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Joseph Hoffman

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20-02-1909

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Pisces

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Total Films

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New York City, New York, USA

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The King's Pirate

The King's Pirate

Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirates.
7.0

Year:

1967

Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
6.5

Year:

1964

Pier 5, Havana

Pier 5, Havana

A Yank comes to Havana in search of an old friend who disappeared during the Cuban Revolution, and discovers a group of Batista sympathizers plotting to overturn Castro.
4.4

Year:

1959

Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate

An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
6.2

Year:

1955

Tall Man Riding

Tall Man Riding

Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna, believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings.
5.6

Year:

1955

Yankee Pasha

Yankee Pasha

Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.
4.0

Year:

1954

Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie

A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.
6.3

Year:

1954

The Lone Hand

The Lone Hand

Zachary Hallock and his son Joshua are farmers who live in a frontier town that suffers the assaults of a band of outlaws. After the murder of a Pinkerton's detective, the farmers decide to unite against the bandits, but Hallock rejects the proposal. To the astonishment of his son and his fiancée, Hallock decides to join the outlaws.
5.2

Year:

1953

Against All Flags

Against All Flags

A British naval officer fights pirates in Madagascar.
6.1

Year:

1952

The Duel at Silver Creek

The Duel at Silver Creek

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.
6.9

Year:

1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.
6.7

Year:

1952

No Room for the Groom

No Room for the Groom

A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night arise from illness, her manipulative mother, and a house full of relatives.
5.6

Year:

1952

At Sword's Point

At Sword's Point

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford
4.8

Year:

1952

Week-End with Father

Week-End with Father

Two single parents shock their children by falling in love.
5.8

Year:

1951

Air Cadet

Air Cadet

A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
5.0

Year:

1951

Buccaneer's Girl

Buccaneer's Girl

A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
5.6

Year:

1950

And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
4.9

Year:

1949

And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
4.9

Year:

1949

An Innocent Affair

An Innocent Affair

Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested in him than in business. Vincent's wife Paula gets suspicious and finally decides to do some flirting of her own to make him jealous. Unknown to her, she chooses cigarette tychoon Claude Kimball. In fact, Kimball hits it off well with both of the Doanes. The question is whether or not their marriage can survive all the shenanigans.
4.7

Year:

1948

That's My Gal

That's My Gal

Two sharpie promoters (Don Barry and Frank Jenks) put on a show they believe is so bad it will not play more than one day and they therefore will not have to pay the long list of investors,i.e, suckers and buyers. But one of the investors dies intestate and his interests pass to the state. The governor's secretary (Lynne Roberts) engages new talent (the Four Step Brothers, Guadalajara Trio, St. Clair & Vilvoa, Dolores and Don Graham, et al) and a new orchestra (Jan Savitt), in order to make the show successful and a profitable investment for the state. Barry (in another of the vast majority of his films in which he was not billed as Don "Red" Barry), who has fallen in love with the first-billed Roberts, reforms and buys up the surplus stock.
0.0

Year:

1947

One Way to Love

One Way to Love

A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
7.0

Year:

1946

China Sky

China Sky

During World War II, an American mission hospital is headed up by Dr. Gray Thompson and Dr. Sara Durand. Sara is secretly in love with Gray but hides her feelings as his new wife, Louise, arrives at the hospital. Sparks fly, however, when Louise becomes jealous of Sara, and then tries to convince her husband to leave war-torn China behind for a calmer life in the United States. But Thompson is attached to both Sara and the people who need his help.
5.5

Year:

1945

Carolina Blues

Carolina Blues

When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.
5.3

Year:

1944

Gypsy Wildcat

Gypsy Wildcat

In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.
5.7

Year:

1944

Goodnight, Sweetheart

Goodnight, Sweetheart

A journalist attacks the campaign of a mayoral candidate who has gained the endorsement of a rival newspaper.
0.0

Year:

1944

The Girl in the Case

The Girl in the Case

William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted by German spies who want him to open a chest containing a secret formula. This leads to a madcap adventure involving spies, the police and lots of picked locks!
5.5

Year:

1944

Gung Ho!

