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Edward Colmans
Edward Colmans (August 31, 1908 – May 25, 1977) was a Dutch American actor. Early life Colmans was born on August 31, 1908. Born Adolph Edward Colmans in London, England, he was the son of Louis Colmans (1883-1964), a Dutch violinist who had acquired United States citizenship through naturalization in 1921. His mother, Leah Colmans (1881-1955), was also Dutch. Career In the 1930s and 1940s, Colmans worked as a radio announcer for the Arizona Broadcasting Company. In 1955 he appeared as Carlos on the TV western ''Cheyenne'' in the episode "Border Showdown." In 1960 Colmans appeared as Father Miguel on ''Cheyenne'' in the episode "Counterfeit Gun." He also appeared as Captain Andrea Dorea in the first season of ''Night Gallery'' in 1971 and in season four of ''Columbo'' as a minister. Selected filmography *''My Dream Is Yours'' (1949) - Radio Voice (voice, uncredited) *''Sirocco'' (1951) - Col. Corville (uncredited) *'' The Magic Carpet'' (1951) - Caliph Ali's Wine Steward (un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raiders Of Old California
''Raiders of Old California'' is a 1957 American black-and-white Western (genre), Western film produced and directed by Albert C. Gannaway and starring Jim Davis (actor), Jim Davis, Arleen Whelan, and Faron Young. This film is now in the public domain. It was the final film appearance of Arleen Whelan, who retired from acting in 1957; she died on April 7, 1993. Plot The film begins with the surrender of Capt. Miguel Sebastian (Larry Dobkin, Dobkin) to Capt. McKane (Davis) from the U.S. Army at the end of Mexican-American War. Three years later, McKane was taking lands from their owners by intimidation and treachery. Words reach Judge Ward Young (Louis Jean Heydt, Heydt) and his son Marshal Faron Young (Young). After a talk with Pardee (Lee Van Cleef, Van Cleef), they investigate with Diego (Colmans), a farmer and an old veteran with Sebastian, and then they investigate with McKane, and learn about a witness in the deal named Johnson (Harry Lauter, Lauter). Pardee tries to thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Manhunt
''Mexican Manhunt'' is a 1953 American crime film directed by Rex Bailey and starring George Brent, Hillary Brooke and Morris Ankrum.Fetrow p.273 The screenplay concerns a Los Angeles-based author who travels to Mexico to search for a celebrated journalist who disappeared there many years before. Plot Tip Morgan's teenaged daughter Linda is upset because her alcoholic father is drinking inside a bar and has a heart condition. Tip, a widower and a former newspaper crime reporter, moved to Mexico many years ago without explanation. Trying to make amends for his behavior, Tip gets in touch with Dave Brady, a crime novelist he admires. Dave explains to his best friend, Los Angeles district attorney Dan McCracken, that he intends to travel to Mexico to see Tip in person. McCracken is aware of the circumstances, that Tip was a suspect in a murder case but skipped the country instead. Tip explains to Dave that he was about to expose the killers' identities 15 years ago when gangsters C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul (film)
''Istanbul'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney, and starring Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers. It is a remake of the film ''Singapore'', with the location of the action moved to Turkey. The plot involves an American pilot who becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul. Plot For the first time in five years, pilot Jim Brennan (Errol Flynn) flies to Istanbul, Turkey, but is immediately brought to the office of customs Inspector R. P. Nural ( John Bentley) who suspects him of diamond smuggling. Jim goes to the hotel where he stayed previously, but his old room has American couple Charlie ( Leif Erickson) and Marge Boyle ( Peggy Knudsen) staying there. At the café, Jim sits at his regular table and recalls the last time he was there, sharing a drink with German tourist Stephanie Bauer (Cornell Borchers), a beauty with whom he falls in love. She knows he has to fly for a living, and encourages him to accept a quick job fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santiago (1956 Film)
''Santiago'', also known as ''The Gun Runner'', is a 1956 film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring and co-produced by Alan Ladd set in 1898 Cuba against the background of the Cuban War of Independence. Martin Rackin wrote the screenplay, based on his unpublished novel, as well as producing the film. Plot A hardened gun runner attempts to take a shipment to Cuba to assist with the rebellion against Spain. Cast * Alan Ladd as Caleb "Cash" Adams * Rossana Podestà as Doña Isabella (By courtesy of Lux Film) * Lloyd Nolan as Clay Pike * Chill Wills as Captain "Sidewheel" Jones * Paul Fix as Trasker * L. Q. Jones as "Digger" * Frank De Kova as Jingo * George J. Lewis as Pablo * Royal Dano as "Lobo" * Don Blackman as Sam * Francisco Ruiz as Juanito * Clegg Hoyt as "Dutch" * Nesdon Booth as Burns Production The project was first announced in July 1955 and was originally known as ''The Greater Courage''. It was based on an unpublished novel by Martin Rackin, who also acted as pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lone Ranger (1956 Film)
''The Lone Ranger'' is a 1956 Western film based on ''The Lone Ranger'' television series, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. ''The Lone Ranger'' was the first of two theatrical features based on the TV series of the same name; the other one being ''The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold'' (1958). This 1956 film was Bonita Granville's last credited film appearance. She had retired from the screen to marry Jack Wrather in 1947. Plot Set in the American Southwest, the territorial governor enlists the help of the Lone Ranger to investigate mysterious raids on white settlers by Indians who ride with saddles. Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore (Lyle Bettger) wants to expand his land to include Spirit Mountain, which is sacred to the local tribes. The Lone Ranger realizes the natives wanted to keep settlers away so they would not discover the rich silver deposits on Spirit Mountain, while Kilgore wants to encourage a war between settlers and natives so that he can mine the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headline Hunters (1955 Film)
