List of the best Alfred L. Werker movies: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes(1939), He Walked by Night(1948), Lost Boundaries(1949), Repeat Performance(1947), The Reluctant Dragon(1941), Hello Sister(1933), Sealed Cargo(1951), Rebel in Town(1956), The Last Posse(1953), A-Haunting We Will Go(1942), At Gunpoint(1955), Three Hours to Kill(1954) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Director
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Ida Lupino Alan Marshal Terry Kilburn George Zucco E.E. Clive Mary Gordon
sherlock holmes doctor watson nemesis beautiful woman brother crafty intricate thrilling suspenseful london tower of london 221b baker street death theft revenge investigation revenge rivalry mystery quest
The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Director
Richard Basehart Scott Brady Roy Roberts Whit Bissell Jack Webb James Cardwell Robert Bice Reed Hadley John McGuire Lyle Latell
thief sergeant police chief forensic expert informant gripping suspenseful dark los angeles street police station sewer crime justice violence pursuit escape rivalry 1940s
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Director
Beatrice Pearson Mel Ferrer Richard Hylton Susan Douglas Rubes Robert A. Dunn Grace Coppin Carleton Carpenter Seth Arnold
doctor father-in-law wife african-american striking gutsy moving powerful hospital georgia boston new hampshire harlem, n.y. lighthouse identity deception racism ostracized mistaken identity transformation
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 »
Drama
USA
1947
91 Minutes
Director
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.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Director
Frances Gifford Buddy Pepper Nana Bryant
comedian tour guide singer dragon artist donald duck charming amusing cheeky movie studio music stage art department animation department film industry cartoons animation discovery recordings quest transformation
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.
Drama
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Alfred L. Werker James Dunn ZaSu Pitts Boots Mallory
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 »
Adventure
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Director
fisherman woman captain spy nazi sailor intense suspenseful melodramatic newfoundland boat port massachusetts world war ii hostage situation sabotage ambush rescue underdog discovery
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
Western
USA
1956
78 Minutes
Director
John Payne Ruth Roman J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Smith Ben Johnson James Griffith Mary Adams
robber father son brother young boy mother fiery tense gripping rousing arizona small town family home ranch desert bank death of child false accusations cowardice accidental killing
After the Civil War, in a Yankee town five Confederates find trouble when one of them accidentally shoots a local young boy.
Western
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Director
Broderick Crawford John Derek Charles Bickford Wanda Hendrix Warner Anderson Henry Hull Will Wright Tom Powers
sheriff drunk cattle rancher bandit deputy family member brooding tense suspenseful range saloon wild west cattle rustling robbery posse revenge murder old west escape underdog
When 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.
Comedy
USA
1942
68 Minutes
Director
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Dante the Magician Sheila Ryan John Shelton Don Costello Elisha Cook Jr.
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Western
USA
1955
81 Minutes
Director
Fred MacMurray Dorothy Malone Walter Brennan Tommy Rettig Skip Homeier John Qualen Harry Shannon Whit Bissell Irving Bacon Jack Lambert Frank Ferguson
storekeeper gunslinger bank robber wife friend neighbor inspiring touching suspenseful general store small town united states abandonment robbery revenge justice outlaws courage transformation rise
The peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero when 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.
Western
USA
1954
77 Minutes
Director
Dana Andrews Donna Reed Dianne Foster Stephen Elliott Richard Coogan Laurence Hugo James Westerfield Richard Webb Carolyn Jones Charlotte Fletcher
fugitive fiancé woman sheriff friend raw tense thrilling intricate wild west small town ranch wilderness false accusations murder investigation mob mentality frame-ups friendship survival escape
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.
Drama
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Director
Lee Tracy Sally Blane Sterling Holloway Jean Adair Paul Harvey
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 »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Director
Claire Trevor Donald Woods Alan Dinehart Alan Baxter Murray Alper Spencer Charters Maurice Cass Irving Bacon George Chandler
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.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
98 Minutes
Director
George Murphy Finlay Currie Virginia Gilmore Karel Stepanek Louisa Horton Peter Capell Bruno Wick
fbi agent spy inspector scientist wife son tense thrilling boston office laboratory shop household washington, d.c. cold war espionage communism investigation blackmail kidnapping
An FBI agent (George Murphy) works with a refugee scientist (Finlay Currie) and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.