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Tom Powers is a Actor American born on 7 july 1890 at Owensboro (USA)
Tom Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude. He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, Caesar. In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic, Double Indemnity (1944).
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Birth name Thomas McCreery Powers
Nationality USA
Birth 7 july 1890 at Owensboro (USA)
Death 9 november 1955 (at 65 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 7 july 1890 at Owensboro (USA)
Death 9 november 1955 (at 65 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Biography
Tom Powers was married to Meta Murray Janney of Philadelphia on September 7, 1929. Powers died of heart disease at his home in Manhattan Beach, California, on November 9, 1955, at age 65. He was interred in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, in North Hollywood, California.Best films
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Ten Wanted Men (1955)
, 1h20Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Alfonso Bedoya, Denver Pyle, Skip Homeier
Roles Henry Green
Rating59%
Adam Stewart, a lawyer heading west with grown son Howie, is persuaded by brother John Stewart to settle down near him in Ocatilla, Arizona, where he has a ranch and romantic interest in a widow, Corinne Michaels.
New York Confidential (1955)
, 1h27Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens
Roles Dist. Atty. Rossi
Rating70%
Charlie Lupo is a gangster who runs the New York branch of a crime syndicate. He is a widower with a grown daughter, Kathy and a new lover, Iris.
The Eternal Sea (1955)
, 1h43Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Ben Cooper, Dean Jagger, Virginia Grey, Hayden Rorke
Roles Général
Rating61%
Histoire vécue du contre-amiral américain John M. Hoskins, chargé de former les pilotes de l'aéronavale, puis de commander un porte-avions qui sera coulé et lui coûtera une jambe. Au lieu d'arrêter, il repartira dans l'aviation de marine à réaction, en Corée, dans laquelle il accomplira des prouesses....
Double Jeopardy (1955)
, 1h10Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes, Jack Kelly, John Litel, Robert Armstrong
Roles Harry Sheldon
Rating62%
New York Confidential (1955)
Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Broderick Crawford, Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens
Roles Dist. Atty. Rossi
Rating70%
Installé à Chicago comme tueur à gages, Nick Magellan (Richard Conte) est appelé à New York par Charlie Lupo (Broderick Crawford), un puissant homme d'affaires corrompu qui dirige le lucratif syndicat du crime de Manhattan. Lors d'un règlement de comptes, trois des hommes de main de Lupo laissent de trop nombreuses traces de leurs passages. Pour se couvrir, Lupo charge Magellan de les éliminer. En parallèle à cette mission, Lupo lui demande de surveiller Katherine (Anne Bancroft), sa fille. Magellan tombe amoureux de la jeune femme et rate sa mission, mettant Lupo dans une situation délicate.
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
, 1h25Directed by John Farrow, William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Glenn Ford, Jean Simmons, Brian Aherne, Abbe Lane, Frank Lovejoy
Roles Jim Rogers
Rating56%
Texas rancher Sam Dent (Glenn Ford) takes a small herd of three Brahman bulls to Brazil, where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war, as well as in love. He must find out who are his friends and who are his enemies.
The Mad Magician (1954)
, 1h12Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Patrick O'Neal, Donald Randolph
Roles un inspecteur
Rating65%
Don Gallico (Vincent Price) is a magician, master of disguise, and inventor of stage-magic effects in the late 1800s aspiring to become a star magician under the stage name Gallico the Great. Disguised as The Great Rinaldi, a headlining rival magician, Mr. Gallico performs a number of magic tricks successfully, building up to the reveal of his latest invention, the buzz-saw, an illusion that "severs" the head of the magician's assistant Karen Lee (Mary Murphy). Before Mr. Gallico can perform the buzz-saw illusion, the curtains come down to stop the performance. Businessman Ross Ormond (Donald Randolph) and his lawyer serve Mr. Gallico a cease and desist order against the performance of the buzz-saw trick much to the anger of Mr. Gallico. Ms. Lee's boyfriend, police detective Lt. Alan Bruce (Patrick O'Neal), is asked by her to intervene in the dispute between Mr. Gallico and Mr. Ormond. Mr. Gallico informs the detective that he signed a contract to Mr. Ormond's Illusions, Inc., a magician's trick provider, to invent new tricks, the issue is that Mr. Ormond owns all work created by Mr. Ormond, not just the ones produced for Illusions, Inc., Mr. Gallico's understanding.
