Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 – March 26, 1987) was an American stage and film character actor. His eyes were brown and his (adult) height was five foot ten inches. Abel was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Christine (née Becker) and Richard Michael Abel. Abel graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where he had studied in 1917 and joined a touring company. He made his Broadway debut in Forbidden in 1919. His many theatre credits include As You Like It, Desire Under the Elms, Mourning Becomes Electra, Merrily We Roll Along, and Trelawny of the 'Wells'. On the stage, he appeared in Channing Pollock's 1926 production of The Enemy together with Fay Bainter. Abel was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter. He died of a myocardial infarction in Essex, Connecticut. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Abel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Walter Abel
  • Popularity: 4.817
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1898-06-05
  • Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Walter Abel Movies

  • 1976
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    The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

    The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

    1 1976 HD

    Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and...

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  • 1942
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    Holiday Inn

    Holiday Inn

    7.021 1942 HD

    Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon...

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  • 1953
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    Island in the Sky

    Island in the Sky

    6.2 1953 HD

    A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must...

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  • 1972
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    Night of the Dark Full Moon

    Night of the Dark Full Moon

    5.093 1972 HD

    A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.

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  • 1936
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    Fury

    Fury

    7.479 1936 HD

    Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is...

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  • 1936
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    Second Wife

    Second Wife

    1 1936 HD

    Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.

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  • 1944
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    Mr. Skeffington

    Mr. Skeffington

    6.7 1944 HD

    A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

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  • 1942
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    Wake Island

    Wake Island

    5.6 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    Raintree County

    Raintree County

    6.337 1957 HD

    In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by...

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  • 1947
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    13 Rue Madeleine

    13 Rue Madeleine

    5.9 1947 HD

    Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students,...

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  • 1965
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    Mirage

    Mirage

    6.9 1965 HD

    In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and...

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  • 1941
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    Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

    6.6 1941 HD

    Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert...

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  • 1948
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    That Lady in Ermine

    That Lady in Ermine

    5.8 1948 HD

    Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca,...

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  • 1956
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    The Steel Jungle

    The Steel Jungle

    5.3 1956 HD

    The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums.

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  • 1955
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    The Indian Fighter

    The Indian Fighter

    6.1 1955 HD

    A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

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  • 1954
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    Night People

    Night People

    5.9 1954 HD

    A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent...

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  • 1938
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    Racket Busters

    Racket Busters

    5.1 1938 HD

    A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

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  • 1941
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    Skylark

    Skylark

    6.8 1941 HD

    As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business....

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  • 1941
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    Glamour Boy

    Glamour Boy

    6 1941 HD

    Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...

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  • 1942
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    Beyond the Blue Horizon

    Beyond the Blue Horizon

    1 1942 HD

    A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. When she is found, as a grown...

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  • 1940
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    Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    6.5 1940 HD

    Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and...

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  • 1942
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    Star Spangled Rhythm

    Star Spangled Rhythm

    5.9 1942 HD

    Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his...

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  • 1946
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    The Kid from Brooklyn

    The Kid from Brooklyn

    6.2 1946 HD

    Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The...

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  • 1943
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    So Proudly We Hail

    So Proudly We Hail

    5.5 1943 HD

    During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped...

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  • 1930
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    Liliom

    Liliom

    6.6 1930 HD

    A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker...

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  • 1935
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    6.4 1935 HD

    The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most...

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  • 1940
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    Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

    6.1 1940 HD

    A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

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  • 1947
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    Variety Girl

    Variety Girl

    6.1 1947 HD

    Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...

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  • 1944
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    An American Romance

    An American Romance

    5.9 1944 HD

    A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

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  • 1937
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    Wise Girl

    Wise Girl

    7 1937 HD

    Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds...

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  • 1945
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    The Affairs of Susan

    The Affairs of Susan

    6.1 1945 HD

    Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different...

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  • 1936
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    Two in the Dark

    Two in the Dark

    5.7 1936 HD

    Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith)...

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  • 1938
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    Law of the Underworld

    Law of the Underworld

    5.3 1938 HD

    A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

    Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival...

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  • 1940
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    Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

    Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

    4.3 1940 HD

    When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the...

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  • 1948
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    Dream Girl

    Dream Girl

    4.5 1948 HD

    A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.

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  • 1943
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    Fired Wife

    Fired Wife

    4.8 1943 HD

    A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her...

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  • 1953
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    So This Is Love

    So This Is Love

    5.5 1953 HD

    Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

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  • 1938
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    Men with Wings

    Men with Wings

    6 1938 HD

    Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight....

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  • 1958
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    Handle with Care

    Handle with Care

    7.2 1958 HD

    A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.

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  • 1945
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    Kiss and Tell

    Kiss and Tell

    5.6 1945 HD

    Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly...

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  • 1936
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    The Lady Consents

    The Lady Consents

    5.8 1936 HD

    Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.

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  • 1936
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    We Went to College

    We Went to College

    3 1936 HD

    Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.

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  • 1939
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    Miracle on Main Street

    Miracle on Main Street

    5.5 1939 HD

    On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds...

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  • 1964
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    The Confession

    The Confession

    1 1964 HD

    Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.

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  • 1939
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    First Offenders

    First Offenders

    1 1939 HD

    A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and...

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  • 1936
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    The Witness Chair

    The Witness Chair

    6.2 1936 HD

    Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking...

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  • 1937
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    Portia on Trial

    Portia on Trial

    5.2 1937 HD

    Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle...

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  • 1954
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    Twelve Angry Men

    Twelve Angry Men

    8.1 1954 HD

    Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20...

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  • 1940
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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    6.4 1940 HD

    Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a...

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  • 1945
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    Duffy's Tavern

    Duffy's Tavern

    6.1 1945 HD

    The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

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  • 1944
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    Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

    5.2 1944 HD

    During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical...

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  • 1944
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    The Hitler Gang

    The Hitler Gang

    5.9 1944 HD

    The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.

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  • 1937
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    Green Light

    Green Light

    6.3 1937 HD

    A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research...

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  • 1965
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    The Human Duplicators

    The Human Duplicators

    3.4 1965 HD

    An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.

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  • 1985
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    Grace Quigley

    Grace Quigley

    5.9 1985 HD

    Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being...

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  • 1947
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    The Fabulous Joe

    The Fabulous Joe

    5.8 1947 HD

    Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he...

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  • 1973
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    The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

    6.5 1973 HD

    At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that...

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  • 1948
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    Picture in Your Mind

    Picture in Your Mind

    1 1948 HD

    Sent by the U.S. government as a participant in the Marshall Plan with a specific mission to assist the French in re-gearing their animation studios,...

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  • 1939
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    King of the Turf

    King of the Turf

    7 1939 HD

    Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has...

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  • 1943
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    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

    10 1943 HD

    Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the...

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  • 1957
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    Bernardine

    Bernardine

    7 1957 HD

    A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.4 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.5 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1955
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    Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    2.7 1954 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1963
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    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    5.2 1963 HD

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

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  • 1955
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    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    The 20th Century Fox Hour

    4.2 1955 HD

    The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1955
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    Playwrights '56

    Playwrights '56

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1951
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    Tales of Tomorrow

    Tales of Tomorrow

    6 1951 HD

    Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered...

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  • 1961
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    The Defenders

    The Defenders

    6.2 1961 HD

    The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    5.5 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    5.6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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