Thurston Hall — Actor (34)

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Counsel for Crime (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Counsel for Crime
director: John Brahm actor: Otto Kruger / Douglass Montgomery …
other title: The Man Behind the Law / L'Avocat du diable
Otto Kruger once again plays a dynamic, bombastic attorney in Columbia's Counsel for Crime. Kruger plays William Mellon, a shifty shyster whose underhanded methods loses him the love of his sweetheart Anne (Nana Bryant), who subsequently marries a powerful senator (Thurston Hall). What Mellon doesn't know is that Anne has borne him a son, whom the senator has adopted. Reaching adulthood, Paul (Douglass Montgomery) opts for a legal career himself, taking a clerical job with his own father's firm. In typical "B"-picture, Mellon is charged with murdering one of his more odious clients -- and Paul is appointed prosecuting attorney in the case.

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Belle Le Grand (1951) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Belle Le Grand
director: Allan Dwan actor: Vera Ralston / John Carroll …
other title: La reina de los tahúres / La Belle du Montana
Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do whatever it takes to get her out, she eventually becomes the proprietor of a notorious gambling establishment.

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
other title: Ehrlich währt am längsten / A mí no me engaña nadie …
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

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A Feather in Her Hat (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Feather in Her Hat
director: Alfred Santell actor: Pauline Lord / Basil Rathbone …
other title: La sublime mentira / Une plume à son chapeau
After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.

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Pacific Blackout (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Pacific Blackout
other title: El ángel de medianoche
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.

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Rim of the Canyon (1949) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Rim of the Canyon
director: John English actor: Gene Autry / Champion …
20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by Marshal Steve Autry. 20 years later, the men bust out of prison and return to the ghost town where they stashed their treasure searching. Steve's grandson picks up where Steve left off to foil the plans of the outlaws.

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Song of Nevada (1944) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Song of Nevada
director: Joseph Kane actor: Roy Rogers / Dale Evans …
When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also learns his daughter is going to sell his ranch and marry a man he dislikes. So he gives Roy a job on the ranch and sends him off to see if he can prevent both of these events while he remains in hiding. Written by Maurice VanAuken Western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiance. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values. Songs include "New Moon Over Nevada," "A Cowboy has to Yodel in the Morning," and "The Harum Scarum Baron of the Harmonium." Written by Ed Stephan

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Professor Beware (1938) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Professor Beware
director: Elliott Nugent actor: Harold Lloyd / Phyllis Welch …
other title: No se duerma, Profesor / Le Professeur Schnock …
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.