The best Eddie Dunn’s movies

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn

31/03/1896- 05/05/1951
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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator
8.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 23/10/1940
  • Character: Whitewashed Storm Trooper
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy
7.6/10
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men
7.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/12/1939
  • Character: Bus Driver (uncredited)
An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/11/1940
  • Character: James the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

Boom Town

Boom Town
7/10
McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.

'G' Men

'G' Men
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/05/1935
  • Character: Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

Whirlpool

Whirlpool
6.7/10
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Another Fine Mess

Another Fine Mess
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 29/11/1930
  • Character: Meadows the Butler (uncredited)
Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph
6.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 18/08/1948
  • Character: Marty (uncredited)
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming
7.2/10
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

Black Friday

Black Friday
6.3/10
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.

I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James
6.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/02/1949
  • Character: Joe, Silver King Bartender
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo
6.4/10
  • Genre: HistoryWestern
  • Release: 31/12/1937
  • Character: Ed Slocum - Stagecoach Driver
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday
6.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 28/06/1944
  • Character: Jim, Detective (uncredited)
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery.

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home
6.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/04/1947
  • Character: Mulroney - Garage Man (uncredited)
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder
6.8/10
Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is an-exact double for a judge of whom Nick doesn't approve. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancée, Barbara. Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future.

Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle
6.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/06/1939
  • Character: Road Construction Workman
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

The Gay Falcon

The Gay Falcon
6.5/10
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.

The Big Street

The Big Street
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 13/08/1942
  • Character: Police Officer Mulvaney (Uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.

In the Navy

In the Navy
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 30/05/1941
  • Character: Dance Hall Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

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