Movies by Alan Hale
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There Was a Crooked Man (1970)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Warren Oates, Arthur O'Connell …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kirk Douglas stars in this classic Western about amiable convict Paris Pitman, who's hidden a half million in stolen loot. Now, he just needs to persuade his prison cronies to escape and…
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All Mine to Give (1957)
Cast: Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, Rex Thompson …
Directed by: Allen Reisner
Cameron Mitchell, Glynis Johns and Rex Thompson lead an all-star cast in this heartfelt drama about six pioneer children whose parents have died, forcing the eldest to find homes for his…
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
Cast: John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready …
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
When wicked King John (George Macready) levies yet another harsh tax on England's commoners, young Robin, Earl of Huntington (John Derek) -- son of the legendary Robin Hood -- assembles…
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Colt .45 (1950)
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott …
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin
Western legend Randolph Scott is a purveyor of newly invented Colt .45 pistols whose stock is stolen. Theft is the least of his problems, though, when he finds himself accused of robbing…
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The Inspector General (1949)
Cast: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates …
Directed by: Henry Koster
Energetic funnyman Danny Kaye stars as Georgi, a traveling medicine show schlemiel who ambles into a fraud-ridden Russian hamlet that's expecting the czar's Inspector General.…
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The Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas …
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
Famed swashbuckler Don Juan (Errol Flynn) spends all of his time pursuing young ladies and dueling with their jealous husbands. To keep him under control, Spain's Queen Margaret (Viveca…
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Pursued (1947)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Judith Anderson …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
This Western drama tells the story of two families, the Rands and the Callums, who have a long-standing rivalry. When a Callum kills all the Rands save one -- a boy the Callums adopt and…
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Night and Day (1946)
Cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cary Grant stars as legendary Broadway tunesmith Cole Porter in this biographical film about the composer's life. Porter's early years in Peru, Ind., his success on the Great White…
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Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland …
Directed by: David Butler
When two producers want to hire Dinah Shore for their new revue, her egomaniacal boss (Eddie Cantor) insists on a starring role for himself. As the show comes together, Warner Brothers'…
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Destination Tokyo (1943)
Cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale …
Directed by: Delmer Daves
Helmed by Delmer Daves, this suspenseful World War II adventure centers on an American submarine crew -- led by Capt. Cassidy (Cary Grant) -- sent to infiltrate enemy waters to gather…
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Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale …
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
You can't keep good men down -- especially if those men are Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey portraying merchant marines in a World War II propaganda flick. When a ship transporting…
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Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Cocky bush pilot Brian MacLean (James Cagney) loves stealing both jobs and women from his fellow fliers. But his reckless ways come back to haunt him after he joins the Air Force and World…
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Desperate Journey (1942)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Big-screen swashbuckler Errol Flynn stars in this classic wartime tale concerning a squadron of Allied pilots who are shot down behind enemy lines and forced to battle back to England through…
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This Is the Army (1942)
Cast: Ronald Reagan, George Murphy, Joan Leslie …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
America's most beloved popular composer, Irving Berlin, wrote this wartime musical tribute to honor (and fund) the patriotic efforts of American soldiers. Berlin himself appears in full…
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Gentleman Jim (1942)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Errol Flynn stars as Irish-American boxer James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, a bank clerk-turned-prizefighter who became the world's first heavyweight champion and helped elevate the…
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The Sea Hawk (1940)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Hired on by Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson), buccaneer Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe (Errol Flynn) loots and pillages the Spanish fleet and the New World colonies while sailing the high seas, but is…
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They Drive by Night (1940)
Cast: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
George Raft and Humphrey Bogart star as Joe and Paul, brothers who are trying to make a living as truck drivers during the debilitatingly bleak Depression era, until they catch the ire of a…
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Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Set in the 1850s, director Michael Curtiz's frontier tale recounts the bloody conflict between the Army and abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey) in the years preceding the Civil War.…
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The Fighting 69th (1940)
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent …
Directed by: William Keighley
When streetwise Brooklyn boy Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney) joins the all-Irish 69th Regiment during World War I, his cocky attitude creates problems. Battling in France, his recklessness…
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Virginia City (1940)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart, Randolph Scott …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Union officer Kerry Bradford (Errol Flynn) escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer (Randolph…
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Cast: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Tempers flared between stars Bette Davis and Errol Flynn on the set of Michael Curtiz's lavish production about the tumultuous love affair of Elizabeth I (Davis) and the ambitious young…
