John Payne

John Payne

John Payne was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox musical films and for his roles in Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and the television series The Restless Gun (1957-1959).

  • Title: John Payne
  • Popularity: 5.065
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1912-05-28
  • Place of Birth: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
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  • Also Known As: John Howard Payne
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John Payne Movies

  • 1952
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    Kansas City Confidential

    Kansas City Confidential

    7.058 1952 HD

    An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

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  • 1947
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    Miracle on 34th Street

    Miracle on 34th Street

    7.4 1947 HD

    Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the...

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  • 1943
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    Hello, Frisco, Hello

    Hello, Frisco, Hello

    6.2 1943 HD

    In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his...

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  • 1956
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    Slightly Scarlet

    Slightly Scarlet

    6.2 1956 HD

    Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace,...

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  • 1948
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    Larceny

    Larceny

    5.6 1948 HD

    Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for...

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  • 1954
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    Silver Lode

    Silver Lode

    6.1 1954 HD

    Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance...

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  • 1953
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    99 River Street

    99 River Street

    6.8 1953 HD

    A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

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  • 1955
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    Tennessee's Partner

    Tennessee's Partner

    6.5 1955 HD

    A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no...

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  • 1953
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    The Vanquished

    The Vanquished

    4.5 1953 HD

    A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.

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  • 1949
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    The Crooked Way

    The Crooked Way

    6.3 1949 HD

    A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his...

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  • 1942
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    Footlight Serenade

    Footlight Serenade

    1 1942 HD

    Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts...

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  • 1942
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    Springtime in the Rockies

    Springtime in the Rockies

    6.7 1942 HD

    Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance...

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  • 1941
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    Sun Valley Serenade

    Sun Valley Serenade

    6.9 1941 HD

    When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When...

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  • 1956
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    The Boss

    The Boss

    5.5 1956 HD

    A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.

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  • 1951
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    Crosswinds

    Crosswinds

    5.9 1951 HD

    A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he's set up for a crime.

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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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  • 1941
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    Week-End in Havana

    Week-End in Havana

    6.6 1941 HD

    A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains...

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  • 1940
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    Star Dust

    Star Dust

    4.7 1940 HD

    When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

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  • 1946
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    The Razor's Edge

    The Razor's Edge

    6.8 1946 HD

    An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will...

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  • 1941
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    Remember the Day

    Remember the Day

    6.8 1941 HD

    Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to...

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  • 1957
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    Hidden Fear

    Hidden Fear

    5 1957 HD

    A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.

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  • 1955
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    Santa Fe Passage

    Santa Fe Passage

    5.8 1955 HD

    A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

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  • 1942
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    To the Shores of Tripoli

    To the Shores of Tripoli

    5.1 1942 HD

    Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.

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  • 1956
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    Rebel in Town

    Rebel in Town

    7 1956 HD

    Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and...

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  • 1945
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    The Dolly Sisters

    The Dolly Sisters

    5.5 1945 HD

    Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

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  • 1939
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    Wings of the Navy

    Wings of the Navy

    6 1939 HD

    Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can...

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  • 1956
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    Hold Back The Night

    Hold Back The Night

    6.3 1956 HD

    A Marine officer (John Payne) goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife (Mona Freeman) gave him in the last war.

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  • 1968
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    They Ran for Their Lives

    They Ran for Their Lives

    5 1968 HD

    A man with a dog helps a young woman being chased by hoodlums in the desert.

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  • 1938
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    College Swing

    College Swing

    6.8 1938 HD

    Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.

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  • 1940
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    The Great Profile

    The Great Profile

    6.3 1940 HD

    An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne,...

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  • 1948
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    The Saxon Charm

    The Saxon Charm

    4.3 1948 HD

    In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist...

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  • 1953
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    Raiders of the Seven Seas

    Raiders of the Seven Seas

    5.7 1953 HD

    After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida...

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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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  • 1955
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    The Road to Denver

    The Road to Denver

    6 1955 HD

    The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill...

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  • 1938
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    Garden of the Moon

    Garden of the Moon

    5.8 1938 HD

    Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast...

