
Rita Corday
Actor · 1920 – 1992 · Tahiti, French Polynesia
Rita Corday (born Jeanne Paule Teipo-Ite-Marma Croset; October 20, 1920 – November 23, 1992) was an American actress. She appeared in 30 films during the 1940s and 1950s. She was sometimes billed as Paula Corday or Paule Croset.
Movies20
Movie7.0HorrorThrillerEdinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
The Body Snatcher
1945 · 205 votes
Movie4.6ActionWesternHeading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.
West of the Pecos
1945 · 11 votes
Movie7.2ComedyRomanceA conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
Mr. Lucky
1943 · 50 votes
Movie6.8ComedyMusicA famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
Because You're Mine
1952 · 4 votes
Movie5.4CrimeThrillerA police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946 · 26 votes
Movie5.7ComedyRomanceAn aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
Government Girl
1943 · 9 votes
Movie6.2CrimeMysterySuave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor. There's no shortage of suspects: the costume designer to whom he was married, a tyrannical director, a beautiful young French starlet, a Shakespeare-quoting producer, even a New York gangster. Helping The Falcon solve the crime is a cute, wise-cracking cab driver and a pair of bumbling cops.
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944 · 14 votes
Movie4.5RomanceComedyOil heiress Mame Carson takes an incognito cruise so that men will love her for her body, not her money.
The French Line
1954 · 12 votes
Movie5.0MysteryA young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his wife.
The Truth About Murder
1946 · 6 votes
Movie5.1ComedyRomanceEric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.
Too Young to Kiss
1951 · 11 votes
Movie5.7MysteryCrimeThe Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape into the mountains where he hides out in a rustic lodge. From here he uncovers a phony war bond operation.
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943 · 16 votes
Movie6.2CrimeMysteryWhile on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl whose nurse has been recently murdered.
The Falcon in San Francisco
1945 · 14 votes
Movie5.4AdventureCrimeA society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · 12 votes
Movie6.8CrimeMysteryThe Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943 · 20 votes
Movie4.6ActionAdventureIn 1858 France, Emperor Louis Napoleon sends Captain Renault of the Royal Dragoons, Minister La Roche and Major Nicolet to Normandy in search of the members of a group of rebels. A Masked Cavalier, the niece, Lady Christianne, of the Marquis De Montableau, announces at a secret meeting of the Normandy underground leaders that the fabled treasure of Monte Cristo was willed to her and she will use it to finance their cause. Her uncle, the only one who can decipher the symbols on the sword of Monte Cristo, the key to the treasure, derides her stand against the Emperor. La Roche takes possession of the sword and has the Marquis put into the dungeon. Christianne, as the Masked Cavalier, regains the sword from La Roche, but Captain Renault apprehends her and returns to sword to La Roche.
The Sword of Monte Cristo
1951 · 7 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceDennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943 · 4 votes
Movie6.4MysteryHorrorEnglishman Sir Ronald Burton enters the castle of Austrian nobleman Count von Bruno, complete with torture chamber and moat, while investigating the disappearance of two friends.
The Black Castle
1952 · 50 votes
Movie7.5ComedyTwo bumbling GIs manage to get themselves invited to a dinner party at a boarding house "for women only". When the cook comes down with scarlet fever, the authorities quarantine the house and the pair find themselves locked up in a house full of attractive women.
The Adventures of a Rookie
1943 · 2 votes
Movie6.3AdventureRomanceIn 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
The Exile
1947 · 9 votes
Movie5.9ComedyRomanceA good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.
You for Me
1952 · 4 votes
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TV8.0The Lone Wolf
1954 · 2 votes