Wyndham Gittens

Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)

Réalisé par Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Aventure
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale
Acteurs Frankie Thomas, Jack Mulhall, Al Bridge, Al Shean, Anthony Warde, William Benedict
Note63%

Tim Tyler stows away on a ship bound for Africa to find his father, Professor James Tyler. He meets, and is joined by, Lora Lacey, who is chasing the criminal "Spider" Webb, the man responsible for framing her brother.

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The Ship of Doom (1917)

Réalisé par Wyndham Gittens
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Claire McDowell, Monte Blue, Frank Brownlee

Martin Shaw, un jeune pêcheur, tue Jeff Whittlesey en défendant l'honneur de sa fiancée Clara Gove. Même si Jeff n'était pas aimé dans le village, les habitants demandent que son meurtre soit puni. Martin et Clara fuient en bateau, mais ils sont pris dans une tempête. Ils sont sauvés par "Sundown" Shattuck, un marchand d'esclaves, et son équipage. Il les marie, tout en désirant Clara. Il est sur le point de la violer lorsqu'éclate une mutinerie et que le navire prend feu. Martin, Clara et Shattuck sont les seuls rescapés et échouent sur une île. Shattuck, sur le point de s'attaquer de nouveau à Clara, est pris dans des sables mouvants. Clara et Martin restent seuls et prient pour que leur soit pardonnée la mort de Jeff Whittlesey.

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Captain Midnight (1942)

, 4h30
Réalisé par James W. Horne
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure
Thèmes Transport, Aviation
Acteurs Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, Bryant Washburn, Sam Edwards, Luana Walters, Joseph W. Girard
Note65%

Captain Midnight was only one of the many aviation serials released in wartime whose leading characters were derived from early pulp magazines and radio favorites. In this serial, Captain Albright is an extremely skilled aviator better known as Captain Midnight, who is assigned to neutralize the sinister Ivan Shark, an evil enemy scientist who is bombing major American cities. Our hero leads the Secret Squadron, whose staff includes Chuck Ramsay who is Midnight's ward and Ichabod 'Icky' Mudd, the Squadron's chief mechanic. Shark has developed a highly efficient mercenary organization, being aided by his daughter Fury who is highly intelligent and second in command, Gardo the henchman and Fang, an Oriental ally. Unfortunately, Shark is after a new range finder invented by the altruistic scientist, John Edwards, whose beautiful daughter, Joyce, the villains attempt to capture to blackmail the inventor.

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The Medico of Painted Springs (1941)

, 58minutes
Réalisé par Lambert Hillyer
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Charles Starrett, Wheeler Oakman, Richard Fiske, Edmund F. Cobb, Bud Osborne, Lloyd Bridges
Rôle Ecrivain

Upon arriving at Painted Springs, Dr. Steven Monroe witnesses a clash between sheep herders and cattle breeders. As Monroe starts to investigate the cause of the conflict, he finds out about Fred Burns' diabolical scheme – he intends to steal John Richards' cattle and frame sheep rancher Ed Gordon for the deed. After a series of fights, during which Burns and his men kidnap Richards' daughter Nancy, Monroe rescues Nancy and manages to get Burns to confess. With his evil intentions revealed, the two camps cease battling, and Monroe quietly leaves Painted Springs.

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Holt Of The Secret Service (1941)

Réalisé par James W. Horne
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Policier
Acteurs Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent, John Ward, Ted Adams, Charles Montague Shaw, Tristram "Tris" Coffin
Note65%

A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped John Severn, the U.S. government's best engraver, who is being held against his will and is forced to print virtually undetectable phony cash. The Secret Service sends its toughest agent, Jack Holt, and his female partner Kay Drew after the gang. Holt and his boss Malloy decide to try to pass Holt off as escaped tough guy, Nick Farrel. Masquerading as Mr. and Mrs. Farrel, Holt and Drew manage to infiltrate the ruthless gang of thugs and the tough talk and action never stops from there on. Holt's hunches lead him to the culprits and into trouble on a canoe ride and in an outlaw camp, as the action moves from the gang's hideout in a lost canyon to a gambling ship on the high seas to a small island country where the gang hopes to escape U.S. extradition. The brains heavy is a man named Lucky Arnold but he hides behind the facade of one of his loyal henchmen, Quist, to shield himself from the Secret Service, and lets another one of his men, Valden, do most of his dirty work. The island nation has its own pocket dictator who is also trying to rub out our hero. During the 15 episodes, Holt endures numerous brushes with death, emerging from all of them with nary a hair out of place nor a crease in his well-tailored business suit.

