Biography: Richard Lane |
A repertory actor since childhood, Wisconsin-born Richard Lane was singing and dancing in vaudeville by the time he reached his thirteenth birthday. Lane toured europe with a circus "iron jaw" act, then bluffed his way into a dance band job. After... more
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The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Cast: Ruby Dee Louise Beavers Richard Lane Minor Watson
Tags: Biopic Drama Sports Drama
Length: 76min
Despite its lack of production values and box-office "names," The Jackie Robinson Story is one of the best and most convincing baseball biopics ever filmed. Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman Jackie Robinson plays himself, and quite well indeed. The film...
Length: 66min
By the standards of low-budget Lippert Productions, Everybody's Dancin' is an "A" picture. Country-western favorite Spade Cooley (who also co-produced and co-scripted) heads the enormous cast of this innocuous musical comedy. Setting the plot in...
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
Cast: Don McGuire
Tags: Crime Mystery Action Crime Thriller Detective Film
Length: 59min
In this final episode of the Boston Blackie mystery series, our hero and his side-kick find themselves accused of murder after they are seen exiting a Chinese laundry where the proprietor is soon found murdered. Blackie must find the real killers...
Cast: Jimmy Lydon
Tags: Comedy
Length: 69min
The "B"-picture unit at 20th Century-Fox was slowly being phased out when Miss Mink of 1949 was produced. Lois Collier heads the cast as Alice Forrester, an office clerk who wins a 10,000 mink coat in a radio contest. This windfall proves disastrous...
Length: 61min
It's nice to see perennial supporting player (and future TV sportscaster) Richard Lane in a full-fledged leading role, even in an inconsequential "B" like Columbia's Devil Ship. Lane plays a tuna-boat skipper whose business is in the dumpster. To pad...
Cast: Gene Autry Sterling Holloway Ralph Sanford Fred Allen
Tags: Western Musical Western Showbiz Drama
Length: 69min
In his first film after four-years of military duty, Gene Autry returns to a familiar setting: a modern western musical-comedy with accent on music and comedy. Crooning Jimmie Hodges' lilting &"Someday You'll Want Me to Want You", cattle rancher Gene...
Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
Tags: Crime Drama Drama Mystery Crime
Length: 67min
Who better to guard a priceless pearl necklace than an ex-thief? That's the logic behind Trapped by Boston Blackie, starring Chester Morris in the title role. Blackie finds himself posing as a guard at a society party, where the hostess (Sarah Selby)...
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Cast: Chester Morris
Tags: Mystery Crime Crime Thriller
Length: 69min
This twelfth entry in Columbia's "Boston Blackie" series is essentially a remake of 1942's Alias Boston Blackie. In the original, a falsely accused convict (Larry Parks) escapes while Blackie (Chester Morris) is putting on a magic show for a men's...
Cast: Forrest Tucker
Tags: Musical
Length: 71min
The "lady" is country lass Janie Clark (Jinx Falkenberg) in this peppy Columbia musical. Upon inheriting several million dollars' worth of real estate, Janie heads to Manhattan, where she runs up against her snooty, avaricious relatives. One of...
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Tags: Crime Thriller Comedy Mystery Crime
Length: 60min
In this episode of the popular mystery series, the crook turned sleuth must clear his name after he is accused of murder. To help him, Blackie enlists the aid of his pal. Together they reveal the real murderer before the Inspector can put Blackie back...
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