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James Bush
Actor 1907 - 1987

James Bush

Greenfield, Ohio, USA

James Bush (October 4, 1907 – April 9, 1987) was an American actor from the 1930s until the early 1950s. He appeared in more than 100 television shows and films, more than 80 of them being feature films.

Filmography

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28 titles
The Lawless

The Lawless

Joseph Losey 1950 1h 23m 5.0

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York

Earl McEvoy 1950 1h 19m 6.0

Married jewel thieves struggle with infidelity, federal agents and the deadly smallpox virus.

Convicted

Convicted

Henry Levin 1950 1h 31m 7.0

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

Armored Car Robbery

Armored Car Robbery

Richard Fleischer 1950 1h 7m 7.3

The film tells the story of a well-planned robbery of an armored car when it stops at a sports stadium. Yet, the heist goes awry, and a tough Los Angeles cop named Cordell (Charles McGraw) is in hot pursuit.

Massacre River

Massacre River

John Rawlins 1949 1h 18m 5.0

Two cavalry officers clash over the colonel's daughter at a remote outpost with Indian troubles.

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado

Henry Levin 1948 1h 40m 6.0

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to his experiences during the war, and as his behavior becomes more erratic--and violent--his friend desperately tries to find a way to help him.

Race Street

Race Street

Edwin L. Marin 1948 1h 19m 6.0

A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.

Out of the Past

Out of the Past

Jacques Tourneur 1947 1h 37m 8.3

Out of the Past is a classic later Film Noir.

They Made Me a Killer

They Made Me a Killer

William C. Thomas 1946 1h 4m

A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.

The Big Noise

The Big Noise

Malcolm St. Clair 1944 1h 14m 6.5

During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

Fritz Lang 1943 2h 14m 7.9

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.

Air Force

Air Force

Howard Hawks 1943 2h 4m 9.0

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

Alfred L. Werker 1942 1h 8m 6.0

Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.

West of Cimarron

West of Cimarron

Lester Orlebeck 1941 56m

The Mesquiteers return to Texas after the Civil War to find Army carpetbaggers fighting the local bushwackers. They quickly learn that Capt. Hawks and his men are the culprits and join up with Morgan and his men.

Sergeant York

Sergeant York

Howard Hawks 1941 2h 14m 7.6

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Beyond Tomorrow

Beyond Tomorrow

A. Edward Sutherland 1940 1h 24m 5.0

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

George Marshall, Edward F. Cline 1939 1h 16m 6.0

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming 1939 3h 58m 8.2

Gone With The Wind is, when adjusted for inflation, the most successful film of all times and the height of Hollywood studio films.

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

W.S. Van Dyke 1939 1h 25m 6.0

Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.

Topa Topa

Topa Topa

Charles Hutchison, Vin Moore 1938 1h 14m 7.0

Tom Turner, a naturalist, comes to the "Topa Topa" district (named for the mountain), and falls in love with widow Margaret Weston...

Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery

E.A. Dupont 1937 1h 6m

Philo Vance investigates a series of murders among members of the wealthy Greene family.

Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money

Alfred Santell 1937 1h 18m

Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Haley, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and enlists Hanlon to help her; the gangster's solution, not surprisingly, is violent.

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

Charles Lamont 1935 1h 9m 4.0

The apparent hanging of a suicidal student is revealed to be murder, as he was already dead when the noose was placed around his neck, killed by a sharp needle that penetrated the back of his skull with great force.

Crimson Romance

Crimson Romance

David Howard 1934 1h 11m

After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the Great War, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force,

Beggars in Ermine

Beggars in Ermine

Phil Rosen 1934 1h 12m 6.0

John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.

Baby Face

Baby Face

Alfred E. Green 1933 1h 16m 8.3

A beautiful schemer sleeps her way to the top of a banking empire.

Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through

Sidney Franklin 1932 1h 38m

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

Ernst Lubitsch, Stephen Roberts 1932 1h 28m 7.5

A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.

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