List of the best Arthur Loft movies: Charlie Chan in the Secret Service(1944), King of the Royal Mounted(1936), Southward Ho!(1939), Man From Oklahoma(1945), North From the Lone Star(1941), Riders of Pasco Basin(1940), Colorado(1940), Days of Jesse James(1939), Blonde From Brooklyn(1945), My Friend Flicka(1943), South of Santa Fe(1942), Back in the Saddle(1941) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1944
63 Minutes
Inspector Jones
Sidney Toler Gwen Kenyon Mantan Moreland Arthur Loft Marianne Quon Lelah Tyler Benson Fong Gene Roth Eddy Chandler George J. Lewis Muni Seroff
charlie chan son daughter scientist housekeeper economist melodramatic patriotic crafty house party office murder investigation mysterious past world war ii secret service espionage family mystery discovery
Adventure
USA
1936
61 Minutes
John Snead
Robert Kent Rosalind Keith Alan Dinehart Frank McGlynn Arthur Loft Grady Sutton Jack Luden Artie Ortego
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant King protects a girl who has come to claim a mine left by her father. An evil lawyer plans to keep the mine for himself.
Western
USA
1939
57 Minutes
Captain Jeffries
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts George "Gabby" Hayes Wade Boteler Arthur Loft Lane Chandler Tom London Charles R. Moore Ed Brady
In post Civil War Texas a former Union officer is the government's chief law enforcement official and tax collector. Roy discovers that the man is also the head of an outlaw gang.
Western
USA
1945
68 Minutes
J. J. Cardigan
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Roger Pryor Arthur Loft Maude Eburne Sam Flint Si Jenks Elaine Lange Charles Soldani Edmund Cobb
Roy spends most of this movie rescuing Dale from terrible fates. The film includes a reenactment of land rush opening the Oklahoma Territory.
Western
USA
1941
58 Minutes
"Flash" Kirby
Bill Elliott Richard Fiske Dorothy Fay Dub Taylor Arthur Loft Claire Rochelle Jack Roper Chuck Morrison
Kirby is taking over Deadwood and his next victim is Wilson. But Wild Bill arrives just in time to foil Kirby's plan. Kirby makes Bill the town Marshal and Bill arrests Wilson when he ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
56 Minutes
Matthew Kirby
Johnny Mack Brown Bob Baker Fuzzy Knight Frances Robinson Arthur Loft Ted Adams Frank LaRue William Gould James Guilfoyle Ed Cassidy Lafe McKee
A newspaper editor stumbles upon an irrigation project swindle.
Western
USA
1940
54 Minutes
Jim Macklin
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Pauline Moore Milburn Stone Maude Eburne Arthur Loft Hal Taliaferro Vester Pegg Fred Burns Lloyd Ingram
Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Sam Wyatt
George "Gabby" Hayes Don "Red" Barry Pauline Moore Harry Woods Arthur Loft Wade Boteler Ethel Wales Scotty Beckett Michael Worth Glenn Strange Olin Howland
Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Daniel Frazer
Bob Haymes Lynn Merrick Thurston Hall Mary Treen Walter Soderling Arthur Loft
veteran singer manager radio host friend swindler playful charming nightclub radio station law office mansion dance floor house singing radio impersonation schemes drunkenness inheritance
Returning soldier Dixon Harper meets cute with promising radio singer Susan Parker. Susan is mistaken for a heiress to a southern plantation by blustery colonel Farnsworth and she ignores wise cracking friend Diane to see the ruse through.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
89 Minutes
Charley Sargent
Roddy McDowall Preston Foster Rita Johnson James Bell Jeff Corey Diana Hale Arthur Loft Jimmy Aubrey
boy father mother horse emotional touching farm barn school wyoming education responsibility family father/son relationship underdog growing up metamorphosis 1940s
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
56 Minutes
Peter Moreland
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Linda Hayes Paul Fix Judy Clark Bobby Beers Arthur Loft Charles Miller Sam Flint Jack Kirk Sons of the Pioneers
New Mexico is the scene of undeveloped gold mines and kidnapping. Modern elements include tommy guns, an airplane, two-way radios, fast cars, and big city gangsters.
Western
USA
1941
73 Minutes
E.G. Blaine
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Mary Lee Edward Norris Jacqueline Wells Addison Richards Arthur Loft Edmund Elton
cowboy rancher mine owner sidekick friend positive spirited charming arizona ranch wild west new york city showdown anger new job pollution prison family business rescue wretched excess
After Gene discovers copper on his ranch, Bennett tries to get control of the fortune by framing him in a jail-break.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
57 Minutes
Harry T. Braddock
Roger Pryor Anita Louise June MacCloy Frances Robinson Don Beddoe Paul Fix Arthur Loft Veda Ann Borg
An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Inspector Gene Richards
Ricardo Cortez Patricia Ellis Bela Lugosi Michael Loring David Oliver Wallis Clark Arthur Loft Guy Usher Spencer Charters Billy Burrud Harry Beresford
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Western
USA
1940
54 Minutes
George "Gabby" Hayes Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Pauline Moore Francis Macdonald Hal Taliaferro Arthur Loft George Rosener Chester Gan
gunslinger outlaw prospector saloon owner singer melodramatic thrilling wild west saloon small town sheriff's office investigation undercover operations murder mistaken identity love triangle adventure pursuit 19th century
Roy is a bandit who is out to get the man who killed his younger brother. He learns as he rides into the town of Sonora that the man is the owner of the local saloon and gambling hall.
