George Archainbaud — Director (17)
The Big Bonanza (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Big Bonanza
Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. There he meets his old school friend Sam Ballou. But the two old friends soon find themselves on opposite sides and Sam has Jed arrested. Then when Jed's young brother sees one of Sam's men kill another man, the boy becomes Sam's intended victim.
Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hoppy Serves a Writ
director: George Archainbaud actor: William Boyd / Andy Clyde
other title: La Justice du lasso
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.
Borrowed Trouble (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Borrowed Trouble
director: George Archainbaud actor: William Boyd / Andy Clyde
Finishing a trail drive, Hoppy and the boys head to town and immediately get caught up in the conflict between school teacher Miss Abott and next door saloon owner Mawson. When Miss Abott disappears, Hoppy gets a clue to her location and rescues her from Mawson's cabin. It looks like Mawson is the man he wants, but Hoppy finds an item that indicates otherwise.
Thunder in the Night (1935) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Thunder in the Night
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Meanwhile, Alvinczy's wife, Madalaine, receives a message from a blackmailer, threatening her husband. When the blackmailer winds up dead, Madalaine appears to be the most likely suspect. Torok, however, knows the case is more complicated than it seems and dedicates himself to revealing the truth behind the mystery.
The Kansan (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Kansan
director: George Archainbaud actor: Richard Dix / Jane Wyatt
other title: 硝煙のカンサス / Der Sheriff von Kansas
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
Framed (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Framed
Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chuck Gaines, secretly a bootlegger, but she centers her attentions on young Jimmy Carter, who, she learns, is the son of McArthur.
The Lady Refuses (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Lady Refuses
other title: 霧の夜嵐
A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and things get even more complicated when the son declares his love for her, too.
Some Like It Hot (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Some Like It Hot
director: George Archainbaud actor: Bob Hope / Shirley Ross
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.
Thirteen Women (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Thirteen Women
director: George Archainbaud actor: 艾琳·邓恩 / 里卡多·柯兹
other title: 十三个美人 / Treize femmes
Thirteen women who were schoolmates send to a swami for their horoscopes. Little do they realize that Ursula, a half-breed Asian, is using her hypnotic powers over the swami and them to lead them or their families to their deaths. It seems that she too went to their school, but was forced to leave by their bigotry, and is exacting revenge. Will she be stopped in time to save Laura's son, Bobby?