Jesse Lasky Jr. — Playwright (14)

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The Sickle or the Cross (1949)
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Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a spy who is his double, but who is instructed to come out for Communism. The spy is accepted in Burnside's home town, and he reports to local Communist headquarters, where James John, prominent local businessman but in reality a Red agent, has instructions to assist him in all details of his mission. He does a series of personal appearances and radio interviews and talk shows, using an anti-Communist approach.

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Redhead (1934)
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A girl marries a playboy from a rich family, expecting a life of comfort and luxury. However, her new father-in-law turns his ne'er-do-well son out into the street with no money, and promises the girl that if she can make a man out of her new husband, the father will give her $10,000 and see that she gets a quick divorce.

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Coming Out Party (1934)
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other title: 春心蕩漾
In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-willed girl initially demurs until the night of her debut. Her social adviser fills the debutante’s dance card with partners, which inflames the violinist.

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Hell and High Water (1954)
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other title: 헬 앤 하이 워터 / 地獄と高潮 …
A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.

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North West Mounted Police (1940)
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other title: 북서 기마 순찰대 / Legião de Heróis …
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)

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Pirates of Tortuga (1961)
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罗伯特·D·韦布 actor: 肯·斯科特 Ken Scott / 莱提西娅·罗曼 …
other title: 海盗猎手 / 海上荡寇志 …
After a lengthy voyage, Capt. Bart docks his ship in a London harbor and is given a new mission by British Admiralty: capture the notorious Henry Morgan, a pirate who has been wreaking havoc throughout the Caribbean. After recruiting some former shipmates for his crew, Capt. Bart sets sail in search of the infamous buccaneer, and is joined by a beautiful female stowaway in the process.

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Union Pacific (1939)
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other title: 联太铁路 / 和平联盟 …
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

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Secret Agent (1936)
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other title: 间谍 / 密使 …
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

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Salome (1953)
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other title: 莎乐美 / 圣血红颜
莎乐美(丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰)是风情万种的美丽少女,她的母亲希罗底( 朱迪丝·安德森 Judith Anderson 饰)曾经犯了弑父之罪,之后改嫁希律王(查尔斯·劳顿 Charles Laughton 饰)。施洗约翰(艾兰·巴德尔 Alan Badel 饰)非常鄙视希罗底曾经犯下的罪孽,对她出言不逊,希罗底因此怀恨在心,并且开始寻找报复施洗约翰的机会。 希律王将施洗约翰关入牢中,他的坚贞和正义吸引了莎乐美的注意,莎乐美在施洗约翰面前跳了一支求爱之舞,但施洗约翰不为所动。之后,莎乐美又在希律王面前表演了美妙绝伦的七层纱之舞,龙颜大悦的希律王答应满足莎乐美的一切要求。