Dick Rush
Actor · 1882 – 1956 · Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard T. Rush (born 1884) was an Austrian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. During his 28-year career, he would appear in between 160-300 films (depending on the source). The large majority of his parts were smaller roles, although he would occasionally be cast in a smaller featured role. His first part was in the silent 1920 film, Three Gold Coins, starring Tom Mix. His final appearance would be in 1948's Devil's Cargo, part of "The Falcon" film series.
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Movie8.1CrimeThrillerAn 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.
Double Indemnity
1944 · 2.1K votes
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceAlice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · 467 votes
Movie7.0CrimeThrillerSadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
This Gun for Hire
1942 · 198 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceGuests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Grand Hotel
1932 · 365 votes
Movie7.3ComedyMysteryAfter returning to San Francisco, Nick and Nora Charles are drawn into the disappearance of Nora’s cousin’s husband. When he is found murdered, suspicion falls on the troubled family, and Nick reluctantly resumes his detective work. With Nora eagerly at his side, the pair follows a trail of jealousy, blackmail, secret relationships, and long-buried family scandals.
After the Thin Man
1936 · 206 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaNewspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940 · 109 votes
Movie6.1DramaWesternOn America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
The Sea of Grass
1947 · 29 votes
Movie6.4ActionWesternTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
North West Mounted Police
1940 · 45 votes
Movie6.8ActionAdventureSecond serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Movie6.5HorrorMysteryA wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed his original collection. The disappearance of both people and corpses coincides with this grand reopening and leads a reporter to start investigating.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 · 156 votes
Movie6.7DramaWesternOne of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Union Pacific
1939 · 82 votes
Movie6.2DramaWesternWhen honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
The Spoilers
1942 · 68 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
Movie5.2ActionCrimeA mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939 · 4 votes
Movie7.5MusicA biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947 · 2 votes
Movie6.4CrimeDramaBrash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 · 47 votes
Movie7.0ComedyMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940 · 13 votes
Movie7.1ComedyWarWilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944 · 12 votes
Movie6.8CrimeDick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941 · 4 votes
Movie6.3WesternDramaFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
Honky Tonk
1941 · 19 votes
Movie6.5CrimeMysteryIn the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
A Date with the Falcon
1942 · 18 votes
Movie6.7ComedyDramaA mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947 · 6 votes
Movie6.7CrimeMysteryA mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943 · 7 votes
Movie6.8ActionMysteryAfter socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
The Casino Murder Case
1935 · 11 votes