John Maxwell

John Maxwell

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Maxwell (March 11, 1918 Spokane, Washington – July 18, 1982) was an American film and television actor who appeared in over 100 films of the 1940s and 1950s. Many times the actor appeared in films uncredited. Occasionally he played larger roles in films, such as in The Prowler. He was born in Spokane, Washington. His television guest appearances included The Lone Ranger, Lassie, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman and Bonanza. Maxwell also starred as Pappy Sawyer in Disneyland's television miniseries The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca.

  • Title: John Maxwell
  • Popularity: 0.889
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1918-03-11
  • Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, USA
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John Maxwell Movies

  • 1942
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    The Male Animal

    The Male Animal

    4.1 1942 HD

    The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also...

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  • 1951
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    The Prowler

    The Prowler

    6.8 1951 HD

    Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who...

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  • 1952
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    Without Warning!

    Without Warning!

    5.906 1952 HD

    Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears

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  • 1956
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    Terror at Midnight

    Terror at Midnight

    4.9 1956 HD

    A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.

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  • 1954
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    Young at Heart

    Young at Heart

    5.9 1954 HD

    The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming...

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  • 1950
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    The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle

    7.477 1950 HD

    Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of...

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  • 1958
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    The Man Who Died Twice

    The Man Who Died Twice

    5.643 1958 HD

    An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of...

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  • 1944
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    Lady in the Death House

    Lady in the Death House

    5.4 1944 HD

    As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.

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  • 1951
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    The Unknown Man

    The Unknown Man

    4.8 1951 HD

    A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

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  • 1949
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    Arson, Inc.

    Arson, Inc.

    5.9 1949 HD

    An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.

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  • 1953
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    The Bigamist

    The Bigamist

    6.4 1953 HD

    San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr....

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  • 1960
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    Cage of Evil

    Cage of Evil

    5.5 1960 HD

    While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her...

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  • 1953
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    Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

    Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

    3 1953 HD

    With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish...

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  • 1950
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    Dial 1119

    Dial 1119

    5.5 1950 HD

    A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of...

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  • 1951
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    Three Guys Named Mike

    Three Guys Named Mike

    5.6 1951 HD

    A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike....

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  • 1951
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    The Lady from Texas

    The Lady from Texas

    1 1951 HD

    An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.

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  • 1956
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    A Strange Adventure

    A Strange Adventure

    5.2 1956 HD

    A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.

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  • 1944
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    Alaska

    Alaska

    5 1944 HD

    A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping...

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  • 1956
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    Francis in the Haunted House

    Francis in the Haunted House

    5.1 1956 HD

    A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!

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  • 1942
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    Man From Headquarters

    Man From Headquarters

    6 1942 HD

    A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the...

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  • 1950
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    Side Street

    Side Street

    6.6 1950 HD

    A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of...

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  • 1958
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    Flood Tide

    Flood Tide

    1 1958 HD

    When the testimony of a crippled child sends a murder suspect to prison, a friend of the accused sets out to investigate the crime on his own.

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  • 1942
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    Murder in the Big House

    Murder in the Big House

    6.5 1942 HD

    When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...

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  • 1948
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    The Paleface

    The Paleface

    6.1 1948 HD

    Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless"...

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  • 1955
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    The Eternal Sea

    The Eternal Sea

    6.4 1955 HD

    Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.

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  • 1956
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    Backlash

    Backlash

    6.345 1956 HD

    Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for...

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  • 1958
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    The Lineup

    The Lineup

    7.1 1958 HD

    In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

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  • 1951
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    The Enforcer

    The Enforcer

    7.063 1951 HD

    After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top...

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  • 1942
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    The Mystery of Marie Roget

    The Mystery of Marie Roget

    5.5 1942 HD

    A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.

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  • 1942
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    Arizona Terrors

    Arizona Terrors

    1 1942 HD

    A crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court validation of a counterfeit land grant, and proceeds...

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  • 1941
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    Borrowed Hero

    Borrowed Hero

    4 1941 HD

    A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.

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  • 1942
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    Spy Ship

    Spy Ship

    6 1942 HD

    A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With...

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  • 1942
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    Gentleman Jim

    Gentleman Jim

    7.167 1942 HD

    As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of...

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  • 1949
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    Adam's Rib

    Adam's Rib

    7.107 1949 HD

    A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers...

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  • 1953
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    Devil's Canyon

    Devil's Canyon

    4.8 1953 HD

    An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.

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  • 1950
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    The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry

    7.079 1950 HD

    Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

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  • 1942
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    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    4.7 1942 HD

    The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.

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  • 1942
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    The Omaha Trail

    The Omaha Trail

    7 1942 HD

    The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.

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  • 1941
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    Honky Tonk

    Honky Tonk

    6.4 1941 HD

    Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things...

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  • 1944
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    The Last Horseman

    The Last Horseman

    1 1944 HD

    Former Hopalong Cassidy sidekick Russell Hayden retains his nickname of Lucky in this average entry in his short-lived starring series for Columbia.

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  • 1941
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    Father Steps Out

    Father Steps Out

    3 1941 HD

    Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent on an R&R vacation by his doctor, falling off his...

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  • 1943
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    False Faces

    False Faces

    7 1943 HD

    A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.

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  • 1941
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    You're in the Army Now

    You're in the Army Now

    3.6 1941 HD

    Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

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  • 1943
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    Silver Skates

    Silver Skates

    5 1943 HD

    The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.

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  • 1943
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    Batman

    Batman

    6.4 1943 HD

    Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American...

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  • 1943
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    Mission to Moscow

    Mission to Moscow

    5.2 1943 HD

    Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

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  • 1956
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    Time Table

    Time Table

    5.8 1956 HD

    An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.

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  • 1942
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    Grand Central Murder

    Grand Central Murder

    5.9 1942 HD

    Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a...

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  • 1950
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    Pretty Baby

    Pretty Baby

    6 1950 HD

    A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.

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  • 1950
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    Mystery Street

    Mystery Street

    6.7 1950 HD

    When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics,...

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  • 1951
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    Too Young to Kiss

    Too Young to Kiss

    5 1951 HD

    Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a...

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  • 1957
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    The Wayward Girl

    The Wayward Girl

    6 1957 HD

    Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.

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  • 1953
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    The War of the Worlds

    The War of the Worlds

    6.817 1953 HD

    The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices...

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  • 1942
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    Seven Sweethearts

    Seven Sweethearts

    7 1942 HD

    Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven...

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  • 1941
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    Nine Lives Are Not Enough

    Nine Lives Are Not Enough

    5 1941 HD

    A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.

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  • 1942
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    The Lone Prairie

    The Lone Prairie

    1 1942 HD

    Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent settlers.

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  • 1953
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    Meet Me at the Fair

    Meet Me at the Fair

    7 1953 HD

    In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad...

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  • 1956
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    Showdown at Abilene

    Showdown at Abilene

    5.2 1956 HD

    Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend...

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  • 1941
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    Flying Cadets

    Flying Cadets

    3 1941 HD

    Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.

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  • 1951
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    Night Into Morning

    Night Into Morning

    5.8 1951 HD

    Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.

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  • 1959
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    Johnny Ringo

    Johnny Ringo

    5.7 1959 HD

    Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely...

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  • 1959
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    One Step Beyond

    One Step Beyond

    5.6 1959 HD

    Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from...

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  • 1957
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    The Court of Last Resort

    The Court of Last Resort

    1 1957 HD

    The Court of Last Resort is an American television dramatized court show which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1958. It was co-produced by Erle...

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  • 1952
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    Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

    6.7 1952 HD

    Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single...

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