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The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Director Peter Godfrey’s 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as “The Hollywood Raffles”, whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he’s supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
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The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
In this entry in the enduring series, the suave jewel thief finds himself helping the police break up a ring of diamond smugglers. Along the way, he winds up accused of both robbery and murder.
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Little Giant (1946)
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he’s a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like “The Time of Their Lives,” in that Abbott and Costello don’t have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.
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Lay That Rifle Down (1957)
Director Charles Lamont’s 1955 comedy, about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life, stars Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jacqueline de Wit, Richard Deacon, Robert Burton, James Bell, Marjorie Bennett, Leon Tyler, William Fawcett and Mimi Gibson.
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That Night with You (1945)
In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the daughter who resulted from his day-long marriage to a young woman he knew years ago. The producer is delighted and soon puts his daughter up on stage. The trouble begins when the girl’s “mother” suddenly pays a call. For her own reasons, the woman decides to play along with the girl’s ruse. Fortunately, by the story’s end, the truth is revealed, all differences are reconciled and happiness ensues.
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