the 230 FILMS of PAUL FIX (1901 - 1983)
by milam_ogden | created - 14 Oct 2015 | updated - 15 Oct 2015 | PublicGod was sad this Thursday (10/14) when Paul Fix passed away after a 54 year career in film and TV.
He was a versatile actor appearing in a variety of genres: Crime/Film Noir & mystery(94); westerns(75); dramas(137), romances(71) and comedies(43).
The IMDb rating averages are listed below for Paul Fix:
Mean = 6.2
Median = 6.2
Mode = 6.1, 6.3 (15)
Highest rated movie (8.4) - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Lowest rated movie (3.3) - The Racing Strain (1932)
Paul is best remembered for his portrayal as Marshal Micah Torrance on the hit TV western - The Rifleman (1958 - 1963).
The vast majority of his film appearances (87%) occur between 1930 and 1959.
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1. The Perfect Clown (1925)
55 min | Comedy
A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Larry Semon, Kate Price, Dorothy Dwan, Joan Meredith
Votes: 64
2. Hoodoo Ranch (1926)
50 min | Western
Hero defeats the villain in various nefarious schemes, finds the gold, blows up a haunted ranch house and wins the girl.
Director: William Bertram | Stars: Buddy Roosevelt, Dixie Lamont, Nelson McDowell, Frank Austin
3. The First Kiss (1928)
60 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a decadent family along Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Fay Wray, Gary Cooper, Lane Chandler, Leslie Fenton
Votes: 42
4. Lucky Star (1929)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Paul Fix
Votes: 1,518
5. Ladies Love Brutes (1930)
80 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Joe Forziati (Bancroft), an Italian immigrant who has battled his way to success as a New York building contractor, decides to embark on a social career.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March, Stanley Fields
Votes: 138
6. Man Trouble (1930)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A hard-boiled nightclub owner saves a beautiful young girl from drowning. He promptly falls in love with her, but she prefers a younger, more-genteel lover.
Director: Berthold Viertel | Stars: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna, Sharon Lynn
Votes: 33
7. The Avenger (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Western
Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime he did not commit. To exact his revenge on the three, Joaquin becomes the notorious Black Shadow.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Otto Hoffman, Sidney Bracey
Votes: 82
8. Doctors' Wives (1931)
80 min | Drama
When Dr. Penning, a famed doctor, takes a wife, some of her women patients don't get discouraged, and his wife will have to face what being a doctor's wife supposes.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Victor Varconi, Cecilia Loftus
Votes: 83
9. Three Girls Lost (1931)
80 min | Drama
Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartment house resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him. He and Joan's roommate Noreen become involved.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Loretta Young, Lew Cody, John Wayne, Joan Marsh
Votes: 144
10. The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Western
A dying Jack makes Bob and Flash promise not to tell his sister that he was an outlaw. When Bob confronts Flash with his muffler found at the stage holdup, Flash tells Mary that Bob killed ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers, Robert Ellis, Harlan Knight
Votes: 44
11. The Good Bad Girl (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Gangster's moll Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark) quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (James Hall), but after giving birth to... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Mae Clarke, James Hall, Marie Prevost, Robert Ellis
Votes: 125
12. Young as You Feel (1931)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Will Rogers, Fifi D'Orsay, Lucien Littlefield, Don Dillaway
Votes: 48
13. Bad Girl (1931)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Minna Gombell, Frank Darien
Votes: 1,604
14. Sob Sister (1931)
67 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: James Dunn, Linda Watkins, Minna Gombell, Howard Phillips
Votes: 28
15. South of the Rio Grande (1932)
Approved | 61 min | Western
After being duped by Consuello into losing the family fortune, Carlos' brother Juan commits suicide. When Carlos next meets Consuello, she is the bride to be of his friend Ramon and this means more trouble.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Buck Jones, Mona Maris, Philo McCullough, Doris Hill
Votes: 76
16. Dancers in the Dark (1932)
Passed | 74 min | Drama
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.
Director: David Burton | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Jack Oakie, William Collier Jr., Eugene Pallette
Votes: 176
17. Scarface (1932)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson | Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins
Votes: 30,321
18. The Last Mile (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.
Director: Samuel Bischoff | Stars: Howard Phillips, Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison
Votes: 418
19. Back Street (1932)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,070 | Gross: $1.96M
20. Life Begins (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 546
21. The Night of June 13 (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Mystery
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband,... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: Clive Brook, Frances Dee, Charles Ruggles, Gene Raymond
Votes: 99
22. The Racing Strain (1932)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Sport
A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that.
