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Tag Archives: H. Bruce Humberstone
Within These Walls (1945) H. Bruce Humberstone, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Anderson, Edward Ryan
Michael Howland, a stern hanging judge, is assigned to take over a chaotic prison. Read More »
Happy Go Lovely (1951) H. Bruce Humberstone, David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero
B.G. Bruno, a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. Read More »
Pin Up Girl (1944) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Read More »
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) H. Bruce Humberstone, Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore
When an experimental plane is hijacked and its pilot murdered, the new guidance system that will allow it to fly unmanned is stolen. Read More »
The Desert Song (1953) H. Bruce Humberstone, Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Read More »
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) H. Bruce Humberstone, Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Keye Luke, Mystery
Gravelle, a former baritone believed dead after an opera house fire, has been languishing in a mental institution for the past seven years, an anonymous amnesiac. Read More »
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) H. Bruce Humberstone, Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sport, Thriller
While steaming from Honolulu to Los Angeles the owner of a prize racehorse headed for the Santa Anita Handicap is killed, apparently kicked to death by his stallion. Read More »
Ten Wanted Men (1955) H. Bruce Humberstone, Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Action, Drama, Romance, Western
When John Stewart gives refuge to Wick Campbell’s girl friend, Campbell turns against him. He rustles Stewart’s cattle, murders his brother, and brings in hired guns. Read More »
Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) H. Bruce Humberstone, Victor Mature, Coleen Gray, Glenn Langan, Western
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory Read More »
Wonder Man (1945) H. Bruce Humberstone, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Comedy, Musical, Fantasy
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. Read More »
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) H. Bruce Humberstone, Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Charlotte Greenwood, Comedy, Crime
Cesar Romero plays an outwardly tough prohibition-era gangster who in reality wouldn’t hurt a fly. Read More »
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Promoter Frankie Christopher, being grilled by police in the murder of model Vicky Lynn, recalls in flashback: First meeting her as a waitress, Frankie decides to parlay her beauty into social acceptance and a lucrative career. He succeeds only too well: she’s on the eve of deserting him for Hollywood…when someone kills her. Now Frankie gets the feeling that Inspector Ed Cornell is determined to pin the killing on him and only him. He’s right. And the only one he can turn to for help is Jill, the victim’s sister, who’s been cool toward him…
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