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Reed Hadley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Reed Hadley (June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American movie, television and radio actor. Reed Hadley was born Reed Herring in Petrolia in Clay County near Wichita Falls, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one sister, Bess Brenner. He was reared in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo and was involved in local theater with the Studio Arena Theater. Hadley and his wife, Helen, had one son, Dale. Before moving to Hollywood, he acted in Hamlet on stage in New York City. Throughout his thirty-five-year career in film, Hadley was cast as both a villain and a hero of the law, in such movies as The Baron of Arizona (1950), The Half-Breed (1952), Highway Dragnet (1954) and Big House, USA (1955). With his bass voice, he narrated a number of documentaries. He starred in two television series, Racket Squad (1950–1953) as Captain Braddock, and The Public Defender (1954–1955) as Bart Matthews, a fictional attorney for the indigent. Hadley also worked on the Red Ryder radio show during the 1940s, being the first actor to portray the title character. In films, among other things, he starred as Zorro in the 1939 serial Zorro's Fighting Legion. He is immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work. He was the voice of cowboy hero Red Ryder on radio and the narrator of several Department of Defense films: "Operation Ivy", about the first hydrogen bomb test, Ivy Mike, "Military Participation on Tumbler/Snapper"; "Military Participation on Buster Jangle"; and "Operation Upshot-Knothole" all of which were produced by Lookout Mountain studios. The films were originally intended for internal military use, but have been "sanitized", edited, and de-classified, and are now available to the public. During the period he narrated these films, Hadley held a Top Secret security clearance. Hadley also served as the narrator on various Hollywood films, including House on 92nd Street (1945), Call Northside 777 (1947) and Boomerang (1947). He died at age 63 on December 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reed Hadley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Known ForActing
  • Born25 June 1911 (age 114)
  • Place of BirthPetrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA

Reed Hadley

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Reed Hadley (June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American movie, television and radio actor. Reed Hadley was born Reed Herring in Petrolia in Clay County near Wichita Falls, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one sister, Bess Brenner. He was reared in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo and was involved in local theater with the Studio Arena Theater. Hadley and his wife, Helen, had one son, Dale. Before moving to Hollywood, he acted in Hamlet on stage in New York City. Throughout his thirty-five-year career in film, Hadley was cast as both a villain and a hero of the law, in such movies as The Baron of Arizona (1950), The Half-Breed (1952), Highway Dragnet (1954) and Big House, USA (1955). With his bass voice, he narrated a number of documentaries. He starred in two television series, Racket Squad (1950–1953) as Captain Braddock, and The Public Defender (1954–1955) as Bart Matthews, a fictional attorney for the indigent. Hadley also worked on the Red Ryder radio show during the 1940s, being the first actor to portray the title character. In films, among other things, he starred as Zorro in the 1939 serial Zorro's Fighting Legion. He is immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work. He was the voice of cowboy hero Red Ryder on radio and the narrator of several Department of Defense films: "Operation Ivy", about the first hydrogen bomb test, Ivy Mike, "Military Participation on Tumbler/Snapper"; "Military Participation on Buster Jangle"; and "Operation Upshot-Knothole" all of which were produced by Lookout Mountain studios. The films were originally intended for internal military use, but have been "sanitized", edited, and de-classified, and are now available to the public. During the period he narrated these films, Hadley held a Top Secret security clearance. Hadley also served as the narrator on various Hollywood films, including House on 92nd Street (1945), Call Northside 777 (1947) and Boomerang (1947). He died at age 63 on December 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reed Hadley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Known ForActing
  • Born25 June 1911 (age 114)
  • Place of BirthPetrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
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Brain of Blood
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1971
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
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1971
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The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
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1969
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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1967
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Curse of the Fly
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1965
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Young Dillinger
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1965
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Moro Witch Doctor
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4.0
1964
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All in a Night's Work
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1961
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Mobs, Inc.
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4.0
1956
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Mobs Incorporated
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1956
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Big House, U.S.A
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1955
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Lincoln Speaks for Himself
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1955
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Highway Dragnet
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6.0
1954
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Hazard House
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1954
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Return of the Dead
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1954
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Woman They Almost Lynched
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1953
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Kansas Pacific
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1953
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Operation Ivy
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1952
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The Half-Breed
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5.0
1952
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Little Big Horn
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6.2
1951
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Insurance Investigator
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5.0
1951
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The Killer That Stalked New York
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6.086
1950
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The Baron of Arizona
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6.7
1950
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Motor Patrol
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6.0
1950
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Riders of the Range
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6.0
1950
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The Return of Jesse James
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5.0
1950
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Dallas
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1950
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A Modern Marriage
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1950
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He Walked by Night
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1949
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I Shot Jesse James
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6.231
1949
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Rimfire
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1949
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Red Desert
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1949
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Bailing Out
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1949
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Grand Canyon
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1949
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Walk a Crooked Mile
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5.909
1948
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The Man from Texas
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1948
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Last of the Wild Horses
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2.6
1948
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Panhandle
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5.818
1948
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Jungle Goddess
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2.6
1948
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The Return of Wildfire
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1948
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The Brasher Doubloon
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6.0
1947
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Boomerang!
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7.0
1947
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Captain from Castile
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1947
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13 Rue Madeleine
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1947
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The Fabulous Texan
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4.0
1947
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The Dark Corner
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6.6
1946
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Shock
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5.955
1946
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
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5.8
1946
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If I'm Lucky
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6.5
1946
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The Razor's Edge
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6.9
1946
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The House on 92nd Street
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6.5
1945
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Circumstantial Evidence
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4.8
1945
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Leave Her to Heaven
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1945
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The Caribbean Mystery
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5.0
1945
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Doll Face
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4.25
1945
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The Last Bomb
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5.8
1945
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
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1945
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A Bell for Adano
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5.7
1945
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Wilson
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5.5
1944
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Four Jills in a Jeep
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5.7
1944
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Roger Touhy, Gangster
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6.0
1944
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Rainbow Island
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6.0
1944
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Home in Indiana
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5.55
1944
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Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
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1944
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In the Meantime, Darling
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5.0
1944
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Guadalcanal Diary
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5.6
1943
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Wintertime
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3.5
1943
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Happy Land
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6.2
1943
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Jail House Blues
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1942
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The Mystery of Marie Roget
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5.5
1942
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Arizona Terrors
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1942
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I Married a Witch
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6.8
1942
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Lady in a Jam
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5.5
1942
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Whistling in the Dark
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5.8
1941
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I'll Wait for You
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6.8
1941
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Sky Raiders
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6.3
1941
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Sea Raiders
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6.0
1941
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Ziegfeld Girl
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6.5
1941
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Adventures of Captain Marvel
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6.2
1941
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Appointment for Love
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5.667
1941
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Road Agent
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1941
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The Bank Dick
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6.496
1940
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I Take This Woman
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6.2
1940
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Flight Command
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5.636
1940
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Meet the Wildcat
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1940
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Ski Patrol
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3.7
1940
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Zorro's Fighting Legion
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5.2
1939
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The Man from Montreal
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3.8
1939
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Stronger Than Desire
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5.8
1939
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Calling Dr. Kildare
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6.1
1939
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Bachelor Mother
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7.132
1939
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Sergeant Madden
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6.0
1939
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Female Fugitive
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1938
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Sunset Murder Case
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3.4
1938
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery
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5.7
1938