Joseph Landon


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Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Charge It To A-R Now in 1920's Miami with some cash, Jack (Ray Danton), not yet nick-named, figures out how to get an introduction to racketeer Arnold Rothstein (Robert Lowery), in The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, 1961, directed by Budd Boetticher.
Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) He Didn't Use His Head Pacey and crisp opening from director Budd Boetticher, introducing Ray Danton in his signature performance in the title role, Warren Oates his tagalong brother, Karen Steele a fascinated dance instructor, in the loose bio-pic The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, 1960.
Finian's Rainbow (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Me Magnetic Feather Finian (Fred Astaire) has sneaked into the night in Misstucky, U.S.A., to bury the pot of gold he's brought from Ireland, convinced it will grow, when he meets leprechaun Og (Tommy Steele, his first scene), who has a complaint, in Finian's Rainbow, 1968.
Finian's Rainbow (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Look To The Rainbow Petula Clark sings the Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg tune, as she and Fred Astaire (playing her Irish father) traverse the United States, in Francis Coppola's charming, if geographically incoherent, opening credit sequence, from Finian's Rainbow, 1968.
Finian's Rainbow (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Something Sort Of Grandish Irish Sharon (Petula Clark) has just fished leprechaun Og (Tommy Steele) from the well at her new home in the U-S-A, though he doesn't realize she's fallen for another, as they deliver a tune by Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg, in Finian's Rainbow, 1968.
Finian's Rainbow (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Follow The Fellow Fred Astaire (as Finian, fresh from Ireland), age 68, in his last musical, leads Petula Clark (as daughter Sharon), who was convinced she couldn't dance with him, into their first number, all the American kids supporting, Francis Coppola directing, in Finian's Rainbow, 1968.
Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Actually Have A Sick Brother? Leaving a movie, Alice (Karen Steele) has no idea Jack (Ray Danton) is using her as an alibi for a robbery, and to absolve himself, he introduces brother Eddie (Warren Oates), in The Rise And Fall Of Legs Diamond, 1960, directed by Budd Boetticher.
Hoodlum Priest, The -- (Movie Clip) You Queered It! Ex-con Pio (Don Joslyn) brings newly released felon Billy (Keir Dullea) to meet Father Clark (producer and star Don Murray, in his first scene), neglecting to mention his vocation, early in The Hoodlum Priest, 1961.
Hoodlum Priest, The -- (Movie Clip) Father Goodthief In roles based on the founders of "Dismas House" in St. Louis, Father Clark (Producer and star Don Murray) challenges lawyer Rosen (Larry Gates) to defend accused Billy (Keir Dullea), in The Hoodlum Priest, 1961.

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