Julius Caesar (1953)
, 2hDirected by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical, Peplum
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien, Greer Garson
Roles Metellus Cimber
Rating71%
Caius Julius surnommé Caesar, ambitieux leader politique, est déterminé à devenir dictateur. Il est accueilli en triomphe dans Rome lors de la célébration des Lupercales. Les sénateurs (et en particulier Cassius), face à la réaction de la foule, en viennent à le considérer comme une menace pour Rome. Mais la popularité dont jouit César rend difficile tout complot contre lui.
Devil's Canyon (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Arthur Hunnicutt, Stephen McNally, Robert Keith, Jay C. Flippen
Roles Joe Holbert (uncredited)
Rating54%
Arizona, 1897: A female outlaw, Abby Nixon, warns a lawman, Billy Reynolds, that her accomplices Bud and Cole Gorman are nearby. Reynolds manages to kill both in a gunfight, but finds himself arrested for murder, convicted and sentenced to a desert prison known as Devil's Canyon.
Donovan's Brain (1953)
, 1h23Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Tom Powers, James Anderson, Victor Sutherland
Roles Donovan's Washington Advisor
Rating59%
Dr. Patrick Cory and his wife Janice live in a mountain retreat where Cory attempts to keep a monkey's brain alive after having been removed from the monkey's skull.
I, the Jury (1953)
, 1h27Directed by Harry Essex
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Alan Reed, Mary Anderson
Roles Milt Miller
Rating60%
Shortly before Christmas in New York City, one-armed insurance investigator Jack Williams (Robert Swanger) is looking at a college yearbook photo of John Hansen when someone slips into his apartment and shoots him to death. Hot-headed private investigator Mike Hammer (Biff Elliot), Jack's war buddy, vows to avenge his friend's death despite a warning from Pat Chambers (Preston Foster), captain of the homicide squad, to let the police handle the case. Pat is unable to calm Mike, who roughs up a wisecracking reporter before leaving the crime scene. Knowing that Mike will forge ahead with an investigation regardless of his advice, Pat urges the offended reporter to publish an article disclosing that Mike is on the job.
The Last Posse (1953)
, 1h13Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Wanda Hendrix, Charles Bickford, Warner Anderson, Henry Hull
Roles Frank White
Rating65%
When the anxiously awaited posse returns with neither prisoners nor the stolen money, we learn through flashbacks from three different characters, what took place. Having been cheated by Sampson Drune, a father and his two sons have robbed him and fled. A posse led by Drune took off after them and although unwanted, the town's drunken Sheriff joined them. The Sheriff's influence on Jed, the adopted son of Drune, is the key to Jed later revealing who killed Drune, the robbers, and what happened to the money.
Sea of Lost Ships (1953)
, 1h25Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors John Derek, Wanda Hendrix, Walter Brennan, Richard Jaeckel, Tom Tully, Barton MacLane
Roles Rear Admiral
Rating68%
, 1h15Directed by John Ireland, Lee Garmes
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Macdonald Carey, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Tom Powers, Frank Ferguson, Stuart Randall
Roles Sheriff
Rating60%
Bus Crow (Macdonald Carey ), a professional gunfighter from Texas arrives in Pearl City looking for work, where he makes an impression on the locals at "Hannah's Place", a saloon run by Hallie(Joanne Dru). This leads to him being hired by ranchers to convince squatters to leave the area. U.S. Marshal Sam Rochelle (John Ireland) is brought in to investigate some murders and suspects Crow is responsible.
Diplomatic Courier (1952)
, 1h37Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally, Karl Malden, Helene Stanley, Hildegard Knef
Roles Cherney (Chenry en VF)
Rating67%
Mike Kells is assigned by the State Department to fly to Salzburg and meet his old friend Sam Carew, who will pass a top-secret document to him. A passenger on the plane, Joan Ross, takes a liking to Mike and expresses a desire to see him again.