Francis L. Sullivan

Francis L. Sullivan

Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903, Wandsworth, London - 19 November 1956, New York City) was an English film and stage actor. He attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire, England whose alumni include Charles Laughton and Arthur Conan Doyle. A heavily built man with a striking double-chin and a deep voice, Sullivan made his acting debut at the Old Vic aged 18 in Shakespeare's Richard III and appeared in his first film in 1932. Some of his notable film roles include Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist (1948) and Phil Nosseross in the film noir Night and the City (1950). Sullivan also played the part of Jaggers in two versions of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations - in 1934 and 1946. He appeared in a fourth Dickens film, the 1935 Universal Pictures version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in which he played Crisparkle. In 1938, he was featured in The Citadel, starring Robert Donat, and a decade later, he played the role of Pierre Cauchon in the technicolor version of Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman. Also in 1938 he starred in a revival of the Stokes' brothers play Oscar Wilde at London's Arts Theatre. Sullivan also acted in light comedies, notably My Favorite Spy (1951), starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr, in which he played an enemy agent, and the comedy Fiddlers Three (1944), portraying Nero. He also played the role of Pothinus in the 1945 film version of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. The film was directed by Gabriel Pascal, and was the last film personally supervised by Shaw himself. Sullivan later reprised the role in a stage revival of the play. Sullivan, who eventually became a naturalized US citizen, won a Tony Award in 1955 for the Agatha Christie play Witness for the Prosecution. Earlier, he had played Hercule Poirot at the Embassy Theatre (London) in the Christie play, Black Coffee (1930). He died of a heart attack, aged 53 (some sources claim he died from an unspecified "lung ailment"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis L. Sullivan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : Francis L. Sullivan
  • Popularity : 5.55
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1903-01-06
  • Place of Birth : Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As : Френсис Л. Салливан, Фрэнсис Л. Салливан, Francis Loftus Sullivan
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Francis L. Sullivan Movies

  • 1933
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    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

    7.6 1933 HD

    Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His...

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  • 1948
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    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    7.467 1948 HD

    When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice....

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  • 1945
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    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    6.1 1945 HD

    The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

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  • 1949
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    The Red Danube

    The Red Danube

    6.3 1949 HD

    A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.

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  • 1946
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    7.275 1946 HD

    In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a...

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  • 1948
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    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

    6.039 1948 HD

    In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of...

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  • 1941
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    'Pimpernel' Smith

    'Pimpernel' Smith

    7.1 1941 HD

    Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his...

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  • 1940
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    21 Days Together

    21 Days Together

    6.1 1940 HD

    After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and...

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  • 1955
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    Hell's Island

    Hell's Island

    5.4 1955 HD

    Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's...

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  • 1950
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    Night and the City

    Night and the City

    7.5 1950 HD

    Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes...

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  • 1938
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    The Citadel

    The Citadel

    6.3 1938 HD

    Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at...

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  • 1935
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    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    5.5 1935 HD

    A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.

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  • 1953
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    Plunder of the Sun

    Plunder of the Sun

    6 1953 HD

    An American insurance adjuster, stranded in Havana, becomes involved with an archaeologist and a collector of antiquities in a hunt for treasure in...

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  • 1948
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    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    6.9 1948 HD

    In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.

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  • 1951
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    My Favorite Spy

    My Favorite Spy

    6 1951 HD

    A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.

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  • 1934
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    The Return of Bulldog Drummond

    The Return of Bulldog Drummond

    6.1 1934 HD

    Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.

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  • 1947
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    Take My Life

    Take My Life

    7.2 1947 HD

    When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

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  • 1954
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    Drums of Tahiti

    Drums of Tahiti

    1 1954 HD

    A smuggler (Dennis O'Keefe) buys a bride (Patricia Medina) in San Francisco to help him run guns in 1877 Tahiti.

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  • 1933
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    Called Back

    Called Back

    1 1933 HD

    'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1949
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    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

    5.7 1949 HD

    Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is...

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  • 1944
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    Fiddlers Three

    Fiddlers Three

    8.2 1944 HD

    Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.

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  • 1953
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    Sangaree

    Sangaree

    6.4 1953 HD

    Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.

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  • 1942
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    The Lady from Lisbon

    The Lady from Lisbon

    6 1942 HD

    When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-loving South American wanna-be spy Tamara (Jane Carr)...

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  • 1939
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    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    6.2 1939 HD

    The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or...

