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John Qualen
Actor 1899 - 1987

John Qualen

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of... Read full bio →

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La classe américaine

La classe américaine

Michel Hazanavicius, Dominique Mézerette 1993 1h 12m 8.1

Following the death of the world classiest man, George Abitbol, three journalists investigate to try to understand his last words: "Monde de merde!" La Classe Américaine is a montage of scenes taken from the Warner Bros. catalog and dubbed to fit the narration.

Firecreek

Firecreek

Vincent McEveety 1968 1h 44m 6.0

A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.

P.J.

P.J.

John Guillermin 1967 1h 49m 5.0

Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen.

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

Fielder Cook 1966 1h 35m 6.7

Husband can't afford to stay in poker game then dies leaving hand to wife to take over. She needs more money to stay in game. And she should probably learn how to play poker.

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

Henry Hathaway 1965 2h 2m 7.0

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.

A Patch of Blue

A Patch of Blue

Guy Green 1965 1h 45m 6.5

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

Cheyenne Autumn

Cheyenne Autumn

John Ford 1964 2h 37m 7.5

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyennes.

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

George Pal 1964 1h 40m 7.0

An old Chinese gentleman rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.

The Prize

The Prize

Mark Robson 1963 2h 14m 6.5

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

Donovan's Reef

Donovan's Reef

John Ford 1963 1h 49m 6.0

'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society daughter Amelia shows up in their South Seas paradise.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

John Ford 1962 2h 3m 8.3

Coming home for a friend funeral, a senator tells his story.

Two Rode Together

Two Rode Together

John Ford 1961 1h 49m 6.5
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

Henry Hathaway 1960 2h 2m 6.0

Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska. Sam finds she is already married, and returns instead with Angel. Sam, after trying to get George and Angel together, finally romances Angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy.

Hell Bent for Leather

Hell Bent for Leather

George Sherman 1960 1h 22m 6.0

Mistaken for a murderous outlaw, an innocent horse trader is forced to go on the run to try and clear his name by catching the real culprit.

Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

Richard Brooks 1960 2h 26m 9.0

A charming con man joins an itinerant evangelical sister who travels the American Midwest taking advantage of gullible locals in the 1920s.

Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

Otto Preminger 1959 2h 41m 8.0

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her.

My World Dies Screaming

My World Dies Screaming

Harold Daniels 1958 1h 25m

A newlywed is terrified when her husband brings her to live in the old house that figures in her recurring nightmare.

The Searchers

The Searchers

John Ford 1956 1h 59m 7.8

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Johnny Concho

Johnny Concho

Don McGuire 1956 1h 24m

In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!

Unchained

Unchained

Hall Bartlett 1955 1h 15m

This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a humanistic approach to reform and there are no armed guards, no lockups and no uniforms.

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

John Farrow 1955 1h 57m 6.0

As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

Hugo Haas 1954 1h 21m

Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman turns her down after she reads for a small part in his picture. She and her boy friend, Ronnie, devise a plan to lure Darman to her apartment, where she gives him a drugged drink. She tells Darman they had been intimate and blackmails him for $50,000.

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

William A. Wellman 1954 2h 27m 6.7

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.

Passion

Passion

Allan Dwan 1954 1h 24m

In Mexican California, a land feud erupts and murder is committed when rich landowner Don Domingo reneges on an earlier verbal promise made by his father to grant to the tenant Melo family a piece of land.

I, the Jury

I, the Jury

Harry Essex 1953 1h 27m 7.0

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

Fred F. Sears 1953 1h 13m

Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stole and was buried by a partner somewhere in the town. While hunting, the Indians attack, and a life and death battle ensues.

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

Charles Vidor 1952 1h 52m 7.0

A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

Norman Foster 1950 1h 17m 7.8

A woman tries to track down her missing husband through the dark streets of San Francisco.

