Joseph Calleia
23 titles
Filmography
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Jungle Book
(1942)After discovering his home village, an orphaned boy raised by wolves in the jungle struggles to adapt to human life and protect a hidden treasure.

The Littlest Outlaw
(1955)A Mexican boy and a condemned horse flee from an abusive situation with his stepfather and hide out with a priest.

My Little Chickadee
(1940)When a gold-digging singer, Flower Belle Lee, is kidnapped by a masked bandit, the town goes wild with speculation. When she returns unharmed, and is later seen kissing the bandit, she is tried by a judge and thrown out of town.

The Noose Hangs High
(1948)
Noose
(1948)1948. In post- WW2 Britain, an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé, and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym attempt to bring black market organized crime to justice.

Cry Tough
(1959)
Touch of Evil
(1958)Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles give unforgettable performances in this film noir masterpiece about a crooked police chief and the honorable investigator who tries to stop him.

Gilda
(1946)A beguiling femme fatale gets even with her bitter, small-time gambler ex-boyfriend by marrying his boss, a mysterious Buenos Aires casino owner.
Deadline at Dawn
(1946)
Algiers
(1938)Un ladrón de joyas fugitivo se oculta en la Casbah, donde conoce a una bella mujer que despierta su deseo de huir y empezar de nuevo.

Captain Carey, U.S.A.
(1950)A former OSS spy returns to Italy to learn how a certain painting wound up in a New York art gallery.

Yankee Buccaneer
(1952)Captain David Porter of the fledgling American Navy receives orders to masquerade as a privateer in order to corral some Caribbean pirates.
Exclusive Story
(1936)
The Caddy
(1953)In this zany farce, Harvey (Jerry Lewis) is a shy but talented pro golfer who, because he can't face the crowds, coaxes his buddy Joe (Dean Martin) into a big time tournament. As Joe's caddy, Harvey is a disaster, and the two have a hilarious quarrel on the fairway which results in their being banned from golf. Their antics, however, have led to a new career in comedy. Dean Martin sings a number of lovely ballads to his girl (Donna Reed), and Jerry Lewis makes his kind of puppy love to his girl (Barbara Bates). The great comedy team makes this one of their funniest films.

Branded
(1950)An outlaw gunman poses as the long-lost son of a wealthy rancher in order to steal his fortune but his conscience gets the better of him when he falls for his target's daughter and instead seeks redemption by finding the real missing heir.

After the Thin Man
(1936)Nick and Nora are summoned to New Year's dinner at Nora's aristocratic family in San Francisco where they learn that cousin Selma's husband Robert is missing. Nick agrees to look for him but when Robert is shot Selma is accused of murder.

Serenade
(1956)Superstar matinee idol and singer Mario Lanza stars along with Joan Fontaine and Vincent Price in this musical melodrama about a singer who is torn between the love of two women and his own ambition. After a wealthy but fickle woman (Fontaine) discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice, she helps make him a star. But when she breaks his heart, causing him to botch his audition for the Metropolitan Opera, he flees to Mexico, where he falls in love with a sweet farm girl. Just when it looks like he will find happiness, his conniving former benefactor tracks him down. In addition to singing numerous selections from popular operas, Lanza performs a pair of Sammy Cahn/Nicholas Brodszky pop tunes, "Serenade" and "My Destiny."

Sundown
(1941)In 1941, a mysterious Somaliland native woman helps the British against the Nazis.

Lured
(1947)British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.

The Conspirators
(1944)Negulesco and noir - a heady brew. Jean Negulesco proved his stunning noir debut The Mask of Dimitrios was no fluke by following up with an astonishing run of film noir classics.