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Russell Hopton
Russell Hopton (1900-1945) was an American actor known for his work in films during the 1920s and 1930s. He appeared in over 120 films, including "The Roaring Twenties" and "Little Caesar." Hopton often played tough-guy roles and was typecast as a gangster. He died in 1945 from a heart attack at the age of 45.
Titles credited to Russell Hopton
The Little Giant
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsef...
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Renegade Trail
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. King's Men songs include: "Hi Thar Stranger" and "Lazy Rolls...
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Back Page
A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in California.
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Northern Frontier
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
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An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to write about.
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Death from a Distance
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they...
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The Drifter
A man known as The Drifter returns home to his cabin in the woods and winds up getting involved with an escaped convict, a gunfighter, lumber company rivals, mysterious family ties and murder.
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Discarded Lovers
In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Eminent Studios. The suspects are numerous due to her f...
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Torture Ship
A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.
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