William Beaudine — Director (45)
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Desperate Cargo (1941) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Desperate Cargo
director: William Beaudine actor: Ralph Byrd / Carol Hughes …
other title: On a volé le clipper des Antilles
When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the course of the voyage, a band of thieves attempts to take over the ship and make off with its cash cargo. The heroic purser has other ideas and weighs in to save the day.
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Cuban Fireball (1951) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cuban Fireball
director: William Beaudine actor: Estelita Rodriguez / Warren Douglas …
other title: 古巴春色
Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little old lady.
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Jinx Money (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Jinx Money
director: William Beaudine actor: Leo Gorcey / Huntz Hall …
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
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The Big Idea (1934) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Big Idea
director: William Beaudine actor: Ted Healy / Moe Howard …
Ted Healy is the proprietor of the "Big Idea Scenario Company" (Ideas While You Wait). Unfortunately, various visitors to his one-room office constantly interrupt his train of thought. These include a man with a machine gun, a woman who empties waste baskets on the floor, and a trio of musicians who play "Marching Through Georgia" on various instruments.
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The Panther's Claw (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Panther's Claw
director: William Beaudine actor: Sidney Blackmer / Rick Vallin …
The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he's not the only one who got a blackmail letter from the same person--calling himself "The Black Panther"--and it also turns out that all the recipients are connected to an opera company.
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Black Market Babies (1945) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Black Market Babies
director: William Beaudine actor: Ralph Morgan / Kane Richmond …
other title: El mercado negro de niños
Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little too far? ALL IS TOLD in this EXCITING tale of CRIME and CORRUPTION!
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Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hard Boiled Mahoney
director: William Beaudine actor: Leo Gorcey / Huntz Hall …
other title: 辣手神探马奥尼 / 辣手神探馬奧尼
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.