John Grant — Playwright (16)
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Hold That Ghost (1941)
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Arthur Lubin actor: Bud Abbott / Lou Costello …
other title: L'inafferrabile spettro / Abbot og Costello: Det undvigende spøgelse …
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
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The Noose Hangs High (1948)
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Charles Barton actor: 巴德·阿伯特 / 卢·科斯特洛 …
other title: Strick am Hals / 危险陷阱 …
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
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查尔斯·拉蒙特 actor: 巴德·阿伯特 / 卢·科斯特洛 …
other title: 凸凹海賊船 / Abbott und Costello als Piraten wider Willen …
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
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In the Navy (1941)
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Arthur Lubin actor: 巴德·阿伯特 / 卢·科斯特洛 …
other title: Zwei von der Marine / Deux nigauds marins …
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
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查尔斯·拉蒙特 actor: 巴德·阿伯特 / 卢·科斯特洛 …
other title: 两傻大闹摄影场 / Abbott und Costello als Gangsterschreck …
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
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Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
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查尔斯·巴顿 actor: 巴德·阿伯特 / 卢·科斯特洛 …
other title: 巴克的秘密：回家 / 巴克大兵回家乡 …
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
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PBS Special - The Marines (2006)
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John Grant actor: Hunter Armstrong / Robert Chase …
This documentary examines the rich history and unique Warrior Culture of the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Corps “Warrior Ethos” is engrained into Marines from their earliest training. The program focuses on the training of Marines and considers what it takes to become a Marine and what it means to be a Marine. It also examines the nature of the strong bond that Marines have to one another and to the Corps.
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The Naughty Nineties (1945)
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Jean Yarbrough actor: 巴德·阿伯特 / 卢·科斯特洛 …
other title: 淘气两兄弟 / Tramposos entrampados …
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.