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Deadwood Dick (1940)

Réalisé par James W. Horne
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs Donald Douglas, Lorna Gray, Harry Harvey, Sr., Jack Ingram, Marin Sais, Lane Chandler
Note70%

Deadwood Dick, a masked and mysterious hero, is in a reality Dick Stanley, editor of the Dakota Pioneer Press and a leading member of the Statehood For Dakota. He is on the trail of a masked villain known as the Skull, who leads a violent, renegade band which is infamous for its violence against the Deadwood residents wishes for a statehood status. Our hero soon discovers that the Skull terrorises the town to prevent statehood being achieved, in order to build his own empire in the vast territory. But Dick suspects that one of his fellow committeemen might be responsible for the string of criminal acts. It takes him fifteen episodes and about forty choreographed slugfests to finally uncover the truth and reward the Skull's villainy with an exemplary punishment.

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Scouts to the Rescue (1939)

Réalisé par Ray Taylor, Alan James
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Jackie Cooper, Vondell Darr, William Ruhl, Sidney Miller, Edwin Stanley, Frank Coghlan, Jr.
Note57%

A troop of boy scouts use a treasure map to find a stash of counterfeit notes and a lost tribe with a secret Radium deposit.

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Flaming Frontiers (1938)

Réalisé par Ray Taylor, Alan James
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Western
Acteurs John Mack Brown, Charles Stevens, John Archer, Charles Middleton, Eddy Waller, Jack Rutherford
Note66%

Prospector Tom Grant discovers found a rich gold vein up South. His findings however, soon attract landowner Bart Eaton. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gold fields with Eaton and his men following. Eaton teams up with Ace Daggett who plans to doublecross him and get the gold for himself. They then frame Tom for murder and then try to get him to sign over his claim. The scout Tex Houston is on hand, escaping the attempts on his life, saving Mary from various perils, and trying to bring in the real killer and clear Tom...

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Flash Gordon: Trip to Mars (1938)

Réalisé par Ford Beebe, Robert Hill
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Action, Aventure
Thèmes L'espace, Sur Mars, Extra-terrestres, Super-héros, Space opera, Extraterrestre
Acteurs Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander
Note68%

When a mysterious beam of light starts disrupting and destroying the Earth's atmosphere, Flash Gordon (Larry "Buster" Crabbe), Dr. Zarkov (Frank Shannon), and Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) - accidentally accompanied by wisecracking reporter Happy Hapgood (Donald Kerr) - swing into action in Zarkov's rocketship, believing that it could be coming from the planet Mongo. Once in space, however, they discover that the ray is originating from Mars.

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Jungle Jim (1937)

Réalisé par Ford Beebe
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure
Acteurs Grant Withers, Raymond Hatton, Evelyn Brent, Henry Brandon, Bryant Washburn, Claude King
Note61%

Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune. One safari, led by Jungle Jim, wants to make sure she gets the news that she is now a rich woman and escort her back to civilisation. The leaders of the other safari want to kill the girl so they can try to get hold of her inheritance themselves...

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Radio Patrol (1937)

Réalisé par Ford Beebe
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Action
Acteurs Grant Withers, Kay Hughes, Frank Lackteen, Charles Montague Shaw, Harry Davenport, Wheeler Oakman
Note66%

Pat O' Hara, a police officer cop, joins forces with Molly Selkirk to try and stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new flexible metal...

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Secret Agent X-9 (1937)

Réalisé par Ford Beebe
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage
Acteurs Jean Rogers, Monte Blue, Henry Brandon, Larry J. Blake, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bob Kortman
Note67%

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Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)

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Wild West Days (1937)

Réalisé par Ford Beebe
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure, Western
Acteurs John Mack Brown, Bob Kortman, Russell Simpson, Walter Miller, Charles Stevens, Francis McDonald
Note64%

Larry and Lucy Munro own a hidden gold mine. Newspaper editor Matt Keeler wants the mine for himself and has Larry framed for to get it. Frontiersman Kentucky Wade - with Dude Hanford, Mike Morales and Trigger Benton - come to the Munros' aid.

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