The Films of Cleo Moore
Here is a complete list of Cleo Moore's films
* Congo Bill (Columbia, 1948)
Cast: Don McGuire, Cleo Moore. 15-chapter serial (each about
20 minutes
in length) with Cleo, an American heiress lost in the jungle since childhood,
now
regarded as "the White Queen" by natives.
* Bright Leaf (Warner Bros., 1950)
Cast:
Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal. Cleo has a bit part as one of
the girls also
employed at the same whorehouse as
Bacall.
* This Side of the Law (Warner Bros.,
1950)
Cleo has
a bit part.
* Dynamite Pass (RKO-Radio, 1950)
Director:
Lew Landers. Cast: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Lynne Roberts,
Regis
Toomey, Robert Shayne, Don Harvey, Cleo Moore, John Dehner,
Denver
Pyle. Western with Holt and Martin aiding a couple who fighting
crooks
in their attempt at making a toll-free road to town. Cleo has
a
supporting
part as a young lady with romantic designs on Martin.
* Rio Grande Patrol (RKO-Radio, 1950)
Director:
Lesley Selander. Cast: Tim Holt, Richard Martin, Jane
Nigh,
Douglas
Fowley, Cleo Moore, Rick Vallin, John Holland. Holt and sidekick
Martin
stumble on to a band a gun-runners in this B Western. Cleo is cast
as
a dance-hall
girl in love with Martin.
* Hunt The
Man Down (RKO-Radio, 1950)
Director:
George Archainbaud. Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary
Anderson,
Willard Parker, Carla Balenda, Gerald Mohr, Cleo Moore, John
Kellogg.
Public defender decides to clear a fugitive of a 12-year-old murder
rap.
Cleo is one of a group of friends who may know more about the murder
than has
previously been claimed.
* Gambling House (RKO-Radio, 1950)
Director: Ted Tetzlaff. Cast: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William
Bendix,
Zachary Charles, Cleo Moore, Basil Ruysdael.. Melodrama about a gambler
facing deportation. Cleo has a supporting part as the girlfriend
of a friend of
the gambler.
* On Dangerous Ground (RKO-Radio,
1951)
Director: Nicholas Ray. Cast: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond,
Charles
Kemper, Anthony Ross, Ed Begley, Ian Wolfe, Cleo Moore, Sumner Williams,
Frank Ferguson. A hardened cop is softened by his meeting a
blind girl,who
happens to be the sister of the man he is pursuing. Cleo plays a
gun's moll who
is seduced by the cop and pays heavily for her squealing.
* The Pace That Thrills (RKO-Radio,
1952)
Director:
Leon Barsha. Cast: Bill Williams, Carla Balenda, Robert Armstrong,
Frank
McHugh, Steve Flagg, Cleo Moore, John Mallory. B picture set in the
world
of motorcycling racing. Cleo has a small part as one of
the groupies who
pursue
heroes of the sport.
* Strange Fascination (Columbia, 1952)
Director:
Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Mona Barrie, Rick
Vallin,
Karen Sharpe. Distingushed pianist Haas hits the skids thanks to
his
obsession
with bad blonde Cleo.
* Thy Neighbor's Wife (20th Century-Fox,
1953)
Director: Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Ken Carlton, Kathleen
Hughes, Tom Fadden, Darr Smith. Cleo is an adultress wife married
to a ruthless
Judge in a small Moravian village in this melodrama set in the 1850's.
* One Girl's Confession (Columbia,
1953)
Director:
Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Glenn Langan, Ellen
Stansbury,
Burt Mustin,. Anthony Jochim, Russ Conway. Cleo is cast as the
ward of
a cruel cafe owner, who decides to help herself to some of the old geezer's
ill-gotten
loot.
* Bait (Columbia, 1954)
Director:
Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar, Sir Cedric
Hardwicke,
Emmett Lynn, Bruno Ve Sota. Cleo stars as a luckless cashier
at
a small
grocery who joins up with two men in their quest for gold.
* The Other Woman (20th Century-Fox,
1954)
Director:
Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Lance Fuller, Lucille
Barkley,
Jack Macy, John Qualen, Carollee Kelly. Sexy starlet Cleo decides
to
seduce
and blackmail adulterous director Haas.
* Women's Prison (Columbia, 1955)
Director:
Lewis Seiler. Cast: Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Howard
Duff,
Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Warren Stevens, Mae Clarke, Gertrude
Michael,
Juanita Moore. Cleo is cast of the sexiest of the prisoners exploited
by
cruel
matron Lupino.
* Hold Back Tomorrow (Universal, 1955)
Director:
Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, John Agar, Frank De Kova, Dallas
Boyd,
Steffi Sidney, Harry Guardino, Mona Knox. A prisoner is granted
his last
wish
- spending his last night with a woman , jaded prostitute Cleo.
* Over-exposed (Columbia, 1956)
Director:
Lewis Seiler. Cast: Cleo Moore, Richard Crenna, Isobel Elsom,
Raymond
Greenleaf, Shirley Thomas, James O'Rear, Jack Albertson, Jeanne
Cooper.
Cleo stars as a dance-hall girl who goes "legit" and becomes a
professional
photographer and climbs the ladder of success "wrong by wrong."
* Hit and Run (United Artists, 1957)
Director:
Hugo Haas. Cast: Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, Vince Edwards, Dolores
Reed,
Mari Lea, Pat Goldin, Julie Mitchum. Cleo is cast as a sexy showgirl
who
marries a service station owner but finds herself drawn to his hunky mechanic.
Note: According to a 1950 newspaper clipping, Cleo has
a part in the film 711 Ocean Drive (Columbia, 1950) but this appearance
has not been confirmed.
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