Biography: David Bruce |
Northwestern graduate David Bruce seemed a sure bet for stardom when signed by Warner Bros. in 1940. Bruce's somewhat haunted, sallow features prevented him from being cast in traditional leading man roles, though he was ideally suited for such... more
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Cast: Johnny Weissmuller
Length: 69min
Though Cannibal Attack is officially an entry in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" B-movie series, star Johnny Weissmuller is cast as "himself", rather than his usual Jungle Jim role. The plot finds Weissmuller investigating a series of cargo and cobalt thefts....
Tags: Adventure
Length: 63min
Timber Fury was based on a story by North-Woods specialist James Oliver Curwood. The plot concerns the efforts of a timber shipper to get his logs to the mill on time. Callow young engineer Jim (David Bruce) comes up with a new, efficient method to...
Cast: Don Beddoe Damian O'Flynn
Tags: Biopic Adventure Western
Length: 71min
Young David Bruce plays Young Daniel Boone in this above-average Monogram actioner. Taking time off from hunting and settling, Young Daniel attempts to rescue two white girls from their Indian captors. He also hopes to expose a French spy on behalf of...
Cast: Sid Melton Sam Newfield
Tags: Crime Thriller Mystery Crime
Length: 66min
Jim Davis, better known to contemporary audiences as Josh Ewing, J.R.'s (Larry Hagman) father on Dallas, is the two-fisted star of 1950's Hi-Jacked. Davis plays truck driver Joe Harper, who after his rig is stolen is accused of masterminding the theft...
The Great Plane Robbery (1950)
Cast: Margaret Hamilton Steve Brodie Tom Conway
Length: 61min
Taking place during a transcontinental flight, the story of The Great Plane Robbery concerns an airborne robbery (hence the title) and a series of ancillary murders. With no minions of the law on board, it is up to the pilot (Tom Conway) and an...
Cast: Billy Barty Ann Savage
Tags: Adventure Action Spy Film
Length: 69min
Pygmy Island was entry number five in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series. Johnny Weissmuller is back as Jungle Jim, who this time around leads a search for missing WAC officer Ann Kingsley (Ann Savage). He'd better hurry; enemy agents are also on the...
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
Cast: Leon Errol George O'Hanlon Cy Raker Endfield Lyle Talbot
Tags: Crime Sports Drama
Length: 66min
Monogram's low-budget, high-grossing "Joe Palooka" series carries on in this 66-minute entry. Joe Kirkwood plays Joe Palooka, the soft-hearted pugilist created for the funny papers by Ham Fisher. This time, Joe is framed on a bum rap by a group of...
Cast: Margaret Dumont Mary Pickford Grady Sutton
Tags: Musical
Length: 65min
The wonderful newfangled world of television provides the backdrop for this musical. The tale begins as an advertising executive has a misunderstanding with his employer's wife and ends up fired. Now her family is left penniless until her younger...
Cast: Stanley Clements Dooley Wilson
Tags: Drama Sports Drama
Length: 66min
Years before she played Dennis Mitchell's mom in TV's Dennis the Menace, Gloria Henry was a B-picture ingenue at Columbia. In Racing Luck, Gloria is top-billed as Phyllis Warren, sister of headstrong jockey Boots Warren (Stanley Clements). There's...
Tags: Drama
Length: 58min
This cautionary fable was produced by the Protestant Film Commission. The main character is plant-manager Joe Hanson (David Bruce), who manages himself to be free of all forms of racial prejudice. Yet when he feels that his job is being threatened by...
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