Peggie Castle

Acting

Peggie Castle

Born 1927-12-22 · Appalachia, Virginia, USA

Peggie Castle (December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973) was an American actress who specialized in playing the "other woman" in B-movies. Castle was Miss Cheesecake in 1949.

Acting credits

Woman in Hiding poster
6.3

As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.

Woman in Hiding

1950

The Prince Who Was a Thief poster
5.7

An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.

The Prince Who Was a Thief

1951

Buccaneer's Girl poster
5.8

A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.

Buccaneer's Girl

1950

99 River Street poster
6.8

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

99 River Street

1953

Bright Victory poster
7.1

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

Bright Victory

1951

The Yellow Tomahawk poster
6.6

When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.

The Yellow Tomahawk

1954

Miracle in the Rain poster
6.9

Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.

Miracle in the Rain

1956

Tall Man Riding poster
5.8

Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna, believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings.

Tall Man Riding

1955

I, the Jury poster
5.9

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.

I, the Jury

1953

I Was a Shoplifter poster
5.8

In 1950s California, the police force tries to infiltrate and neutralize a shoplifting crime ring operating in major department stores.

I Was a Shoplifter

1950

Wagons West poster
7.3

Travelers heading west in a wagon train, under repeated assault by Indians, discover someone in their group is supplying rifles to their attackers.

Wagons West

1952

Payment on Demand poster
6.2

David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.

Payment on Demand

1951

Hell's Crossroads poster
5.6

An imprisoned gunfighter must scatter to elude the authorities. Outlaws Bob Ford and Vic Rodell are nabbed, but the governor offers them amnesty in exchange for their help in bringing Jesse and his brother Frank to justice.

Hell's Crossroads

1957

The Long Wait poster
5.9

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.

The Long Wait

1954

Two-Gun Lady poster
5.4

A young woman teaches herself to become a sharpshooter so she can hunt down the three men who murdered her parents. She finds a sheriff who is willing to help her track them down.

Two-Gun Lady

1955

The Golden Horde poster
5.2

The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.

The Golden Horde

1951

Shakedown poster
6.4

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.

Shakedown

1950

No artwork available
8.0

An advertising man has to come with "the perfect woman" for an ad campaign. He puts together a picture of a woman from a composite of several photos, to get an idea of the kind of woman he should look for. His boss sees it, thinks that it is an actual woman, and orders him to find her and use her in the campaign.

When a Girl's Beautiful

1947

Invasion, U.S.A. poster
3.4

A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.

Invasion, U.S.A.

1952

Quincannon, Frontier Scout poster
5.2

A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

1956

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College poster
7.3

A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949

Outside the Wall poster
6.1

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.

Outside the Wall

1950

Cow Country poster
4.6

A hired hand gets caught between a noble rancher and ruthless land grabbers.

Cow Country

1953

The White Orchid poster
5.1

In the Southern Mexican jungle, an adventurous archaeologist is accompanied by an equally daring female photographer in a search for a lost Toltec city. They engage a guide to lead them on their expedition, and soon find themselves in the jungle's depths, far from civilization. Soon both the guide and the archaeologist are vying for the affection of the photographer. They must all deal with enormous danger and sacrifice before their quest is complete.

The White Orchid

1954