The Big Steal

The Big Steal

Don Siegel 1949 1h 11m 6.7

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turned being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid 1948 1h 23m 7.0

A film noir drama in which a sophisticated con man, who has just stolen from the mob, is forced to impersonate a psychiatrist who looks just like him, going so far as to cut himself on the cheek to duplicate a similar scar on the doctor. When he takes matters even further, karma arrives, forcing him to pay the debts of his double.

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

John Ford 1947 1h 40m 4.0

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd

Rowland V. Lee 1945 1h 29m 6.0

The unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.

Adventure

Adventure

Victor Fleming 1945 2h 15m 6.0

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

The Impostor

The Impostor

Julien Duvivier 1944 1h 32m

A condemned murderer named Clement is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement.

Dark Waters

Dark Waters

André de Toth 1944 1h 30m 8.0

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.

An American Romance

An American Romance

King Vidor 1944 2h 1m

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.

Lloyd Bacon 1942 1h 36m

A hoodlum tries to go legit to buy a dog tract but needs investment money which he plans to get by robbing a bank, tunning in from a neighboring luggage shop. He takes over the luggage shop but is thwarted by its unexpected success.

Jungle Book

Jungle Book

Zoltan Korda 1942 1h 46m 7.0

A child is adopted by wolves in the jungle and grows to be the wild youth Mowgli. Years later, Mowgli is captured by the villagers and recognised as the lost child. Taken in by his mother Messua, Mowgli learns to speak and tries to imitate the ways of men.

Casablanca

Casablanca

Michael Curtiz 1942 1h 42m 8.7

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

John Rawlins 1942 1h 26m 7.0

Jon Hall, Maria Montez and Sabu star in this lush, epic story of two half brothers who battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of a sensual, gorgeous dancing girl, Scheherazade

The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

Henry Hathaway 1941 1h 38m 6.0

A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

Anatole Litvak 1941 1h 25m 6.0

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.

All That Money Can Buy

All That Money Can Buy

William Dieterle 1941 1h 47m 7.4

A 19th Century New Hampshire farmer who makes a compact with the Devil for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.

The Long Voyage Home

The Long Voyage Home

John Ford 1940 1h 45m

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

John Ford 1940 2h 9m 8.4

The Grapes of Wrath is a social drama filmed in 1939 based on the novel by the same name from acclaimed author John Steinbeck.

Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

Lloyd Bacon 1940 1h 38m

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

Howard Hawks 1940 1h 32m 7.8

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

Blondie on a Budget

Blondie on a Budget

Frank R. Strayer 1940 1h 12m 6.0

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Angels Over Broadway

Angels Over Broadway

Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes 1940 1h 19m 6.0

A playwright persuades a con artist to help an embezzler go straight.

Four Wives

Four Wives

Michael Curtiz 1939 1h 39m

Three of the four musically inclined daughters of Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, are settling into their lives as wives, but not all is well. Thea Lemp has long since married wealthy banker, Ben Crowley. Thea makes a unilateral decision which may disrupt their marriage.

The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton

Leigh Jason 1938 1h 20m 7.0

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.

Joy of Living

Joy of Living

Tay Garnett 1938 1h 31m

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together.

Seventh Heaven

Seventh Heaven

Henry King 1937 1h 42m 7.0

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, then marches away to war.

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

William A. Wellman 1937 1h 17m 6.5

An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit.

Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary

Clarence Brown 1936 1h 28m 7.0

The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory

Howard Hawks 1936 1h 43m

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche. Written by Ed Stephan

Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie Chan in Paris

Hamilton MacFadden, Lewis Seiler 1935 1h 12m 6.0

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

King Vidor 1934 1h 20m

John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society.

365 Nights in Hollywood

365 Nights in Hollywood

George Marshall 1934 1h 17m 4.0

Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school.

Street Scene

Street Scene

King Vidor 1931 1h 18m 6.0

The setting is one anonyomous city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents - Italian and Jew, Swede and German and Irish - serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat...idle gossip...jealousy...racism...adultery...and, suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith

John Ford 1931 1h 48m

Based on Sinclair Lewis's novel "Arrowsmith". A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.

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