Porter Hall

Porter Hall

September 18, 1888

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clifford Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 – October 6, 1953) was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Hall played movie villains or comedic incompetent characters. Hall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and beg…

Known For

24 titles
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Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

1944 · 1h 47m · Movie

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

8.3
2
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · 2h 9m · Movie

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his c...

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His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940 · 1h 32m · Movie

When a newspaper editor's ace reporter ex-wife is about to quit her job and remarry, he buys himself time to win her back by promising her an exclusive interview with a death row convict.

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Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · 1h 36m · Movie

After a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mis...

7.9
5
Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951 · 1h 51m · Movie

Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.

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The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934 · 1h 31m · Movie

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

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7
Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.

7.9
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Going My Way

Going My Way

1944 · 2h 6m · Movie

When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of his new assistant.

7.0
9
Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937 · 1h 31m · Movie

An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.

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10
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · 1h 38m · Movie

After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.

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11
Dark Command

Dark Command

1940 · 1h 34m · Movie

In Kansas during the Civil War, opposing pro-Union and pro-Confederate camps clash and visiting Texan Bob Seton runs afoul of William Cantrell's Raiders.

6.7
12
Unconquered

Unconquered

1947 · 2h 26m · Movie

Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.

6.8
13
Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

1949 · 1h 27m · Movie

In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.

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Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

1945 · 1h 34m · Movie

A dedicated American reporter in 1930s Japan is determined to expose that government's plan for world domination.

6.0
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Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says

1945 · 1h 31m · Movie

Professional pollster Pete Marshall gets more than he bargained for when he heads deep into the Ozarks to investigate the disappearances of several of his colleagues.

6.9
16
Pony Express

Pony Express

1953 · 1h 41m · Movie

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickock work to establish the Pony Express and fight Indians and California Separatists who seek to destroy it.

5.8
17
Arizona

Arizona

1940 · 2h 5m · Movie

In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.

6.8
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The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949 · 1h 17m · Movie

Temperamental saloon singer Freddie Jones jealously shoots at her cheating boyfriend Blackie, but mistakenly hits Judge Alfalfa J. O'Toole's honorable behind, forcing her to skip town under the guise of a schoolteacher.

6.0
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The Cheat

The Cheat

1931 · 1h 14m · Movie

Woman in debt makes an impulsive investment which doesn't go her way.

6.3
20
Singapore

Singapore

1947 · 1h 19m · Movie

After WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancée who now has amnesia.

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21
Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1953 · 1h 28m · Movie

Police procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby.

6.6
22
The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler

1944 · 1h 2m · Movie

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner of the impersonated man's father, who cau...

6.5
23
Chicken Every Sunday

Chicken Every Sunday

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.

6.4
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Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know

1938 · 1h 10m · Movie

A gangster tries to fix things so that he can marry a rich society woman.

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