Robert E. Kent — Playwright (26)
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Spy Ship (1942)
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B. Reeves Eason actor: Craig Stevens / Irene Manning …
other title: 間諜船
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang.
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Fort Ti (1953)
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William Castle actor: George Montgomery / Joan Vohs …
other title: 反攻泰堡 / 血戰泰堡
Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rogers' Rangers, a band of adventurers devoted to seeking out a "northwest passage" through Canada. At this juncture, however, Major Rogers is more concerned with helping the British forces at Fort Ticonderoga during a series of French and Indian raids. Fort Ti was filmed in 3D, and in typical William Castle fashion the stereoscopic gimmick is exploited to the hilt.
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The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)
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Michael D. Moore actor: Roy Orbison / Patricia Donahue …
other title: 琴俠神槍
Confederate super-spy Johnny and his partner in crime Steve travel to San Francisco near the end of the Civil War, masquerading, respectively, as a singer/guitar instructor and a magic-elixir vendor. Once there, Johnny dons a fake wig, beard and mustache, and steals Union gold to bring back to the South, aided by a guitar that doubles as a gun.
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The Gun That Won the West (1955)
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William Castle actor: Dennis Morgan / Paula Raymond …
other title: El rifle que conquistó el oeste / 血戰紅河 …
In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming. Carrington recruits former cavalry scouts Jim Bridger and "Dakota Jack" Gaines to lead the project. Bridger and Gaines are friendly with Sioux chief Red Cloud, and they feel a peace treaty with the Indians can be made. If an Indian-war breaks out, the cavalry is depending on getting a new type of Springfield rifle. Bridger, Gaines and Gaines wife, Maxine, arrive at the fort for the conference. Gaines, in a drunken fit, tries to intimidate the Indians unto signing a treaty. Chied Red Fox threatens war if his territory is invaded by any troops building forts.
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California Conquest (1952)
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Lew Landers actor: Cornel Wilde / Teresa Wright …
other title: Kalifornien in Flammen / Californie en flammes …
The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.
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Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959)
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Edward L. Cahn actor: Mamie Van Doren / Gerald Mohr …
other title: Gangster, Gin und scharfe Hasen / Armes à feu, les filles et les Gangsters …
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
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John Rawlins actor: 鲍里斯·卡洛夫 / Ralph Byrd …
other title: Dick Tracy contra Siniestro / 迪克·特雷西的恐怖遭遇 …
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.