James Craven

James Craven was an American actor. He played a wide variety of roles and film and television credits including the TV show The Adventures of Kit Carson, Johnny Belinda, The Green Archer and King of the Rocket Men.

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Berlin Express (1948)

Robert Ryan leads a group of Allied agents fighting an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Robert Ryan  •  Charles Korvin  •  Paul Lukas

Robert Ryan leads a group of Allied agents fighting an underground Nazi group in post-war Europe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Robert Ryan  •  Charles Korvin  •  Paul Lukas

Flying Leathernecks (1951)

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Robert Ryan  •  Don Taylor  •  Janis Carter

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Ray
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Robert Ryan  •  Don Taylor  •  Janis Carter

Invisible Agent (1942)

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ilona Massey  •  Jon Hall  •  Peter Lorre  •  Cedric Hardwicke

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ilona Massey  •  Jon Hall  •  Peter Lorre  •  Cedric Hardwicke

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Mady Correll  •  Allison Roddan  •  Robert Lewis

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Mady Correll  •  Allison Roddan  •  Robert Lewis

Project Moon Base (1953)

In the future (1970) the US sends a mission to the moon to investigate the building of a moon base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Talmadge
CAST:  Donna Martell  •  Hayden Rorke  •  Ross Ford  •  Larry Johns

In the future (1970) the US sends a mission to the moon to investigate the building of a moon base.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Talmadge
CAST:  Donna Martell  •  Hayden Rorke  •  Ross Ford  •  Larry Johns

Johnny Belinda (1948)

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Lew Ayres  •  Charles Bickford  •  Agnes Moorehead

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Negulesco
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Lew Ayres  •  Charles Bickford  •  Agnes Moorehead

Les Miserables (1952)

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert, a pursuit that consumes both men's lives for many years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Michael Rennie  •  Debra Paget  •  Robert Newton  •  Edmund Gwenn

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his pursuit by the relentless policeman Javert, a pursuit that consumes both men's lives for many years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Michael Rennie  •  Debra Paget  •  Robert Newton  •  Edmund Gwenn

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Betty Grable  •  John Sutton  •  Reginald Gardiner

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Tyrone Power  •  Betty Grable  •  John Sutton  •  Reginald Gardiner

Beyond the Forest (1949)

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Joseph Cotten  •  David Brian  •  Ruth Roman

Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Joseph Cotten  •  David Brian  •  Ruth Roman

Target Unknown (1951)

World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners by the German army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Mark Stevens  •  Alex Nicol  •  Gig Young  •  Don Taylor

World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners by the German army.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Mark Stevens  •  Alex Nicol  •  Gig Young  •  Don Taylor

Eagle Squadron (1942)

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Evelyn Ankers  •  Robert Stack  •  Diana Barrymore  •  Jon Hall

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Evelyn Ankers  •  Robert Stack  •  Diana Barrymore  •  Jon Hall

Bunco Squad (1950)

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Robert Sterling  •  Joan Dixon  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Douglas Fowley

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Robert Sterling  •  Joan Dixon  •  Ricardo Cortez  •  Douglas Fowley

Wells Fargo Gunmaster (1951)

Rocky Lane, Special Investigator for Wells Fargo, shows up just in time to save the stage from being robbed. Unable to find the mastermind, or even the outlaws who rob the stage, Rocky goes undercover as an outlaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Black Jack  •  Allan Lane  •  Chubby Johnson  •  Mary Ellen Kay

Rocky Lane, Special Investigator for Wells Fargo, shows up just in time to save the stage from being robbed. Unable to find the mastermind, or even the outlaws who rob the stage, Rocky goes undercover as an outlaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Black Jack  •  Allan Lane  •  Chubby Johnson  •  Mary Ellen Kay

Trial Without Jury (1950)

A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Robert Rockwell  •  Kent Taylor  •  Audrey Long  •  K. Elmo Lowe

A homicide detective suspects a playwright who bases his play on a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Robert Rockwell  •  Kent Taylor  •  Audrey Long  •  K. Elmo Lowe

Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948)

Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Allan Lane  •  Eddy Waller  •  Mildred Coles  •  Roy Barcroft

Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Ford
CAST:  Allan Lane  •  Eddy Waller  •  Mildred Coles  •  Roy Barcroft

Strange Gamble (1948)

Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money; his only clues are the name "Mordigan" and a drawing of a comet. He quickly finds out that Mordigan is the town "boss"; but what or who is "the comet", and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Rand Brooks  •  Elaine Riley

Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexican money; his only clues are the name "Mordigan" and a drawing of a comet. He quickly finds out that Mordigan is the town "boss"; but what or who is "the comet", and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Rand Brooks  •  Elaine Riley

The Clay Pigeon (1949)

Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Bill Williams  •  Barbara Hale  •  Richard Quine  •  Richard Loo

Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese prison camp during WWII. Escaping from the hospital he tries to clear himself by enlisting the aid of Martha Gregory, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Bill Williams  •  Barbara Hale  •  Richard Quine  •  Richard Loo

Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)

Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately framed for murder. The murderers then incite a lynch mob but the Sheriff lets him go. Wallace eventually convinces the Sheriff of his innocence and the two then work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis D. Collins
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Tex Ritter  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Jennifer Holt

Mining executive Neal Wallace arrives to investigate the losses at a gold mine and is immediately framed for murder. The murderers then incite a lynch mob but the Sheriff lets him go. Wallace eventually convinces the Sheriff of his innocence and the two then work ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis D. Collins
CAST:  Johnny Mack Brown  •  Tex Ritter  •  Fuzzy Knight  •  Jennifer Holt

The Old West (1952)

Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort to clean up the town of Sadderlock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Champion  •  Gail Davis

Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort to clean up the town of Sadderlock.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Champion  •  Gail Davis

Days of Buffalo Bill (1946)

In this western, a cowpoke gets in an argument; a scuffle ensues leaving the cowboy to believe that he killed his opponent. He is so wracked with guilt that he travels to the ranch of the dead man's sister, gives himself a new name and begins helping her. Rustlers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Carr
CAST:  Sunset Carson  •  Peggy Stewart  •  Tom London  •  James Craven

In this western, a cowpoke gets in an argument; a scuffle ensues leaving the cowboy to believe that he killed his opponent. He is so wracked with guilt that he travels to the ranch of the dead man's sister, gives himself a new name and begins helping her. Rustlers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Carr
CAST:  Sunset Carson  •  Peggy Stewart  •  Tom London  •  James Craven
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