Brute Force 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Hume Cronyn, Art Smith, Howard Duff, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Jeff Corey, Jay C. Flippen, Anita Colby, Sam Levene, John Hoyt, Jack Overman, Roman Bohnen
Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) is locked up in a prison where the warden (Hume Cronyn) employs inhumane treatment to keep inmates under control. Reaching the breaking point, Collins plots his escape.
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Corvette K-225 1943 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Richard Rossen
Cast: Randolph Scott, James Brown, Ella Raines, Barry Fitzgerald, Andy Devine, Fuzzy Knight, Noah Beery Jr., Richard Lane, Thomas Gomez, Robert Mitchum
Corvette K-225 is a Canadian warship class and it's on the way to Russia as part of a convoy. This action-packed story uses actual battle footage. Top-notch fare.
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Hail the Conquering Hero 1944  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Al Bridge, Bill Edwards, Jimmie Dundee, Georgia Caine, Elizabeth Patterson, Freddie Steele, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Chester Conklin, Esther Howard
This "hero" Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is really a U.S. Marine Corps reject (he has hay fever!) who returns home to a town whose citizens think he is one of their returning soldiers and deserving of honor. Now, he finds himself running for mayor of the town and tries to explain that he did not serve in the Marine Corps, but he cannot convince his fellow citizens that his reputation is undeserved. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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Impact 1949  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Clarence Kolb, William Wright, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick, Philip Ahn, Art Baker, Sheila Graham, Tony Barrett, Glen Vernon, Linda Leighton
San Francisco businessman Walter Williams' (Brian Donlevy) wife Irene (Helen Walker) is cheating on him, and she and her lover, Jim (Tony Barrett), plan his demise. But, Walter survives the plot, and Jim is killed (in Walter's car and burned beyond recognition). Irene is charged with the murder. Walter recuperates in Larkspur, Idaho, and his memory returns–but he is presumed dead. He finds work as a garage mechanic and falls in love with his boss, Marsha (Ella Raines). When Walter tells Marsha the story, she convinces him to return to San Francisco, and Walter agrees. He returns to comfort Irene and finds himself charged with murder.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
Director: George S. Kaufman
Cast: William Powell, Ella Raines, Arleen Whelan, Peter Lind Hayes, Ray Collins, Allen Jenkins, Hans Conried, Charles D. Brown, Whit Bissell, Norma Varden, Milton Parsons, Francis Pierlot, Chief Thundercloud, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody
Senator Melvin G. Ashton (William Powell) wants to be President of the United States and hires press agent Lew Gibson (Peter Lind Hayes) to help him attain his lofty ambition. Ashton plans to use a diary documenting all of the shady deals made by his party as the source to blackmail his party leaders. When the diary is stolen, more than a few problems ensue.
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Singing Guns 1950  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen
Cast: Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Jeff Corey, Harry Shannon, Billy Gray, Barry Kelley, Tom Fadden, Ralph Dunn, George Chandler, Denver Pyle, Rex Lease, Mary Bear, Jimmie Dodd
Singer Vaughn Monroe takes on the serious role of Rhiannon who, when cheated out of his gold mine, resorts to robbing that same mine to obtain what he believes is rightfully his.
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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry 1945  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Uncle Harry
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry von Zell, Ethel Griffies, Judy Clark, Craig Reynolds, Coulter Irwin, Dawn Bender, Harry Hayden, Arthur Loft, Robert Malcolm
Harry (George Sanders) is a quiet designer living with his sisters Lettie (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Hester (Moyna MacGill). When he falls for, and intends to marry Deborah (Ella Raines), the jealous Lettie throws a fit and pretends to have a heart seizure. The frustrated Harry must get rid of the sister, but his plans go amiss.
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The Suspect 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Dean Harens, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell, Rosalind Ivan, Molly Lamont, Raymond Severn, Eve Amber, Maude Eburne, Clifford Brooke, John Berkes, Katherine Yorke, Rebel Randall, Barbara Gray
Philip (Charles Laughton) is a successful shopkeeper in the early 1900s and has an ever-complaining wife. After he meets another woman (Ella Raines) and falls in love with her, he kills his wife and convinces the authorities that she had an accident. But a neighbor and a police detective are not convinced of his innocence.
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Tall in the Saddle 1944 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ward Bond, Ella Raines, Audrey Long, Elisabeth Risdon, Paul Fix, Raymond Hatton, Frank Puglia, George Chandler
Rocklin and Dave (John Wayne and "Gabby" Hayes) are the good guys who must fight against bad guy "Judge" Robert Garvey (Ward Bond) in an effort to clear Rocklin of false murder charges.
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Time Out of Mind 1947 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter, John Abbott, Henry Stephenson, Samuel S. Hinds, Janet Shaw
Raised in a family of New England mariners, Chris Fortune (Robert Hutton) dreams of being a musician, but he must first convince his relatives that he has every intention of attaining his dream.
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The Web 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Ella Raines, Edmond O'Brien, William Bendix, Vincent Price, Maria Palmer, John Abbott, Fritz Leiber, Howland Chamberlin, Tito Vuolo, Wilton Graff
Caught in a double cross, bodyguard Bob Regan (Edmond O'Brien) fights for his life and a way out of his predicament.
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| 1. Brute Force (1947)
2. Corvette K-225 (1943)
3. A Dangerous Profession (1949)
4. Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
5. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
6. Impact (1949)
7. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
8. Singing Guns (1950)
9. The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
aka: Uncle Harry
10. The Suspect (1944)
11. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
12. Time Out of Mind (1947)
13. The Web (1947)
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