Russell Thorson
Know for: Acting
Born: 1906-10-14
Place of birth: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
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It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to...
I Want to Live! (1958)
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable...
36 Hours (1964)
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe...
Please Murder Me (1956)
A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was guilty after getting her off.
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house...
Undersea Girl (1957)
A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later,...
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman (1958)
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote...
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.
Walking Tall (1973)
Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle...
When Hell Broke Loose (1958)
Near the end of the war in Germany, GI Steve Boland, a self-described "sharp-operator", meets a German girl, Ilsa, and they fall in love. Ilsa's...
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His...
Cocoon (1968)
In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy...
Zero Hour! (1957)
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to...
The Learning Tree (1969)
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events...
Hang 'em High (1968)
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to...
Night Slaves (1970)
A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one...
Gun Fever (1958)
Luke Ram seeks revenge against the white renegade who lead a Sioux raiding party against his father's stagecoach way station, killing all the...
Bitter Heritage (1958)
A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love...
The Screaming Woman (1972)
A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman...
Incident in San Francisco (1971)
A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A...
Easy Living (1949)
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
The Stalking Moon (1968)
While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman,...
Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself...
Double Dynamite (1951)
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.