Acting
Wallace Rooney
Born December 29, 1910 · Plattsburgh, New York, USA
Died October 10, 1996 · aged 85
No biography available.
Known For
The Exorcist · 1973The Exorcist
★ 7.71973
MovieHorror
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Rehearsal for Murder · 1982Rehearsal for Murder
★ 6.11982
MovieDramaMystery
A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
Tail Gunner Joe · 1977Tail Gunner Joe
★ 6.01977
MovieTV MovieDrama
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
Desperate Characters · 1971Desperate Characters
★ 5.11971
MovieDrama
Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a translator of books. Their existence is affected not only by their disintegrating relationship but by the threats of urban crime and vandalism that surround them everywhere they turn, leaving them feeling paranoid, scared, and desperately helpless.
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging · 1977Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
★ 7.51977
MovieDramaWestern
A California rancher hires a private detective to deliver the rancher's long-lost daughter to him. However, several people, including the rancher's new wife, his foreman and a crooked sheriff, don't want the girl--who would inherit the rancher's large spread if he died--to make it to the ranch alive.
Secrets of a Mother and Daughter · 1983Secrets of a Mother and Daughter
★ 7.01983
MovieTV MovieDrama
A widowed mother, Ava Pryce (Katharine Ross) and daughter Susan Decker (Linda Hamilton) clash over the same man, a West Coast restaurant the owner named Alex Shepherd (Michael Nouri).
The Gun · 1974The Gun
★ 8.71974
MovieDramaTV Movie
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.
World in My Corner · 1956World in My Corner
★ 5.81956
MovieDrama
A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.
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