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Acting
Wallace Scott
Born September 18, 1905 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died May 8, 1970 · aged 64
No biography available.
Known For
The Killers · 1946The Killers
★ 7.41946
MovieCrimeMystery
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Out of the Past · 1947Out of the Past
★ 7.71947
MovieCrimeThriller
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Sergeant York · 1941Sergeant York
★ 7.21941
MovieWarDrama
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Monsieur Verdoux · 1947Monsieur Verdoux
★ 7.71947
MovieComedyCrime
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Canyon Passage · 1946Canyon Passage
★ 6.71946
MovieWestern
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Scarlet Street · 1945Scarlet Street
★ 7.61945
MovieDramaCrime
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
Wake of the Red Witch · 1948Wake of the Red Witch
★ 5.71948
MovieAdventureDrama
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
Tarzan and the Huntress · 1947Tarzan and the Huntress
★ 5.71947
MovieAdventure
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After negotiating a quota with the native king, they take more animals than allowed. Tarzan intervenes.
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Out of the Past · 1947Out of the Past
★ 7.71947
MovieCrimeThriller
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Petey the Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Canyon Passage · 1946Canyon Passage
★ 6.71946
MovieWestern
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Mack McIver (uncredited)
Invisible Agent · 1942Invisible Agent
★ 5.81942
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
English Tommy (uncredited)
The Hard Way · 1943The Hard Way
★ 6.41943
MovieDrama
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Bum at Dock (Uncredited)












