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1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal
Votes: 7,468
2. He Walked by Night (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Stars: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell
Votes: 6,708
3. The Reluctant Dragon (I) (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Humorist Robert Benchley learns about the animation process at Walt Disney Studios while trying to find the great man himself to pitch him the idea of making a cartoon about a shy dragon.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting, Ub Iwerks, Jack Kinney | Stars: Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Buddy Pepper, Nana Bryant
Votes: 3,820 | Gross: $0.87M
4. Shock (1946)
Passed | 70 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A psychologically distraught woman is committed to a private sanitarium by the man she witnessed commit a murder.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw
Votes: 3,301
5. Repeat Performance (1947)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway
Votes: 1,957
6. A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante, Sheila Ryan
Votes: 1,377
7. The House of Rothschild (1934)
Passed | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
The wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Sidney Lanfield | Stars: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young
Votes: 1,325
8. Sealed Cargo (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Carla Balenda, Claude Rains, Philip Dorn
Votes: 978
9. Three Hours to Kill (1954)
Approved | 77 min | Western
Framed for murder, Jim Guthrie barely escapes lynching by the town mob, becomes a wanted fugitive for three years but returns to find the real killer.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Dana Andrews, Donna Reed, Dianne Foster, Stephen Elliott
Votes: 915
10. At Gunpoint (1955)
Approved | 81 min | Western
The peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero after he luckily killed the leader of a gang of bank robbers, is deserted by the townspeople who fear the threatened return of the vengeful bandits.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan, Tommy Rettig
Votes: 683
11. Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A G-man searches for a communist sleeper-cell in Boston.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George Murphy, Finlay Currie, Virginia Gilmore, Karel Stepanek
Votes: 563
12. The Last Posse (1953)
Passed | 73 min | Western
After a disgruntled rancher and his sons rob at gun-point a rival rancher, the town forms a posse to go after the culprits but the ensuing events are muddled by unclear facts, false testimony, old scores, secrets, murder and stolen money.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Broderick Crawford, John Derek, Charles Bickford, Wanda Hendrix
Votes: 536
13. Lost Boundaries (1949)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
This story is a true account of the lives of Scott and Marsha Carter. Having graduated from medical school, Scott Carter, a fair-skinned African American, marries Marsha Mitchell and moves ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer, Susan Douglas Rubes, Robert A. Dunn
Votes: 496
14. Devil's Canyon (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Western
In 1897 Arizona, an ex-marshal is sent to the territorial prison where many of his enemies, among guards and inmates alike, are eager for a chance at payback.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Stephen McNally, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 487
15. Rebel in Town (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Western
After the Civil War, five Confederates find trouble in a Yankee town when one of them accidentally shoots and kills a young local boy.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: John Payne, Ruth Roman, J. Carrol Naish, Ben Cooper
Votes: 411
16. Kidnapped (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1747, young David Balfour's life is threatened by his greedy uncle Ebenezer who wishes to become heir to the considerable Balfour estate.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Otto Preminger | Stars: Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 337
17. Hello, Sister! (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together. Jimmy and Peggy get together in many romantic ways and Peggy ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Crosland, Erich von Stroheim, Raoul Walsh, Alfred L. Werker | Stars: James Dunn, Zasu Pitts, Boots Mallory, Minna Gombell
Votes: 248
18. The Young Don't Cry (1957)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Georgia orphanage teenage boy gets involved with a chain-gang convict who is planning his escape from the nearby prison-camp.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish, Gene Lyons
Votes: 227
19. Whispering Ghosts (1942)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
An actor who plays a detective on a radio show and his sidekick get it into their heads to try to solve a murder that had been committed several years previously.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Milton Berle, Brenda Joyce, John Shelton, John Carradine
Votes: 207
20. My Pal Wolf (1944)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A girl with a strict governess heads to Washington to purchase her dog from the Secretary of War.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Sharyn Moffett, Jill Esmond, Una O'Connor, George Cleveland
Votes: 172
21. Pirates of Monterey (1947)
Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Maria Montez, Rod Cameron, Mikhail Rasumny, Phillip Reed
Votes: 145
22. Canyon Crossroads (1955)
Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
During the 1950s, a mining engineer is hired by an investor-scientist to prospect for uranium deposits in Utah but their effort is sabotaged by a murderous local mine-owner who wants to jump their claim.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Richard Basehart, Phyllis Kirk, Stephen Elliott, Russell Collins
Votes: 119
23. Stolen Harmony (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Bandleader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George Raft, Ben Bernie, Grace Bradley, Iris Adrian
Votes: 101
24. Advice to the Forlorn (1933)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column because he missed the scoop on... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 94
25. It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An aviator who crash-landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Raul Roulien, Gloria Stuart, Edna May Oliver, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 87
