The best Sayre Dearing’s movies

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Sayre Dearing

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Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods
6.4/10
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys' orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim's heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg
8.3/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 18/12/1961
  • Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Sex and the Single Girl

Sex and the Single Girl
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/12/1964
  • Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties
7.9/10
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Body and Soul

Body and Soul
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/11/1947
  • Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley
7.7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 09/10/1947
  • Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful
6.8/10
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.

The Men

The Men
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/07/1950
  • Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
When Ken (Marlon Brando) is shot in battle, he loses the use of both his legs. In the hospital, he spends his time mired in self-pity, making little effort to respond to treatment. After much encouragement from his devoted fiancée, Ellen (Teresa Wright), he finally consents to let kindly Dr. Brock (Everett Sloane) help him and is determined to be able to stand up on his wedding day. However, he and Ellen begin to question whether they're truly ready to accept the burden of his disability.

Champagne for Caesar

Champagne for Caesar
7.4/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 11/05/1950
  • Character: Audience Extra
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.

Christmas in July

Christmas in July
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 25/10/1940
  • Character: Coworker (uncredited)
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends
7.6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 07/07/1950
  • Character: Man at Dice Table / Passerby (uncredited)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 20/03/1959
  • Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.

Hollow Triumph

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

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/08/1949
  • Character: Studio Employee (uncredited)
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.

The Opposite Sex

The Opposite Sex
6.1/10
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back.

The Public Defender

The Public Defender
6.4/10
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 23/11/1934
  • Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

No Time for Love

No Time for Love
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 10/11/1943
  • Character: Sidewalk Passerby
Upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson river.

Dragnet

Dragnet
6.6/10
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940
7.3/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 09/02/1940
  • Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.

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