble their way through an adventure of intergalactic proportions.