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Writer 1904 - 1973

Warren Duff

San Francisco, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warren Duff (May 17, 1904 – August 5, 1973) was a film and television writer and producer. As a writer, Duff wrote for films including, Fashions of 1934, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Experiment Perilous (1944), Step Lively (1944),... Read full bio →

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14 titles
Make Haste to Live

Make Haste to Live

William A. Seiter 1954 1h 30m

A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.

The Turning Point

The Turning Point

William Dieterle 1952 1h 25m 7.0

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan.

Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger

Lewis Allen 1951 1h 29m 6.5

Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.

Chicago Deadline

Chicago Deadline

Lewis Allen 1949 1h 26m 6.0

On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

Ted Tetzlaff 1949 1h 19m

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.

Experiment Perilous

Experiment Perilous

Jacques Tourneur 1944 1h 31m 8.0

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.

The Fallen Sparrow

The Fallen Sparrow

Richard Wallace 1943 1h 34m 7.0

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

Lloyd Bacon 1939 1h 21m 6.8

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

William Keighley 1939 1h 32m 7.3

A corrupt D.A. (Thurston Hall) with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter (James Cagney) for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris

Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright 1938 1h 37m 6.0

Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

Michael Curtiz 1938 1h 37m 7.9

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

Gold Diggers of 1937

Gold Diggers of 1937

Lloyd Bacon 1936 1h 41m 6.0

When two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.

Heat Lightning

Heat Lightning

Mervyn LeRoy 1934 1h 3m

A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.

Deluge

Deluge

Felix E. Feist 1933 1h 10m 5.7

A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.

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