Joseph Calleia

Joseph Calleia

August 3, 1897 · 129 years old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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…

Known For

23 titles
1
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

1958 · 1h 35m · Movie

A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation h...

8.0
2
Gilda

Gilda

1946 · 1h 50m · Movie

A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.

7.6
3
The Alamo

The Alamo

1960 · 2h 42m · Movie

In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

6.8
4
After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man

1936 · 1h 52m · Movie

Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.

7.6
5
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943 · 2h 50m · Movie

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.

6.8
6
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942 · 1h 25m · Movie

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

7.0
7
Lured

Lured

1947 · 1h 42m · Movie

British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.

7.0
8
The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

1942 · 1h 48m · Movie

A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.

6.7
9
My Little Chickadee

My Little Chickadee

1940 · 1h 23m · Movie

After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.

6.8
10
The Caddy

The Caddy

1953 · 1h 35m · Movie

Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too nervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.

6.4
11
Juarez

Juarez

1939 · 2h 5m · Movie

Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.

6.9
12
Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939 · 1h 15m · Movie

A plane has engine trouble while flying over a jungle inhabited by cannibals.

7.1
13
The Gorilla

The Gorilla

1939 · 1h 6m · Movie

After a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.

4.8
14
The Noose Hangs High

The Noose Hangs High

1948 · 1h 17m · Movie

Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.

6.6
15
Underwater!

Underwater!

1955 · 1h 39m · Movie

Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.

5.3
16
Four Faces West

Four Faces West

1948 · 1h 29m · Movie

In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral in exchange for an IOU, but the marshal and his posse chase after him.

7.0
17
Branded

Branded

1950 · 1h 44m · Movie

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 child.

6.7
18
The Monster and the Girl

The Monster and the Girl

1941 · 1h 5m · Movie

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 visits the mobsters.

6.0
19
Captain Carey, U.S.A.

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

1950 · 1h 22m · Movie

When an OSS officer returns to Italy to uncover the informer who cost lives of villagers, he unexpectedly finds out that his lover is alive and connected to the traitor.

6.4
20
Serenade

Serenade

1956 · 2h 1m · Movie

Damon Vincenti, a young vineyard worker, has a beautiful tenor voice and dreams of becoming a great opera singer. He debuts at Lardelli's Italian restaurant in San Francisco, where he is spotted by Kendall Hale, a society girl who...

5.8
21
Hot Blood

Hot Blood

1956 · 1h 25m · Movie

Stephen Torino (Wilde), who is tricked by his brother Marco (Adler) into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash (Russell). Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.

5.7
22
Yankee Buccaneer

Yankee Buccaneer

1952 · 1h 26m · Movie

Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.

5.9
23
The Littlest Outlaw

The Littlest Outlaw

1955 · 1h 13m · Movie

Little Pablito is the 10-year-old son of a cruel horse trainer who's responsible for training a Mexican general's horse to jump for the grand race. The trainer's methods cause the horse to become afraid of jumping and the general ...

6.1