Cast: Ernest Truex
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ernest Truex. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 39
His Girl Friday
1940 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Cary Grant · Rosalind Russell · Ralph Bellamy · Gene Lockhart
Synopsis Hildy Johnson has divorced Walter Burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day after. Walter Burns can't let that happen and frames the...
8.0
11K votes
8.0
11K votes
Christmas in July
1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Preston Sturges
Cast Dick Powell · Ellen Drew · Raymond Walburn · Alexander Carr
Synopsis 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...
7.1
749 votes
7.1
749 votes
The Twilight Zone: What You Need (TV)
1959 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Alvin Ganzer
Cast Steve Cochran · Ernest Truex · Read Morgan · Arlene Martel
Synopsis An old man comes to the same bar every night to peddle his wares. He tells the clients what it is they need before they realize they need it. Moments after telling a washed up major league pitcher he needs...
6.9
194 votes
6.9
194 votes
Bachelor Mother
1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction Garson Kanin
Cast Ginger Rogers · David Niven · Charles Coburn · Frank Albertson
Synopsis Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
6.6
322 votes
6.6
322 votes
Club Havana
1945 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast Tom Neal · Margaret Lindsay · Donald Douglas · Lita Barón
Synopsis When a young nightclub singer attempts suicide because of her lover's departure, doctor Neal heals the girl's wounds and reunites her with her estranged boy friend.
6.5
30 votes
6.5
30 votes
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Dorothy Arzner
Cast Maureen O'Hara · Louis Hayward · Lucille Ball · Virginia Field
6.4
197 votes
6.4
197 votes
The Twilight Zone: Kick the Can (TV)
1962 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Lamont Johnson
Cast Ernest Truex · Russell Collins · John Marley · Hank Patterson
Synopsis An old man living in a rest home thinks he's found the secret of youth in children's games.
6.4
72 votes
6.4
72 votes
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
Direction Archie Mayo
Cast Gary Cooper · Sigrid Gurie · Basil Rathbone · George Barbier
Synopsis Marco Polo travels from Venice to Peking, where he quickly discovers spaghetti and gunpowder and falls in love with the Emperor's daughter. The Emperor Kublai Khan is a kindly fellow, but his evil aide Ahmed wants to get rid of...
5.8
416 votes
5.8
416 votes
Slightly Honorable
1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Tay Garnett
Cast Pat O'Brien · Edward Arnold · Broderick Crawford · Ruth Terry
Synopsis A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
5.7
119 votes
5.7
119 votes
Twilight for the Gods
1958 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
Direction Joseph Pevney
Cast Rock Hudson · Cyd Charisse · Arthur Kennedy · Leif Erickson
Synopsis Adapted by Ernest Gann from his own novel, Twilight for the Gods bears traces of Gann's earlier The High and the Mighty. This "psychological adventure" stars Rock Hudson as Captain Bell, who crawls into a bottle after being court-martialed and...
5.5
129 votes
5.5
129 votes
All Mine to Give
1957 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Allen Reisner
Cast Glynis Johns · Cameron Mitchell · Rex Thompson · Patty McCormack
Synopsis This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850's. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They...
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Chip Off the Old Block
1944 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Donald O´Connor · Peggy Ryan · Ann Blyth · Helen Vinson
Synopsis The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.
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Unexpected Uncle
1941 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Peter Godfrey
Cast Anne Shirley · James Craig · Charles Coburn · Ernest Truex
Synopsis A feisty retiree plays peacemaker for a young couple.
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Fired Wife
1943 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Robert Paige · Louise Allbritton · Diana Barrymore · Walter Abel
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Whistling in the Dark
1933 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Elliott Nugent
Cast Ernest Truex · Una Merkel · Edward Arnold · John Miljan
Synopsis A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to get writer's help in devising the "perfect crime"
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Private Buckaroo
1942 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Edward F. Cline
Cast Harry James · Patty Andrews · Maxene Andrews · Laverne Andrews
Synopsis Harry James is drafted and joining him is the band's lead vocalist Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary for anyone of his skill and fame.
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Swing That Cheer
1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Harold D. Schuster
Cast Tom Brown · Robert Wilcox · Constance Moore · Andy Devine
Synopsis The rivalry between two star players of a college football team.
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Lillian Russell
1940 · Movie · 127 min. · United States
Direction Irving Cummings
Cast Alice Faye · Don Ameche · Henry Fonda · Edward Arnold
Synopsis Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by bandleader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
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Don't Get Personal
1942 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Hugh Herbert · Mischa Auer · Jane Frazee · Anne Gwynne
Synopsis Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds and John Stowe, of the radio program sponsored by his company, as he thinks their on-air quarreling is real. Two former associates, Jules...
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The Affairs of Martha
1942 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Jules Dassin
Cast Marsha Hunt · Richard Carlson · Marjorie Main · Virginia Weidler
Synopsis The town gossips are reporting that a household servant in exclusive Rocky Point is writing an expose of the colony. Mrs. Sophia Sommerfield is convinced it can't be either one of her maids, Martha Lindstrom or Mrs. McKessic, although, unknown...
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