Tommy Cook

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Cry of the City (1948)

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Victor Mature  •  Richard Conte  •  Fred Clark  •  Shelley Winters

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Victor Mature  •  Richard Conte  •  Fred Clark  •  Shelley Winters

Missile to the Moon (1958)

Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard E. Cunha
CAST:  Richard Travis  •  Cathy Downs  •  K.T. Stevens  •  Tommy Cook

Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard E. Cunha
CAST:  Richard Travis  •  Cathy Downs  •  K.T. Stevens  •  Tommy Cook

Night Passage (1957)

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Neilson
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Audie Murphy  •  Dan Duryea  •  Dianne Foster

Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Neilson
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Audie Murphy  •  Dan Duryea  •  Dianne Foster

Panic in the Streets (1950)

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Paul Douglas  •  Barbara Bel Geddes  •  Jack Palance

One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed of the Public Health Service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. To prevent a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elia Kazan
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Paul Douglas  •  Barbara Bel Geddes  •  Jack Palance

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)

A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Brenda Joyce  •  Johnny Sheffield  •  Acquanetta

A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Brenda Joyce  •  Johnny Sheffield  •  Acquanetta

The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Frost
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Rosey Grier  •  Don Marshall  •  Roger Perry

A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Frost
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Rosey Grier  •  Don Marshall  •  Roger Perry

The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Jon Hall  •  Peggy Drake  •  Victor Francen

After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Jon Hall  •  Peggy Drake  •  Victor Francen

The Gatling Gun (1971)

Doctor Gatling invented a war machine to beat all arrows, and guns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Gordon
CAST:  Guy Stockwell  •  Robert Fuller  •  BarBara Luna  •  Woody Strode

Doctor Gatling invented a war machine to beat all arrows, and guns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Gordon
CAST:  Guy Stockwell  •  Robert Fuller  •  BarBara Luna  •  Woody Strode

Thunder Pass (1954)

A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Dane Clark  •  Dorothy Patrick  •  Andy Devine  •  Raymond Burr

A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Dane Clark  •  Dorothy Patrick  •  Andy Devine  •  Raymond Burr

Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)

In this western, a young cowboy rides out to avenge his father's killer. Eventually, he finds the scoundrel, but by this time opts not to kill him for the cowboy has fallen in love with the outlaw's niece. Later, the killer ends up killed and the hero is blamed for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Grissell  •  Edward Killy
CAST:  James Warren  •  Richard Martin  •  Audrey Long  •  Robert Barrat

In this western, a young cowboy rides out to avenge his father's killer. Eventually, he finds the scoundrel, but by this time opts not to kill him for the cowboy has fallen in love with the outlaw's niece. Later, the killer ends up killed and the hero is blamed for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Grissell  •  Edward Killy
CAST:  James Warren  •  Richard Martin  •  Audrey Long  •  Robert Barrat

Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Jess Barker  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Tom Neal

A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Claire Trevor  •  Jess Barker  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Tom Neal

The Vicious Years (1950)

Mario, an Italian war orphan, sees Luca Rossi commit a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to tell the police if Luca takes him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Tommy Cook  •  Sybil Merritt  •  Eduard Franz  •  Gar Moore

Mario, an Italian war orphan, sees Luca Rossi commit a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to tell the police if Luca takes him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Florey
CAST:  Tommy Cook  •  Sybil Merritt  •  Eduard Franz  •  Gar Moore

Cop on the Beat (1975)

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virgil W. Vogel
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Pat Crowley  •  Jim Backus  •  Dane Clark

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virgil W. Vogel
CAST:  Lloyd Bridges  •  Pat Crowley  •  Jim Backus  •  Dane Clark

Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)

A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred F. Sears
CAST:  Tommy Cook  •  Molly McCart  •  Sue England  •  James Bell

A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred F. Sears
CAST:  Tommy Cook  •  Molly McCart  •  Sue England  •  James Bell

Alaska Passage (1959)

Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and mayhem concerning his partner Gerard Mason and his scheming wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Bernds
CAST:  Bill Williams  •  Naura Hayden  •  Lyn Thomas  •  Leslie Bradley

Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and mayhem concerning his partner Gerard Mason and his scheming wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Bernds
CAST:  Bill Williams  •  Naura Hayden  •  Lyn Thomas  •  Leslie Bradley

Canyon Crossroads (1955)

A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a girl and her father to search for the mineral. When the father is hurt in an accident, daughter and engineer continue ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Richard Basehart  •  Phyllis Kirk  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Russell Collins

A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a girl and her father to search for the mineral. When the father is hurt in an accident, daughter and engineer continue ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Richard Basehart  •  Phyllis Kirk  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Russell Collins

Bad Boy (1949)

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Jane Wyatt  •  James Gleason

A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Neumann
CAST:  Audie Murphy  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Jane Wyatt  •  James Gleason

The Homestretch (1947)

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Cornel Wilde  •  Maureen O'Hara  •  Glenn Langan  •  Helen Walker

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Cornel Wilde  •  Maureen O'Hara  •  Glenn Langan  •  Helen Walker

Song of Arizona (1946)

Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at a ranch for homeless boys run by Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes), attracts the attention his father's rowdy gang, who want to claim the boy's inheritance for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Roy Rogers  •  Trigger  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Dale Evans

Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at a ranch for homeless boys run by Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes), attracts the attention his father's rowdy gang, who want to claim the boy's inheritance for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Roy Rogers  •  Trigger  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Dale Evans

Strange Holiday (1945)

An American businessman returns from a hunting trip to find fascists have overrun the country in this propaganda film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arch Oboler
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Bob Stebbins  •  Barbara Bates  •  Paul Hilton

An American businessman returns from a hunting trip to find fascists have overrun the country in this propaganda film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arch Oboler
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Bob Stebbins  •  Barbara Bates  •  Paul Hilton
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