Clem Bevans
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Clem Bevans (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men.
Bevans had a very long career, starting in vaudeville in 1900 in an act with Grace Emmett. He progressed to burlesque, Broadway, and even light opera, before making his film debut at the age of 55 in Way Down East (1935). His portrayal was so good, he became stereotyped and played mostly likable old codgers for the rest of his life. Bevans played the neighbour of Gregory Peck in The Yearling and the gatekeeper in Harvey (1950). However, he did occasionally play against type, for example as a Nazi spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). He also made some television appearances, including the role of murderer Captain Hugo in the 1958 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Demure Defendant" and as Pete in The Twilight Zone episode "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" (1962). He played Captain Cobb in Disney's TV miniseries Davy Crockett.
His first cousin was actress Merie Earle, best known as Maude Gormley on The Waltons.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 16.655 |
Birthday | 1880-10-16 |
Place of Birth | Cozaddale, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As | Clement Guy Blevins, Clem Bevins, Clem Guy Bevans, |
1942
Saboteur
6.886/482
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
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Saboteur
1942
Captains of the Clouds
6.5/25
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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Captains of the Clouds
1949
The Gal Who Took the West
5.6/11
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
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The Gal Who Took the West
1951
Man in the Saddle
6.45/20
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Man in the Saddle
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
6.8/20
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1941
Sergeant York
7.205/200
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...
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Sergeant York
1948
The Paleface
6.062/65
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Pete...
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The Paleface
1943
The Human Comedy
6.34/25
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The Human Comedy
1943
The Kansan
5.2/5
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The Kansan
1946
The Yearling
6.6/89
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1952
Hangman's Knot
6.2/28
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Hangman's Knot
1941
The Smiling Ghost
6.5/7
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1947
The Millerson Case
5.6/5
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The Millerson Case
1939
Thunder Afloat
5.9/5
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
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Thunder Afloat
1939
The Cowboy Quarterback
5.5/2
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The Cowboy Quarterback
1948
Highway 13
5.7/10
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Highway 13
1938
Of Human Hearts
5.8/20
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Of Human Hearts
1949
Streets of Laredo
5.9/13
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Streets of Laredo
1939
Help Wanted
0/0
A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket
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Help Wanted
1942
Lucky Jordan
6/3
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Lucky Jordan
1943
Happy Go Lucky
4/1
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Happy Go Lucky
1955
The Twinkle In God's Eye
7/1
A new parson arrives in the mining town of Lodestone and attempts to build a church. Western.
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The Twinkle In God's Eye
1949
Rim of the Canyon
5.2/4
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Rim of the Canyon
1940
She Couldn't Say No
6.8/1
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She Couldn't Say No
1938
Mr. Chump
0/0
A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
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Mr. Chump
1949
Big Jack
6/1
Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.
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Big Jack
1951
Gold Raiders
5.5/2
The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.
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Gold Raiders
1937
Riding on Air
5/2
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Riding on Air
1946
Wake Up and Dream
6.5/3
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Wake Up and Dream
1949
Deputy Marshal
6.8/4
A lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.
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Deputy Marshal
1948
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
6/2
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1941
Pacific Blackout
6.3/3
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Pacific Blackout
1936
The Phantom Rider
0/0
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The Phantom Rider
1938
Comet Over Broadway
5/2
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Comet Over Broadway
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective
5.2/4
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Tom Sawyer, Detective
1940
Granny Get Your Gun
3.5/2
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Granny Get Your Gun
1938
Young Fugitives
1/1
A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.
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Young Fugitives
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
0/0
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1946
Gallant Bess
6.5/2
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Gallant Bess
1939
They Made Me a Criminal
6.3/30
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They Made Me a Criminal
1940
Half a Sinner
5/9
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Half a Sinner
1940
20 Mule Team
6/3
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20 Mule Team
1938
One Wild Night
5.5/1
Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money fro...
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One Wild Night
1939
Zenobia
4.6/12
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Zenobia
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma
5.2/8
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The Boy from Oklahoma
1935
Way Down East
3/2
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Way Down East
1952
Captive of Billy the Kid
0/0
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Captive of Billy the Kid
1940
Calling All Husbands
6/1
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Calling All Husbands
1939
Stand Up and Fight
5.8/4
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Stand Up and Fight
1939
King of the Underworld
6.4/23
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King of the Underworld
1939
Idiot's Delight
5.7/11
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Idiot's Delight
1939
The Oklahoma Kid
5.9/24
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The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Dodge City
6.868/91
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
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Dodge City
1939
Hell's Kitchen
6.2/4
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Hell's Kitchen
1940
Northward, Ho!
5/1
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
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Northward, Ho!