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Wallace Reid Jr., J. Farrell MacDonald, Paul Fix, Phyllis Barrington
Votes: 40
lowest rated movie of Fix' career
23. Gun Law (1933)
Passed | 59 min | Western
As the Sonora Kid, Blackjack, and Tony Andrews are escaping from the Sheriff, Tony is mortally wounded. Arriving at the Andrews ranch, Tony's blind mother mistakes the Kid for her son. ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jack Hoxie, Betty Boyd, Mary Carr, Paul Fix
Votes: 29
24. The Woman Who Dared (1933)
60 min | Drama
A young woman inherits a textile plant, and finds that she's expected to pay protection money to gangsters who have their own men among the plant's employees.
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Claudia Dell, Monroe Owsley, Lola Lane, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 17
25. Zoo in Budapest (1933)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Romance
An orphan girl escapes her caregivers to be with a young man raised at the zoo whose only previous friends are the animals.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Loretta Young, Gene Raymond, O.P. Heggie, Wally Albright
Votes: 510
26. Emergency Call (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An expose of the racketeering "accident victims" who extort millions of dollars annually from American automobile owners, insurance companies and property owners by staging fake accident ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: William Boyd, Wynne Gibson, William Gargan, George E. Stone
Votes: 194
27. Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
John Bishop discovers a plot to rob a silver mine belonging to his girlfriend Mary's father and, to foil the evildoers, he joins them.
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: John Wayne, Duke, Henry B. Walthall, Shirley Palmer
Votes: 481
28. The Sphinx (1933)
Passed | 64 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton, Paul Hurst
Votes: 528
29. The Important Witness (1933)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A freelance stenographer is hired for a job, but when she arrives at the address she was given, she finds that a murder has taken place there--and she is arrested for it.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Noel Francis, Don Dillaway, Dorothy Burgess, Noel Madison
Votes: 23
30. The Avenger (1933)
Approved | 79 min | Drama
A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Ralph Forbes, Adrienne Ames, Arthur Vinton, Claude Gillingwater
Votes: 21
31. The Devil's Mate (1933)
68 min | Drama, Mystery
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name of the man who hired him, but just before he does he's killed by a poison dart. A police... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Peggy Shannon, Preston Foster, Ray Walker, Hobart Cavanaugh
Votes: 15
32. The Mad Game (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Ralph Morgan, Howard Lally
Votes: 97
33. Fargo Express (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Western
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught.
Director: Alan James | Stars: Ken Maynard, Helen Mack, Roy Stewart, Paul Fix
Votes: 55
34. The Crosby Case (1934)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Wynne Gibson, Onslow Stevens, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 77
35. Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 639
36. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 3,241
37. Rocky Rhodes (1934)
Passed | 64 min | Western
Rocky Rhodes returns to find his father dead and his best friend Joe accused of the murder. The culprit is Murtch who now lets Joe break jail and then has him shot escaping. When Rocky ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Raboch | Stars: Buck Jones, Sheila Terry, Stanley Fields, Walter Miller
Votes: 25
38. The World Accuses (1934)
Approved | 62 min | Drama
Aggravated by the meddling of Lucille Weymouth, her disapproving Park Avenue mother-in-law, Broadway actress Lola Allen quarrels with her weakling husband John. After they reunite, the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Vivian Tobin, Dickie Moore, Cora Sue Collins, Russell Hopton
Votes: 53
39. The Westerner (1934)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Tim Addison buys a ranch which is having cattle rustled. Tim suspects Wallace is the culprit, so Wallace frames Tim and has his stooge Sheriff arrest him. Escaping jail, Tim needs proof against Wallace and he and Joe Allen find the answer.
Director: David Selman | Stars: Tim McCoy, Marion Shilling, Joe Sawyer, Hooper Atchley
Votes: 54
40. Mutiny Ahead (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.
Director: Thomas Atkins | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Kathleen Burke, Leon Ames, Reginald Barlow
Votes: 38
41. The Crimson Trail (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Western
A ranch owner mistakenly believes that a neighboring rancher is involved with cattle thieves.
Director: Alfred Raboch | Stars: Buck Jones, Polly Ann Young, Ward Bond, John Bleifer
Votes: 64
42. Reckless (1935)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson
Votes: 1,495
43. The Desert Trail (1935)
Approved | 54 min | Western
Rodeo star John Scott and his gambler friend Kansas Charlie are wrongly accused of armed robbery. They leave town as fast as they can to go looking for their own suspects in Poker City.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: John Wayne, Mary Kornman, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler
Votes: 1,031
44. Let 'em Have It (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Young Federal gang-busters in action, with pauses for romance.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 222
45. Men Without Names (1935)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
This story about the U.S. Department of Justice and its agents begins with a daring mail-truck robbery by a ruthless gang that flees to the western U.S. after the robbery. When money from ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Holt, Lynne Overman
Votes: 62
46. Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
Passed | 59 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
An insurance agent falls for a client's daughter after writing a policy guaranteeing her single status.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Warren William, Claire Dodd, Guy Kibbee, William Gargan
Votes: 459
47. His Fighting Blood (1935)
Passed | 57 min | Western
A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the gang, the gang orders his death--and tells his brother to kill him.
