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Don Costello is a Actor American born on 5 september 1901
Don Costello (September 5, 1901 – October 24, 1945) was an American stage (Broadway) and movie actor. Costello entered films in 1935 and in 1939 was put under contract with MGM. Known for his wicked sense of humor, Costello oftentimes played the role of a menace or a tough guy. He is probably best known for his role as Lefty in the movie Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). He appeared in 37 movies (31 times credited), including Another Thin Man (1939), Johnny Eager (1941) and The Blue Dahlia (1946).
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The Godfather (1972)
, 2h55Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Tommy Wiseau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, La précarité, Gangster films, Films about marriage
Actors Marlon Brando, Megan Fox, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall
Rating87%
On the occasion of his daughter Connie's wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests in his role as the Godfather, the Don of a New York crime family. Vito's youngest son, Michael, wearing a Marine Corps uniform, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to his family at the reception. Johnny Fontane, a famous singer and godson to Vito, seeks his help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to talk the abrasive studio head, Jack Woltz, into giving Johnny the part. Woltz is unmoved until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
, 1h35Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont
Roles Leo
Rating70%
Navy pilot Lieutenant Commander Johnny Morrison (Alan Ladd) is put on the inactive list. He returns home to Hollywood from the fighting in the south Pacific, bringing along his buddies and medically discharged crewmates Buzz Wanchek (William Bendix) and George Copeland (Hugh Beaumont). Buzz is prone to memory lapses and headaches, and is often short tempered, all likely due to his head wound.
Crime of the Century (1946)
, 56minutesDirected by Philip Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Martin Kosleck, Stephanie Bachelor, Paul Stanton, Ray Walker, Don Costello, Earle Hodgins
Roles Joe, Bartender
Rating63%
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
, 1h53Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles, Eduardo Ciannelli, Albert Dekker, Barry Fitzgerald
Roles Gus Vettori (uncredited)
Rating65%
A tomboy named Mary Louise "Texas" Guinan lands a job with a Wild West show after proving she can ride a bucking bronco. The rodeo's new owner is Romero "Bill" Kilgallen, who doubles Texas's pay after the attention she gets from saving a toddler's life from a runaway wagon at a show.
The Red Dragon (1945)
, 1h2Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Fortunio Bonanova, Benson Fong, Willie Best, Robert Emmett Keane, Barton Yarborough
Roles Charles Masack
Rating62%
Here Come the Co-eds (1945)
, 1h28Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O' Driscoll, Lon Chaney, Jr., June Vincent
Roles Diamond (uncredited)
Rating65%
Oliver Quackenbush (Lou Costello), Molly (Martha O'Driscoll) and her brother Slats (Bud Abbott) work for the Miramar Ballroom as taxi dancers. Slats plants a phony article in the local newspaper that declares Molly's ambition is to attend Bixby College. The dean of Bixby (Donald Cook) reads the article and offers her a scholarship. She agrees, but only if Oliver and Slats can accompany her. They are hired as caretakers.
Along Came Jones (1945)
, 1h30Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Loretta Young, Dan Duryea, William Demarest, Lane Chandler, Frank Sully
Roles Leo Gledhill
Rating64%
Easygoing Melody Jones (Gary Cooper) and his friend George Fury (William Demarest) wander into a town. Jones is mistaken for a wanted bandit named Monte Jarrad (Dan Duryea), which causes him no end of trouble. Meanwhile, the real Jarrad is hiding out in the home of his girl, Cherry de Longpre (Loretta Young). At first, she tries to use the newcomer to distract the townsfolk, but as she gets to know Jones, her feelings start to change.
Follow That Woman (1945)
, 1h9Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Gargan, Nancy Kelly, Regis Toomey, Edward Gargan, Byron Barr, Pierre Watkin
Roles Nick
Rating58%
Nancy spends the evening with her boyfriend at the Downtown Club, a notorious hangout for members of the criminal underworld. Quite recently the club was the scene of a murder. Nancy witnesses what she believes is a holdup at the very next table, and instinctively she hits the gunman over the head with a champagne bottle, knocking him out completely. The gunman, Sam Boone, is really an undercover police officer posing as a gangster, who was trying to make an arrest when Nancy hit him. Even though Nancy and Sam really didn’t meet under the best of circumstances, they soon take a liking to each other, and eventually marry. Exactly two years later they return to the Downtown Club and the ”crime scene” in order to celebrate their first meeting.
Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945)
, 1h4Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Don Costello, Francis McDonald, John James
Roles Jed Quinlan
Rating68%
In the 1890s town of Blue Springs, Jed Quinlan (Don Costello), the schoolteacher, breaks up a fight between tomboy Boots Hollister (Sylvia Arslan) and Little Beaver (Robert Blake), the Indian ward of Red Ryder’s. Each child has taunted the other with names like “wildcat” and “Indian.” Quinlan “disciplines” both children and later when the children return to the schoolhouse accompanied by Boots’ older brother Billy (John James) and Little Beaver’s Red Ryder’s (Wild Bill Elliott) aunt, The Duchess (Alice Fleming). Elsewhere, Quinlan meets with Con Hollister's (Francis McDonald) former cohort, Joe Slade (Bud Geary), who reveals that Con was released weeks earlier. Quinlan, who poses as a teacher to cover his criminal activity, reckons that Con should arrive on the next day's stage, and that the upcoming shipment must be Con's old loot, which was never recovered.
The Whistler (1944)
, 59minutesDirected by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Trevor Bardette, William Benedict
Roles Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)
Rating62%
Industrialist Earl C. Conrad, who failed to rescue his wife at sea and now suffers from grief and guilt, arranges to have a hit man end his life. He does not know how the killing will be done, but knows that it will happen within days.
Texas Masquerade (1944)
, 58minutesDirected by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Don Costello, Francis McDonald, Russell Simpson, J. Farrell MacDonald
Roles Ace Maxson
Rating67%
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Mystery Man (1944)
, 58minutesDirected by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Don Costello, Eleanor Stewart, Francis McDonald, Forrest Taylor
Roles Bud Trilling
Rating63%
This script must be run from the command line
Crime Doctor (1943)
, 1h6Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins, Leon Ames, Harold Huber
Roles Nick Ferris / Jim Warren
Rating62%
During the Great Depression, a man (Warner Baxter) is thrown out of a speeding car. When he regains consciousness in a hospital, he has amnesia. He is visited by a man who accuses him of faking his condition. The stranger calls the patient Phil and demands to know what happened to a valise, then runs away when Phil summons a nurse for help. When the man recovers, he takes the name Robert Ordway, after a hospital benefactor.
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
, 1h26Directed by Henry Hathaway, William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Mary Field, Don Costello
Roles Drunk
Rating62%
Dans les années 1930 à New York, Molly J. Truesdale est une employée de banque rêvant de grands espaces. Elle s'offre un circuit en bus dans l'Ouest sauvage qui la mène en Oregon. Là, elle rencontre Duke Hudkins qui concourt en itinérant dans des rodéos, accompagné par son partenaire Waco...
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
, 1h7Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Stephen McNally, Nella Walker
Roles Heydrich
Rating61%
Set during World War II, just after Pearl Harbor, Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) try their hand at various business ventures. Their store opens and closes in various guises but without success. They finally open it as a bicycle store, but it goes bankrupt and they close it down to enlist in the army. They fail in every attempt to succeed in the military and return to their home town Huxton only to find out that their store now is open, with a man named Eustace Middling (Donald Meek) in charge, selling radios instead of bicycles. But Middling offers the unfortunate brothers to share the space in a joint venture. Stan and oliie don't realize that Middling in fact is a German spy, using the shop as a front to cover a base for espionage on the US Military. The brothers also join the civil defense by becoming air raid wardens in Huxton. To complete their training, they have to take part in an advanced military drill, and Stan of course manages to get the wrong assignment—one that is far more complicated than they can handle. They set out on their mission, to rescue a very prominent banker, J.P. Norton (Howard Freeman), from a fire. They fail hugely with their mission, ending up burying the banker alive in a huge load of sand. Still, they are given one more chance to prove their aptitude as air raid wardens, involving the task of ensuring that all the town citizens turn off their lights at night. They get into a quarrel with one of the more troublesome inhabitants, Joe Bledsoe (Edgar Kennedy), resulting in a commotion and a rumor that spy activity is taking place in Joe's home. The brothers are knocked out, and in the end they are finally dismissed from the corps altogether. When they return to their shop, they happen to overhear the psies speaking German, and follow them to a hide-out outside of town. They find out that Middling's real name is Mittelhause, and overhear him talking about blowing the town's magnesium plant to pieces with another spy, Rittenhause (Henry O'Neill). The brothers try to send a message to the civil defense, but instead they are captured by the German spies. Stan accidentally knocks out one of the spies and the boys manage to flee and alert the civil defense, who arrive at the plant just in time to stop the sabotage. Stan and Ollie also expose Middling as a German spy.