Egon Brecher

Egon Brecher

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Egon Brecher (18 February 1880 – 12 August 1946) was an Austria-Hungary-born actor and director, who also served as the chief director of Vienna's Stadts Theatre, before entering the motion picture industry. The son of a professor, Brecher began studying philosophy in 1900 at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He did not finish his studies, deciding to become an actor. He appeared on several provincial stages in Germany and Austria until 1910, and then played in Vienna on various occasions, directed by Josef Jarno until 1921. In 1907, he founded an initiative (which lasted for something like one or two years) to play modern Yiddish theatre in German language with Siegfried Schmitz and members of the student club ‘Theodor Herzl’ like Hugo Zuckermann and Oskar Rosenfeld. In 1919 he was co-founder of the Freie Jüdische Volksbühne in Vienna, a Yiddish theatre, which existed for three years. Then, in 1921, he moved to New York to act on Broadway. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s to appear in foreign-language versions of American films. In the mid-1930s he appeared in classic horror films The Black Cat, Werewolf of London, The Black Room, Mark of the Vampire and The Devil-Doll, and worked steadily in the espionage films of the 1930s/40s, his Slavic accent landing him roles both noble and villainous. One of his largest screen roles was in 1946's So Dark the Night. He died later in 1946, aged 66, of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California.

  • Title: Egon Brecher
  • Popularity: 1.887
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1880-02-15
  • Place of Birth: Olmütz, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Olomouc, Czech Republic]
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  • 1941
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    Manpower

    Manpower

    6.7 1941 HD

    Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang....

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  • 1934
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    The Black Cat

    The Black Cat

    6.7 1934 HD

    After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed...

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  • 1936
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    Charlie Chan's Secret

    Charlie Chan's Secret

    6.8 1936 HD

    Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his...

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  • 1946
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    So Dark the Night

    So Dark the Night

    6 1946 HD

    Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There he falls in love with the innkeeper’s...

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  • 1933
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    Convention City

    Convention City

    3.5 1933 HD

    Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.

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  • 1935
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    The Florentine Dagger

    The Florentine Dagger

    5.7 1935 HD

    A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

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  • 1929
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    Die Königsloge

    Die Königsloge

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1942
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    Kings Row

    Kings Row

    7.2 1942 HD

    Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

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  • 1934
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    Now and Forever

    Now and Forever

    6.7 1934 HD

    Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry can't accept responsibility, but Toni yearns for...

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  • 1939
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    Judge Hardy and Son

    Judge Hardy and Son

    5.3 1939 HD

    Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.

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    Angels Wash Their Faces

    Angels Wash Their Faces

    6.4 1939 HD

    A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up...

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  • 1938
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    You and Me

    You and Me

    6.7 1938 HD

    Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight....

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  • 1942
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    Isle of Missing Men

    Isle of Missing Men

    6.2 1942 HD

    A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him. She does so, but conceals the fact that her...

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  • 1937
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    Stolen Holiday

    Stolen Holiday

    6.6 1937 HD

    A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bonds.

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    Air Hawks

    Air Hawks

    5.5 1935 HD

    A small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray machine that blows up planes in mid-flight.

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    I Met Him in Paris

    I Met Him in Paris

    5 1937 HD

    Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into...

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  • 1933
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    To the Last Man

    To the Last Man

    5.9 1933 HD

    In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for...

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  • 1936
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    The Devil-Doll

    The Devil-Doll

    6.8 1936 HD

    Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When...

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    As the Earth Turns

    As the Earth Turns

    5.3 1934 HD

    Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.

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  • 1937
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    Heidi

    Heidi

    6.838 1937 HD

    Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph...

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  • 1940
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    I Was an Adventuress

    I Was an Adventuress

    6.3 1940 HD

    Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con...

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  • 1937
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    The Women Men Marry

    The Women Men Marry

    5.5 1937 HD

    A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.

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  • 1941
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    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    7 1941 HD

    Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten,...

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  • 1936
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    Alibi for Murder

    Alibi for Murder

    5.5 1936 HD

    A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them...

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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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  • 1938
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    I'll Give a Million

    I'll Give a Million

    5.7 1938 HD

    After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is...

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  • 1937
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    Beg, Borrow or Steal

    Beg, Borrow or Steal

    4.5 1937 HD

    We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and...

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  • 1938
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    Cocoanut Grove

    Cocoanut Grove

    1 1938 HD

    Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

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  • 1938
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    Spring Madness

    Spring Madness

    3.9 1938 HD

    Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has...

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  • 1936
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    The White Angel

    The White Angel

    8 1936 HD

    In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable...

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  • 1936
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    Paddy O'Day

    Paddy O'Day

    7 1936 HD

    A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in...

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  • 1939
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    Devil's Island

    Devil's Island

    5.4 1939 HD

    A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.

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  • 1939
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    The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

    5.8 1939 HD

    A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under...

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  • 1936
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    Boulder Dam

    Boulder Dam

    4 1936 HD

    Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.

