Dan Riss
Know for: Acting
Born: 1910-03-22
Place of birth: Streator, Illinois, USA
Also know as:
Man on Fire (1957)
Bitter over their divorce, a wealthy businessman prevents his ex-wife from seeing their child. She then takes him to custody court and a judge tries...
Panic in the Streets (1950)
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now...
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the...
Appointment with Danger (1950)
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a...
Allen in Movieland (1955)
TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."
Man in the Dark (1953)
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain...
The Price of Fear (1956)
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.
The Miami Story (1954)
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to...
Only the Valiant (1951)
Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who...
Go for Broke! (1951)
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the...
Confidence Girl (1952)
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her...
Elmer Gantry (1960)
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s...
Wyoming Mail (1950)
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized...
Al Capone (1959)
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny...
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954)
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
Operation Secret (1952)
After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues....
Scarlet Angel (1952)
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.
The Story on Page One (1959)
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
Human Desire (1954)
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife and murder. Preserved by...
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home...
Pinky (1949)
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her...
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
The Screen Writer (1950)
This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.
Badman's Country (1958)
Pat Garrett arrives in Abilene where he catches five of Butch Cassidy's gang. He calls in Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson and they learn there is a half...
Three Young Texans (1954)
A Texan robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime. A young girl attempts to help him after learning about the theft....
Arctic Fury (1949)
Based on adventures of Dr. Thomas Barlow in the far north.
Riders to the Stars (1954)
Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the...
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
The Enforcer (1951)
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top...
Johnny Concho (1956)
In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!
Carbine Williams (1952)
David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine...
Vice Squad (1953)
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
Johnny Shiloh (1963)
Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney in Color. It was released in other...
Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such...