''Headline Hunters'' is a 1955 American crime film directed by William Witney and written by Frederick Louis Fox and John K. Butler. The film stars Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper, Raymond Greenleaf, Chubby Johnson and John Warburton. The film was released on September 15, 1955 by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast * Rod Cameron as Hugh 'Woody' Woodruff *Julie Bishop as Laura Stewart *Ben Cooper as David Flynn *Raymond Greenleaf as Paul Strout *Chubby Johnson as Ned Powers * John Warburton as Harvey S. Kevin * Nacho Galindo as Ramon *Virginia Carroll as Elsie Hoffman *Howard Wright as Harry Bradley * Stuart Randall as Frank Hoffman *Edward Colmans as Rafael Garcia *Joe Besser Joe Besser (August 12, 1907 – March 1, 1988) was an American actor, comedian and musician, known for his impish humor and wimpy characters. He is best known for his brief stint as a member of The Three Stooges in movie short subjects of 1957â ... as Coroner References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (film)
''Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing'' is a 1955 Deluxe color American drama-romance film in CinemaScope. Set in 1949–50 in Hong Kong, it tells the story of a married, but separated, American reporter Mark Elliot (played by William Holden), who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor originally from China, Han Suyin (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society. The film was adapted by John Patrick from the 1952 autobiographical novel ''A Many-Splendoured Thing'' by Han Suyin. The film was directed by Henry King. The film later inspired a television soap opera in 1967, though without the hyphen in the show's title. Summary A widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with a married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they find brief happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Command (1955 Film)
''The Last Command'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Frank Lloyd starring Sterling Hayden, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Richard Carlson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Ernest Borgnine and J. Carrol Naish based on the life of Jim Bowie and the Battle of the Alamo. Plot In 1835, Jim Bowie discovers uneasy disputes between the Mexican government and the American immigrants who've settled in Texas. Dozens of American men, including Stephen F. Austin have been arrested for supposedly igniting rebellions against the Mexican governor Juan Almonte and the Mexican garrisons throughout Texas. Bowie attends a meeting of the Texian malcontents, listens to their arguments but urges calm and patience. When several of the Texians confront Bowie that he is not only a large landowner and he is married to a daughter of a Mexican Lieutenant Governor. Bowie says these things are true. When faced with accusations he is disloyal to the American settlers, Bowie, who has only recently used his influence to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sea Chase
''The Sea Chase'' is a 1955 World War II drama film starring John Wayne and Lana Turner, and featuring David Farrar, Lyle Bettger, and Tab Hunter. It was directed by John Farrow from a screenplay by James Warner Bellah and John Twist based on the novel of the same name by Andrew Geer. The plot is a nautical cat and mouse adventure, with Wayne determined to get his freighter home to Germany during the opening months of World War II, chased relentlessly across the Pacific then Atlantic oceans by the Australian and then British navies. The film was shot in CinemaScope and WarnerColor. Plot Captain Karl Ehrlich (John Wayne) is the master of the aging German steam freighter ''Ergenstrasse'', home port Hamburg, docked at Sydney, Australia, on the eve of the Second World War. Ehrlich is a former German Navy officer who lost his command after refusing to support the Nazi regime. As his ship prepares for sea to avoid internment, Erlich meets with an old friend, British Royal Navy Command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Fe Passage
''Santa Fe Passage'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring John Payne, Faith Domergue and Rod Cameron. Plot Kirby Randolph ( John Payne) is a veteran scout who comes to hate all Indians after being betrayed by a Kiowa chief called Satank (George Keymas), whose massacre killed many men and ruined Kirby's reputation. Kirby and his partner Sam Beekman ( Slim Pickens) are offered work by Jess Griswold ( Rod Cameron), who believes a man deserves a second chance. Kirby immediately demands that an old Indian woman, Ptewaquin ( Irene Tedrow), be ordered off the wagon train, but her young companion Aurelie St. Clair ( Faith Domergue) refuses to part ways with her. Aurelie has a half-interest in a shipment of ammunition being delivered to Mexican soldiers. The antagonism between her and Kirby changes to a mutual attraction after Kirby heroically saves several lives along the trail. Jess, who also loves Aurelie, picks a fight with Kirby by disclosing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interrupted Melody
''Interrupted Melody'' is a 1955 biographical musical film, filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color, directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, and Cecil Kellaway. The film was produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Jack Cummings from a screenplay by Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence, Sonya Levien, and William Ludwig. It tells the story of Lawrence's rise to fame as an opera singer and her subsequent triumph over polio, with her husband's help. The operatic sequences were staged by Vladimir Rosing, and Eileen Farrell provided the singing voice for Parker. Plot The story traces Marjorie's (Eleanor Parker) long, hard road to the top, her success on two continents, and her turbulent marriage to American doctor Thomas King (Glenn Ford). While touring South America in 1941, Lawrence is stricken with polio, which not only abruptly stops her career but briefly robs her of the will to live. With her husband's help, she makes a triumphant return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Of The Incas
''Secret of the Incas'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Charlton Heston as adventurer Harry Steele, on the trail of an ancient Incan artifact. Shot on location at Machu Picchu in Peru, the film is often credited as the inspiration for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. The supporting cast features Robert Young, Nicole Maurey and Thomas Mitchell, as well as a rare film appearance by Peruvian singer Yma Sumac. Plot American adventurer Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) earns a living as a tourist guide in Cusco, Peru but plans to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure. He possesses an ancient carved stone which gives the location of the Sunburst but has no means to travel there. He is also menaced by his dubious associate Ed Morgan ( Thomas Mitchell) who wants the treasure for himself and tries to have Harry killed. When Romanian defector Elena Antonescu (Nicole Maurey) arrives, Harry apparently agrees to help her travel to Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
