Movies by Regis Toomey
As part of the cast:
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Change of Habit (1969)
Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair …
Directed by: William A. Graham
Long live the King! In his final feature film, Elvis Presley plays it straight as John Carpenter (a departure from his characters in previous films). While working as a doctor in a ghetto…
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Gunn (1967)
Cast: Craig Stevens, Laura Devon, Edward Asner …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
From director Blake Edwards comes the big-screen adaptation of the classic television show about PI Peter Gunn (Craig Stevens), who finds himself in trouble when he investigates a…
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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy …
Directed by: Howard Hawks
In this entertaining 1960s comedy, Rock Hudson plays Roger Willoughby, a fishing gear salesman for Abercrombie & Fitch who's ordered by his boss to participate in a fishing competition.…
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden …
Directed by: Irwin Allen
Walter Pidgeon plays the designer and builder of a nuclear submarine called upon to fire its missiles on the Van Allen radiation belt to put out the fire raging there that threatens to…
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The Last Sunset (1961)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Pursued by flinty lawman Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson), philosophical fugitive outlaw Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas) drops in on old flame Belle (Dorothy Malone). O'Malley finds her…
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Warlock (1959)
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn …
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
The mining town of Warlock hires a gunfighter named Clay (Henry Fonda) and his sidekick (Anthony Quinn) to clean up the streets and restore order, but the townsfolk have second thoughts about…
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Hooked! / The Flaming Teenage: Double Feature (1957)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Paul Kelly, Cathy Downs …
Directed by: Alex Wells, Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.
This chemically laced double feature really delivers the dope. In Hooked! a cop investigates the disappearance of a local teen and uncovers a small town loaded with high school hipsters who…
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Richard Diamond, Private Eye (1957)
Cast: David Janssen, Regis Toomey
Directed by: Tom Gries, Roy Del Ruth
David Janssen -- better known for his role in the classic television series "The Fugitive" -- stars in this 1950s detective show, following the experiences of Richard Diamond, a tough-talking…
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Dakota Incident (1956)
Cast: Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, John Lund …
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
Featuring an all-star cast, this allegorical Western follows six disparate stagecoach passengers who must brave harsh terrain, marauding Indians and one another to reach Laramie, Wyo., with…
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The Golden Blade / The Last Sunset (1953)
Cast: Rock Hudson, Piper Laurie, Gene Evans …
Directed by: Nathan Juran, Robert Aldrich
Rock Hudson's all-American good looks stand up equally well on foreign shores as the star travels to Arabia for The Golden Blade and then heads south of the border to Mexico in The Last…
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My Six Convicts (1952)
Cast: Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, John Beal …
Directed by: Hugo Fregonese
Despite fierce resistance, a prison psychologist (John Beal) persuades the powers that be to allow him to put his groundbreaking theories about rehabilitation to the test. Through his…
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The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Cast: John Lund, Jeff Chandler, Beverly Tyler …
Directed by: George Sherman
After Apache chief Cochise (Jeff Chandler) and U.S. cavalry officer Maj. Jim Colton (John Lund) broker a peace in New Mexico, corrupt federal agent Neil Baylor (Bruce Cowling) orchestrates an…
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Cry Danger (1951)
Cast: Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Erdman …
Directed by: Robert Parrish
After Rocky Mulloy (Dick Powell) is released from prison, where he's been incarcerated for a robbery he didn't commit, he's determined to find out who framed him, although an…
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Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Cast: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong …
Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director Ernest B. Schoedsack teams again Robert Armstrong in this groundbreaking film, the winner of the 1949 Academy Award for Special Effects. In it, Armstrong plays a producer who…
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The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan …
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Before there was punk rock, there was The Boy with Green Hair! Dean Stockwell plays a boy (circa 1948) who wakes up one morning to find he's grown a nice shock of chartreuse-colored…
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Magic Town (1947)
Cast: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
A public-opinion pollster (James Stewart) thinks he's struck gold when he stumbles upon the "magic town" of Grandview, a place where residents' opinions mirror the nation's as…
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The Big Sleep (1946)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely …
Directed by: Howard Hawks
A dangerous blackmailer has targeted the Sternwoods, a wealthy family once tucked away in the safety of their Los Angeles mansion. But while private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) works…
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Spellbound (1945)
Cast: John Emery, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) arrives at the Green Manors Mental Asylum and falls for the beautiful Dr. Petersen (Ingrid Bergman). But she discovers that he's a paranoid amnesiac impostor,…
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Strange Illusion (1945)
Cast: Charles Arnt, Jimmy Lydon, Regis Toomey …
Directed by: Edgar Ulmer
Strange, indeed! College student Paul Cartwright is haunted by indistinct nightmares about a stranger who claims to be his new father (Paul's real father perished in a freak car…
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Dark Mountain (1944)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew …
Directed by: William Berke
After newlywed Kay Downey (Ellen Drew) discovers that her husband (Regis Toomey) is a racketeer and a killer, she runs back to her former boyfriend, forest ranger Don Bradley (Robert Lowery),…
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Jack London (1943)
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen …
Directed by: Alfred Santell
Jack London (Michael O'Shea) is a rugged iconoclast who goes his own way as an aspiring writer. In an effort to experience life and fuel his writing, London embarks on a series of jobs…
