G Men is a 1935 Warner Bros. crime film starring James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay, and Lloyd Nolan in his film debut. According to Variety, the movie was one of the top-grossing films of 1935. The supporting cast features Robert Armstrong and Barton MacLane.
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Plot
🎥 A newspaper ad for G Men connects the film to real-life G Men in the FBI, who were tracking kidnappers in the Pacific Northwest.
One year after graduation, New York City lawyer James "Brick" Davis has no clients because he refuses to compromise with his ideals and integrity. His friend Eddie Buchanan tries to recruit him as a federal agent or "G Man" (government man), but Davis is unsure. However, when Buchanan is killed while trying to arrest a gangster, Davis changes his mind, determined to bring the killer to justice. He bids farewell to his mentor, "Mac" MacKay, a mob boss who financed his education to keep Davis on the right side of the law. He bids farewell to Jean Morgan, the star of MacKay's nightclub who has feelings for Davis.
Davis travels to Washington, D.C., to begin his training. A mutual dislike forms immediately between him and his instructor, Jeff McCord, which eventually subsides as time passes, but not before McCord openly mocks and derides Davis' attempts at training. However, Davis is attracted to McCord's sister, Kay, which strengthens his determination to remain passive despite McCord's efforts to rile him.
Meanwhile, MacKay retires and buys a resort lodge out in the woods of Wisconsin. His men, free of his restraint, embark on a crime spree. Hamstrung by existing laws (federal agents have to get local warrants and are not even allowed to carry guns), the head of the G-Men pleads for new laws to empower his beleaguered men. They are enacted with great speed.
Davis identifies one of the perpetrators, Danny Leggett, by his superstition of always wearing a gardenia. Not having completed his training, he can only give agent Hugh Farrell tips on Leggett's habits. His quarry is tracked and captured by Farrell, but he and some of his men are gunned down, and Leggett flees.
McCord is put in charge of the manhunt and given his choice of five agents. He picks Davis, a decision that later pays dividends when Jean is brought in for questioning. Davis learns she is now married to Collins, one of the crooks. She inadvertently lets slip that the gang is hiding out at MacKay's lodge (against MacKay's will). In the ensuing wild shootout, Davis kills MacKay, who was being used as a human shield. Before he dies, MacKay forgives his distraught friend. Davis then tries to resign from the department, but McCord talks him out of it by reminding him that McKay's death wasn't his fault and asks him to stay on.
Only Collins gets away. McCord and Davis go to Jean's apartment to warn her. Jean is not there, but Collins is and shoots at them. Davis pushes McCord out of the way and takes a bullet meant for him. Collins gets away. Davis ends up in the hospital (where Kay is a nurse) for his shoulder wound. Collins kidnaps Kay to use as a hostage. Jean finds out where he is hiding and telephones Davis, only to be shot by her husband. Davis bolts from his hospital bed, has some final words for the dying Jean, sneaks inside the garage, and rescues Kay. Collins is shot to death by McCord as he tries to drive away. Kay escorts the still-bandaged Davis back to the hospital, vowing to "handle your case personally."
From Russia with Love is a 1963 spy film. It is the second in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions and Sean Connery's second role as MI6 agent 007 James Bond.
The picture was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood. It is based on Ian Fleming's 1957 novel From Russia, with Love. In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr. No. The film followed Dr. No (1962) and was followed by Goldfinger (1964).
Following the success of Dr. No, United Artists greenlit a sequel and doubled the budget available for the producers. In addition to filming on location in Turkey, the action scenes were shot at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, and in Scotland. Production ran over budget and schedule and was rushed to finish by its scheduled October 1963 release date.
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All Through the Night is a 1942 American comedy-crime-spy thriller film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, and Kaaren Verne, and featuring many of the Warner Bros. company of character actors. Warner Brothers released it. The supporting cast features Peter Lorre, Frank McHugh, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silvers, Barton MacLane, and William Demarest.
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Cast notes
⦿ Jackie Gleason and Wallace Ford are billed onscreen as "Jackie C. Gleason" and "Wally Ford," respectively.
⦿ Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers owe their presence in the film to the direct intervention of Warner Bros. studio head Jack L. Warner, who personally phoned Sherman to...
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - Episodes 246-250 - The Alvin Summers Matter - 1955
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is a radio drama that aired on CBS Radio from February 18, 1949 to September 30, 1962.
✦ Starring Bob Bailey
Written by Robert Ryf
Produced and Directed by Jack Johnstone
Features Virginia Gregg, Marvin Miller, Don Diamond, Tony Barrett, and Parley Baer
The first several seasons imagined protagonist Johnny Dollar as a private investigator drama, with Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, and John Lund portraying Dollar in succession over the years. In 1955, after a yearlong hiatus, the series came back in its best-known incarnation with Bob Bailey starring in "The Transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action-packed Expense Account – America's Fabulous Freelance Insurance Investigator." There were 809 episodes (plus two not-for-broadcast auditions) in the 12-year run, and more than 710 still exist today.
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