Thomas E. Jackson
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1886-07-02
Locus Natus: New York City, New York, USA
Et ut: Thomas Jackson, Tommy Jackson, Tom Jackson
Mystery of the Wax Museum
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
release : 1933.02.18popularis : 6.931
Big Town
A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.
release : 1946.08.23popularis : 2.48
Name the Woman
Directed by Albert S. Rogell. With Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson.
release : 1934.07.25popularis : 1.133
Little Caesar
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
release : 1931.01.25popularis : 7.003
Dead End
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of...
release : 1937.08.27popularis : 6.637
Manhattan Melodrama
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
release : 1934.05.04popularis : 5.523
The Guilty
Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
release : 1947.03.22popularis : 5.583
Circumstantial Evidence
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
release : 1945.04.20popularis : 1.924
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and...
release : 1938.07.20popularis : 7.723
The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a...
release : 1946.09.03popularis : 2.623
The Woman in the Window
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
release : 1944.10.25popularis : 12.854
No More Women
Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at...
release : 1934.03.03popularis : 0.712
The Face of Marble
The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles...
release : 1946.01.19popularis : 1.41
The Hidden Eye
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
release : 1945.08.31popularis : 1.711
The Last Days of Pompeii
In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by...
release : 1935.10.18popularis : 5.677
Terror Aboard
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
release : 1933.04.14popularis : 3.049
Valley of the Zombies
A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
release : 1946.05.26popularis : 4.674
Mystery of the White Room
A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
release : 1939.03.17popularis : 5.272
Broadway
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
release : 1929.05.27popularis : 2.253
Big City Blues
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets...
release : 1932.09.18popularis : 2.349
Blondes at Work
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals...
release : 1938.02.05popularis : 3.692
Parachute Jumper
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
release : 1933.01.28popularis : 5.065
Here Comes Trouble
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
release : 1948.03.15popularis : 1.612
Torchy Gets Her Man
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens...
release : 1938.11.12popularis : 2.749
Reckless Living
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.
release : 1931.10.20popularis : 0.636
I'd Give My Life
The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a...
release : 1936.08.13popularis : 0.854
I'd Give My Life
The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a...
release : 1936.08.13popularis : 0.854
The Reckoning
Two young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader has other plans for them.
release : 1932.02.15popularis : 2.924
International Crime
The second and final Grand National Pictures film to feature The Shadow, played again by Rod La Rocque. In this version, Lamont Cranston is an...
release : 1938.04.23popularis : 6.968
Below the Deadline
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to...
release : 1936.06.07popularis : 1.144
A Man Betrayed
A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tries to make things right for the stockholders,...
release : 1936.12.27popularis : 4.8
The Preview Murder Mystery
The star of "Song of the Toreador" receives threatening messages that he will not survive the preview screening of the film. The studio publicist...
release : 1936.02.28popularis : 2.301
For the Defense
William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them...
release : 1930.07.19popularis : 3.423
A Fever in the Blood
A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator--each hoping to be elected the next governor--attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their...
release : 1961.01.28popularis : 2.408
Dangerous Holiday
A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.
release : 1937.06.06popularis : 3.277
Unashamed
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
release : 1932.07.02popularis : 1.417
Little Miss Nobody
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
release : 1936.06.05popularis : 1.288
24 Hours
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.
release : 1931.10.03popularis : 1.364
The Fall Guy
Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her...
release : 1930.06.15popularis : 2.884
Good News
A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.
release : 1930.08.22popularis : 1.09
Strange Justice
Socialite banker Henry Judson maintains his extravagant lifestyle by embezzling from his bank, but is caught by sleazy assistant manager Waters and...
release : 1932.10.07popularis : 0.904
The Lady in the Morgue
A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.
release : 1938.04.22popularis : 3.751
Call of the Wild
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for...
release : 1935.08.09popularis : 4.648
Law of the Tropics
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a...
release : 1941.10.04popularis : 1.798
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.
release : 1932.05.28popularis : 5.074
Myrt and Marge
Myrt has a show chock full of talented performers that deserves to be on Broadway, but can't raise the necessary money. Jackson, a lecherous...
release : 1933.11.25popularis : 1.758
I Stand Accused
Fred, a young lawyer fresh out of school, climbs quickly to success as the mouthpiece for a gangland mob. His friend Paul, however, reaches equally...
release : 1938.10.29popularis : 1.429
Blazing Across the Pecos
This time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
release : 1948.07.01popularis : 1.961
It Had to Happen
A poor boy rises to power in politics.
release : 1936.02.14popularis : 1.62
Wanted: Jane Turner
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
release : 1936.12.04popularis : 2.404
Tell No Tales
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
release : 1939.06.12popularis : 3.564
The Personality Kid
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
release : 1934.06.06popularis : 1.818
Strictly Personal
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these...
release : 1933.03.17popularis : 2.322
Fugitive in the Sky
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan...
