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Calling Homicide
''Calling Homicide'' is a 1956 American police drama film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty and Kathleen Case. The picture was the third of five films in the Lt. Andy Doyle series, all starring Elliott. Plot When a policeman is murdered by a car bomb, Lt. Andy Doyle is given the case to investigate. On the victim he finds the name of a woman, Francine Norman, who is murdered shortly thereafter, strangled and mutilated. Doyle determines that there is a connection between the two deaths. Norman was a former actress who owned a modeling agency that is now run by Darlene Adams. Doyle finds many suspects, as Norman was universally hated. He uncovers that the agency was being used as a front for a blackmailing racket most likely run by Norman's love interest Jim Haddix, the owner of a local construction company. However, all the evidence of the blackmail ring is destroyed when the modeling school is destroyed by fire, with the janitor as the main susp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bernds
Edward Bernds (July 12, 1905May 20, 2000) was an American screenwriter and director, born in Chicago, Illinois. Career While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio clique and obtained amateur licenses. In the early 1920s, there was considerable prestige for amateur operators to have commercial radio licenses, and Bernds was in a good position to enter broadcasting when he graduated in 1923, a year when radio stations began to be established all over Chicago. He found employment — at age 20 — as chief operator at Chicago's WENR. When talking pictures began in the late 1920s, Bernds and broadcast operators like him relocated to Hollywood to work as sound technicians in "the talkies". After a brief period at United Artists, Bernds resigned and worked at Columbia Pictures, where he functioned as sound engineer on many of Frank Capra's classics in the 1930s. He soon established himself as Columbia's best recording techni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bice
Robert Bice (March 14, 1914 β January 8, 1968), was an American television and film actor. Biography He was born on March 14, 1914, in Dallas, Texas. He died on January 8, 1968, in Los Angeles, California. Career Bice appeared in 199 films and television programs between 1943 and 1967. His first film was the comedy/horror ''The Ghost and the Guest'' (1943) and his career ended with four episodes in the popular western TV series ''Death Valley Days.'' Between 1957 and 1964 Bice made seven appearances on ''Perry Mason'' as Frank Faulkner, operative for Mason's private detective Paul Drake. His television credits include ''The Lone Ranger'' (1950), ''The Cisco Kid'' (1951), ''The Public Defender'' (1954), '' Have Gun - Will Travel'' (1957), ''I Love Lucy'' (1957), ''M Squad'' (1957), '' Fury'' (1959), ''Peter Gunn'' (1960), ''Bat Masterson'' (1961), ''The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'' (1961), '' Rawhide'' (1961β62), ''The Rifleman'' (1959β62), ''The Untouchables'' (1961β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Films
Events January * January 1 β The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 β Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 β Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25β 26 β Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 β The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 β British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14β 25 β The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 β The 1956 World Figure Skating Championships open in Garmisch, West Germany. * February 22 β ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motion Picture Daily
''Motion Picture Daily'' was an American daily magazine focusing on the film industry. It was published by Quigley Publishing Company, which also published the ''Motion Picture Herald''. The magazine was formed by the merging of three existing Quigley publications: ''Exhibitors Trade Review'', ''Exhibitors Daily Review'', and ''Motion Pictures Today''. The first issue was published in April 1931. The magazine was in circulation until 1972. History Martin Quigley had obtained several magazines during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1931, he began merging them into two magazines. The first four merged in late 1930 and became the ''Motion Picture Herald'', which began publication on April 4, 1931. Quigley followed this shortly after with the merger of his remaining three publications, ''Exhibitors Trade Review'', ''Exhibitors Daily Review'', and ''Motion Pictures Today'' to form ''Motion Picture Daily''. Its premiere issue hit the newsstands on Monday, June 1, 1931. It was a direct competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly Persuasion (1956 Film)
''Friendly Persuasion'' is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main. The screenplay by Michael Wilson (writer), Michael Wilson was adapted from the 1945 novel ''The Friendly Persuasion'' by Jessamyn West (writer), Jessamyn West. The film tells the story of a Religious Society of Friends, Quaker family in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their Pacifism, pacifist beliefs. The film was originally released with no screenwriting credit (creative arts), credit because Wilson was on the Hollywood blacklist. His credit was restored in 1996. Plot The film is set in Jennings County, Indiana, in 1862. Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper) is a farmer and patriarch of the Birdwell family whose Quaker religion conflicts with his love for the worldly enjoyments of music and horse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Legion Of Decency