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  • 1939
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    Juarez

    Juarez

    6.5 1939 HD

    The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

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  • 1939
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    Confessions of a Nazi Spy

    Confessions of a Nazi Spy

    6 1939 HD

    FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

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  • 1939
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    We Are Not Alone

    We Are Not Alone

    6.2 1939 HD

    A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.

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  • 1939
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    Nurse Edith Cavell

    Nurse Edith Cavell

    6.4 1939 HD

    British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German...

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  • 1939
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    Espionage Agent

    Espionage Agent

    5.9 1939 HD

    When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an...

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  • 1938
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    Arsène Lupin Returns

    Arsène Lupin Returns

    5.8 1938 HD

    A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy...

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  • 1946
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    O.S.S.

    O.S.S.

    6.4 1946 HD

    The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during...

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  • 1934
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    No Greater Glory

    No Greater Glory

    6.6 1934 HD

    A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.

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  • 1946
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    Sister Kenny

    Sister Kenny

    6.5 1946 HD

    An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the...

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  • 1937
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    The Great O'Malley

    The Great O'Malley

    6.7 1937 HD

    His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat...

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  • 1937
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    Espionage

    Espionage

    6.5 1937 HD

    Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.

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  • 1936
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    Sins of Man

    Sins of Man

    1 1936 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    Rebecca

    Rebecca

    7.894 1940 HD

    Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died...

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  • 1940
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    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    6.3 1940 HD

    True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

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  • 1940
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    Calling Philo Vance

    Calling Philo Vance

    5.8 1940 HD

    Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's...

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  • 1945
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    Voice of the Whistler

    Voice of the Whistler

    5.7 1945 HD

    A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.

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  • 1946
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    Just Before Dawn

    Just Before Dawn

    6.2 1946 HD

    In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an...

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  • 1941
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    Underground

    Underground

    6.1 1941 HD

    A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken,...

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  • 1935
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    Here's to Romance

    Here's to Romance

    1 1935 HD

    Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising...

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  • 1940
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    All This, and Heaven Too

    All This, and Heaven Too

    7.1 1940 HD

    When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King...

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  • 1938
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    Invisible Enemy

    Invisible Enemy

    6 1938 HD

    Jeffrey Clavering is hired in London by The Great Eastern Oil Corporation to go to Paris to prevent unscrupulous industrialist Nikolai Kamarov from...

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  • 1938
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    Gateway

    Gateway

    6.5 1938 HD

    Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in...

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  • 1940
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    A Dispatch from Reuters

    A Dispatch from Reuters

    5.7 1940 HD

    German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.

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  • 1940
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    Knute Rockne All American

    Knute Rockne All American

    6 1940 HD

    The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

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  • 1940
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    The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

    6.3 1940 HD

    An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

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  • 1938
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    The Spy Ring

    The Spy Ring

    5 1938 HD

    Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get...

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  • 1945
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    White Pongo

    White Pongo

    4.2 1945 HD

    Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a...

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  • 1939
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    While America Sleeps

    While America Sleeps

    6 1939 HD

    An episode in the "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Dave Miller, an aircraft plant worker, is actually selling secret bomber plans to foreign agents....

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  • 1940
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    Buyer Beware

    Buyer Beware

    6 1940 HD

    This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with shady companies selling fake merchandise.

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  • 1939
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    Hotel Imperial

    Hotel Imperial

    6 1939 HD

    It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of...

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  • 1941
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    Four Mothers

    Four Mothers

    5.7 1941 HD

    Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

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  • 1935
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    Mark of the Vampire

    Mark of the Vampire

    6.1 1935 HD

    Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's...

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  • 1938
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    Suez

    Suez

    5.4 1938 HD

    Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.

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  • 1940
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    Know Your Money

    Know Your Money

    9 1940 HD

    This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb...

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  • 1942
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    For the Common Defense!

    For the Common Defense!

    4.3 1942 HD

    This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent...

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  • 1943
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    Above Suspicion

    Above Suspicion

    6.4 1943 HD

    Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

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  • 1938
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    Blondes at Work

    Blondes at Work

    6.1 1938 HD

    When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals...

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  • 1943
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    Mission to Moscow

    Mission to Moscow

    5.2 1943 HD

    Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

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  • 1941
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    Out of Darkness

    Out of Darkness

    1 1941 HD

    This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.

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  • 1937
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    Black Legion

    Black Legion

    6.547 1937 HD

    When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates...

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  • 1945
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    A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

    6.9 1945 HD

    Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.

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  • 1936
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    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    5 1936 HD

    In London, August 1914, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan...

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  • 1946
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    The Diary of a Chambermaid

    The Diary of a Chambermaid

    6.2 1946 HD

    Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr....

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  • 1935
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    Werewolf of London

    Werewolf of London

    6 1935 HD

    A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.

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  • 1934
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    Many Happy Returns

    Many Happy Returns

    5.3 1934 HD

    Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the...

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