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Eagle-Lion Films
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Eagle-Lion Films was a British film production company owned by J. Arthur Rank intended to release British productions in the United States.
In 1947 it acquired Robert R. Young's PRC Pictures, a small American production company, to produce B Pictures to accompany the British releases. The studio became one of the most respected makers of B-movies on what was known as Hollywood's "Poverty Row."
Eagle-Lion was also a film distribution company under the name of Eagle-Lion Distributors Limited in the United Kingdom and Eagle-Lion Films Inc. in the United States. The relatively small film lot was located at 7324 Santa Monica Boulevard, and has long since been demolished.
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(1948)Filmography of Eagle-Lion Films (87 films)
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Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
, 1h10Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Janis Paige, Robert Alda, Patty McCormack, James Gleason, Lionel Stander, Arnold Stang
A singing couple (Alda and Paige) get their own weekly TV show, and the strain jeopardizes their relationship.
He Walked by Night (1949)
, 1h19Directed by Anthony Mann, Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Jack Webb, Whit Bissell, Reed Hadley
On a Los Angeles street, Officer Rawlins, a patrolman on his way home from work, stops a man he suspects of being a burglar and is shot and mortally wounded. The minor clues lead nowhere. Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Scott Brady) and Chuck Jones (James Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Richard Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past, who is hiding in a Hollywood bungalow and listening to police calls on his custom radio in an attempt to avoid capture. His only relationship is with his little dog.
The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
, 1h18Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Noir
Actors Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg
Two years after her husband's death, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) thinks she hears her late husband (Donald Curtis) calling out of the surf on the beach one night. She meets a tall dark man named Alexis (Turhan Bey) who seems to know all about her.
Assigned to Danger (1948)
, 1h6Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Gene Raymond, Robert Bice, Noreen Nash, Martin Kosleck, Ralf Harolde, Gene Evans
Frankie Mantell's gang pulls an $80,000 payroll stickup in Los Angeles. But getaway driver Nip Powers is killed and Frankie shot and wounded.
Northwest Stampede (1948)
, 1h19Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie, Chill Wills, Victor Kilian, Stanley Andrews
Repeat Performance (1947)
, 1h31Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Noir, Crime
Themes Time travel films
Actors Joan Leslie, Louis Hayward, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart, John Ireland
On New Year's Eve 1946, a woman is standing over her dead husband with a gun in her hand. She panics and goes to her friends for help. While seeking help from her friends at a pair of parties, she wishes that she could live 1946 all over again.
Railroaded! (1947)
, 1h12Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, Ellen Corby, Jane Randolph, Clancy Cooper
The innocent owner of a van that is unsuspectingly used in a back-room bookie operation robbery is "railroaded" (informal, refers to the conviction of someone based on false or weak evidence without proper corroboration) for the killing of a cop during the getaway.
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Othello (1965)
, 2h45Directed by Stuart Burge
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Joyce Redman, Derek Jacobi, Sheila Reid
Trompé par Iago, Othello décide de tuer sa femme Desdémone.
My Outlaw Brother (1952)
, 1h22Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Mickey Rooney, Wanda Hendrix, Robert Preston, Robert Stack, José Torvay, Don "Red" Barry
Danny O'Moore, an Irish lad from New York, has not seen big brother Patrick for eight years. Patrick is said to now own a silver mine in Mexico and sends welcome money to his family in America.
Korea Patrol (1951)
, 59minutesDirected by Max Nosseck
Origin USA
Themes Political films
Actors Benson Fong
When notified of the North Korean invasion of South Korea, an American officer assigned to the Republic of Korea Army leads a mixed American and South Korean six man patrol to blow up a strategic bridge to delay the enemy’s advance.
Two Lost Worlds (1951)
, 1h1Directed by Norman Dawn
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films
Actors James Arness, Kasey Rogers, Bill Kennedy, Pierre Watkin, Guy Bellis
The year is 1830. The American clipper ship, the Queen, is attacked by pirates in the New Hebrides (present day Vanuatu). The ship's mate Kirk Hamilton (Arness) is wounded and heads to Queensland, Australia for medical treatment. While at the hospital, he meets and falls in love with Elaine Jeffries (Rogers), the fiancee of Martin Shannon (Bill Kennedy) a rancher. A romantic rivalry develops and the pirates, who attacked Kirk and his ship kidnap her along with her friend, Nancy Holden (Jane Harlan). Kirk and Shannon pursue the pirates and they soon wind up on a volcanic island, inhabited by dinosaurs.
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
, 1h17Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about racism, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon, Ben Lessy
The film begins with Robinson as a boy. He is given a worn-out baseball glove by a stranger impressed by his fielding skills. As a young man, he becomes a multi-sport star at the University of California, Los Angeles, but as he nears graduation, he worries about his future. His older brother Mack was also an outstanding college athlete and graduate, but the only job he could get was that of a lowly street cleaner.
Never Fear (1950)
, 1h22Directed by Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Lawrence Dobkin, Eve Miller, Kevin O'Morrison
Carol Williams (played by Sally Forrest) is a beautiful young dancer with a promising career, struck down with and crippled by polio. Williams' dance partner and fiancé, Guy Richards (played by Keefe Brasselle), wants to see her through her illness, but Carol struggles with dealing with her recovery and prefers to go it alone. Her father (played by Herb Butterfield) takes her to the Kabat-Kaiser Institute for rehabilitation, where she meets fellow patients in recovery. One of the patients that inspire Carol's recovery is Len Randall (Hugh O'Brian in his first movie role). Only by allowing others to share her grief is Ms Williams able to pull herself together and go on with her life.
The Fighting Stallion (1950)
, 1h3Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bill Edwards, Doris Merrick, Forrest Taylor, Don C. Harvey, Merrill McCormick, Johnny Carpenter
The Great Rupert (1950)
, 1h27Directed by Irving Pichel
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Jimmy Durante, Terry Moore, Tom Drake, Frank Orth, Sara Haden, Queenie Smith
Rosalinda Amendola, the daughter of happy but impoverished former acrobats is in love with the boy next door, aspiring composer Pete Dingle. Though Pete's parents are wealthy, his miserly father Frank insists on hiding his money from his investments in the wall of their family home.