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Meet John Doe (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Sacked by her newspaper, spunky scribe Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) hatches a hoax to keep her job. In her final column, she pens a missive from "John Doe," a fictitious hobo planning to…
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Dive Bomber (1941)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Director Michael Curtiz's 1941 aviation drama follows the collaborative efforts of a Navy flight surgeon (Errol Flynn), a squadron commander (Fred MacMurray) and a researcher (Ralph…
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
This account of Gen. George Custer takes liberties, but there isn't a more dashing on-screen Custer than Errol Flynn. The film follows Custer from his West Point days to his death as he…
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His Girl Friday (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to get hitched to dull insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) -- that's if her ex-husband, ruthless newspaper publisher Walter Burns…
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Arizona (1940)
Cast: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William …
Directed by: Wesley Ruggles
As the first female resident of a rowdy Old West settlement, tough-talking, sharpshooting Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur) can hold her own against any man -- until she meets a drifter (William…
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Bars of Hate (1936)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Sheila Terry, Molly O'Day …
Directed by: Albert Herman
A daring district attorney teams up with a pickpocket to save a dame in distress in this vintage B-grade crime drama. Pursued by gangsters, a young woman (Sheila Terry) frantically tries to…
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Bulldog Edition (1936)
Cast: Ray Walker, Evalyn Knapp, Regis Toomey …
Directed by: Charles Lamont
Locked in a circulation war with rival, mobster-backed newspaper The Post, Daily News editors Ken Dwyer (Ray Walker) and J.M. Hardy (Regis Toomey) also compete with each other over lovely…
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One Frightened Night (1935)
Cast: Wallace Ford, Regis Toomey, Hedda Hopper …
Directed by: Christy Cabanne
On the verge of bequeathing his entire fortune to his relatives and servants, millionaire Jasper (Charley Grapewin) changes his mind upon being introduced to two women, who both claim to be…
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Rin-Tin-Tin: Skull and Crown (1935)
Cast: Rin Tin Tin Jr., Regis Toomey, Jack Mower …
Directed by: Elmer Clifton
After shooing away his sister's dog, Rinty, border patrolman Bob (Regis Toomey) quits his job and tries to infiltrate the gang of smugglers responsible for his sister's death. As…
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Shadows of the Orient (1935)
Cast: Esther Ralston, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald …
Directed by: Burt Lynwood
A love-struck detective falls for a gangster's unwilling moll in this vintage crime tale. When Viola Avery (Esther Ralston), a judge's daughter, is arrested during a raid on a…
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G-Men (1935)
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: William Keighley
Perennial film tough guy James Cagney finds himself on the right side of the law in this fast-paced crime drama about a young attorney who joins the FBI after his friend gets snuffed in a…
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Cast: Jack Palance, Joan Collins, Marshall Thompson …
Directed by: Gianfranco Baldanello, Bernard B. Ray, Elmer Clifton …
Prepare for canine adventure with four features. Jack Palance and Joan Collins star in 1975's survival tale The Great Adventure, based on Jack London's story; a Swiss…
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Great God Gold (1935)
Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Martha Sleeper, Regis Toomey …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
After narrowly escaping financial calamity during the 1929 stock market crash, greedy banker John Hart (Sidney Blackmer) joins up with gangsters to prey on those whom Black Friday left…
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Picture Brides (1934)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Mae Busch, Dorothy Libaire …
Directed by: Phil Rosen
As she sails upriver with four other mail-order brides to meet her prospective husband in the Brazilian jungle, Mary Lee (Dorothy Libaire) is unaware of the horrors that await her. For one…
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She Had to Choose (1934)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Isabel Jewell, Fuzzy Knight …
Directed by: Ralph Ceder
When aspiring actress Sally Bates (Isabel Jewell) rolls into Los Angeles from her Texas hometown, she inadvertently sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic events that busts up a pair of…
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Laughing at Life (1933)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Victor McLaglen
Fleeing the law, civil engineer Dennis McHale (Victor McLaglen) leaves his family in England and heads for South America, where he reinvents himself as the mercenary Captain Easter and is…
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Wayne Murder Case (1932)
Cast: Regis Toomey, William V. Mong, June Clyde …
Directed by: Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth
A gaggle of greedy relatives gather at the mansion of elderly millionaire Silas Wayne (William V. Mong) to hear news on their impending inheritances. But when a stray dagger makes its way…
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The Penal Code (1932)
Cast: Regis Toomey, Helen Cohan, Pat O'Malley …
Directed by: George Melford
Robert Palmer (Regis Toomey) patiently endures prison, dreaming of when he can return to his family. Incarcerated for two years, Palmer keeps his sentence a secret from his mother to spare…
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They Never Come Back (1932)
Cast: Eddie Woods, Regis Toomey, Dorothy Sebastian …
Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer
After seriously injuring his arm in a major fight, boxer Jimmy Nolan (Regis Toomey) hangs up his gloves and takes a job as a nightclub bouncer. But when Jimmy falls in love with one of the…
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Other Men's Women / The Purchase Price (1931)
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Astor …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Love triangles between a woman and two men occur in both of these provocative pre-Code Hollywood dramas from the 1930s. First, in Other Men's Women, when two best friends and railroad…
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The Light of Western Stars (1930)
Cast: Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Harry Green …
Directed by: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf
In this underrated 1930 Western, Dick Bailey (Richard Arlen) sets out to avenge the death of his closest friend. The chief suspect in the murder is the town sheriff, who seems to covet…
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Alibi (1929)
Cast: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch …
Directed by: Roland West
Roland West directs this classic black-and-white drama that's been dubbed America's "first expressionist crime film," an important piece of Hollywood history that garnered Oscar…