Joey Ray

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Cross-Country Romance (1940)

A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Woodruff
CAST:  Wendy Barrie  •  Gene Raymond  •  Hedda Hopper  •  Berton Churchill

A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Woodruff
CAST:  Wendy Barrie  •  Gene Raymond  •  Hedda Hopper  •  Berton Churchill

Mexican Spitfire (1940)

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leon Errol  •  Donald Woods  •  Linda Hayes

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leon Errol  •  Donald Woods  •  Linda Hayes

Pop Always Pays (1940)

A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy stars Leon Errol, Marjorie Gateson, Dennis O'Keefe, Adele Pearce and Walter Catlett.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins  •  Charles E. Roberts
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Pamela Blake  •  Walter Catlett

A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy stars Leon Errol, Marjorie Gateson, Dennis O'Keefe, Adele Pearce and Walter Catlett.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins  •  Charles E. Roberts
CAST:  Leon Errol  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Pamela Blake  •  Walter Catlett

Lady Scarface (1941)

A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Woodruff
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Judith Anderson  •  Frances E. Neal  •  Mildred Coles

A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Woodruff
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Judith Anderson  •  Frances E. Neal  •  Mildred Coles

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Edgar Bergen  •  Robert Cummings  •  Constance Moore  •  John Sutton

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tuttle
CAST:  Edgar Bergen  •  Robert Cummings  •  Constance Moore  •  John Sutton

All by Myself (1943)

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix E. Feist
CAST:  Rosemary Lane  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  Patric Knowles  •  Neil Hamilton

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felix E. Feist
CAST:  Rosemary Lane  •  Evelyn Ankers  •  Patric Knowles  •  Neil Hamilton

Appointment in Honduras (1953)

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Zachary Scott  •  Rodolfo Acosta

On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Zachary Scott  •  Rodolfo Acosta

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a Syndicate gambling empire in Southern California until distracted by an inconveniently married Joanne Dru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Joanne Dru  •  Otto Kruger  •  Barry Kelley

The Horatio Alger parable gets the film noir treatment with the redoubtable Edmund O’Brien as a whip-smart telephone technician who moves up the ladder of a Syndicate gambling empire in Southern California until distracted by an inconveniently married Joanne Dru ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph M. Newman
CAST:  Edmond O'Brien  •  Joanne Dru  •  Otto Kruger  •  Barry Kelley

The Gun Runners (1958)

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Eddie Albert  •  Patricia Owens  •  Richard Jaeckel

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Eddie Albert  •  Patricia Owens  •  Richard Jaeckel

Sins of Man (1936)

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff  •  Otto Brower
CAST:  Jean Hersholt  •  Don Ameche  •  Allen Jenkins  •  J. Edward Bromberg

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff  •  Otto Brower
CAST:  Jean Hersholt  •  Don Ameche  •  Allen Jenkins  •  J. Edward Bromberg

Crashing Las Vegas (1956)

An electric shock enables Satch to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win enough money at the roulette wheels to let their landlady buy an apartment building. Witnessing his winning streak, some gangsters decide to move in and find out his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Leo Gorcey  •  Huntz Hall  •  Mary Castle  •  Don Haggerty

An electric shock enables Satch to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win enough money at the roulette wheels to let their landlady buy an apartment building. Witnessing his winning streak, some gangsters decide to move in and find out his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Yarbrough
CAST:  Leo Gorcey  •  Huntz Hall  •  Mary Castle  •  Don Haggerty

Calcutta (1946)

Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Gail Russell  •  William Bendix  •  June Duprez

Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Alan Ladd  •  Gail Russell  •  William Bendix  •  June Duprez

No, No, Nanette (1940)

Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox
CAST:  Anna Neagle  •  Richard Carlson  •  Eve Arden  •  Victor Mature

Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations. Attempting one such unentanglement, Nanette enlists the help of theatrical producer Bill Trainor, who promptly falls ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Wilcox
CAST:  Anna Neagle  •  Richard Carlson  •  Eve Arden  •  Victor Mature

Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)

A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  John Hodiak  •  Tom Drake  •  Marta Linden

A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Beaumont
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  John Hodiak  •  Tom Drake  •  Marta Linden

From This Day Forward (1946)

A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Mark Stevens  •  Rosemary DeCamp  •  Harry Morgan

A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Mark Stevens  •  Rosemary DeCamp  •  Harry Morgan

Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Huntz Hall  •  Bobby Jordan  •  Gabriel Dell  •  Norman Abbott

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Huntz Hall  •  Bobby Jordan  •  Gabriel Dell  •  Norman Abbott

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

Alias Nick Beal (1949)

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Audrey Totter  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  George Macready

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Audrey Totter  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  George Macready

Music in My Heart (1940)

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Tony Martin  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Edith Fellows  •  Alan Mowbray

A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Tony Martin  •  Rita Hayworth  •  Edith Fellows  •  Alan Mowbray

Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)

Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Marie McDonald  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Binnie Barnes

Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Marie McDonald  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Binnie Barnes
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