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Ernie Adams is a Actor American born on 17 june 1885 at San Francisco (USA)
Ernie Adams (June 18, 1885 – November 26, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1919 and 1948. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California, aged 62.
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Birth name Ernie S. Adams
Nationality USA
Birth 17 june 1885 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 26 november 1947 (at 62 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 17 june 1885 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 26 november 1947 (at 62 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Ernie Adams (June 18, 1885 – November 26, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1919 and 1948. He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California, aged 62.
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The Hunted (1948)
, 1h28Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin, Russell Hicks, Frank Ferguson, Joseph Crehan
Roles Employé de la station service
Rating64%
A policeman sends his girlfriend to prison and won't leave her alone when she gets out.
Time Out of Mind (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter
Rating62%
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
The Black Widow (1947)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Carol Forman, Anthony Warde, Ramsay Ames, I. Stanford Jolley, Brother Theodore, Virginia Carroll
Roles Blinky
Rating63%
The Editor of the Daily Clarion newspaper hires amateur criminologist Steve Colt to solve a series of murders, all involving poisonous spider bites.
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
, 1h17Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Nat Pendleton, Joan Shawlee, Russell Hicks
Roles Tie Demo Bystander (uncredited)
Rating67%
After serving in Europe during World War II, Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) and Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) return to the United States aboard a troop ship. Also onboard is their old nemesis, Sgt. Collins (Nat Pendleton). As the ship nears New York, Collins and his superiors search the men's belongings for contraband. A six-year-old French orphan, Evey (Beverly Simmons), whom Herbie and Slicker befriended, is found in Herbie's duffle bag. She is handed over to Lt. Sylvia Hunter (Joan Fulton), who delivers her to immigration officials in New York. However, during a shift change at the office, Evey is mistaken for a neighborhood kid and set free. Meanwhile, Herbie and Slicker are back to their pre-war occupation of peddling ties in Times Square. Collins is also back at his old job--a police officer assigned to the same beat. He is about to arrest the boys when Evey shows up and helps them escape.
Desperate (1947)
, 1h13Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee, Jason Robards Sr.
Roles Villager (uncredited)
Rating67%
Steve Randall (Brodie) is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse, does he discover he has been hired to haul away stolen goods. Steve wants no part of the plot and resists, but a cop is killed as they're committing the burglary, and all except one manage to get away.
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
, 1h5Directed by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Skelton Knaggs, June Clayworth, Edward Ashley-Cooper
Roles Waiter at Hangman's Knot (uncredited)
Rating60%
Just out of jail, Gruesome goes to the Hangman's Knot saloon, where his old crime crony Melody is now playing piano. Gruesome takes him to a plastics manufacturer, where X-Ray and a mysterious mastermind are in possession of a secret formula and hatching a sinister plot.
Killer Dill (1947)
, 1h15Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Stuart Erwin, Anne Gwynne, Frank Albertson, Mike Mazurki, Milburn Stone, Dorothy Granger
Roles Little Joe's Driver (uncredited)
Rating54%
Low key lingerie salesman Johnny Dill loses his girlfriend Judy Parker to his longtime friend, the charming lawyer William T. Allen. And when he takes his assistant Millie Gardner to a movie, all she talks about is the manly gangster hero Big Nick Moronie. Discouraged by the fact that every woman seems to want something completely different from what he has to offer, Johnny decides to change his ways and become more of a tough gangster himself to improve his chances. He drops into a bar and plays out his new act in full, succeeding in upsetting the real Big Nick Moronie, who is considered to be "public enemy number 21" on the ranking.
The Pretender (1947)
, 1h9Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Albert Dekker, Charles Drake, Alan Carney, Linda Stirling, Tom Kennedy, Charles Middleton
Roles Thomas the butler
Rating63%
The story tells of Kenneth Holden (Dekker), a crooked investment businessman who embezzles a large sum of money from an estate. He hopes to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress Claire Worthington (Craig).
Son of Zorro (1947)
, 3hDirected by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Superhero films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Peggy Stewart, Roy Barcroft, Ernie Adams, Stanley Price, Edmund F. Cobb, Ken Terrell
Roles Judge Hyde
Rating62%
A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and sets out to bring them to justice.
Trail Street (1947)
, 1h24Directed by Ray Enright, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George "Gabby" Hayes, Steve Brodie, Billy House
Roles Eben Bowen
Rating61%
The town of Liberal in southwestern Kansas needs the help of a lawman; so does the law-abiding land baron Allen Harper. Deputy Billy Burns hence sends for his longtime friend, the legendary Bat Masterson.
The Millerson Case (1947)
, 1h12Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, Clem Bevans, Griff Barnett, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), James Bell
Rating60%
The Crime Doctor, Dr. Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter), an amnesiac ex-crook, takes on yet another intriguing psychological murder case. This time he is on vacation, but the kindly fellow cannot help but look into a murder to help a troubled soul.
The Thirteenth Hour (1947)
, 1h5Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Karen Morley, Paul Campbell, John Kellogg, Jim Bannon, Regis Toomey
Roles McCabe
Rating63%
A truck driver named Steve Reynolds (Richard Dix) is involved in a nasty business rivalry. He gets assaulted by a masked bandit who highjacks his truck.
Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
, 55minutesDirected by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Gilbert Roland, Chris-Pin Martin, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue, Pedro de Cordoba, Donna Martell
Roles Pablo
Rating63%
Fear (1946)
, 1h8Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Warren William, Peter Cookson, Anne Gwynne, Nestor Paiva, Almira Sessions, Ernie Adams
Roles House Painter
Rating56%
A broke medical student in desperate need of tuition money sells everything he owns to a dishonest professor. When the student's scholarship is suddenly taken from him, he flies into a rage and kills the professor, whom he feels is responsible for his situation. His life then begins to improve, but as the student grows more reckless, police suspicion continues to grow.
The Killers (1946)
, 1h38Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Albert Dekker, Vince Barnett
Roles Hood with Cane (uncredited)
Rating76%
Two hitmen, Max and Al (William Conrad and Charles McGraw), come to a small town to kill Ole "the Swede" Andreson (Burt Lancaster). The Swede's coworker at a gas station warns him but, strangely, he makes no attempt to flee, and they kill him in his hotel room.