Frank Shannon — Actor (19)
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A Burglar to the Rescue (1931)
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George Cochrane actor: Thurston Hall / Charlotte Wynters …
He is working on the books to cover his crimes, when a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues, it is revealed that the visitor is an escaped convict that was a former employee of the bank. He was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series, there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.
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Boomerang Bill (1922)
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Tom Terriss actor: Lionel Barrymore / Marguerite Marsh …
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of Boomerang Bill, another wanna-be gangster who wanted to be a big shot in the New York crime scene. It seems that Bill fell for a pretty young dance-hall girl, and went up against local gang boss Tony the Wop when he insulted her. Tony, who never forgot a slight, found a way to make things very, very tough for Boomerang Bill, in a way that he never saw coming.
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Rocket Ship (1938)
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Frederick Stephani / Ray Taylor actor: Buster Crabbe / Jean Rogers …
other title: 飞侠哥顿
A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth. Released abroad as "Flash Gordon" for countries not interested in booking the serial, and never shown in the USA before 1950, where the title was changed to "Rocket Ship".
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Blondes at Work (1938)
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Frank McDonald actor: Glenda Farrell / Barton MacLane …
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
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弗兰克·麦克唐纳 actor: Glenda Farrell / 巴顿·麦克莱恩 …
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
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Ford Beebe / Ray Taylor actor: Buster Crabbe / Carol Hughes …
other title: 플래시 고든의 우주정복기 / Flash Gordon - Todesstrahlen aus dem All …
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
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Flash Gordon (1936)
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弗雷德里克·斯蒂芬尼 / 雷·泰勒 actor: 巴斯特·克拉比 / 琼·罗杰斯 …
other title: 飞侠哥顿 / 플래시 고든
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.