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Dodge City (1939)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Westerns made a comeback after this classic hit the silver screen. The story centers on Wade Hatton (Errol Flynn), who arrives in dangerous Dodge City and promptly helps lawmen round up some…
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Algiers (1938)
Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr …
Directed by: John Cromwell
While hiding out in Algeria to avoid the French authorities, gifted thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) meets the woman of his dreams (Hedy Lamarr) and drives his Algerian mistress (Sigrid…
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Errol Flynn stars as swashbuckling hero Robin Hood in this Oscar-nominated classic. When the greedy Prince John (Claude Rains) seizes the throne and raises taxes on the peasants, Robin…
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The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Cast: Gary Cooper, George Barbier, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: Archie Mayo
Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) sets sail for China, where he discovers gunpowder, spaghetti and the beautiful Princess Kukachin (Sigrid Gurie). In the court of Kublai Khan (George…
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Stella Dallas (1937)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley …
Directed by: King Vidor
Working-class gal Stella (Barbara Stanwyck) strikes it rich when she marries wealthy Stephen Dallas (John Boles), but winds up alone when Stephen takes a job in New York and she's…
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson …
Directed by: William Keighley, William Dieterle
After discontented Prince Edward (Bobby Mauch) trades places with penniless Tom Canty (Billy Mauch) -- a dead ringer for the young royal -- the pauper finds himself confused by court life,…
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Yellowstone (1936)
Cast: Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Ralph Morgan …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
When four fresh-from-prison thieves descend upon Yellowstone National Park to retrieve $90,000 in cash they squirreled away there years before, their pursuit turns deadly and a park ranger…
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The Crusades (1935)
Cast: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille directed this lavish epic about the holy wars, which earned an Oscar nod for Best Cinematography. In medieval Europe, the Christians are planning war against the Saracens,…
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The Good Fairy (1935)
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan …
Directed by: William Wyler
Leaving her Budapest orphanage behind to become an usherette at a theatre, wide-eyed Luisa Ginglebusher (Margaret Sullavan) soon finds herself attracting a surplus of suitors, including a…
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Cast: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Remembered for its groundbreaking special effects, this big-budget classic starring Preston S. Foster offers a glimpse at life in Pompeii before the fiery Mt. Vesuvius volcano engulfed the…
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It Happened One Night (1934)
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Runaway socialite Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) is en route to the Big Apple to elope with a fortune-hunting flyboy. Along the way she meets a crusty newspaperman (Clark Gable),…
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Of Human Bondage (1934)
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee …
Directed by: John Cromwell
One of a number of films based on W. Somerset Maugham's tragic novel, director John Cromwell's 1934 version is notable for catapulting Bette Davis to stardom as coarse Cockney…
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The Lost Patrol (1934)
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford …
Directed by: John Ford
Set in the Mesopotamian desert during World War I, John Ford's remake tells the struggles of a British cavalry sergeant (Victor McLaglen) and his troops. After the unit's commander…
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Imitation of Life (1934)
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Ned Sparks …
Directed by: John M. Stahl
After taking in black housekeeper Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers) and her light-skinned daughter (Fredi Washington), the white and widowed Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert) makes a fortune in…
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Pre-Code Hollywood: Of Human Bondage (1934)
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee …
Directed by: John Cromwell
After abandoning his artistic aspirations, club-footed medical school student Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) falls for promiscuous waitress Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis), beginning a lengthy and…
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Picture Brides (1934)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Mae Busch, Dorothy Libaire …
Directed by: Phil Rosen
As she sails upriver with four other mail-order brides to meet her prospective husband in the Brazilian jungle, Mary Lee (Dorothy Libaire) is unaware of the horrors that await her. For one…
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The Scarlet Letter (1934)
Cast: Virginia Howell, Hardie Albright, Albert Henderson …
Directed by: Robert G. Vignola
In this 1934 adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, silent film actress Colleen Moore stars as Hester Prynne, a Puritan woman whose indiscretions force her to wear a flaming…
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
Cast: Helen Hayes, Lewis Stone, Neil Hamilton …
Directed by: Edgar Selwyn
Edgar Selwyn helmed this tearjerker about naive French lass Madelon Claudet (Helen Hayes, in an Oscar-winning turn), who falls for an American artist (Neil Hamilton), only to be cast aside…
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Phantom Submarine U-67 (1931)
Cast: Alan Hale, Laura La Plante, Clarence Wilson …
Directed by: William Nigh
Years after losing sight of a German U-boat -- a mistake that led to a costly court-martial -- former U.S. Navy skipper Greg Winters (Alan Hale) comes face to face with the elusive…
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Robin Hood (1922)
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
In the midst of the 12th century Crusades, the Earl of Huntingdon sets out on a crusade of his own -- to save Nottingham from Prince John's tyrannical rule in King Richard's…
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Rudolph Valentino: The Great Lover (1921)
Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Alan Hale, Nigel De Brulier …
Directed by: Rex Ingram
When a young Italian named Rudolfo Guglielmi found his way to America, he became Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood's first male sex symbol. But his meteoric rise was no easy journey, as…