Paul Douglas
13 titles
Filmography
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The Gamma People
(1956)While stranded in an Eastern bloc dictatorship, two American newsmen uncover a scoop about a scientist experimenting on children with gamma rays.

Panic in the Streets
(1950)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.

The Solid Gold Cadillac
(1956)A small stockholder-turned-corporate heroine ousts a crooked Board of Trustees and reinstates an honest director, falling in love along the way.

The Big Lift
(1950)Un sargento estadounidense se encuentra en BerlÃn, donde el deber militar se combina con un trauma de posguerra y un romance inesperado.
This Could Be the Night
(1957)Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas and Anthony Franciosa star in producer Joe Pasternak's delightful production which was called "the kind of movie audiences hunger for but all too infrequently get". Anne Leeds (Simmons) is a schoolteacher looking for part-time work. She lands a job as a secretary at a nightclub, working for two partners: Rocco (Douglas), a nice, decent type of guy who has Anne's best interests at heart, and Tony (Franciosa), a handsome swinger for whom Anne falls, much to Rocco's chagrin. Adding a bit of spice – and some musical entertainment – to the story are Joan Blondell, Julie Wilson, J. Carrol Naish, ZaSu Pitts and more in supporting roles.

Clash by Night
(1952)Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and Marilyn Monroe star in the story of a woman who marries a good, if simple, fisherman--but falls in love with another, more exciting and dangerous man. Based on the play by Clifford Odets.

Never Wave at a WAC
(1953)Rosalind Russell stars in this madcap romantic comedy about a divorced socialite who joins the Army to spend more time with her Colonel boyfriend.

It Happens Every Spring
(1949)In this comedy starring Ray Milland, Jean Peters and Paul Douglas, a college professor discovers a compound that makes baseballs repel wood. Soon, he's a pitching sensation!

The Mating Game
(1959)Golden-Globe nominated and Emmy Award-winning Tony Randall ("Pillow Talk," TV's "The Odd Couple") plays Lorenzo Charlton, a stuffy tax investigator sent to the farm of Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) and Ma Larkin (Una Merkel) to find out why they haven't been paying taxes. He discovers that the Larkins, instead of money, use a homegrown barter system. Overwhelmed by their complex economic network, Lorenzo drinks one home brew too many. Awakening from a hangover, he sees a vision of loveliness before him -- the Larkin's spunky daughter Mariette (Debbie Reynolds). Enraptured by Mariette, he decides to stick around and find a way to get the family out of their onerous tax burden. George Marshall ("How the West Was Won," "Destry Rides Again") directs this breezy romantic comedy.

Forever Female
(1953)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.

A Letter to Three Wives
(1948)Three wives receive a letter from a mutual friend who has run off with one of their husbands.

Executive Suite
(1954)William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck lead an all-star cast in this storyof corporate power politics.When the head of a large corporationsuddenly dies, his daughter (Stanwyck) must choose her father'ssuccessor within 24 hours. Suddenly engulfed in a whirlwind of intriguebetween five vice presidents, she must make her decision whileconfronted by ruthlessness, duplicity, incompetence, blackmail . ....

We're Not Married!
(1952)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.