Fred F. Sears
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Frederick Francis Sears (1913-1957) was an American film actor and director. Though a marginalized figure in 1950s cinema, he created 52 feature films in a number of genres for Columbia Pictures from 1949 to 1957, before his premature death at the age of 44.
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| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.065 |
| Birthday | 1913-07-07 |
| Place of Birth | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Also Known As | Fred Sears, Frederick Francis Sears, |
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
5.7/3
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
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The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1950
David Harding, Counterspy
5.7/3
A Counterspy in the US military is killed under suspicious circumstances. His friend, Jerry Baldwin, a Navy Commander, is assigned to replace him and...
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David Harding, Counterspy
1951
Cyclone Fury
5/1
A late entry in Columbia's seemingly endless Durango Kid Western series, Cyclone Fury was augmented with a hefty dose of stock footage from an earlier...
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Cyclone Fury
1950
Frontier Outpost
0/0
Federal agent Steve Lawton works undercover with his assistant, Smiley Burnette, to track down an outlaw gang that is raiding government gold shipment...
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Frontier Outpost
1948
Whirlwind Raiders
5/1
It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to get...
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Whirlwind Raiders
1951
Bonanza Town
6/1
Using marked bills, Steve is looking for the supposedly dead Henry Hardison. Coming to Bonanza Town he gets a job with the town boss Crag Bozeman and...
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Bonanza Town
1949
Laramie
6.5/2
A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf when...
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Laramie
1949
The Blazing Trail
0/0
Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life. When the will is read, it leaves the bulk...
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The Blazing Trail
1949
South of Death Valley
5/1
When Steve Downey arrives to reopen his brother-in-law's gold mine, he finds a war between the ranchers and the miners. Ashton has had the water poiso...
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South of Death Valley
1949
Bandits of El Dorado
0/0
Wanted outlaws have mysteriously disappeared. Ranger Captain Henley and Steve have a plan to find them. Steve becomes a wanted man by faking the killi...
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Bandits of El Dorado
1952
Laramie Mountains
5/1
Markham and his men have found gold on the Indian reservation and are trying to get rid of them by starting an Indian war. Dressed as Indians they are...
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Laramie Mountains
1952
The Rough, Tough West
5.5/2
Charles Starrett returns as the Durango Kid in Columbia's Rough, Tough, West. For most of the film, however, Starrett is known as "Steve Holden," a fo...
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The Rough, Tough West
1948
Smoky Mountain Melody
6/1
Country-western favorite Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys star in the Columbia musical western Smoky Mountain Melody. Not much happens plotwise:...
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Smoky Mountain Melody
1951
The Kid from Amarillo
0/0
Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incognito across the Mexican border to beard the leader o...
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The Kid from Amarillo
1951
Fort Savage Raiders
0/0
Fort Savage Raiders is another entry in Charles Starrett's "Durango Kid" western series. Starrett once again does double duty as a peacekeeper named S...
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Fort Savage Raiders
1950
Texas Dynamo
0/0
Charles Starrett plays The Durango Kid in the 1950 Columbia western Texas Dynamo. As a novelty, Starrett not only plays Durango and his "alter ego" S...
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Texas Dynamo
1949
Renegades of the Sage
0/0
The plot finds Steve/Durango attempting to capture ex-Civil War guerilla fighter Miller who may be the man who's been going around knocking down teleg...
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Renegades of the Sage
1947
Law of the Canyon
0/0
Freight wagons are being stolen and ransomed back to their owners. Government agent Steve Langtry (and his alter ego the Durango Kid) is sent break up...
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Law of the Canyon
1948
Adventures in Silverado
5/1
Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a...
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Adventures in Silverado
1948
Singin' Spurs
0/0
In order to help neighboring Indians irrigate their farms, the Hotshots plan to put on a fair for tourists. But first they need $2000 for an advertisi...
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Singin' Spurs
1949
Home in San Antone
0/0
Posing as unemployed musicians, Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, are being helped by Ted Gibson owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas....
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Home in San Antone
1950
A Snitch in Time
4.75/4
The Stooges are painters who are re-staining some furniture at a boarding house, unaware that a gang of bank robbers has its hideout there.
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A Snitch in Time
1949
Slightly French
7.2/5
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new dis...
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Slightly French
1949
Johnny Allegro
6.2/15
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hun...
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Johnny Allegro
1950
Convicted
6.271/24
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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Convicted
1956
The Werewolf
5.489/47
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and...
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The Werewolf
1947
Blondie's Anniversary
5.6/5
Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surprise wedding gift, but the truth is that Dagwood ha...
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Blondie's Anniversary
1946
Blondie Knows Best
6.4/5
Dagwood Bumstead poses as his boss Mr. Dithers so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray...
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Blondie Knows Best
1947
Blondie's Holiday
6/2
Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount of the raise pledges more than they can afford to...
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Blondie's Holiday
1947
Blondie in the Dough
6.5/2
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer...
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Blondie in the Dough
1947
Millie's Daughter
1/1
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a different lifestyle.
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Millie's Daughter
1951
My True Story
6/3
Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly finds out that her freedom was bought by an old, viciou...
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My True Story
1949
The Secret Of St. Ives
6/1
A French soldier in the Napoleonic Wars plots his escape after he's captured and imprisoned in a castle fortress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Director Phil...
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The Secret Of St. Ives
1948
Rusty Leads the Way
6/1
Danny Mitchell and his canine pal Rusty befriend blind girl Penny Moffatt. Feeling cheated by life, Penny resists all efforts to cope with her handica...
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Rusty Leads the Way
1949
Shockproof
6.4/38
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her s...
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Shockproof
1953
Flame of Calcutta
0/0
A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.
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Flame of Calcutta
1950
On the Isle of Samoa
7.5/2
After committing a robbery, a man is inspired to confess by a lovely native girl he meets on a small island.
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On the Isle of Samoa
1951
The Family Secret
5.7/11
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
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The Family Secret
1951
Gasoline Alley
5.5/2
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
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Gasoline Alley
1949
Tokyo Joe
6.1/35
An American veteren returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there but finds himself squeezed between criminals and...
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Tokyo Joe
1952
Brave Warrior
4/4
In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great Britain over territory and boundaries. Each side endeavo...
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Brave Warrior
1957
The Giant Claw
4.888/80
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard fo...
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The Giant Claw
1948
The Gallant Blade
6/2
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.
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The Gallant Blade
1950
Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
5.667/3
A federal agent joins forces with a British lawman to foil a spy ring.
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Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1947
It Had to Be You
6.5/2
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
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