release : 1936.11.28popularis : 1.812
Doctor X
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
release : 1932.08.03popularis : 5.211
George White's Scandals
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she...
release : 1934.03.15popularis : 1.039
Stronger Than Desire
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
release : 1939.06.30popularis : 2.11
Nancy Drew... Reporter
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's...
release : 1939.02.18popularis : 5.465
It Conquered the World
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife...
release : 1956.07.14popularis : 4.33
Another Thin Man
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
release : 1939.11.17popularis : 10.746
Beau Geste
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in...
release : 1939.07.24popularis : 4.653
Gypsy
Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention...
release : 1962.11.01popularis : 13.838
The Escape
An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his...
release : 1939.10.05popularis : 3.278
Phone Call from a Stranger
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover...
release : 1952.02.01popularis : 3.432
Big Town Scandal
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
release : 1948.05.27popularis : 3.027
You, the People
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the...
release : 1940.11.30popularis : 5.244
A Son Comes Home
A mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.
release : 1936.07.31popularis : 2.742
Crime Wave
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then...
release : 1953.10.22popularis : 9.323
The Last Hurrah
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle,...
release : 1958.12.31popularis : 5.281
Hollywood Boulevard
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to...
release : 1936.08.20popularis : 1.894
Scarlet Street
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really...
release : 1945.12.25popularis : 14.095
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
release : 1934.05.25popularis : 10.571
Why Girls Leave Home
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when...
release : 1945.10.09popularis : 1.612
Double Cross Roads
Based on a novel by William R. Lipman
release : 1930.04.20popularis : 1.302
Just Before Dawn
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an...
release : 1946.03.07popularis : 2.612
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose...
release : 1966.06.08popularis : 7.322
The Irish in Us
A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain's daughter.
release : 1935.07.31popularis : 7.841
City for Conquest
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York...
release : 1940.09.21popularis : 8.674
Castle on the Hudson
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
release : 1940.02.17popularis : 2.84
Lady with Red Hair
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
release : 1940.11.30popularis : 2.679
Millionaires in Prison
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
release : 1940.07.12popularis : 4.42
Behind the Mask
A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.
release : 1932.02.25popularis : 1.602
Women Without Names
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the...
release : 1940.03.14popularis : 2.544
Carnival
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His...
release : 1935.02.15popularis : 2.353
The Case of the Curious Bride
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame,...
release : 1935.04.13popularis : 5.444
La Conga Nights
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has...
release : 1940.05.31popularis : 1.643
Afraid to Talk
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
release : 1932.11.17popularis : 1.885
Free, Blonde and 21
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
release : 1940.03.28popularis : 2.312
The Devil's Mask
A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The...
release : 1946.05.23popularis : 2.447
How DOooo You Do
Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort.
release : 1945.12.24popularis : 0.65
The Devil Plays
A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.
release : 1931.12.15popularis : 1.961
Melody in Spring
It's love at first sight for singer John Craddock and Jane Blodgett who meet while John is seeking a radio job with the "Blodgett Dog Biscuit Hour,"...
release : 1934.04.07popularis : 0.482
The Westland Case
A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside.
release : 1937.10.30popularis : 2.655
Escapade
Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip...
release : 1932.04.01popularis : 0.966
A Fugitive from Justice
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a...
release : 1940.06.15popularis : 2.229
The Accusing Finger
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and...
release : 1936.11.17popularis : 3.283
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist.
release : 1943.12.09popularis : 4.717
No Place for a Lady
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge, discover a body in his beachside cottage; only...
release : 1943.02.11popularis : 2.375
Blonde Alibi
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot...
release : 1946.03.01popularis : 1.808
The Jury's Secret
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear...
release : 1938.01.16popularis : 1.376
Let Them Live
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
release : 1937.04.25popularis : 2.56
She Couldn't Take It
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His...
release : 1935.10.08popularis : 1.292
The Doorway to Hell
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and...
release : 1930.10.18popularis : 5.16
Special Agent
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's...
release : 1935.09.14popularis : 4.627
Girl from God's Country
Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few...
release : 1940.07.30popularis : 1.037
Reform School Girl
A teen girl is thrown into reform school for refusing to squeal on her delinquent boyfriend where she ends up meeting his ex-girlfriend and the...
release : 1957.08.01popularis : 2.277
Meet Me at the Fair
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad...
release : 1953.01.01popularis : 1.941
The Lawless Woman
Dancer June Page is charged with the murder of gangster "Honest Ed" Baker. Allan Perry, an ambitious journalist at the dawn of his career, seeks at...
release : 1931.05.05popularis : 1.951
Union Station
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try...
release : 1950.10.04popularis : 5.47
Crime Takes a Holiday
A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.
release : 1938.10.05popularis : 0.383
The Guilt of Janet Ames
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.
release : 1947.03.06popularis : 2.388
The Avenger
A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
release : 1933.08.10popularis : 2.075