Mantan Moreland — Actor (18)
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Drums of the Desert (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Drums of the Desert
director: George Waggner actor: Ralph Byrd / Lorna Gray …
On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée of his best friend and fellow officer Raoul. Raoul is wounded during an Arab attack and the wedding is postponed, and Helene and Paul are thrown together and find it impossible to hide their feelings. The meet in the tent of Hassan, a fortune teller, not knowing the tent is a storage place for arms and ammunition belonging to Addullah, an Arab leader determined to avenge the death of his brother Ben Ali.
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Let's Go Collegiate (1941) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Let's Go Collegiate
director: Jean Yarbrough actor: Frankie Darro / Marcia Mae Jones …
Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing team it's ever had. Unfortunately, he gets drafted into the army before he's able to join the team. Two of the team's members get the bright idea of passing off a burly truck driver as the "athlete". Complications ensue.
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On the Spot (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
On the Spot
director: Howard Bretherton actor: Frankie Darro / Mary Kornman …
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
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Law of the Jungle (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Law of the Jungle
director: Jean Yarbrough actor: Arline Judge / John 'Dusty' King …
Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing in a café in Duakwa, British Rhodesia, Africa. The café owner is secretly in league with two foreign agents with a goal of making the natives restless. American explorer Larry Mason leaves for the jungle with his servant, Jeff and a safari. Nona escapes the café into the jungle but is followed by the agents as, unknowing to her, she is carrying a report of the agent's activities. She joins the safari just as all hands are captured by a tribe of natives
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Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
director: Phil Rosen actor: Sidney Toler / Mantan Moreland …
other title: Charlie Chan en el servicio secreto / 華人偵探陳查理之秘密服務 …
Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.
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Revenge of the Zombies (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Revenge of the Zombies
director: Steve Sekely actor: John Carradine / Robert Lowery …
other title: 僵尸复仇 / Revenge Of The Zombies …
When Dr. Von Altermann's wife Lila dies mysteriously at his spooky mansion her relations suspect murder. They also suspect the doctor is turning her into a zombie, to join the army of living dead he hopes to devote to the Nazi cause. However, Lila, though dead, has developed a will of her own.
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King of the Zombies (1941) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
King of the Zombies
director: Jean Yarbrough actor: Dick Purcell / Joan Woodbury …
other title: Herr der Zombies / Le roi des zombies …
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.
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You're Out of Luck (1941) [Movie] Douban IMDb
You're Out of Luck
director: 霍华德·布雷瑟顿 actor: Frankie Darro / Kay Sutton …
An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation. Monogram.