Director: John English | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Polly Ann Young, Paul Fix, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Votes: 20
48. The Throwback (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Romance, Western
When Buck is young his cattle stealing father is killed. Now grown Buck returns home still carrying the burden of his father's reputation. When he is framed for rustling, he finds an object... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Bryant Washburn
Votes: 14
49. Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.
Director: Alan James | Stars: Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Russell Hopton, Grant Withers
Votes: 50
50. The Eagle's Brood (1935)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 255
51. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Cattle rustler Nevada dreams of living like an emperor in the West. Hoppy and the Bar 20 boys aim to put an end to his dream.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, Jean Rouverol, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 259
52. Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
Two broke ex-chorus girls in California hope to get back to Broadway by winning the "Miss Pacific Fleet" popularity contest.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 295
53. Millions in the Air (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy
The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio program under an assumed name.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: John Howard, Wendy Barrie, Willie Howard, George Barbier
Votes: 19
54. Bulldog Courage (1935)
Approved | 60 min | Western
A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Karl Hackett, John Cowell
Votes: 138
55. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
Votes: 2,574
56. The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
66 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler. Powell is in love with, Marion Courtney, but he's unaware that Marion is the ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree, Jack La Rue, Mary Doran
Votes: 92
57. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Mystery
A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason, Eric Blore
Votes: 2,193
58. The Road to Glory (1936)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, June Lang
Votes: 613
59. Navy Born (1936)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Romance
After the death of one of their fellow pilots, a squadron of Navy airmen plots to keep his newborn son away from their superiors, who have decreed that the baby should be given up for adoption.
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: William Gargan, Claire Dodd, Douglas Fowley, George Irving
Votes: 72
60. 36 Hours to Kill (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Romance
Gangster Benson is on a train with G-man Evers and newswoman Marvis. First these two have to get the gangster, then they have to get each other.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 149
61. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Mystery
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck
Votes: 1,601
62. Straight from the Shoulder (1936)
Approved | 67 min | Drama
Gail Pyne leaves her grandfather Jedediah's lakeside cabin, where "Jed" manufactures rifles and bullets, to work with commercial artist Curt Hayden, a widower. In the parking garage of ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Katherine Locke, David Holt, Andy Clyde
Votes: 20
63. Yellowstone (1936)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-con is murdered in Yellowstone National Park while a bank robber's son is searching for the loot his father hid there 20 years before.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Henry Hunter, Judith Barrett, Andy Devine, Alan Hale
Votes: 179
64. Phantom Patrol (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
A deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he is a well known mystery writer, but the local Mountie starts to get suspicious.
Director: Charles Hutchison | Stars: Kermit Maynard, Joan Barclay, Harry Worth, Paul Fix
Votes: 99
65. Two in a Crowd (1936)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, Henry Armetta, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 93
66. 15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 77
67. The Accusing Finger (1936)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An attorney is responsible for sending an innocent man to jail for a murder he did not commit. He soon gets a taste of his own medicine when his wife is murdered and no one will believe him when he claims he didn't do it.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Paul Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Kent Taylor, Robert Cummings
Votes: 83
68. Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Postal Investigators Tom and Doris follow a trail from a mail robbery on the East Coast to Los Angeles using a letter sent by General Delivery to "Jane Turner". When the letter (with loads ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Ann Shepherd, John McGuire
Votes: 280
69. Winterset (1936)
Approved | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the gangster Trock Estrella.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Margo, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Carradine
Votes: 500
70. The Plot Thickens (1936)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: James Gleason, Zasu Pitts, Owen Davis Jr., Louise Latimer
Votes: 387
71. After the Thin Man (1936)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi
Votes: 12,123 | Gross: $4.34M
72. Woman in Distress (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A painting in the possession of an old lady, Phoebe Tuttle, is rumored to be a genuine Rembrandt, and Fred Stevens, ace reporter of the "Dispatch" newspaper, is sent to cover the story. The... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: May Robson, Irene Hervey, Dean Jagger, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 32
73. Her Husband Lies (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown
Votes: 40
74. King of Gamblers (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A fast moving and low budget crime drama seasoned with mystery & comedy. SPOILERS: Akim Tamiroff, Paramount's resident crime lord, runs all the illegal gambling activities in a major city. ... See full synopsis »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Claire Trevor, Lloyd Nolan, Akim Tamiroff, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 98
75. Armored Car (1937)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A detective goes undercover to break up a hijacking ring.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, Cesar Romero, Irving Pichel
