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Max Brand
Born May 29, 1893 · Seattle - Washington - USA
Died May 12, 1944 · aged 50
No biography available.
Known For
Destry Rides Again · 1939Destry Rides Again
★ 7.21939
MovieWesternComedy
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
The Desperadoes · 1943The Desperadoes
★ 5.91943
MovieWestern
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and when Willie's choice for this doesn't show in time, he gets some local boys to do it. When his man does turn up he decides to stick around, as he is pals with the sheriff and also takes a shine to Willie's daughter Allison. This gives the bad men several new problems.
Destry · 1954Destry
★ 6.11954
MovieWesternWar
Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.
Branded · 1950Branded
★ 6.21950
MovieWestern
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.
Calling Dr. Kildare · 1939Calling Dr. Kildare
★ 6.61939
MovieDrama
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Singing Guns · 1950Singing Guns
★ 6.41950
MovieWestern
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.
Uncertain Glory · 1944Uncertain Glory
★ 6.71944
MovieWarDrama
In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the inspector of the Surete responsible for his original arrest. Fearing the guillotine more than his actual death, the convict inveigles the inspector to help him with a plan to rescue 100 Frenchmen taken by the Gestapo following an act of sabotage: he will confess to being the saboteur and allow himself to be executed by firing squad, the Gestapo's method of execution, thus freeing the 100 men.
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case · 1940Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
★ 4.81940
MovieDrama
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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