James Edwards
Birthday: 1918-03-06
Place of Birth: Muncie, Indiana, USA
Biography: James Johnson Edwards (March 6, 1918 – January 4, 1970) was an American actor in films and television. His most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed an African American soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.
Movies
The Killing
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a bet...
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The Manchurian Candidate
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed...
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Patton
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film...
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Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Texas John Slaughter is a peace-loving family man and successful rancher who values his friendship w...
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Coogan's Bluff
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prison...
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The Phenix City Story
A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambl...
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Pork Chop Hill
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry...
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Men in War
In Korea, on 6 September 1950, Lieutenant Benson's platoon finds itself isolated in enemy-held terri...
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The Set-Up
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his ...
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The Steel Helmet
A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Budd...
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Anatomy of a Crime
Private detective David Ross has two apparently unconnected cases to investigate in the same day. In...
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Battle Hymn
Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure ...
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The Joe Louis Story
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who held the title for 12 years--longer than ...
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The Sandpiper
A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian board...
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Bright Victory
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life....
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Legend of the Northwest
Set during the old west, Bearheart the dog witnesses his master, an old mountain man being murdered ...
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The Young Runaways
Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as...
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Fraulein
A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin....
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The Member of the Wedding
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from ...
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Home of the Brave
A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of h...
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The Caine Mutiny
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first office...
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Tarzan's Fight for Life
Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed ...
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Anna Lucasta
The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent ...
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Doomsday Voyage
A political extremist on the run after assassinating a corrupt politician, poses as a French sailor ...
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Night of the Quarter Moon
A POW marries a woman he meets in Mexico. Controversy erupts when people find out that she's one-qua...
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African Manhunt
Kirby, Davis and Drover escort the wanted criminal Rene Carvel from central Africa to the coast, sto...
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A Sound of Different Drummers
A young security police officer in a future totalitarian state is assigned to suppress illegal intel...
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