Movies by Ted de Corsia
As part of the cast:
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Five Card Stud (1968)
Cast: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
In this Old West tale of vigilante justice, a cardsharp caught cheating is hanged by enraged players, despite the objections of gambler Van Morgan (Dean Martin). But paranoia soon grips the…
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Noose for a Gunman (1960)
Cast: Jim Davis, Barton MacLane, Lyn Thomas …
Directed by: Edward L. Cahn
Though wanted for murder, gunslinger Case Britton (Jim Davis) returns home to Rock Valley when he learns that the stagecoach carrying his fiancée is being targeted by bandit Jack…
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Oklahoma Territory (1960)
Cast: Bill Williams, Gloria Talbott, Ted de Corsia …
Directed by: Edward L. Cahn
Bill Williams stars in this Western as Temple Houston, a gunslinging district attorney who finds himself stuck between a rock and a hard place when he's forced to prosecute his friend,…
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Inside the Mafia (1959)
Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Robert Strauss, Grant Richards …
Directed by: Edward L. Cahn
Inspired by the infamous Mafia convention held in Apalachin, N.Y., in 1957, this bare-knuckles look into the world of organized crime focuses on deported mobster Johnny Lucero (Grant…
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming …
Directed by: John Sturges
This classic Western about the unusual friendship between Wyatt Earp (Burt Lancaster) and Doc Holliday (Kirk Douglas) is as good it gets. When Wyatt puts an end to the cattle-rustling…
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The Joker is Wild (1957)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain …
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Frank Sinatra stars as legendary nightclub comic Joe E. Lewis in this biopic that won a Best Song Oscar. Beginning his career singing in speakeasies, Lewis gets in trouble with the mob after…
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The Lawless Eighties (1957)
Cast: Buster Crabbe, John Smith, Marilyn Saris …
Directed by: Joseph Kane
After deceitful Indian agent Grat Bandas has his men shoot Brother Van, gunfighter Linc Prescott saves the peaceful circuit rider and agrees to help him put a stop to Bandas's plans to…
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The Killing (1956)
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards …
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Before settling down to a respectable life, career criminal Johnny Clay teams with a group of pitiful two-bit crooks to pull off one final, elaborate heist at a racetrack in this classic noir…
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Mohawk (1956)
Cast: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand …
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Handsome frontier painter Jonathan Adams (Scott Brady) is working in a remote U.S. Army outpost, trying to juggle the affections of his fiancée (Lori Nelson), the storekeeper's…
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Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Cast: Rhonda Fleming, Frank Gerstle, Kent Taylor …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Mob underling Ben Grace (John Payne) is ordered to dig up some dirt on anti-crime mayoral candidate Frank Jansen, but love gets dangerously in the way when Ben falls for Jansen's…
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Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Gigi Perreau …
Directed by: Charles Barton
Abbott and Costello wind up on the wrong side of the law in their final film together. Kiddieland owner Lou (Lou Costello) becomes a suspect when the D.A. investigating the gambling debts…
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Kismet (1955)
Cast: Howard Keel, Dolores Gray, Ann Blyth …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli directed this adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical inspired by the Arabian Nights tales. Persian poet Hadji (Howard Keel) becomes a rich man nearly overnight, bringing…
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Kirk Douglas stars as Ned Land and James Mason as Captain Nemo in this Walt Disney live-action adaptation of the classic Jules Verne underwater adventure. Sent to investigate a rash of…
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Captain Pirate (1952)
Cast: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton …
Directed by: Ralph Murphy
The legendary doctor turned swashbuckler Peter Blood (Louis Hayward) must emerge from a comfy retirement in the West Indies when an evil pirate masquerading as Blood starts menacing the high…
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The Savage (1952)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen …
Directed by: George Marshall
As the sole survivor of another tribe's raid on a wagon train, a white youth (Charlton Heston) is raised by Sioux Indians, growing into a brave fighter with the name War Bonnet. Years…
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The Turning Point (1952)
Cast: William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith …
Directed by: William Dieterle
Is John Conroy's police officer father, Matt (Tom Tully), on the wrong side of the law? John, a prosecutor trying to rid his town of crime, hopes not, but newsman Jerry McKibbon (William…
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Vengeance Valley (1951)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Burt Lancaster stars in this strong example of the mature Westerns that were coming out of Hollywood in the early 1950s. There are Biblical undertones in the story of Owen (Lancaster), the…
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The Enforcer (1951)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh, Bretaigne Windust
A crusading district attorney (Humphrey Bogart) tries to crack a ring of organized killers, but just when victory is imminent -- after four arduous years -- a key witness is murdered, and…
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Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Cast: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban …
Directed by: Edward Buzzell
Bathing-suit manufacturer Eve (Esther Williams) tries to help when her dim sister (Betty Garrett) falls for a masseur (Red Skelton), believing he's Latin polo star Jose O'Rourke.…
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The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Batten down the hatches -- it's gonna be one bumpy ride when Mike O'Hara (Orson Welles, who also wrote and directed) becomes a crew member on Arthur Bannister's (Everett…
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The Naked City (1948)
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart …
Directed by: Jules Dassin
When a model is found drowned in her bathtub, homicide detectives Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) and Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) are on the case. Their investigation, the inner workings of…
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Crime Wave / Decoy (1946)
Cast: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk …
Directed by: André De Toth, Jack Bernhard
This film noir twin bill proves the old saw that says crime doesn't pay. At the pushing of a detective (Sterling Hayden), reformed felon Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson) finds himself framing…
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Pittsburgh / The Conqueror (1942)
Cast: John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott …
Directed by: Lewis Seiler, Dick Powell
John Wayne stars as a tough businessman and an even tougher warrior in this vintage double bill. In Pittsburgh, Wayne plays an ambitious coal miner determined to make to the top. Though he…