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Stuart Randall (actor)
Stuart Randall (born Clarence Maxwell, July 24, 1909 – June 22, 1988) was an American actor of film and television who appeared on screen between 1950 and 1971. Early years Randall was born in Santa Barbara, California, or Brazil, Indiana, the son of Walter Maxwell and Allie Ball Maxwell. He attended Brazil High School. Growing up, he lived in Santa Barbara, Denver, and Brazil. Before he became an actor, he sang with bands, including those of Jan Garber and Abe Lyman; led an orchestra; and was a radio technician. In World War II, he was an observer for the general staff of the U. S. Army's ground forces. In that role he completed 18 missions behind enemy liens in the European theater. Career Randall portrayed sheriff Art Sampson on the television Western ''Cimarron City Cimarron City is a town in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census, a 39.4 percent gain over the figure of 110 in 2000. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indestructible Man
''Indestructible Man'' is a 1956 American crime horror fiction, horror science fiction film, an original screenplay by Vy Russell and Sue Dwiggins for producer-director Jack Pollexfen and starring Lon Chaney Jr., Ross Elliott and Robert Shayne. The picture was produced independently by C.G.K. Productions, and distributed in the United States by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. The film was distributed theatrically in 1956 on a double bill with ''World Without End (film), World Without End'' (and in some areas with ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''). Plot Told in a narrative style, popularized by the television police series ''Dragnet (1951 TV series), Dragnet'', by police detective Dick Chasen, the story concerns a 72-hour period of horror for the city of Los Angeles. Charles "Butcher" Benton is a double-crossed convicted robber and murderer who was executed in the gas chamber. His body is unlawfully sold to a scientist who plans to move his experiments into the cause and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoodlum (1951 Film)
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The Hoodlum may refer to: * ''The Hoodlum'' (1919 film), a comedy starring Mary Pickford * ''The Hoodlum'' (1951 film), a crime film featuring Lawrence Tierney See also * ''Hoodlum'' (film), a 1997 crime film starring Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth and Vanessa Williams Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She gained recognition as the first African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She resign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomatic Courier
A diplomatic courier is an official who transports diplomatic bags as sanctioned under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Couriers are granted diplomatic immunity and are thereby protected by the receiving state from arrest and detention when performing their work. Couriers may be assigned on an ad hoc basis, but in those cases they are released from immunity once their bags have been delivered. All couriers are provided documentation that reports their status as couriers and the number of packages currently being transported in the diplomatic bag. Diplomatic bags may be transported under the authority of commercial airline captains, but they are not diplomatic couriers. United Kingdom Diplomatic bags of the United Kingdom are carried by the King's Messengers, who work for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, transported unaccompanied by the FCDOS Secure Logistics service and by Postal and Courier Operators of the Royal Logistic Corps. United States The Diplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Half-Breed
''The Half-Breed'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Stuart Gilmore and written by Harold Shumate, Richard Wormser and Charles Hoffman. The film stars Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel, Barton MacLane, Reed Hadley and Porter Hall. The film was released on May 4, 1952, by RKO Pictures. Plot The Apache near the fictional town of San Remo, Arizona, are subject to exploitation by local whites and a corrupt US Indian agent. Charlie Wolf (known as the half-breed for his partial European ancestry) tries to lead his people during difficult times. Dan Craig (Robert Young) is a gambler who comes to town and gets involved in negotiations between Wolf and the townspeople, who fear an Apache attack. At the same time, there are rumors of gold in the ground under the Apache reservation, increasing the threat to them by European-American encroachment. Cast * Robert Young as Dan Craig * Janis Carter as Helen Dowling * Jack Buetel as Charlie Wolf * Barton MacLane as Marshal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pride Of St
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Monk Baroni
''Kid Monk Baroni'' is a 1952 American film noir sport film directed by Harold D. Schuster. It is also known as ''Young Paul Baroni'' in the United Kingdom. It features Leonard Nimoy, later in ''Star Trek'' as Spock, in his first lead role in a motion picture, as well as future Jimmy Olsen Jack Larson of television's original ''Superman'' series. This film was the first in producer Jack Broder's series of "The Billy Goat Gang" - the movie's opening titles are ''The Billy Goat Gang in Kid Monk Baroni'' - similar to other gang films series like The Bowery Boys and its antecedents. However, no further films were made. Plot A disfigured street kid (Leonard Nimoy), a member of the Billy Goat Gang, is shown how to box by a parish priest, Father Callahan (Richard Rober), who also makes him part of the church choir. The priest introduces him to Emily. During a fight with the other members of the Billy Goats for ridiculing his church vestments, he accidentally knocks out Father Callaha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbine Williams
