Paul Douglas

It would take a miracle for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team to winthe pennant. But when a young girl prays for just such a miracle, herbeloved team begins to win.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick The Maggie is a heart-warming comedy set in Scotland, about a skipper who tricks a wealthy American into entrusting him to ship valuable cargo on a dilapidated old puffer boat called The Maggie. The American tycoon realises his mistake and goes up against the scheming crew of The Maggie who are determined to outwit the American and keep the contract.

Filmed entirely on location in New Orleans, Panic in the Streets stars Richard Widmark as Dr. Clinton Reed, a physician from the U.S. Health Service who must race against time to stop a plague. The carrier was an illegal alien, murdered by criminals Jack Palance and Zero Mostel. When local officials note the strange condition of the corpse, they fear that the germs will spread to epidemic proportions, and thus summon Reed to wrest control of the situation. At first facing opposition from rule-bound police captain Paul Douglas, Widmark is finally able to work hand-in-glove with Douglas in tracking down Palance and Mostel, who have themselves become plague carriers.

A small stockholder-turned-corporate heroine ousts a crooked Board of Trustees and reinstates an honest director, falling in love along the way.

A young writer sells his play to a Broadway producer who wants to transform it into a vehicle for his ex-wife; she falls for the writer but eventually discourages him.

Three wives receive a letter from a mutual friend who has run off with one of their husbands.

Romantic comedy with an all-star cast and an 'omnibus' structure, telling the story of five couples who are informed by their bumbling Justice of the Peace Melvin Bush (Victor Moore) that their marriage licences are invalid owing to a mistake on his part.