Gung Ho!

A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
5.3

Year:

1943

Swing Fever

Swing Fever

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
5.0

Year:

1943

My Kingdom for a Cook

My Kingdom for a Cook

While visiting Massachusetts, a famous English author (Charles Coburn) faces the wrath of a socialite (Isobel Elsom) after stealing her chef.
0.0

Year:

1943

Redhead from Manhattan

Redhead from Manhattan

Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan, where she takes the place of her Broadway-star twin sister Elaine, who's having problems with her marriage and needs to make a getaway. Neither Elaine's husband or Rita's saxophone-player boyfriend are aware of the switch.
4.7

Year:

1943

High Explosive

High Explosive

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.
5.7

Year:

1943

City of Silent Men

City of Silent Men

The plot revolves around a group of ex-convicts who try to start life anew by relocating in a small town under assumed names. The mayor of the town welcomes the former cons with open arms, helping them re-open a dormant canning factory and encouraging them to hire other reformed criminals.
0.0

Year:

1942

The Living Ghost

The Living Ghost

A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.
4.3

Year:

1942

One Thrilling Night

One Thrilling Night

A honeymoon couple in New York for one night of wedded bliss before he's to join the army, become involved with gangsters after they find a cadaver under their bed.
5.2

Year:

1942

Man With Two Lives

Man With Two Lives

A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
5.3

Year:

1942

The Officer and the Lady

The Officer and the Lady

A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who is in cahoots with a criminal mastermind.
6.0

Year:

1941

The Return of Daniel Boone

The Return of Daniel Boone

The scout's grandson foils land-grabbers; his sidekick flirts with twins.
4.5

Year:

1941

Young as You Feel

Young as You Feel

Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home.
0.0

Year:

1940

Quick Millions

Quick Millions

In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.
7.5

Year:

1939

Quick Millions

Quick Millions

In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.
7.5

Year:

1939

The Jones Family in Hollywood

The Jones Family in Hollywood

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
0.0

Year:

1939

Boy Friend

Boy Friend

A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing there; otherwise, she's busy making love to a military cadet.
0.0

Year:

1939

Pride of the Navy

Pride of the Navy

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable boat to carry torpedoes.
0.0

Year:

1939

Shadows Over Shanghai

Shadows Over Shanghai

A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.
5.7

Year:

1938

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
0.0

Year:

1938

Arson Racket Squad

Arson Racket Squad

New York City fireman Bill O'Connell is assigned to the Arson Sqaud with the job of apprehending the for-profit gang of arsonists who are spreading terror and loss of property, including human life.
0.0

Year:

1938

She's Got Everything

She's Got Everything

The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
5.3

Year:

1937

Headin' East

Headin' East

A cattle rancher comes to the aid of farmers by heading to NYC to stop the racketeers hijacking their produce shipments.
0.0

Year:

1937

Under Suspicion

Under Suspicion

Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his millions away to various charitable causes. Naturally, this arouses hostility amongst Bailey's friends, relatives and associates, some of whom have murder on their minds.
0.0

Year:

1937

Hollywood Round-Up

Hollywood Round-Up

While filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie star proves his heroics when a "fake" bank robbery turns out to be the real thing.
4.4

Year:

1937

Damaged Goods

Damaged Goods

A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
3.4

Year:

1937

Country Gentlemen

Country Gentlemen

After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride. When that misunderstanding is cleared up, the two conmen hatch a plot to unload all their worthless paper on the gullible citizens of Chesterville.
6.5

Year:

1936

Thank You, Jeeves!

Thank You, Jeeves!

Jeeves tries to keep his young master out of trouble.
6.0

Year:

1936

Jailbreak

Jailbreak

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
6.4

Year:

1936

Jailbreak

Jailbreak

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
6.4

Year:

1936

Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
6.8

Year:

1936

Your Uncle Dudley

Your Uncle Dudley

A paint store owner turns his attention to civic affairs while his business falls apart.
1.0

Year:

1935