Preston Foster — Actor (12)
Two Seconds (1932) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Two Seconds
other title: Zwei Sekunden / Dos segundos
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl dupe a high rise riveter into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
I, the Jury (1953) [Movie] Douban
I, the Jury
director: 哈里·埃塞克斯 actor: Biff Elliot / Preston Foster
other title: 神秘谋杀案
It's nearly Christmas, but Mike Hammer is on the vengeance trail when Jack, his wartime buddy, is murdered. Hotheaded Hammer sets out to find the killer, working his way through an increasingly large pile of suspects (and corpses). Along the way, he meets a new love interest, psychologist Charlotte Manning, a treacherous Santa, a gangster named Kalecki, and two weird sisters, the Bellamy twins.
Law and Order (1953) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Law and Order
director: 纳森·朱兰 actor: 罗纳德·里根 / 罗素·约翰逊
other title: 虎将歼霸战 / 法律与秩序
Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out some frontier justice.
Kansas City Confidential (1952) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kansas City Confidential
director: 菲尔·卡尔森 actor: 约翰·佩恩 / 李·范·克里夫
other title: 边城蒙面侠 / 滚轴溜冰
A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he's finally released for lack of evidence--after having been beaten up and tortured by the police--he sets out to discover who set him up, and why. The trail leads him into Mexico and a web of hired killers and corrupt cops.
Ladies They Talk About (1933) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Ladies They Talk About
other title: 他们谈论的女人 / Women in Prison
Gun moll Nan Taylor, caught after an otherwise successful bank robbery, falls for radio crusader David Slade and confides her guilt to him. Much to her surprise, he turns her in. As a "new fish" at San Quentin, Nan fits right in, but won't see Slade, who still loves her. Then she learns that her former partners in crime, Don and Dutch, are on the other side of the wall in the men's section...and have an escape plan.
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) [Movie] Douban
The Last Days of Pompeii
director: 欧内斯特·B·舍德萨克 / 梅里安·C·库珀 actor: Preston Foster / 巴兹尔·拉思伯恩
other title: 庞培城的末日
铁匠马卡斯爱好和平,一直拒绝在竞技场战斗来赚取巨额金钱……直到他妻子因缺乏医疗而死去。角斗士的生活让他变得粗鲁,而不正当的组织让他成为庞贝城的首富,当耶稣探访Judaea时,他认识了马卡斯儿子Flavius,后者性格温文,就像象马卡斯以前一样。他们父子二人意见大大不同……而他们的冲突因维苏威火山爆发而中断。
I Shot Jesse James (1949) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
I Shot Jesse James
7.0 (5 ratings) director: 塞缪尔·富勒 actor: 普雷斯顿·福斯特 / 芭芭拉·布瑞顿
other title: 나는 제시 제임스를 쐈다 / Ich erschoß Jesse James
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
7.7 (9 ratings) director: 茂文·勒鲁瓦 actor: 保罗·穆尼 / 格伦达·法瑞尔
other title: 亡命者 / 我是越狱犯
Having returned from fighting in World War I, James Allen doesn't want to settle into a humdrum life and decides to set off to find his fortune. He travels the length and breadth of America, working as a skilled tradesman in the construction industry. When times get tough however, he finds himself living in a shelter where an acquaintance suggests they go out for a hamburger. What the friend really has in mind is to rob the diner and Allen soon finds himself working on a chain gang with a long jail sentence. Allen manages to escape however and heads to Chicago where over several years he slowly but surely works his way up the ladder to become one of the most respected construction engineers in the city. His past catches up with him and despite protestations from civic leaders and his many friends in Chicago, he finds himself again on the chain gang. Escaping for a second time, he accepts that to survive, he must lead a life of crime.