1940
Untamed
4.3/3
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Untamed
1958
Girl with an Itch
4.3/3
Ben Cooper, an old farmer, falls in love with the young blond hitchhiker Mari Lou. She falls in love with Ben Coopers money. But, will he have enough...
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Girl with an Itch
1941
Texas
6.5/20
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the...
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Texas
1939
Maisie
4.7/7
Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman...
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Maisie
1947
Yankee Fakir
5/1
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
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Yankee Fakir
1940
Young Tom Edison
5.6/8
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastr...
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Young Tom Edison
1942
The Forest Rangers
0/0
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prov...
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The Forest Rangers
1941
The Parson of Panamint
5/3
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the tow...
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The Parson of Panamint
1939
Main Street Lawyer
2/1
Story of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.
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Main Street Lawyer
1942
This Gun for Hire
6.932/162
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss,...
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This Gun for Hire
1945
Grissly's Millions
6/1
An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.
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Grissly's Millions
1940
Wyoming
5.9/4
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
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Wyoming
1940
Go West
6.5/82
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and R...
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Go West
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
5.379/29
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs int...
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The Stranger Wore a Gun
1940
The Captain Is a Lady
6/1
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single...
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The Captain Is a Lady
1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
6.3/58
Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie...
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
1937
Topper
6.75/112
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of thei...
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Topper
1936
Rhythm on the Range
4/1
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner o...
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Rhythm on the Range
1950
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
0/0
An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his he...
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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1951
Silver City Bonanza
0/0
Blind Pete Horne knows the location of the Lost Spanish Silver Lode, but is knifed before he can tell anyone. His seeing eye dog, Duke, brings Rex All...
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Silver City Bonanza
1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter
4/2
Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend thei...
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
1943
The Woman of the Town
6/3
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Master...
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The Woman of the Town
1948
Loaded Pistols
5.7/3
A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.
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Loaded Pistols
1948
Relentless
6.2/6
A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.
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Relentless
1955
Ten Wanted Men
5.76/26
When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher Wick Campbell hires ten outlaws to help him seize power...
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Ten Wanted Men
1937
Dangerous Number
5/5
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry....
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Dangerous Number
1937
Angel's Holiday
5.5/2
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...
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Angel's Holiday
1943
Lady Bodyguard
4/2
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture a...
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Lady Bodyguard
1937
Idol of the Crowds
4.8/3
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...
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Idol of the Crowds
1937
Big City
7.4/5
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob contr...
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Big City
1942
Fly-By-Night
6.4/5
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escap...
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Fly-By-Night
1939
Night Work
7/1
The Fitch family is managing an apartment building when the grandfather of their adopted son Butch decides the family isn't worthy of raising his gran...
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Night Work
1939
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
0/0
Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets...
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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1948
Portrait of Jennie
7/100
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
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Portrait of Jennie
1940
Gold Rush Maisie
6.5/5
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously...
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Gold Rush Maisie
1940
Girl from God's Country
0/0
Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few week...
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Girl from God's Country
1944
Tall in the Saddle
6.6/64
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwar...
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Tall in the Saddle
1945
Captain Eddie
6/2
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the earl...
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Captain Eddie
1955
The Kentuckian
5.7/47
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
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The Kentuckian
1949
Tell It to the Judge
6.3/6
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group that thinks her...
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Tell It to the Judge
1950
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
4/2
Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knob...
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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1939
Ambush
5/1
Four bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only clue to their identity. Jane Hartman, bank secretary,...
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Ambush
1936
Every Sunday
3.8/6
Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every Sunday. Because of lack of audience the city officials wa...
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Every Sunday
1939
Undercover Doctor
5.5/2
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, highly profitable private practice, he runs with his n...
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Undercover Doctor
1939
Outside These Walls
7.5/1
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent...
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Outside These Walls
1937
Mountain Music
6.5/2
Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She knows she is anything but gorgeous, but figures her enth...
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Mountain Music
1942
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
5.4/6
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1950
Harvey
7.685/592
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileg...
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Harvey
1939
I'll Tell the World
0/0
This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling power of ads placed in the pages of "Liberty Magazine,"...
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I'll Tell the World
1945
People on Paper
6/1
Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in the news. These escapes in the past have included dime...
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People on Paper
1955
Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
7/2
Davy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of easy sales, only for such hopes to be dashed by the se...
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Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race
1948
Moonrise
6.201/67
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persist...
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Moonrise
1938
Miracle Money
4/3
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
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Miracle Money
1947
Mourning Becomes Electra
6.3/16
Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping tycoon Ezra Mannon and son Orin. Meanwhile Ezra’s conn...
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Mourning Becomes Electra
1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
4.3/3
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the of...
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