By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
Minerva Urecal was a prolific Hollywood character actress, often a landlady or battle-axe, who appeared in nearly two hundred films across the 1930s, 40s and 50s. The Devil Thumbs a Ride lets a killer on the run take over a beach house, The Trap has Charlie Chan investigating garrotings of showgirls, Good Sam shows a generous man’s family struggling, and That Funny Feeling invents a charade in a fancy home. Night Has a Thousand Eyes and They Stooge to Conga round out the list.
01 Minerva Urecal features in this comedy about a maid embarrassed by her tiny apartment who invents an elaborate charade using the fancy home she cleans to impress her wealthy new boyfriend.
Directed by Richard Thorpe · 1h 33m
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Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
02 Minerva Urecal features in this Gary Cooper comedy-drama about a relentlessly generous man whose habit of helping everyone else leaves his own family struggling.
Directed by Leo McCarey · 1h 54m · Rated NR
03 Minerva Urecal is in this noir about a killer on the run who hitches a ride and takes over a beach house, slowly revealing his true nature to his unsuspecting companions.
Directed by Felix E. Feist · 1h 02m · Rated NR
04 Minerva Urecal appears in this Charlie Chan mystery where the detective investigates the garrotting murders of showgirls vacationing at a Malibu Beach resort.
Directed by Howard Bretherton · 1h 02m · Rated NR
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Stream: Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
Stream: Artiflix
05 Minerva Urecal features in this thriller about a stage mentalist whose terrifying gift for true precognition forces him to desperately try to prevent a family's tragic fate.
Directed by John Farrow · 1h 21m · Rated NR
06 Minerva Urecal appears in this Three Stooges short where the trio take a repair job at a house secretly serving as Nazi spy headquarters, with chaotic results.
Directed by Del Lord · 0h 16m · Rated NR
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