Joey Ray

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A Double Life (1947)

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Signe Hasso  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Shelley Winters

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Signe Hasso  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Shelley Winters

Black Tuesday (1954)

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Peter Graves  •  Jean Parker  •  Milburn Stone

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hugo Fregonese
CAST:  Edward G. Robinson  •  Peter Graves  •  Jean Parker  •  Milburn Stone

His Kind of Woman (1951)

In a desperate attempt to get out of debt, career gambler Dan Milner agrees to rendezvous with a mysterious contact at a distant Mexican resort in exchange for $50,000. Upon arriving, Milner meets his fellow guests, including a plastic surgeon, a philandering movie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer  •  John Farrow
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Jane Russell  •  Vincent Price  •  Tim Holt

In a desperate attempt to get out of debt, career gambler Dan Milner agrees to rendezvous with a mysterious contact at a distant Mexican resort in exchange for $50,000. Upon arriving, Milner meets his fellow guests, including a plastic surgeon, a philandering movie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer  •  John Farrow
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Jane Russell  •  Vincent Price  •  Tim Holt

Holiday Affair (1949)

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Hartman
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Janet Leigh  •  Wendell Corey  •  Gordon Gebert

Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Hartman
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Janet Leigh  •  Wendell Corey  •  Gordon Gebert

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  John Payne  •  Coleen Gray  •  Preston Foster  •  Neville Brand

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  John Payne  •  Coleen Gray  •  Preston Foster  •  Neville Brand

Nocturne (1946)

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  George Raft  •  Lynn Bari  •  Virginia Huston  •  Joseph Pevney

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  George Raft  •  Lynn Bari  •  Virginia Huston  •  Joseph Pevney

The Big Clock (1948)

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Charles Laughton  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  George Macready

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Charles Laughton  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  George Macready

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Anne Baxter  •  Richard Conte  •  Ann Sothern  •  Raymond Burr

A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Anne Baxter  •  Richard Conte  •  Ann Sothern  •  Raymond Burr

They Were Expendable (1945)

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  John Wayne  •  Donna Reed  •  Jack Holt

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Ford
CAST:  Robert Montgomery  •  John Wayne  •  Donna Reed  •  Jack Holt

Where Danger Lives (1950)

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Faith Domergue  •  Claude Rains  •  Maureen O'Sullivan

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Faith Domergue  •  Claude Rains  •  Maureen O'Sullivan

While the City Sleeps (1956)

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Rhonda Fleming  •  George Sanders  •  Howard Duff

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Rhonda Fleming  •  George Sanders  •  Howard Duff

White Heat (1949)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Margaret Wycherly

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Margaret Wycherly

Wake Island (1942)

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Macdonald Carey  •  Robert Preston  •  William Bendix

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Macdonald Carey  •  Robert Preston  •  William Bendix

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Barry Nelson  •  Donna Reed

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Barry Nelson  •  Donna Reed

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe  •  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Buster Crabbe  •  Carol Hughes  •  Charles Middleton  •  Anne Gwynne

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ford Beebe  •  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Buster Crabbe  •  Carol Hughes  •  Charles Middleton  •  Anne Gwynne

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

The Racket (1951)

Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. A prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Lizabeth Scott  •  Robert Ryan  •  William Talman

Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. A prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Lizabeth Scott  •  Robert Ryan  •  William Talman

The Navy Comes Through (1942)

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  George Murphy  •  Jane Wyatt  •  Jackie Cooper

A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A. Edward Sutherland
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  George Murphy  •  Jane Wyatt  •  Jackie Cooper

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Gildersleeve has jury duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Harold Peary  •  Jane Darwell  •  Nancy Gates  •  Charles Arnt

Gildersleeve has jury duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Harold Peary  •  Jane Darwell  •  Nancy Gates  •  Charles Arnt

Reno (1939)

A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Gail Patrick  •  Anita Louise  •  Paul Cavanagh

A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Gail Patrick  •  Anita Louise  •  Paul Cavanagh
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