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  • 1951
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    Passage West

    Passage West

    6.2 1951 HD

    In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed...

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  • 1936
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    Hats Off

    Hats Off

    5 1936 HD

    The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo...

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  • 1949
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    El Paso

    El Paso

    5.6 1949 HD

    Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends...

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  • 1954
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    Rails Into Laramie

    Rails Into Laramie

    6.3 1954 HD

    A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

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  • 1940
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    Maryland

    Maryland

    6.2 1940 HD

    A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his...

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  • 1950
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    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5 1950 HD

    Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...

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  • 1940
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    Tear Gas Squad

    Tear Gas Squad

    4.8 1940 HD

    A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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  • 1939
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    Indianapolis Speedway

    Indianapolis Speedway

    5 1939 HD

    A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.

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  • 1946
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    Wake Up and Dream

    Wake Up and Dream

    6.5 1946 HD

    Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.

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  • 1946
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    Sentimental Journey

    Sentimental Journey

    6.4 1946 HD

    An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She...

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  • 1950
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    Tripoli

    Tripoli

    5.6 1950 HD

    In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.

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  • 1960
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    Suspect

    Suspect

    6.5 1960 HD

    A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that...

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  • 1952
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    The Blazing Forest

    The Blazing Forest

    6 1952 HD

    Estranged brothers (John Payne, Richard Arlen) find themselves on the same lumberjack crew hired by a feisty widow to clear the timber from her...

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  • 1941
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    The Great American Broadcast

    The Great American Broadcast

    5.4 1941 HD

    After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A...

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  • 1939
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    The Royal Rodeo

    The Royal Rodeo

    2.5 1939 HD

    A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.

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  • 1950
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    Captain China

    Captain China

    5 1950 HD

    The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy....

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  • 1939
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    Kid Nightingale

    Kid Nightingale

    5.5 1939 HD

    A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.

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  • 1940
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    King of the Lumberjacks

    King of the Lumberjacks

    3 1940 HD

    Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.

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  • 1957
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    Bailout at 43,000

    Bailout at 43,000

    4.6 1957 HD

    An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.

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  • 1937
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    Love on Toast

    Love on Toast

    5.5 1937 HD

    The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr....

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  • 1940
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    Tin Pan Alley

    Tin Pan Alley

    5 1940 HD

    Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new...

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  • 1937
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    Fair Warning

    Fair Warning

    6 1937 HD

    In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy...

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  • 1936
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    Dodsworth

    Dodsworth

    7.1 1936 HD

    A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

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  • 1942
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    Iceland

    Iceland

    5.7 1942 HD

    Marine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to...

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  • 1944
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    Take It or Leave It

    Take It or Leave It

    4 1944 HD

    A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.

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  • 1946
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    Movieland Magic

    Movieland Magic

    1 1946 HD

    Released as part of a series of WB shorts under the collective title of "Technicolor Specials" (WB production number 2003) this short most likely...

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  • 1944
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    B-29 Flight Engineer

    B-29 Flight Engineer

    1 1944 HD

    This government documentary short film depicts and explains proper procedures for functioning as a flight engineer on the B-29 bomber. Lieutenant...

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.058 1971 HD

    Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing...

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  • 1961
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    The Dick Powell Show

    The Dick Powell Show

    4.2 1961 HD

    The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 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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  • 1955
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    Hollywood Preview

    Hollywood Preview

    6 1955 HD

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 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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  • 1957
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    The Restless Gun

    The Restless Gun

    3.7 1957 HD

    The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a...

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  • 1950
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    Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

    4.333 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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  • 1956
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    5.5 1956 HD

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    4 1956 HD

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  • 1954
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    Studio 57

    Studio 57

    1 1954 HD

    Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 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

    6.5 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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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    6.5 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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  • 1968
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    The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

    6.8 1968 HD

    The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC,...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1954
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    Studio 57

    Studio 57

    1 1954 HD

    Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1977
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    8 1977 HD

    Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.

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  • 1970
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    3.7 1970 HD

    The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a...

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  • 1970
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    Hunter

    Hunter

    3.7 1970 HD

    The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a...

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