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Looking For Danger
''Looking for Danger'' is a 1957 American comedy film directed by Austen Jewell and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on October 6, 1957 by Allied Artists and is the forty-sixth film in the series. Plot Duke recounts the days of when he and the rest of the Bowery Boys served in World War II. During the war, the boys' sergeant, who gets fed up with Duke and Sach, gladly gives them the duties of a suicide mission. The duo goes under cover as German soldiers to deliver a message to a sultan. Cast The Bowery Boys *Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones *Stanley Clements as Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelske *David Gorcey as Charles 'Chuck' Anderson *Jimmy Murphy as Myron *Eddie LeRoy as Blinky Remaining cast *Dick Elliott as Mike Clancy *Lili Kardell as Shareen *Richard Avonde as Col. Ahmed Tabari *Otto Reichow as Wolff *Michael Granger as Sidi-Omar *Peter Mamakos as Hassan *Joan Bradshaw as Zarida *George Khoury as Mustapha * Henry Rowland as Wetzel *H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austen Jewell
Austen is surname deriving from the Latin ''Augustine'', and first used around the 13th century. Notable people with the surname *Abigail Austen (born 1964), British Army officer *Alice Austen (1866–1952), American photographer *Augusta Amherst Austen (1827–1877), British composer *Bob Austen (1914–1999), Australian rules footballer *Cassandra Austen (1773–1845), English painter *Cecil Austen (1918–2017), Australian cricketer *Charles Austen (1779–1852), English admiral *Chuck Austen, American writer *Col Austen (1920–1995), Australian rules footballer and coach *Dale Austen (1910–?), New Zealand actress *David Austen, English cricketer *Don Austen (born 1958), English puppeteer *Edmund Godwin Austen (1854–1932), English cricketer *Edward Austen (1820–1908), English cricketer *Eric Austen (1922–1999), English designer *Ernest Austen (1900–1983), Australian cricketer *Ernest Edward Austen (1867–1938), English entomologist *Ernie Austen (1891–1985), Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant
Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry. Its origin is the Latin , 'one who serves', through the French term . The term ''sergeant'' refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal, and a police officer immediately below a lieutenant in the US, and below an inspector in the UK. In most armies, the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad (or section). In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a squad- (12 person) or platoon- (36 person) leader. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for example staff sergeant, gunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Comedy Films
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having '' handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Films
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in ''The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied ''The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up In Smoke (1957 Film)
''Up in Smoke'' is a 1957 film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on December 22, 1957, by Allied Artists and is the penultimate film in the series. Plot The Bowery Boys have been collecting money to help a young polio survivor in the neighborhood. A local crook delivers Sach to a phony bookie joint, where Sach loses the $90 the gang collected. At Mike Clancy's café, Sach declares that he would give his very soul to get even with the bookies, and immediately receives a visit from the Devil himself, sporting a morning coat and two small horns under his hat. The Devil offers Sach a deal: he will give Sach the name of a winning horse every day for a week in return for Sach's soul. Sach signs the Devil's contract and is provided with his winner of the day. The Devil keeps materializing unexpectedly with more tips. Sach returns to the phony bookie joint to make a bet. The bookies, mystified by Sach's inside information, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spook Chasers
''Spook Chasers'' is a 1957 horror/comedy film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys and Robert Shayne. The film was released on June 2, 1957 by Allied Artists and is the forty-fifth film in the series. Plot Café owner Mike Clancy is told by his doctor that he needs to take a rest in the mountains due to his asthma. A crooked real estate agent sells Mike an old house that once belonged to the widow of a gangster. Mike and the Bowery Boys head out to the house, and eventually find a large pile of money hidden inside. Pretty soon, old friends of the deceased gangster who once owned the house catch wind of the Boys' discovery, and decide to rob the place. To add to this madness, the Bowery Boys find the house to be supposedly inhabited by ghosts. Cast The Bowery Boys * Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones * Stanley Clements as Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelske * David Gorcey as Charles 'Chuck' Anderson * Jimmy Murphy as Myron * Eddie LeRoy as Blinky Remaining cast * Percy Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 References External links 1957 filmsat the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:American films of 1957 1957 Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... Lists of 1957 films by country or language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded in 1923 by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games and is one of the "Big Five" major American film studios, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division the Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, the Warner Animation Group, Castle Rock Entertainment, and DC Studios. Among its other assets, stands the television production company Warner Bros. Television Studios. Bugs Bunny, a cartoon character created by Tex Avery, Ben Hardaway, Chuck Jones, Bob Givens and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harmon (actor)
John Harmon (June 30, 1905 – August 6, 1985) was an American character actor. Harmon was a very prolific bit actor. His career spanned over six decades and almost 300 movie and television roles in a wide variety of genres. Many of his earlier appearances are uncredited. His first major screen credit was in ''I Was Framed'' (1942). His movie career highlights were roles in '' Gallant Bess'', ''The Monster of Piedras Blancas'', '' Live Fast, Die Young'' and ''The Street is my Beat''. The movie in which he made his last screen appearance, ''The Naked Monster'', was released in 2005, twenty years after his death. Harmon's most notable TV roles were in ''Bonanza'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Perry Mason'' (as a police fingerprint/ballistics expert), ''Star Trek'' (in the episodes "The City on the Edge of Forever" and " A Piece of The Action"), ''The Rifleman'' (as the hotel clerk Eddie Halstead) and again as a hotel clerk in ''Gunsmoke'' (in S1E15’s “Gold Mine”). He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bryar
Paul Bryar (born Gabriel Paul Barrere; February 21, 1910 – August 30, 1985) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly half a century, he appeared in numerous films and television series. Career Bryar appeared in nearly 220 films between 1938 and 1983, although most of his roles were small in size. He made his film debut in the Harold Lloyd comedy ''Professor Beware''. Some B-movies during the 1940s and 1950s like ''Jungle Siren'', ''Lady from Chungking'', ''Parole, Inc.'' and ''The Bob Mathias Story'' gave him the chance to play substantial supporting roles. Bryar appeared in three movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock,Paul Bryar at the Hitchcock Zone including ''Vertigo (film), Vertigo'' (1958), where he had an uncredited role as the friendly Police Captain who accompanies James Stewart to the coroner's inquest. The other Hit ... [...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] |
Henry Rowland (actor)
Henry Rowland (born Heinrich Wilhelm von Bock; December 28, 1913 – April 26, 1984) was an American film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Count Kolinko in the ''Zorro'' television series. Biography Rowland was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father left Germany before World War I began and became a professor of German at the University of Nebraska. Following the war, Rowland was educated in Germany through the secondary level. He returned to the United States and studied acting in Pasadena. Rowland was born in the American Midwest. Rowland "heiled" and "achtunged" his way through a variety of films, ranging from ''Casablanca'' to Russ Meyer's ''Supervixens''. Conversely, he showed up as an American flight surgeon in 1944's ''Winged Victory'', billed under his Army rank as Corporal Henry Rowland. In his last years, Rowland had continued playing such Germanic characters as the Amish farmer in ''The Frisco Kid'' (1979). He appeared six times on the western s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