Western
USA
1937
59 Minutes
Jack Shannon
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Ann Rutherford William Farnum James C. Morton Frank LaRue Maston Williams Arthur Loft Frankie Marvin House Peters Jr.
cowboy gene autry cattle rustler sheriff pilot spirited engaging winsome wild west sheriff's office ranch airplane cattle rustling law enforcement technology culture clash investigation pursuit adventure 1930s
Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target.
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Gilroy
Regis Toomey Sheila Terry Molly O'Day Snub Pollard Robert Warwick Fuzzy Knight Gordon Griffith Arthur Loft John Elliott John Cowell
Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its owner Ann Dawson. She is carrying a letter that proves her brother, who is on death row, is ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Homer Gerard
Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Harold Huber Sidney Blackmer Joe Sawyer Andrew Tombes Murray Alper Arthur Loft Duncan Renaldo Paul Fix Julian Rivero
gene autry sidekick wealthy man daughter producer impostor confident spirited border town barbecue trail mexico party bank swindling investing movies father/daughter relationship investigation abduction
After the bad guys swindle the good folk of Sage City, Gene and Frog chase them to Mexico where they are now trying to rob a rich Mexican ranchero.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
67 Minutes
Police Captain Wallace
George Murphy Dorothea Kent Edward Ciannelli Leon Ames El Brendel Richard Tucker Frances Robinson John Wray Arthur Loft Pierre Watkin Grant Richards
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Henchman Pete
Lawrence Gray Sheila Bromley J. Farrell MacDonald Fuzzy Knight Bryant Washburn Fred Kelsey John Elliott Eddie Phillips Arthur Loft J Herschel Mayall Gordon Griffith
A sea captain receives $40,000 from a crook, and the crooks try to steal it from him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Wentworth
Wallace Ford Barbara Pepper Joan Woodbury Clara Kimball Young Jack Mulhall John Elliott John Cowell Vincent Dennis Arthur Loft Ed Cassidy
A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.
Comedy
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Movie director
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Lynne Overman Eddie Bracken Clarence Kolb Paul Hurst Ferike Boros Phyllis Ruth Irving Bacon Arthur Loft Edgar Dearing
movie star coward love interest colonel father assistant madcap lighthearted amusing tender movie set army camp airplane house countryside hospital military draft deception engagement mishaps
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1944
75 Minutes
Jane Frazee Frank Albertson Barbara Jo Allen Frank Jenks Lloyd Corrigan Frank Fenton Maude Eburne Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Louise Erickson Ellen Lowe Arthur Loft
In wartime 1944 in California,defense plant workers Rosalind "Rosie" Warren and her friend Vera Watson must share, on a rotating schedule, the town's last available rental-room with Charlie... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1946
122 Minutes
Olivia de Havilland John Lund Mary Anderson Roland Culver Phillip Terry Bill Goodwin Virginia Welles Victoria Horne Griff Barnett Alma Macrorie Bill Ward
businesswoman pilot lord wife father son engaging fascinating intense london roof new york state pharmacy household train station illegitimate child adoption jealousy love world war ii
An unwed mother, forced to give up her child to avoid scandal, follows her son's life from afar even as she prospers in business.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Bonita Granville Richard Denning Joseph Calleia William Bendix Frances Gifford Donald MacBride Margaret Hayes Moroni Olsen
political boss government official adviser daughter brother gangster dark suspenseful engaging tense office mansion cabin hospital countryside apartment murder corruption blackmail loyalty
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1942
87 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Susan Hayward Lynne Overman Albert Van Dekker Eugene Pallette Regis Toomey Rod Cameron Clem Bevans James Brown Chester Clute
"Mark's Priory". the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. The strange behavior of two sinister butlers, Gilder and Brooks, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Hillary Brooke Douglas Dumbrille Jack LaRue Robert Barrat Nestor Paiva Will Wright Jimmie Dundee Jim Thorpe
con artist best friend father daughter thief bar owner lighthearted charming alaska boomtown bar con game mistaken identity love triangle theft friendship gold pursuit escape love
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
Biography
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Larry Parks Evelyn Keyes William Demarest Bill Goodwin Ludwig Donath Tamara Shayne John Alexander Jo-Carroll Dennison Ernest Cossart Scotty Beckett William Forrest
cantor singer actor vaudevillian performer entertainer charming endearing playful rousing synagogue theater nightclub movie studio washington, d.c. backstage al jolson father/son relationship show business career vs. family
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a... See full summary »