Votes: 37
76. Border Cafe (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
Easterner Keith Whitney, son of a wealthy Senator, heads west where he ends up a drunk at a border cafe. After losing the money his father sent him to buy a ranch he learns his father is ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Harry Carey, John Beal, Armida, George Irving
Votes: 118
77. It Can't Last Forever (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, Robert Armstrong, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 67
78. Souls at Sea (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Adventure, History
Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 862
79. On Such a Night (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Louisiana, gangster Ice Richmond blackmails Nicky Last, who has been trying to go straight, to take the rap for a murder charge by threatening to hurt Nicky's famous actress wife, Gail ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Grant Richards, Karen Morley, Roscoe Karns, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 18
80. Big City (1937)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton's wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. The mayor is speaker at a boxers' banquet where Joe pleads for... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Borzage, George B. Seitz | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher
Votes: 645
81. The Game That Kills (1937)
Passed | 55 min | Mystery, Romance, Sport
Tom Ferguson, star left wing of the Indians hockey team, is killed during a game in an "accident" with Dick Adams and Bill Drake, two of his own teammates. His brother, Alec Ferguson, is ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 140
82. Hot Water (1937)
Approved | 55 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The Jones family is into politics with father running for mayor. His son prints a newspaper which causes controversy by quoting his dad regarding his crooked opponent.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington, Russell Gleason
Votes: 35
83. Conquest (1937)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, History, Mystery
A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Gustav Machatý | Stars: Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal
Votes: 1,680 | Gross: $0.73M
84. Paid to Dance (1937)
Approved | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Government undercover agents William Dennis (Don Terry) and Joan Bradley (Julie Bishop as Jacqueline Wells) are working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" from ... See full summary »
Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Don Terry, Julie Bishop, Rita Hayworth, Arthur Loft
Votes: 126
85. Mannequin (1937)
Passed | 95 min | Drama
Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 1,484
86. Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham
Votes: 546
87. The Buccaneer (1938)
Approved | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Semi-fictional account of pirate Jean Lafitte's involvement in the War of 1812.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fredric March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame
Votes: 781
88. Penitentiary (1938)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
A District Attorney becomes a Prison Warden, and finds himself overseeing the sentence of a meek man who he'd once prosecuted as the D.A.. He discovers his new job is more complex than he'd thought, especially with this meek prisoner.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Walter Connolly, John Howard, Jean Parker, Robert Barrat
Votes: 24
89. Walking Down Broadway (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Claire Trevor, Phyllis Brooks, Leah Ray, Dixie Dunbar
Votes: 77
90. When G-Men Step In (1938)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Fred Garth (Don Terry) owns a printing establishment and poses as a business research expert, but actually runs several white-collar rackets operating by means of high-pressure telephone ... See full summary »
Director: Charles C. Coleman | Stars: Don Terry, Julie Bishop, Robert Paige, Gene Morgan
Votes: 19
91. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery
When the #1 heavyweight contender is mysteriously poisoned during a bout, Moto knows that identifying the gambler who placed large bets against him is the key to solving the murder.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari
Votes: 813
92. The Saint in New York (1938)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Simon Templar, the Saint, is brought to New York. His search for the identity of "the Big Fellow" takes him through many dangerous situations.
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 1,025
93. Crime Ring (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
Newspaper reporter Joe Ryan and District Attorney Thomas Redwine strike a deal. In exchange for having access to jailed actress Judy Allen, Joe must help Thomas on a tough racketeering case.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Allan Lane, Frances Mercer, Clara Blandick, Inez Courtney
Votes: 119
94. The Crowd Roars (1938)
Passed | 90 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 459
95. Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Rita Johnson, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 170
96. King of Alcatraz (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 115
97. The Night Hawk (1938)
63 min | Crime, Drama
Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the quarantine of the ocean liner Pacific Queen in order to retrieve the iron lung Bobby ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Robert Livingston, June Travis, Robert Armstrong, Ben Welden
Votes: 22
98. Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)
Approved | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Following the murder of a policeman and unable to get proof against the real killer, District attorney Walter Forbes takes a novel approach to get there. He induces an ex-convict to stand ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston, Russell Hopton, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 27
99. Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport
When battered prize-fighter Lee Burke is taken to the West Side hospital, nurse Katherine MacDonald leaves her romantically-inclined patient, wealthy attorney John Dodge to take care of ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick Foran, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 22
100. Disbarred (1939)
Approved | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears that he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Robert Preston, Otto Kruger, Sidney Toler
Votes: 55
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