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Thomas Carr is a Actor and Director American born on 4 july 1907
Thomas Carr (né le 4 juillet 1907, mort le 23 avril 1997) est un réalisateur et acteur américain de cinéma et de télévision, actif en tant que réalisateur entre 1945 et 1968.
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Thomas Carr
Biography
Né à Philadelphie dans une famille d'acteurs : son père William Carr était acteur ainsi que sa mère Mary Carr. À partir de 1915 il a été acteur dans des films muets, mais n'a jamais vraiment percé en tant qu'acteur. En 1945 il passe à la réalisation de films de Série B à Hollywood. La plupart de ses films sont des westerns. En 1948 il est co-réalisateur de la série Superman. Entre 1951 et 1968 il réalise surtout pour la télévision. Il meurt à Ventura en 1997.Usually with
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One Minute to Zero (1952)
, 1h45Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, Charles McGraw, William Talman, Richard Egan, Margaret Sheridan
Rating58%
Just prior to the North Korean invasion of South Korea, World War II U.S. Army veterans Colonel Steve Janowski (Robert Mitchum) and Sergeant Baker (Charles McGraw) are teaching South Korean soldiers how to use a bazooka to stop an enemy tank. Linda Day (Ann Blyth) is a United Nations worker assisting refugees. Janowski warns Day and her colleagues to leave the area because hostilities are imminent. Day, however, insists that the North Koreans would not risk the wrath of world opinion. In response, Janowski asks her if world opinion stopped Hitler.
Range Defenders (1937)
, 56minutesDirected by Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Harry Woods, Eleanor Stewart, Earle Hodgins
Roles George Brooke
Rating57%
SOS Coast Guard (1937)
Directed by Alan James, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Richard Alexander, Herbert Rawlinson, Lawrence Grant
Roles Jim Kent, Terry's brother and a Coast guard ensign
Rating58%
Boroff is a mad scientist who has invented a "disintegrator gas" and plans to smuggle it to his buyers in Morovania. When his ship, the Carfax, gets stranded on outlying rocks in the first chapter, the Coast Guard comes to rescue him. Recognised by the reporters, Jean and Snapper, Boroff runs and kills the pursuing coast guard Ensign Jim Kent, who turns to be Lt Terry Kent's brother.
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
, 1h34Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Edgar Dearing, Mary Treen, Charles Trowbridge
Roles Aide
Rating62%
The movie begins in World War I when a young man named Jimmy (Franchot Tone) unexpectedly becomes a hero by killing all the Germans in a machine gun nest. But he is then severely wounded and spends time in a hospital being cared for by a nurse, Rose (Gladys George), with whom he falls in love. But she is really in love with Jimmy’s buddy, Fred (Spencer Tracy), a carnival barker. However, when Fred doesn't return from the battlefield, the two think he’s been killed (when he was merely captured) and so they make wedding plans. Then when Fred returns he decides to support Jimmy and Rose marrying, even though it breaks his heart. After the war Fred meets up with Jimmy again and discovers that Jimmy is a racketeer who uses his battle skills to commit murder. So he tells Rose, who had no idea. She then reports her husband to the police so he will go to prison and be reformed. But Jimmy breaks out of prison and tries to take Rose on the lam with him. At this point Fred intervenes. Jimmy, feeling undeserving, commits suicide by police.
The Road to Ruin (1928)
Directed by Dorothy Davenport
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Helen Foster, Grant Withers, Florence Turner, Charles Miller, Thomas Carr, Walter James
Rating67%
Wings (1927)
, 2h19Directed by William A. Wellman, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Clara Bow, Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, Jobyna Ralston, El Brendel
Rating74%
Jack Powell and David Armstrong are rivals in the same small American town, both vying for the attentions of pretty Sylvia Lewis. Jack fails to realize that "the girl next door", Mary Preston, is desperately in love with him. The two young men both enlist to become combat pilots in the Air Service. When they leave for training camp, Jack mistakenly believes Sylvia prefers him. She actually prefers David and lets him know about her feelings, but is too kindhearted to turn down Jack's affection.