The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was a Catholic group founded in 1934 by Archbishop of Cincinnati, John T. McNicholas, as an organization dedicated to identifying objectionable content in motion pictures on behalf of Catholic audiences. Members were asked to pledge to patronize only those motion pictures which did not "offend decency and Christian morality". The concept soon gained support from other churches. Condemnation by the Legion would often diminish a film's chances for success because it meant the population of Catholics, some twenty million strong at the time, (plus their Protestant allies), would avoid attending any screening of the film. The efforts to help parishioners avoid films with objectionable content sometimes backfired when it was found that they helped draw attention to those films. Although the Legion was often envisioned as a bureaucratic arm of the Catholic Church, it instead was little more than a loose confed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of American Films Of 1956
A list of American films released in 1956 ''Around the World in 80 Days'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. A-B C-D E-I J-M N-R S-Z See also * 1956 in the United States Sources Footnotes References * * External links 1956 filmsat the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:American films of 1956 1956 Events January * January 1 β The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 β Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ... Films Lists of 1956 films by country or language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footsteps In The Night (film)
''Footsteps in the Night'' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty and Eleanore Tanin. It was the last in a series of five films made by Allied Artists featuring Elliott as a police detective.Mayer p.113 Plot Cast * Bill Elliott as Lt. Andy Doyle * Don Haggerty as Sgt. Mike Duncan * Eleanore Tanin as Mary Raiken * Douglas Dick as Henry Johnson * James Flavin as Mr. Bradbury * Gregg Palmer as Pat Orvello * Harry Tyler as Dick Harris, Sunset Villa Manager * Ann Griffith as June Wright * Robert Shayne as Fred Horner * Forrest Taylor as Shaw, Sunset Vista Manager See also *''Dial Red O'' (1955) *''Sudden Danger'' (1955) *''Calling Homicide'' (1956) *''Chain of Evidence'' (1957) *List of American films of 1957 A list of American films released in 1957. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. A-B C-H I-N O-Q R-T U-Z See also * 1957 in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chain Of Evidence (film)
''Chain of Evidence'' is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Paul Landres and starring Bill Elliott, Jimmy Lydon and Don Haggerty.Parish & Pitts p.217 It was the fourth in a series of five films featuring Elliott as a detective in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office made by Allied Artists. Plot Cast * Bill Elliott as Lt. Andy Doyle * Jimmy Lydon as Steve Nordstrom * Don Haggerty as Sgt. Mike Duncan * Claudia Barrett as Harriet Owens * Tina Carver as Claire Ramsey * Ross Elliott as Bob Bradfield * Meg Randall as Polly Gunther * Timothy Carey as Carl Fowler * John Bleifer as Jake Habermann * Dabbs Greer as Dr. Ainsley * John Close as Deputy See also *''Dial Red O'' (1955) *''Sudden Danger'' (1955) *''Calling Homicide'' (1956) *'' Footsteps in the Night'' (1957) *List of American films of 1957 A list of American films released in 1957. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. A-B C-H I-N O-Q R-T U- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudden Danger
''Sudden Danger'' is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Hubert Cornfield and starring Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, and Tom Drake.. Plot Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads a clothing manufacturing company. He suspects that the victim was murdered, and that the perpetrator was her son, Curtis (Drake), who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Hoping to clear himself, Curtis begins searching for clues on his own. By fadeout time he and Doyle have cornered the actual killer. Cast * Bill Elliott as Lt. Andy Doyle * Tom Drake as Wallace Curtis * Beverly Garland as Phyllis Baxter * Dayton Lummis as Raymond Wilkins * Helene Stanton as Vera * Lucien Littlefield as Dave Glennon * Lyle Talbot as Harry Woodruff * Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Kelly * Frank Jenks as Kenny, the bartender * Pierre Watkin as George Caldwell See also *''Dial Red O'' (1955) *''Calling Homicide'' (1956) *''Chain of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial Red O
''Dial Red O'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Daniel B. Ullman and starring Bill Elliott, Helene Stanley and Keith Larsen. It was the first in a series of five Los Angeles-set police thrillers that Elliott made for Allied Artists at the end of his career.Mayer p.113 The letter "O" in the title actually represents a zero, since it is supposed to be the number on a phone dial. Cast * Bill Elliott as Detective Lt. Andy Flynn * Helene Stanley as Connie Wyatt * Keith Larsen as Ralph Wyatt * Paul Picerni as Norman Roper * Jack Kruschen as Lloyd Lavalle * Elaine Riley as Policewoman Gloria * Robert Bice as Sgt. Tony Columbo * Rick Vallin as Deputy Clark * George Eldredge as Major Sutter * John Phillips as Deputy Morgan * Regina Gleason as Mrs. Roper * Rankin Mansfield as Coroner * Mort Mills as Newspaper Photographer * William Tannen as DevonβNewspaper Reporter * Shorty Rogers as Bandleader See also *''Sudden Danger'' (1955) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Strang
Harry Strang (December 13, 1892 – April 10, 1972) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 500 films and television shows between 1929 and 1965. On Broadway, Strang appeared in ''The Girl in the Train'' (1910). Primarily a character actor, Strang often appeared in film roles that included clerks in stores, policemen on beats, and soldiers. He also was often seen in two-reel comedies made by RKO Radio Pictures. His work on television included appearances on ''Maverick'', ''One Step Beyond'', and ''Perry Mason''. Strang was a machine-gun instructor for recruits in the United States Marines. Partial filmography * ''The Greene Murder Case'' (1929) - Cop in House (uncredited) * ''Illusion'' (1929) - Military Man in Rifle Act (uncredited) * ''Around the Corner'' (1930) * '' The Last Parade'' (1931) * '' Hell Bound'' (1931) * ''The Widow in Scarlet'' (1932) * ''The Final Edition'' (1932) * '' Alias Mary Smith'' (1932) * ''King Kong'' (1933) - Policeman at Headquarters (u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