26. Gateway (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Don Ameche, Arleen Whelan, Gregory Ratoff, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 80
27. The Last of the Duanes (1930)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Western
Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law. He finds Ruth, whom he once loved, in the clutches of the outlaw Bland. In rescuing Ruth, he becomes entangled with Bland's amorous wife.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George O'Brien, Lucile Browne, Myrna Loy, Walter McGrail
Votes: 78
28. Big Town Girl (1937)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter
Votes: 68
29. We Have Our Moments (1937)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Taking a cruise to Europe, a schoolteacher gets involved with a gang of crooks.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Mischa Auer, Thurston Hall
Votes: 61
30. It Could Happen to You (1939)
70 min | Comedy, Mystery
Ad man (Erwin) is jailed when it is believed he murdered a beautiful girl. His wife (Stuart) sets out to solve the crime.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Gloria Stuart, Raymond Walburn, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 60
31. You Belong to Me (1934)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
When recently widowed vaudeville performer Florette Faxon marries acrobat Hap Stanley, her son Jimmy takes an instant dislike to his new stepfather, preferring the company of happy-go-lucky vaudeville comic Bud Hannigan.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt
Votes: 57
32. News Is Made at Night (1939)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Russell Gleason, George Barbier
Votes: 52
33. Bachelor's Affairs (1932)
64 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Minna Gombell, Arthur Pierson, Joan Marsh
Votes: 49
34. Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
Approved | 76 min | Romance
After only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other truly looks like. Annabelle is given stocks in a mining enterprise by her husband and told ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Jeanette MacDonald, Roland Young, Sam Hardy
Votes: 37
35. The Mad Martindales (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1900 San Francisco, two sisters, one responsible and one flighty, deal with their love interests and the late mortgage payments of their squandering father who only wants to pursue his bungalow development project.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray, Jimmy Lydon
Votes: 36
36. Up the River (1938)
75 min | Comedy, Romance
Card sharps Chipper Morgan and Darby Randall pick the wrong victim, Detective Willis, on a transatlantic crossing, and are arrested upon docking in New York and returned up the river to ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville
Votes: 31
37. Rackety Rax (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual Rose Bowl football game, and decides ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen, Nell O'Day, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 29
38. Wild and Woolly (1937)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Western
Jane Withers helps celebrate her town's fiftieth anniversary in spite of crooks planning a bank robbery.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Pauline Moore, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 28
39. City Girl (1938)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama
A racketeer uses a waitress to get information from the district attorney whom she comes to love.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 28
40. The Gay Caballero (1932)
Passed | 60 min | Western
Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Conchita Montenegro, Linda Watkins
Votes: 27
41. Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy
Marriage counselor (Sutton) advises his bored wife (Bari) to take up painting through which she meets a hubbie-rival yachtsman (Dailey).
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lynn Bari, John Sutton, Dan Dailey, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 24
42. Heartbreak (1931)
Passed | 63 min | Romance, War, Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Charles Farrell, Madge Evans, Paul Cavanagh, Hardie Albright
Votes: 21
43. The Sunset Legion (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The citizens and near-by ranchers of a western town are being besieged by a gang of rustlers and robbers, and a plea is made to the governor to send a troop of rangers. Shortly, thereafter ... See full summary »
Directors: Lloyd Ingraham, Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Fred Thomson, Silver King the Horse, Edna Murphy, William Courtright
Votes: 21
44. Kit Carson (1928)
84 min | Western
Directors: Lloyd Ingraham, Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Dorothy Janis, Raoul Paoli
Votes: 17
45. Chasing Through Europe (1929)
62 min | Comedy, Drama
In London, England, Linda Terry, an American heiress, runs away with freelance newsreel photographer Dick Stallings when her guardian, Phineas Merrill, attempts to place her in an insane asylum for refusing to marry his nephew.
Directors: David Butler, Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Gavin Gordon
46. Double Cross Roads (1930)
64 min | Drama
Directors: George E. Middleton, Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Robert Ames, Lila Lee, Edythe Chapman, Montagu Love
47. Blue Skies (1929)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Dorothy enters the picture.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Carmencita Johnson, Freddie Burke Frederick, Ethel Wales, Helen Twelvetrees
48. Fair Warning (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Western
Whistling Dan Barry, a cowboy with an untamed heart and a love for all creatures, tames a beautiful wild stallion and frees a German Shephard dog caught in a steel trap. With "Black Bart" ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George O'Brien, Louise Huntington, Mitchell Harris, George Brent
49. Love in Exile (1936)
63 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An abdicated king outwits two revolutionary oil magnates and stages a surprise return to his throne.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Helen Vinson, Clive Brook, Mary Carlisle, Ronald Squire
50. Ridin' the Wind (1925)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jim Harkness has made every sacrifice to give his younger brother, Dick, an education and welcomes him home from college. Dick, however, did not go to college but became a member of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Del Andrews, Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Fred Thomson, Silver King the Horse, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Lewis Sargent