Joseph Calleia
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Joseph Calleia (August 4, 1897 – October 31, 1975), was a Maltese born American singer, composer, and actor, both on Broadway and in film. Calleia played opposite some Hollywood greats, including John Wayne, William Holden, Errol Flynn, Rita Hayworth, Mae West, Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Mario Lanza, Charlton Heston, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Orson Welles, Tyrone Power, Alan Ladd and Anthony Quinn.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.798 |
Birthday | 1897-08-03 |
Place of Birth | |
Also Known As | Joseph Alexander Caesar Herstall Vincent Calleja, |
1958
Touch of Evil
7.764/1402
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along...
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Touch of Evil
1946
Gilda
7.5/563
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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Gilda
1947
Lured
6.3/81
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached b...
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Lured
1960
The Alamo
7.167/338
The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant...
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The Alamo
1942
Jungle Book
6.3/101
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including...
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Jungle Book
1938
Algiers
6.412/34
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers....
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Algiers
1948
The Noose Hangs High
6.763/19
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two...
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The Noose Hangs High
1935
Public Hero Number 1
6.2/8
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailb...
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Public Hero Number 1
1946
Deadline at Dawn
6.2/30
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
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Deadline at Dawn
1944
The Conspirators
6/11
A guerilla leader falls in love with a mysterious woman in World War II Lisbon.
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The Conspirators
1940
My Little Chickadee
6.4/29
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold...
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My Little Chickadee
1936
After the Thin Man
7.347/157
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady...
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After the Thin Man
1939
Golden Boy
6.4/28
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangste...
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Golden Boy
1959
Cry Tough
5.8/8
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
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Cry Tough
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.2/25
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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Marie Antoinette
1953
The Caddy
6.5/50
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he act...
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The Caddy
1948
Four Faces West
5.7/18
Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him hi...
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Four Faces West
1958
The Light in the Forest
6.8/16
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the pe...
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The Light in the Forest
1942
The Glass Key
6.6/114
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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The Glass Key
1939
Five Came Back
6.3/37
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off cour...
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Five Came Back
1948
Noose
5/14
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion...
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Noose
1952
Yankee Buccaneer
5.8/6
A United States Navy ship in the first half of the 19th century, under the command of Captain David Porter, is expecting to put ashore after a year on...
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Yankee Buccaneer
1947
The Beginning or the End
6.5/10
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
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The Beginning or the End
1956
Hot Blood
5.3/6
Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go,...
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Hot Blood
1941
Sundown
5.4/21
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
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Sundown
1957
Wild Is the Wind
6.8/10
A widowed Nevada rancher goes to Italy and marries the sister of his deceased wife and brings her back to the ranch, but his haunting memories of his...
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Wild Is the Wind
1955
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
5.8/12
In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
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The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1943
The Cross of Lorraine
6.2/20
French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.
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The Cross of Lorraine
1939
Juarez
6.5/20
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
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Juarez
1952
The Iron Mistress
4.5/10
In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her brother, Narcisse. Soon, Jim is forced to avenge Narcisse'...
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The Iron Mistress
1955
Underwater!
5.4/19
Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
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Underwater!
1936
Riffraff
5/13
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. After he is kicked out of his union and fired from his job he leaves Hattie who steals money for him an...
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Riffraff
1939
The Gorilla
4.864/22
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and...
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The Gorilla
1941
The Monster and the Girl
5.768/28
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape...
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The Monster and the Girl
1936
His Brother's Wife
5.6/9
Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no goo...
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His Brother's Wife
1950
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
5.467/15
Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webs...
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Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1936
Sinner Take All
4.6/5
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
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Sinner Take All
1950
Vendetta
0/0
The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.
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Vendetta
1936
Exclusive Story
6.5/4
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
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Exclusive Story
1950
The Palomino
0/0
A young man helps a pretty girl search for her stolen horse. (A society boy tries to help a beautiful woman save her horse-breeding farm.)
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The Palomino
1952
When in Rome
0/0
An American fugitive flees to Rome and tries to elude capture by masquerading as a priest.
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When in Rome
1951
The Light Touch
6.2/8
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
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The Light Touch
1936
Tough Guy
4.6/5
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
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Tough Guy
1936
Sworn Enemy
5.3/3
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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Sworn Enemy
1950
Branded
5.7/20
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as...
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Branded
1931
His Woman
3.5/2
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on bo...
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His Woman
1931
My Sin
5.75/8
A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets her off fronts her money to start a new life in NY where...
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My Sin
1951
Valentino
4.167/6
Italian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
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Valentino
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
6/2
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
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The Bad Man of Brimstone
1939
Full Confession
4.7/5
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair.
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Full Confession
1963
Johnny Cool
5.2/20
A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.
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Johnny Cool
1937
Man Of The People
7/3
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
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Man Of The People
1940
Wyoming
5.9/4
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
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Wyoming
1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
0/0
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio and tele...
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1956
Serenade
5.5/19
A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in...
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Serenade
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls
6.5/186
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side t...
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
1955
The Littlest Outlaw
5.5/9
Little Pablito is the ten year old son of a cruel horse trainer. The trainer is responsible for training a Mexican General's horse to jump for the gra...
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The Littlest Outlaw
1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6/1
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1932
The Divorce Racket
0/0
Assigned to investigate a lawyer's murder, a detective finds that his chief suspect is his own secretary--who is also the woman he loves.
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