''Carbine Williams'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring James Stewart, Jean Hagen and Wendell Corey. The film follows the life of its namesake, David Marshall Williams, who invented the operating principle for the M1 Carbine while in a North Carolina prison. The M1 Carbine was used extensively by the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Originally filmed in black-and-white, it is also shown in a computer-colorized version. Plot The film follows the life of David Marshall Williams (James Stewart), who was a member of the Winchester team that invented the semi-automatic M1 Carbine used in World War II. Williams was found distilling illegal moonshine, and was held responsible for the death of a sheriff's deputy during a raid on his still. He was sentenced to thirty years' hard labor. He cycled through the prison system until a firm but compassionate warden, H.T. Peoples (Wendell Corey), allowed him to work in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rancho Notorious
''Rancho Notorious'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Marlene Dietrich as the matron of a criminal hideout called ''Chuck-a-Luck''. Arthur Kennedy and Mel Ferrer play rivals for her attention in this tale of frontier revenge. The film was originally titled ''Chuck-a-Luck'', with “The Legend of Chuck-a-Luck” as the title song, but the name was changed at the insistence of Howard Hughes, then head of RKO Pictures. Plot Wyoming ranch hand Vern Haskell is enraged when his fiancee Beth Forbes is abused and murdered during a store robbery. He sets out after the two thieves, first with a posse, then by himself. He finds one of them, Whitey, shot in the back by his partner after a quarrel. Whitey's dying words, " Chuck-a-luck", are the only clue to the second man's identity. After questioning everyone he meets, Vern finally finds someone who lets slip that a woman named Altar Keane is connected with Chuck-a-luck. When the man realizes that Vern i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugles In The Afternoon
''Bugles in the Afternoon'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by William Cagney and starring Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe and Forrest Tucker, based on the 1943 novel by Ernest Haycox. The story features the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Plot A rivalry between two U.S. cavalry officers results in Capt. Kern Shafter being court martialed for striking a fellow officer, Lt. Edward Garnett, with a saber. Shafter claimed to be defending the honor of his fiancée. The court martial found Shafter guilty as charged and was dismissed from the US Army. After his dismissal from the Army, Shafter drifted for a while and then decides to enlist in the Army as a private. He chose to enlist at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota territory. On the trip Fort Lincoln, he meets a woman Josephine Russell when they were both waiting to board a stagecoach to Fargo. When they reached Bismarck in the Dakota territory, Shafter heads to Fort Abraham Lincoln and enlists in the 7th Cav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Woman Is Dangerous
''This Woman Is Dangerous'' is a 1952 American film noir crime drama by Warner Bros. starring Joan Crawford, David Brian, and Dennis Morgan in a story about a gun moll's romances with two different men. The screenplay by Geoffrey Homes and George Worthing Yates was based on a story by Bernard Girard. The film was directed by Felix E. Feist and produced by Robert Sisk. Cast * Joan Crawford as Elizabeth 'Beth' Austin * Dennis Morgan as Dr. Ben Halleck * David Brian as Matt Jackson * Mari Aldon as Ann Jackson * Richard Webb as Franklin * Philip Carey as Will Jackson * Ian MacDonald as Joe Grossland * Katherine Warren as Admitting Nurse * George Chandler as Dr. Ryan * Sherry Jackson as Susan Halleck Production Since the script of a gangster who saw the light had become trite by the 1950s, some sources suggest that studio head Jack L. Warner offered Crawford the role hoping the expensive star would turn it down so he could put her on suspension. That could also be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bushwackers (film)
''The Bushwhackers'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Rod Amateau and starring John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney Jr. And Myrna Dell. Plot Tired of killing, war veteran Jefferson Waring rides west, but in Missouri he sees "squatters" mowed down by men working for rich, ruthless Artemus Taylor. He spends the night at Independence newspaperman Peter Sharpe's place, but is jailed when daughter Cathy Sharpe finds this total stranger in her room. The local marshal, John Harding, is just one of many men on Taylor's payroll. Peter's business is threatened by banker Stone unless he takes Taylor's side against "squatters" settling in the region. The blind and wheelchair-using Taylor and ambitious daughter Norah are secretly aware that railroad surveyors are considering laying tracks nearby, so they want all the land for themselves. Jeff decides to leave. Norah and henchman Ding Bell intercept him; Norah shoots at him but misses. They t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fixed Bayonets!
''Fixed Bayonets!'' is a 1951 American war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller and produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the Korean War. It is Fuller's second film about the Korean War. In his motion-picture debut, James Dean appears briefly at the conclusion of the film. Plot The film is set in the first winter of the Korean War during the Red Chinese intervention. The story follows the fate of a lone 48-man platoon left as a rear guard to defend a choke point to cover the withdrawal of their division over an exposed bridge. Command of the platoon falls upon Cpl. Denno, who has an innate aversion to responsibility for the lives of others. Cast * Richard Basehart as Cpl. Denno * Gene Evans as Sgt. Rock * Michael O'Shea as Sgt. Lonergan * Richard Hylton as Medic John Wheeler * Craig Hill as Lt. Gibbs * Skip Homeier as Whitey * John Doucette as the Colonel * Pat Hogan as Jonesy Soundtrack Roy Webb composed the film's score using two songs. * ''American Flag'' * ''Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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