Charles Russell

Captain Eddie (1945)

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Lynn Bari  •  Charles Bickford  •  Thomas Mitchell

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Fred MacMurray  •  Lynn Bari  •  Charles Bickford  •  Thomas Mitchell

Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Charles Winninger  •  Fay Bainter  •  Jane Nigh

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Dan Dailey  •  Charles Winninger  •  Fay Bainter  •  Jane Nigh

Tucson (1949)

The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William F. Claxton
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Penny Edwards  •  Deanna Wayne  •  Charles Russell

The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William F. Claxton
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Penny Edwards  •  Deanna Wayne  •  Charles Russell

Trouble Preferred (1948)

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Tinling
CAST:  Peggy Knudsen  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Charles Russell  •  Paul Langton

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Tinling
CAST:  Peggy Knudsen  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Charles Russell  •  Paul Langton

Chinatown at Midnight (1949)

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a lady friend who operates an antique shop gets mixed up in a twisted murder plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seymour Friedman
CAST:  Hurd Hatfield  •  Jean Willes  •  Tom Powers  •  Ray Walker

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a lady friend who operates an antique shop gets mixed up in a twisted murder plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seymour Friedman
CAST:  Hurd Hatfield  •  Jean Willes  •  Tom Powers  •  Ray Walker

Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)

Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Richard Crane  •  Faye Marlowe  •  Martha Stewart  •  Charles Russell

Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Richard Crane  •  Faye Marlowe  •  Martha Stewart  •  Charles Russell

The Breaking Point (1961)

A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Dermot Walsh  •  Joanna Dunham  •  Peter Reynolds  •  Lisa Gastoni

A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lance Comfort
CAST:  Dermot Walsh  •  Joanna Dunham  •  Peter Reynolds  •  Lisa Gastoni

Canon City (1948)

Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Crane Wilbur
CAST:  Scott Brady  •  Jeff Corey  •  Whit Bissell  •  Stanley Clements

Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Crane Wilbur
CAST:  Scott Brady  •  Jeff Corey  •  Whit Bissell  •  Stanley Clements

Behind Green Lights (1946)

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Carole Landis  •  William Gargan  •  Richard Crane  •  Mary Anderson

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Brower
CAST:  Carole Landis  •  William Gargan  •  Richard Crane  •  Mary Anderson

Inner Sanctum (1948)

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Charles Russell  •  Mary Beth Hughes  •  Dale Belding  •  Billy House

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Charles Russell  •  Mary Beth Hughes  •  Dale Belding  •  Billy House

Wake Up and Dream (1946)

Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  June Haver  •  John Payne  •  Charlotte Greenwood  •  Connie Marshall

Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  June Haver  •  John Payne  •  Charlotte Greenwood  •  Connie Marshall

The Late George Apley (1947)

George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Vanessa Brown  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Richard Haydn

George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Vanessa Brown  •  Peggy Cummins  •  Richard Haydn

Bombardier (1943)

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Eugene L. Eubank  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Randolph Scott  •  Anne Shirley

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wallace
CAST:  Eugene L. Eubank  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Randolph Scott  •  Anne Shirley

The Purple Heart (1944)

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Richard Conte  •  Farley Granger  •  Kevin O'Shea

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Richard Conte  •  Farley Granger  •  Kevin O'Shea

Night Wind (1948)

A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking strangers several years after the war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Tinling
CAST:  Charles Russell  •  Virginia Christine  •  Gary Gray  •  John Ridgely

A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking strangers several years after the war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Tinling
CAST:  Charles Russell  •  Virginia Christine  •  Gary Gray  •  John Ridgely

Beyond Our Own (1947)

This latter-day parable focuses on two brothers. Peter Rogers is an ambitious, hard-driving attorney. Bob Rogers is a thoughtful, contemplative doctor who decides to forsake his practice to do missionary work in war-torn China. When Peter's young son is tragically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sammy Lee
CAST:  Charles Russell  •  DeForest Kelley  •  Trudy Marshall  •  Douglass Dumbrille

This latter-day parable focuses on two brothers. Peter Rogers is an ambitious, hard-driving attorney. Bob Rogers is a thoughtful, contemplative doctor who decides to forsake his practice to do missionary work in war-torn China. When Peter's young son is tragically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sammy Lee
CAST:  Charles Russell  •  DeForest Kelley  •  Trudy Marshall  •  Douglass Dumbrille