Russell Hopton — Actor (21)
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Idol of the Crowds (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Idol of the Crowds
director: Arthur Lubin actor: John Wayne / Sheila Bromley …
other title: L'Idole de la foule
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured.
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On the Spot (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
On the Spot
director: Howard Bretherton actor: Frankie Darro / Mary Kornman …
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
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The Headline Woman (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Headline Woman
director: William Nigh actor: Heather Angel / Roger Pryor …
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the reporter eventually finds himself falling in love and trying to find the real killer.
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Discarded Lovers (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Discarded Lovers
director: Fred C. Newmeyer actor: Natalie Moorhead / Russell Hopton …
In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Eminent Studios. The suspects are numerous due to her free and easy lifestyle and messy romantic affairs. Among them are Grace Sibley the jealous wife of her director, Warren Sibley, her drunken actor husband, Andre Leighton, her screenwriter boyfriend, Rex Forsythe, and her first husband, Robert Worth. Also on hand to help solve the mystery are visiting reporter Bob Adair, Irma's secretary, Valerie Christine, and policemen Captain Sommers and Sergeant Delaney.
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He Was Her Man (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
He Was Her Man
director: Lloyd Bacon actor: James Cagney / Joan Blondell …
other title: 金風玉露一相逢 / 金风玉露一相逢 …
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals". He then flees from killers with a San Francisco fisherman's fiancee.
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West of the Pecos (1945) WikiData IMDb TMDB
West of the Pecos
director: Edward Killy actor: Robert Mitchum / Barbara Hale …
other title: A l'ouest du Pecos / 貝科斯的西面 …
Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.
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So Young, So Bad (1950) WikiData IMDb TMDB
So Young, So Bad
director: Bernard Vorhaus / Edgar G. Ulmer actor: Paul Henreid / Catherine McLeod …
other title: Les Dépravées / Jovenes perversas …
Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the inmates. Oblivious to the sadistic treatment of the girls by the matrons, it takes a rebellious girl named Loretta to open his eyes. Assisted by a female staff member, Jason finally gets proof of the abuse and threatens the head of the school with exposure unless he is given full rein to run things.
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Wings in the Dark (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wings in the Dark
director: James Flood actor: Myrna Loy / Cary Grant …
other title: Les ailes dans l'ombre / Alas en la noche …
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.
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Born to Be Bad (1934) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Born to Be Bad
director: Lowell Sherman actor: Loretta Young / 加里·格兰特 …
other title: Nacida para ser mala / 濁流 (1934年の映画)
Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be taken advantage of. Letty teaches her child to lie, steal, cheat and anything else he'll need to be street smart.
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Women Without Names (1940) IMDb Douban
Women Without Names
director: Robert Florey actor: Ellen Drew / Robert Paige …
other title: Femmes sans nom
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name