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Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures
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Foundation date 1 january 1935

Republic Pictures was an American independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1935 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials, and B films emphasizing mystery and action.

The studio was also responsible for financing and distributing one Shakespeare film, Orson Welles' Macbeth (1948), and several of the films of John Ford during the 1940s and early 1950s. It was also notable for developing the careers of John Wayne, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers.

Best films

Highlander II: The Quickening
Highlander II: The Quickening
(1991) Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima
(1950) The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man
(1952) Army Girl
Army Girl
(1938) Women in War
Women in War
(1940) Moonrise
Moonrise
(1948)
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Filmography of Republic Pictures (640 films)

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Production

Strange Impersonation
Strange Impersonation (1946)
, 1h8
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler, Ruth Ford, Lyle Talbot

A disfigured woman scientist undergoes plastic surgery and then assumes the identity of a dead blackmailer.
Dakota
Dakota (1945)
, 1h22
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Mike Mazurki, Ona Munson

En 1871, sur le territoire du Dakota, le joueur professionnel John Devlin rencontre 'Sandy', fille de Marko Poli, magnat du chemin de fer. Les deux jeunes gens se marient et s'enfuient, poursuivis par le père. Lors de leur périple, ils remontent une rivière vers le nord à bord du River Bird, commandé par le capitaine Bounce, et sont confrontés au gang de Jim Bender et de son second 'Bigtree' Collins...
Scotland Yard Investigator
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
, 1h8
Directed by George Blair
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Edgar Barrier, Stephanie Bachelor, Erich von Stroheim, C. Aubrey Smith, Lionel Atwill, Forrester Harvey

When Paris is liberated during World War II, the Louvre administration plans to fetch the Mona Lisa from its safehouse in the National Art Gallery in London. The man in charge of the Mona Lisa's safety is none other than Sir James Collison, director of the National Gallery. In regards to the safety of the Mona Lisa, Collison works closely together with his granddaughter Tony.
The Great Flamarion
The Great Flamarion (1945)
, 1h18
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, Lester Allen, Esther Howard, Michael Mark

The Great Flamarion (Erich von Stroheim) is an arrogant, friendless, and misogynous marksman who displays his trick gunshot act in the vaudeville circuit. His show features a beautiful assistant, Connie (Mary Beth Hughes) and her drunken husband Al (Dan Duryea), Flamarion's other assistant. Flamarion falls in love with Connie, the movie's femme fatale, and is soon manipulated by her into killing her no good husband during one of their acts.
Jealousy
Jealousy (1945)
, 1h11
Directed by Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors John Loder, Jane Randolph, Karen Morley, Nils Asther, Hugo Haas, Holmes Herbert

A successful alcoholic writer is murdered and his wife is accused.
Along the Navajo Trail
Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
, 1h6
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Douglas Fowley, Nestor Paiva, Estelita Rodríguez

Deputy U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers poses as a wandering poet, finding and defeating a group of bad guys who, for reasons they keep to themselves, are trying to oust a girl and her father from their ranch. As the plot develops, it is revealed that they want the ranch so they can sell it to a company that wants to run an oil pipeline through a mountain pass at the edge of the property.
Don't Fence Me In
Don't Fence Me In (1945)
, 1h11
Directed by John English
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Moroni Olsen, Dale Evans, Robert Livingston, Marc Lawrence

Dale Evans plays a magazine reporter who comes to Roy Rogers' and George "Gabby" Hayes' ranch to research her story about a legendary late gunslinger. When it's revealed that Gabby Hayes is actually the supposedly dead outlaw, Rogers must clear his name. Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers perform songs, including the title tune, composed by Cole Porter.
Girls of the Big House
Girls of the Big House (1945)
, 1h8
Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lynne Roberts, Virginia Christine, Marion Martin, Adele Mara, Tom Keene, Geraldine Wall

Pour ne pas salir le nom de son père, la naïve fille d'un professeur de collège provincial, victime d'un escroc, se retrouve dans un pénitencier féminin pour cas difficiles.
The Vampire's Ghost
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
, 59minutes
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Vampires in film
Actors John Abbott, Peggy Stewart, Grant Withers, Emmett Vogan, Adele Mara, Roy Barcroft

Dans un petit port Africain, Webb Fallon tient un petit bar. Fallon est aussi un vampire, mais il commence à être las de son immortalité...
The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
, 1h35
Directed by Yakima Canutt, Edward Ludwig, Philip Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey, J. M. Kerrigan

Wedge Donovan (John Wayne) is a tough construction boss, building airstrips in the Pacific for the U.S. Navy during World War II. He clashes with his liaison officer, Lieutenant Commander Robert Yarrow (Dennis O'Keefe), over the fact that his men are not allowed to arm themselves against the Japanese. When the enemy lands in force on the island, he finally takes matters into his own hands, leading his men into the fray. This prevents Yarrow from springing a carefully devised trap that would have wiped out the invaders in a murderous machinegun crossfire, with minimal American losses. Instead, many of Donovan's men are killed unnecessarily.
Captain America
Captain America (1944)
, 4h4
Directed by Elmer Clifton, John English
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Dick Purcell, Lorna Gray, Lionel Atwill, Charles Trowbridge, Russell Hicks, George J. Lewis

A rash of suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen, all found holding a small scarab, gets the attention of Mayor Randolph. He demands that Police Commissioner Dryden and District Attorney Grant Gardner get to the bottom of the case, while openly wishing that Captain America, a masked man who has helped defeat crime in the past, were around to solve the mystery. Gail Richards, Grant Gardner's secretary, investigates and realises someone knows of the "Purple Death", a hypnotic chemical responsible for the suicides. However he then pulls out a gun and takes her into another room. He then orders an associate to tie her up. The D.A. realises she is there and forces the man to take him to her. He finds her tied up and gagged. He frees her but it is threatened that the purple death will be dropped killing them all. But the D.A. shoots him then gets out of the room with Gail.