Acting
Michael Vallon
Born July 21, 1897
Died November 13, 1973 · aged 76
No biography available.
Known For
Black Widow · 1954Black Widow
★ 6.41954
MovieMysteryDrama
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
Trigger Trail · 1944Trigger Trail
★ 7.01944
MovieWestern
The tale of Clint Farrell, an aspiring lawyer who must use both his wits and his brawn to save his town from being taken over by a villainous railroad financier.
Ringside · 1949Ringside
★ 5.01949
MovieDrama
Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind.
Batman · 1943Batman
★ 6.21943
MovieActionAdventure
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Tarnished · 1950Tarnished
★ 7.21950
MovieCrimeAction
Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of Lou Jellison, a cannery worker, he finds it hard to live down his reputation.
Drums of Fu Manchu · 1940Drums of Fu Manchu
★ 6.31940
MovieFantasyHorror
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
The Gangster · 1947The Gangster
★ 5.21947
MovieCrimeDrama
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy · 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
★ 6.01955
MovieAdventureHorror
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
Movies
Black Widow · 1954Black Widow
★ 6.41954
MovieMysteryDrama
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
Trigger Trail · 1944Trigger Trail
★ 7.01944
MovieWestern
The tale of Clint Farrell, an aspiring lawyer who must use both his wits and his brawn to save his town from being taken over by a villainous railroad financier.
Ringside · 1949Ringside
★ 5.01949
MovieDrama
Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He needs the money badly, so he doesn't delay the fight. The opponent discovers Joe's weakness and pounds on his eyes, causing him to go blind.
Batman · 1943Batman
★ 6.21943
MovieActionAdventure
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
Tarnished · 1950Tarnished
★ 7.21950
MovieCrimeAction
Bud Dolliver, a former WWII hero, and an ex-convict, returns to his home town in an effort to make a new life for himself but, even with the help of Lou Jellison, a cannery worker, he finds it hard to live down his reputation.
Drums of Fu Manchu · 1940Drums of Fu Manchu
★ 6.31940
MovieFantasyHorror
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
The Gangster · 1947The Gangster
★ 5.21947
MovieCrimeDrama
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy · 1955Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
★ 6.01955
MovieAdventureHorror
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
Snowfire · 1958Snowfire
★ 8.01958
MovieFamilyWestern
A little girl living on an isolated ranch claims to have formed a bond of friendship with a pure white, "wild" stallion. The horse is well known in the area, almost legendary, and supposedly vicious. Is she just making it up, or is she telling the truth? If it's real, isn't it dangerous for her with a "killer" horse? Or is the horse as vicious as he's been portrayed?
The Lone Star Trail · 1943The Lone Star Trail
★ 6.01943
MovieRomanceWestern
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him.
Appointment in Honduras · 1953Appointment in Honduras
★ 5.91953
MovieAdventureThriller
On a tramp steamer off Central America are Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard, five prisoners en route to a Nicaraguan prison, and Corbett, an American carrying money for a Honduran counter-revolution. Denied permission to land in Honduras, Corbett releases the prisoners and with their aid hijacks the ship. They land, taking the wealthy Sheppards as hostages, and start the arduous trip upriver to Corbett's rendezvous, meeting jungle hazards
Rendezvous · 1935Rendezvous
★ 4.91935
MovieComedyWar
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
The Silver Bullet · 1942The Silver Bullet
★ 6.01942
MovieWestern
A cowboy heads for the town where his father was murdered to find out who was responsible.
The Sword of Monte Cristo · 1951The Sword of Monte Cristo
★ 4.61951
MovieActionAdventure
In 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche and Major Nicolet to Normandy in search of the members of a group of rebels. A Masked Cavalier, the niece, Lady Christianne, of the Marquis De Montableau, announces at a secret meeting of the Normandy underground leaders that the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo was willed to her and she will use it to finance their cause. Her uncle, the only one who can decipher the symbols on the sword of Monte Cristo, the key to the treasure, derides her stand against the Emperor. La Roche takes possession of the sword and has the Marquis put into the dungeon. Christianne, as the Masked Cavalier, regains the sword from La Roche, but Captain Renault apprehends her and returns to sword to La Roche.
The Spider Returns · 1941The Spider Returns
★ 8.51941
MovieCrimeAction
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
Death Rides the Range · 1939Death Rides the Range
★ 8.01939
MovieActionWestern
A wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys bring him to a nearby trading post, he's murdered after he lets slip a secret about a hidden cave. Investigating his death, Ken and his friends encounter a land dispute between a pair of neighboring ranches, an arrogant German baron and a mysterious shack that houses a great secret.
The Steel Fist · 1952The Steel Fist
★ 6.01952
MovieDrama
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
The Dawn Express · 1942The Dawn Express
★ 5.11942
MovieActionAdventure
A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half for security purposes. The spies get half the formula and know that either of two chemists, Robert Norton or Tom Fielding, knows the rest. They capture Fielding, through a ruse by gang member Linda Pavlo, and threaten the life of his sister Nancy and his mother if he does not give them the formula. To protect his friend Fielding, who does know the formula and is engaged to Nancy, Tom pretends to know the secret and boards the Dawn Express plane with the spy leader and his gang.
Three Men from Texas · 1940Three Men from Texas
★ 6.61940
MovieWestern
Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.
Cheyenne Roundup · 1943Cheyenne Roundup
★ 7.01943
MovieWestern
Johnny Mack Brown's Universal western series was drawing to a close when Cheyenne Roundup was released in mid-1943. Brown is herein cast in a dual role, as honest Gils Brandon and his less-than-honest brother Buck. Pursued by lawman Steve Rawlins (Tex Ritter), Buck tries to pass himself off as the upright Gils.
The Witness Vanishes · 1939The Witness Vanishes
★ 7.01939
MovieActionAdventure
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.
The Old Chisholm Trail · 1942The Old Chisholm Trail
★ 7.71942
MovieActionMusic
Dusty Gardner, and other Texas ranchers, are driving a herd of cattle to Abilene, Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. Desperate need of water takes them to the Turner ranch, where Belle Turner demands exorbitant prices for the water. Dusty learns that Belle is also trying to oust Mary Lee and Montana Smith from the trading post Mary operates. The sheriff sides with Belle following a fight between the two women. Belle knows there is artesian springs under the land the trading post occupies and intends to get the property by any means.
Six Gun Decision · 1953Six Gun Decision
★ 9.01953
MovieWestern
A compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and Pony Express vs. Telegraph, edited together and released as a feature film.
Boss of Bullion City · 1940Boss of Bullion City
★ 6.01940
MovieWesternCrime
A lawman sets out to disrupt the operations of a crooked town boss.
