Dorothy Adams

Dorothy Adams was an American stage, screen, and television actress.

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Samson and Delilah (1949)

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. The classic story of Samson and Delilah as told by Cecil B. DeMille.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Hedy Lamarr  •  Victor Mature  •  Angela Lansbury  •  George Sanders

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. The classic story of Samson and Delilah as told by Cecil B. DeMille.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Hedy Lamarr  •  Victor Mature  •  Angela Lansbury  •  George Sanders

So Proudly We Hail (1943)

A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination and their lives. Sent to Bataan, Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. She is faced with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Veronica Lake  •  George Reeves

A group of U.S. Army nurses leaves San Francisco for their tour of duty in Hawaii in December 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor changes their destination and their lives. Sent to Bataan, Philippines, the nurses are led by Lt. Janet Davidson. She is faced with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Sandrich
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Paulette Goddard  •  Veronica Lake  •  George Reeves

We Who Are Young (1940)

A man violates company policy by getting married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold S. Bucquet
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  John Shelton  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Grant Mitchell

A man violates company policy by getting married.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold S. Bucquet
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  John Shelton  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Grant Mitchell

Joe Smith, American (1942)

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Harvey Stephens  •  Darryl Hickman

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  Robert Young  •  Marsha Hunt  •  Harvey Stephens  •  Darryl Hickman

The Outriders (1950)

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rowland
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Arlene Dahl  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Claude Jarman Jr.

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rowland
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Arlene Dahl  •  Barry Sullivan  •  Claude Jarman Jr.

The Sainted Sisters (1948)

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with loot from their latest scam, hide out in a small Maine town, near the Canadian border. However - the residents of this small town aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William D. Russell
CAST:  Veronica Lake  •  Joan Caulfield  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  George Reeves

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with loot from their latest scam, hide out in a small Maine town, near the Canadian border. However - the residents of this small town aren't quite as unsophisticated as the girls think they are.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William D. Russell
CAST:  Veronica Lake  •  Joan Caulfield  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  George Reeves

Condemned Women (1938)

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Sally Eilers  •  Louis Hayward  •  Anne Shirley  •  Esther Dale

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Sally Eilers  •  Louis Hayward  •  Anne Shirley  •  Esther Dale

Crime Ring (1938)

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Frances Mercer  •  Clara Blandick  •  Inez Courtney  •  Allan Lane

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Frances Mercer  •  Clara Blandick  •  Inez Courtney  •  Allan Lane

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

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

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Larkin
CAST:  Michael O'Shea  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Trudy Marshall  •  Billy Cummings

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Larkin
CAST:  Michael O'Shea  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Trudy Marshall  •  Billy Cummings

Bedtime Story (1941)

A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Loretta Young  •  Robert Benchley  •  Allyn Joslyn

A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is to retire to Connecticut and, following a few 'worlds-apart" discussion of the issue, they get a divorce. The actress marries a banker in a fit of pique only to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Loretta Young  •  Robert Benchley  •  Allyn Joslyn

A Child Is Born (1939)

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Gladys George  •  Gale Page

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Geraldine Fitzgerald  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Gladys George  •  Gale Page

Gunman's Walk (1958)

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  Van Heflin  •  Tab Hunter  •  Kathryn Grant  •  James Darren

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Karlson
CAST:  Van Heflin  •  Tab Hunter  •  Kathryn Grant  •  James Darren

Not Wanted (1949)

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmer Clifton  •  Ida Lupino
CAST:  Sally Forrest  •  Keefe Brasselle  •  Leo Penn  •  Dorothy Adams

After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmer Clifton  •  Ida Lupino
CAST:  Sally Forrest  •  Keefe Brasselle  •  Leo Penn  •  Dorothy Adams

That's My Man (1947)

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Don Ameche  •  Catherine McLeod  •  Roscoe Karns  •  John Ridgely

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Don Ameche  •  Catherine McLeod  •  Roscoe Karns  •  John Ridgely

The Inner Circle (1946)

A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Adele Mara  •  Warren Douglas  •  William Frawley  •  Ricardo Cortez

A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Adele Mara  •  Warren Douglas  •  William Frawley  •  Ricardo Cortez

Whistling in the Dark (1941)

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Sylvan Simon
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Conrad Veidt  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Virginia Grey

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Sylvan Simon
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Conrad Veidt  •  Ann Rutherford  •  Virginia Grey

Babies for Sale (1940)

A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Rochelle Hudson  •  Glenn Ford  •  Miles Mander  •  Joe De Stefani

A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Rochelle Hudson  •  Glenn Ford  •  Miles Mander  •  Joe De Stefani

These Wilder Years (1956)

A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rowland
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Betty Lou Keim

A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Rowland
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Betty Lou Keim
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