Acting
Mary Murphy
Born January 26, 1931 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died May 4, 2011 · aged 80
Mary Murphy (January 26, 1931 – May 4, 2011) was an American film actress of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles. Shortly out of high school she was signed to appear in films for Paramount Pictures in the late 1940s. Murphy first gained attention in 1953, when she played a good-hearted girl who tries to reform Marlon Brando in The Wild One. T…
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The Wild One · 1953The Wild One
★ 6.61953
MovieDramaCrime
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
The Desperate Hours · 1955The Desperate Hours
★ 7.01955
MovieCrimeThriller
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
When Worlds Collide · 1951When Worlds Collide
★ 6.41951
MovieScience FictionDrama
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
The Mad Magician · 1954The Mad Magician
★ 6.91954
MovieThrillerCrime
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
Westward the Women · 1951Westward the Women
★ 7.01951
MovieWestern
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
Carrie · 1952Carrie
★ 6.41952
MovieDramaRomance
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her nagging, dullish married sister. She then runs for help to traveling salesman Charles Drouet. She soon becomes his mistress, but falls in love with married restaurant manager George Hurstwood.
Sailor Beware · 1952Sailor Beware
★ 6.31952
MovieComedy
Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.
Junior Bonner · 1972Junior Bonner
★ 6.11972
MovieWesternDrama
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.
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The Desperate Hours · 1955The Desperate Hours
★ 7.01955
MovieCrimeThriller
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
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