Gordon Nelson
Actor · 1898 – 1956
Movies7
Movie6.2DramaCrimeAn attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Knock on Any Door
1949 · 75 votes
Movie5.3HistoryDramaIn this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse's murder, but Judalon takes up with another man. Jim eventually has another romantic interlude with Judalon and is forced to kill one of her suitors in self-defense. Jim leaves town, and falls for the daughter of a Texas politician, but his entanglement with Judalon continues to bedevil him.
The Iron Mistress
1952 · 13 votes
Movie6.9DramaCrimeA penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
No Man of Her Own
1950 · 48 votes
Movie5.9DramaCrimeA newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.
The Lawless
1950 · 17 votes
Movie7.3ComedyWhen jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
Champagne for Caesar
1950 · 25 votes
Movie5.7ThrillerMysterySent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951 · 22 votes
Movie5.0ComedyPretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many faults, Abigail falls in love with and marries Ben, with the hope that she can mold him into the virtuous hero he plays on the screen.
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951 · 12 votes