Movies by Charles Halton
No Place to Go
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life.
Dr. Cyclops
Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.
A Very Young Lady
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the headmaster leads to serious complications.
Federal Man-Hunt
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, escapes from the prison, and all of the law-agencies and local police are out to catch him with roadblocks and every car searched, but the escapee gets away. Bill Hasford, a private detective, investigating a racket finds it leads to the wanted man, and has the biggest adventure of his career.
Sing Me a Love Song
A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the business, he poses as a store clerk, and quickly falls for a pretty employee in the store's music department. Comedy with songs.
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.
Woman Chases Man
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
Reno
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Shadows in the Night
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
Penitentiary
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he prosecuted.
The Daring Caballero
Daring Cabellero was the third of producer Phil Krasne's Cisco Kid "B" westerns. Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo return as Cisco and Pancho, roles they'd carry over into a popular 1950s TV series. Once more stumbling into a dangerous situation, Cisco and Pancho risk their own necks by saving an innocent man from hanging. Eventually, our heroes learn that a corrupt political machine is behind the killing. Leading lady Kippie Valez is cast as "herself," which must have meant more in 1949 than it does today. Unlike the subsequent TV series, Dar...
Broadway Ballyhoo
In this musical short, three barkers for a New York City sightseeing bus drum up customers with songs and nightclub tours.
Mama Loves Papa
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is tossed headfirst into the world of small-town politics. Sized up as a patsy by crooked politician Kirkwood, poor Wilbur is plied with champagne as part of Kirkwood's scheme to land a sweetheart playground-equipment contract.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
Penrod and Sam
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Partners in Crime
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
Talent Scout
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
Gangs of Chicago
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Behind the News
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Dance Hall
Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the girls. Nice guy Duke sets her up with composer Joe Brooks.