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  • 1948
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    Broken Journey

    Broken Journey

    6 1948 HD

    A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged...

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  • 1937
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    Non-Stop New York

    Non-Stop New York

    6.3 1937 HD

    A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.

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  • 1938
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    The Drum

    The Drum

    5.675 1938 HD

    Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the...

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  • 1933
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    Red Wagon

    Red Wagon

    1 1933 HD

    Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many...

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  • 1952
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    Caribbean

    Caribbean

    5.8 1952 HD

    Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and...

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  • 1936
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    Spy of Napoleon

    Spy of Napoleon

    1 1936 HD

    Exiled French patriot helps to find the men who want to betray emperor Napoleon III by selling military secrets to the German government.

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  • 1938
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    The Ware Case

    The Ware Case

    6.3 1938 HD

    An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

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  • 1933
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    F.P.1

    F.P.1

    6.4 1933 HD

    Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in...

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  • 1934
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    Strange Wives

    Strange Wives

    1 1934 HD

    When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.

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  • 1938
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    Kate Plus Ten

    Kate Plus Ten

    1 1938 HD

    Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?

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  • 1937
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    Action for Slander

    Action for Slander

    1 1937 HD

    A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.

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  • 1932
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    When London Sleeps

    When London Sleeps

    1 1932 HD

    Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last...

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    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    6.7 1996 HD

    Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she is best remembered for a natural and vulnerable...

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  • 1934
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    Chu Chin Chow

    Chu Chin Chow

    4.3 1934 HD

    Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.

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  • 1934
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    The Fire Raisers

    The Fire Raisers

    4.8 1934 HD

    Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him...

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  • 1938
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    Climbing High

    Climbing High

    6.75 1938 HD

    Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and...

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  • 1943
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    The Butler's Dilemma

    The Butler's Dilemma

    4.5 1943 HD

    Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...

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  • 1942
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    The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

    5.6 1942 HD

    Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...

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  • 1934
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    The Warren Case

    The Warren Case

    5 1934 HD

    Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career.

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  • 1934
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    What Happened Then?

    What Happened Then?

    5 1934 HD

    Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when...

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  • 1934
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    Cheating Cheaters

    Cheating Cheaters

    1 1934 HD

    The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves...

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  • 1932
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    The Chinese Puzzle

    The Chinese Puzzle

    1 1932 HD

    A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.

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  • 1932
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    The Missing Rembrandt

    The Missing Rembrandt

    1 1932 HD

    Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

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  • 1933
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    The Right to Live

    The Right to Live

    1 1933 HD

    A shady financier tries to acquire a new chemical

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  • 1935
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    Her Last Affaire

    Her Last Affaire

    1 1935 HD

    Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof...

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  • 1955
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    The Prodigal

    The Prodigal

    4 1955 HD

    A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the...

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  • 1952
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    Pontius Pilate

    Pontius Pilate

    1 1952 HD

    The story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.

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  • 1934
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    6.2 1934 HD

    A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss...

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  • 1942
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    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.2 1942 HD

    Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

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  • 1951
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    Behave Yourself!

    Behave Yourself!

    6 1951 HD

    A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.

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  • 1937
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    Dinner at the Ritz

    Dinner at the Ritz

    5.5 1937 HD

    The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.

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  • 1947
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    The Man Within

    The Man Within

    5.7 1947 HD

    A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

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  • 1939
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    Young Man's Fancy

    Young Man's Fancy

    5.8 1939 HD

    An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

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  • 1937
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    Fine Feathers

    Fine Feathers

    1 1937 HD

    A Scottish shop-girl gets mixed up with crooks then has to pose as the mistress of the Crown Prince of Boravia.

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  • 1946
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    The Laughing Lady

    The Laughing Lady

    7 1946 HD

    A musical set during the French Revolution.

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  • 1936
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    A Woman Alone

    A Woman Alone

    5.7 1936 HD

    An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid.

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.6 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    5.2 1950 HD

    Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live...

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  • 1952
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    Cavalcade of America

    Cavalcade of America

    3.5 1952 HD

    Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an...

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  • 1949
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    Lights Out

    Lights Out

    5.3 1949 HD

    Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the...

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  • 1950
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    Sure As Fate

    Sure As Fate

    6 1950 HD

    A 1950 anthology about people who find themselves `trapped' in various situations.

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  • 1970
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    Destiny

    Destiny

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    4.727 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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