Movies by Jerome Cowan
As part of the cast:
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The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Cast: Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
This vintage Disney film follows two children and their uncle, who discover a couple of wayward gnomes in the forest and become intent on protecting the "little people" from an opportunistic…
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Frankie and Johnny (1966)
Cast: Elvis Presley, Donna Douglas, Harry Morgan …
Directed by: Frederick De Cordova
Johnny (Elvis Presley) is a riverboat entertainer plagued with bad luck, which doesn't help his gambling problem. But his unlucky streak ends when the beautiful Nellie Bly (Nancy Kovack)…
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange …
Directed by: Frank Capra
In Frank Capra's final directing effort, bag lady Apple Annie (Bette Davis) convinces her long-absent daughter (Ann-Margret) that she's a wealthy socialite. The daughter, who grew…
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All in a Night's Work (1961)
Cast: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson …
Directed by: Joseph Anthony
Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine star in this sweet 1961 comedy about Tony Ryder (Martin), who takes over the duties of magazine publisher when his uncle dies suddenly, supposedly while…
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Mr. & Mrs. North: Vol. 6 (1952)
Cast: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Charles Williams …
Directed by: Ralph Murphy, George Blair
Amateur sleuths with serious skills, Pam (Barbara Britton) and Jerry North (Richard Denning) attempt to protect a beauty contestant's life, break up a street gang with help from a…
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The West Point Story (1950)
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day …
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Out-of-work Broadway director Elwin "Bix" Bixby (James Cagney) reluctantly agrees to put on a musical show at West Point starring the producer's (Roland Winters) cadet nephew (Gordon…
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Dallas (1950)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran …
Directed by: Stuart Heisler
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister (Gary Cooper) travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an esteemed citizen,…
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Young Man with a Horn (1949)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
Thanks to a devoted mentor, young, idealistic Rick Martin proves to be a musician of the highest caliber. But his life hits a sour note when his troubled marriage, penchant for the bottle and…
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The Fountainhead (1949)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey …
Directed by: King Vidor
Gary Cooper stoically portrays uncompromising architect Howard Roark, a man obedient solely to his own individuality and unfettered expression, in this adaptation of Ayn Rand's…
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Miracle on 34th Street: B&W Version (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood …
Directed by: George Seaton
When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won…
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Miracle on 34th Street: Colorized Version (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: George Seaton
When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won…
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Driftwood (1947)
Cast: Ruth Warrick, Walter Brennan, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
After young orphan Jenny Hollingsworth (Natalie Wood) loses her only relative, the sheriff asks Dr. Steve Webster (Dean Jagger) to look after her temporarily, although Steve's…
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My Reputation (1946)
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Warner Anderson …
Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt
Recently widowed Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) grapples with the choice of a new suitor: She's attracted to Major Scott Landis (George Brent), but wants the stability offered by…
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Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Cast: Marie McDonald, Binnie Barnes, Sheila Ryan …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Adapted from a play by Wilson Collison and directed by the prolific Allan Dwan (Brewster's Millions, Suez), this romantic comedy features Dennis O'Keefe as a newly married man who…
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Fog Island (1945)
Cast: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, Jerome Cowan …
Directed by: Terry O. Morse
Having served time for an offense he did not commit, Leo Granger (George Zucco) invites his former colleagues to a remote mansion on a fog-bound island, where he has arranged devious traps to…
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Divorce (1945)
Cast: William Nigh, Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot …
Directed by: William Nigh
The elegant Kay Francis stars in this unusual 1945 drama as wealthy socialite Diane Carter, who celebrates her fourth divorce by setting her cap for her childhood sweetheart, Bob Phillips…
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Guest in the House (1944)
Cast: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon …
Directed by: John Brahm, André De Toth, Lewis Milestone …
In this suspenseful drama, emotionally unstable Evelyn Heath (Anne Baxter) moves into the home of her physician, Dan Proctor (Scott McKay), while he treats her cardiac condition. She soon…
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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel …
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
To keep her embezzling brother out of jail, Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) weds the very rich Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), but she seeks a divorce when her sibling, angry about Fanny's…
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Silver Spurs (1943)
Cast: Wally Wales, Dick Wessel, Trigger …
Directed by: Joseph Kane
A case of mistaken identity lands Roy Rogers (in one of his many characters named after himself) behind bars in this western concerning a battle for land. Rogers tries to help his boss save a…
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George …
Directed by: John Huston
Humphrey Bogart stars as private eye Sam Spade in this Oscar-nominated noir classic that finds the sultry Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor) seeking out protection from a man named Thursby.…
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High Sierra (1941)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Alan Curtis …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Humphrey Bogart stars as Roy "Mad Dog" Earle in this 1941 classic. Pardoned after a lengthy stint in prison, Roy looks forward to his newfound freedom, but it seems his release was brokered…
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City for Conquest (1940)
Cast: James Cagney, Jerome Cowan, Donald Crisp …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
In this heart-tugging drama based on Aben Kandel's novel, truck driver Danny Kenny (James Cagney) pays a heavy price when he turns to boxing to help bankroll his brother's music…
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The Torrid Zone (1940)
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien …
Directed by: William Keighley
Central American banana business mogul Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) will stop at nothing to keep his right-hand man, Nicky Butler (James Cagney), from jumping ship. But Butler has other…
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Wolf of New York (1940)
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Rose Hobart, James Stephenson …
Directed by: William C. McGann
When a skilled but slippery defense lawyer (Edmund Lowe) loses his first-ever case and sends an innocent man to the gallows, he reforms his ways and becomes a powerful district attorney. But…
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Exile Express (1939)
Cast: Anna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome Cowan …
Directed by: Otis Garrett
Beautiful European import Nadine Nikolas (Anna Sten) and reporter Steve Reynolds (Alan Marshal) must thwart a gang of international spies in this romantic comedy with a dash of suspense.…
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East Side of Heaven / If I Had My Way (1939)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer …
Directed by: David Butler
Bing Crosby may seem an unlikely guardian, but that's the position in which he finds himself in the two lesser-known films collected here. In East Side of Heaven (which co-stars Joan…
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The Old Maid (1939)
Cast: Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent …
Directed by: Edmund Goulding
Bette Davis stars as Charlotte, an unwed mother who, out of financial need, gives her illegitimate child, Tina, to her scheming cousin (Miriam Hopkins). Posing as Tina's aunt, Charlotte…
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Shall We Dance (1937)
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton …
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers kick up their heels on an ocean liner in this musical. Ballet star Pete Peters (Astaire) is in love with celebrity Linda Keene (Rogers), and his infatuation…
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Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Cast: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson …
Directed by: Irving Cummings
Instead of marrying for money, debutante Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett) leaves fiancé Henry Morgan (Alan Mowbray) at the altar and goes to work as a fashion model in this…
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The Hurricane (1937)
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor …
Directed by: John Ford
John Hall stars as Terangi, a Pacific island native wrongly imprisoned in Tahiti, who struggles to regain his freedom. His objective: to return to his home island and to his loyal and…
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You Only Live Once (1937)
Cast: Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, Barton MacLane …
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Joan is a secretary in the public defender's office, and Eddie is her jailed lover. When Eddie is released, they start afresh, but his old ties lure him back to a life of crime --…