The Idol Dancer (1920)
, 1h44Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Barthelmess, Clarine Seymour, Creighton Hale, George MacQuarrie, Kate Bruce, Anders Randolf
Roles Donald Blythe
Rating50%
Mary (Seymour) is the daughter of a French man and a Javanese mother and enjoys dancing. She has two lovers, one being a beachcomber (Barthelmess) who was tossed off a passing ship for failing to work and desires only to drink gin. The other is a sickly young American (Kincaid) who has come to the island in hope of regaining his health and is staying with his missionary uncle (MacQuarrie) and his wife (Bruce). Natives from a neighboring island attack. The beachcomber reforms and Mary comes to love him.
Virtuous Wives (1918)
, 1hDirected by George Loane Tucker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Anita Stewart, Conway Tearle, Hedda Hopper, Edwin Arden, Thomas Carr
Rating52%
Based upon a review in a film magazine, Amy (Stewart) and Andrew Forrester (Tearle) are happy in the first few weeks of their married life with the comforts that his $25,000 income brings. Andrew turns down a business opportunity with steel magnate Maurice Delabarre (Arden), but Delabarre decides he needs Andrew's business abilities, and invites the couple to his house. Amy finds her living standard wanting, and demands that Andrew accept the offer even though it will cause them to be separated. After he accepts, Amy throws herself into the gaieties of the social set and even challenges the position of Delabarre's wife Irma (Hopper). Irma, finding her social throne tottering, sends for Andrew. On his return, he judges Amy's new lifestyle by old standards and wonders whether she is a virtuous wife.
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Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
, 1h22Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Terry Moore, John Dehner, Terry Moore, James Best, Denver Pyle
Rating61%
Matt Brown inherits a cattle ranch which he discovers is deep in debt. He goes on a cattle drive to raise money.
The Tall Stranger (1957)
, 1h20Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Barry Kelley, Michael Ansara, Whit Bissell, George N. Neise
Rating63%
Ned Bannon est laissé pour mort par des brigands. Il est retrouvé à temps par un train qui appartient à son demi-frère ; bravant l'animosité de celui-ci, Bannon va essayer d'éviter un massacre.
Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)
, 1h21Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Laraine Day, Ricardo Montalbán, Richard Carlson, June Havoc, Maria Palmer, Eduard Franz
Rating67%
La riche héritière Jamie Dawn a tiré sur son amant. Lors de son procès, son avocat tente d'influencer trois des jurés.
Stamp Day for Superman (1954)
, 18minutesDirected by Thomas Carr
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors George Reeves, Noel Neill, Jack Larson, John Hamilton, Tristram "Tris" Coffin
Rating55%
When Lois and Clark come upon a robbery whilst shopping, Superman apprehends the burglar, who claims to have to steal because he never bothered to save his money.
The Desperado (1954)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Genres Western
Actors Wayne Morris, Jimmy Lydon, Beverly Garland, Rayford Barnes, Dabbs Greer, Lee Van Cleef
Rating61%
Captain Scarlett (1953)
, 1h15Directed by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Richard Greene, Leonora Amar, Nedrick Young, Eduardo Noriega, Isabel del Puerto
Rating46%
After his estate is confistcated, returning soldier Captain Scarlett rescues Princess Maria from being abducted while travelling. She's not exactly grateful. He finds out that she is to be married to a man she doesn't like, so Captain Scarlet attempts to help her but winds up in prison for his efforts. He escapes and finally helps the reluctant bride who winds up joining Captain Scarlett and his sidekick and they become something along the lines of the three musketeers.
Man from the Black Hills (1952)
, 58minutesDirected by Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Mack Brown, James Ellison, Rand Brooks, I. Stanford Jolley, Stanley Andrews, Denver Pyle
Rating60%