List of the best Barton MacLane movies: Wine, Women and Horses(1937), Captain Scarface(1953), The Underdog(1943), Mysterious Intruder(1946), Smart Blonde(1936), Torchy Blane in Chinatown(1939), San Quentin(1946), Noose for a Gunman(1960), Mutiny in the Big House(1939), Adventurous Blonde(1937), You Only Live Once(1937), The Big Street(1942) ... ...
Drama
USA
1937
64 Minutes
Jim Turner
Barton MacLane Ann Sheridan Dick Purcell Peggy Bates Walter Cassell Lottie Williams Kenneth Harlan Eugene Jackson Charles Foy James Robbins Nita
Gamblers Jim Turner and Valarie part company in Chicago and agree to meet at Saratoga with Jim stopping off at Barrowville en route. There, Jim meets George Mayhew and Eight Ball, a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1953
72 Minutes
Barton MacLane Leif Erickson Virginia Grey Peter Coe Rudolph Anders Howard Wendell Isabel Randolph Paul Brinegar Don Dillaway Martin Garralaga John Mylong
A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction.
Drama
1943
65 Minutes
Bullies pick on a farm couple's (Barton MacLane, Jan Wiley) son (Bobby Larson) as he and his dog adjust to the city.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Detective Taggart
Richard Dix Barton MacLane Nina Vale Regis Toomey Helen Mowery Mike Mazurki Adele Pearce Charles Lane
Amid murders and kidnappings, a private detective is hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectible song recordings worth a lot of money.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Steve McBride
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Winifred Shaw Addison Richards Robert Paige Craig Reynolds Charlotte Wynters Jane Wyman Joseph Crehan
reporter police detective businessman nightclub owner singer hatcheck girl witty spirited city train newsroom nightclub murder investigation business deal scam marriage proposal journalism mystery adventure love
Female reporter Torchy Blane teams with her cop boyfriend Lt. Steve McBride to solve the killing of an investor who just bought a popular local nightclub.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Det. Lt. "Mac" McBride
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy Henry O'Neill Patric Knowles James Stephenson Janet Shaw
reporter police detective senator doctor captain henchman cheeky confident chinatown police station nightclub car apartment submarine protection theft investigation murder impersonation ransom
Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.
Drama
USA
1946
66 Minutes
Lawrence Tierney Barton MacLane Marion Carr Harry Shannon Carol Forman Tom Keene Joe Devlin Tony Barrett Lee Bonnell Robert Clarke Raymond Burr
Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and...Eureka!...another "noir" film is discovered. How about ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1960
90 Minutes
Carl Avery
Jim Davis Barton MacLane Lyn Thomas Ted de Corsia Walter Sande Harry Carey Jr. Lane Chandler John Hart Leo Gordon William Tannen Jan Arvan
gunslinger outlaw bandit tycoon fiancée marshal suspenseful thrilling wild west small town rock valley robbery wrongfully accused old west reputation pursuit revenge love 19th century
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his brother.
Drama
USA
1939
83 Minutes
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The prison chaplain, seeing that the new arrival is a good man who's had some bad ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1937
61 Minutes
Lt. Steve "Stevie" MacBride
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Anne Nagel Tom Kennedy George E. Stone Natalie Moorhead William Hopper Leland Hodgson
reporter police detective rival actor mistress wife charming witty city apartment newsroom train murder investigation schemes journalism jealousy engagement teamwork mystery adventure
Reporter Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) solves a homicidal hoax for her policeman fiance (Barton MacLane).
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Stephen Whitney
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Case Ables
Henry Fonda Lucille Ball Barton MacLane Eugene Pallette Agnes Moorehead Sam Levene Ray Collins Marion Martin William T. Orr George Cleveland Vera Gordon
A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.
Western
USA
1943
69 Minutes
Jim Calvert
Roy Rogers Sheila Ryan Barton MacLane Harry Shannon Arline Judge William Haade Eve March Hal Taliaferro Sons of the Pioneers Bob Nolan Yakima Canutt
A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his buddies agree to pretend that the poor man is the owner of the ranch.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Red Bastian
Paul Muni Ann Dvorak Barton MacLane Raymond Brown Ralph Remley Hal K. Dawson Grace Stafford Mayo Methot Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence
A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
Western
USA
1955
71 Minutes
"Chalk" Reynolds
Zachary Scott Carole Mathews Barton MacLane Dick Foran Lola Albright Gordon Jones Raymond Hatton Lee Van Cleef Charles Fredericks
rancher foreman businessman gunslinger marshal beautiful woman tense gritty rousing fiery arizona valley ghost town saloon ranch land wars set-up hired killers betrayal peace
Unscrupulous ranchers feud among themselves for control of the valley but a newcomer owns the water rights to the sole water source, without which grazing lands are useless.
Western
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Cal Bruce
Sterling Hayden Eve Miller Barton MacLane Reed Hadley Irving Bacon Harry Shannon Tom Fadden Douglas Fowley Robert Keyes Myron Healey James Griffith
army officer railroad engineer railroad worker boss daughter southerner patriotic spirited gripping kansas railroad tracks frontier train saloon american civil war railroad construction westward expansion sabotage quest
With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.
Adventure
USA
1957
79 Minutes
Wilson
During the 1830s white settlers are moving into what is now Florida. An unscrupulous slave trader captures the wife of Indian Chief Osceola, setting off a war between the Seminole tribe and the U.S Army.
Adventure
USA
1948
76 Minutes
Capt. Tarnowski
An adventure seeker and his fiancée visit an uncharted island, only to find that it is inhabited by deadly dinosaurs and other creatures ready to attack.
Comedy
1945
65 Minutes
George "Deacon" Markham
Jack Haley Ann Savage Barton MacLane Veda Ann Borg Arthur Aylesworth George E. Stone Lucien Littlefield Paul Hurst Robert Emmett Keane Eily Malyon Buddy Swan
A meek reporter (Jack Haley) happens upon murder, an escaped gangster (Barton MacLane) and a stolen jade chess set.
Drama
1936
80 Minutes
Bullhead
George Brent Beverly Roberts Barton MacLane Robert Barrat Alan Hale Joe King El Brendel Joseph Crehan Addison Richards Roscoe Ates Billy Bevan
logger brother rival lumberjack love interest foreman rousing emotional vancouver, british columbia camp airplane lake woods brother relationship deception new romance assumed identity stranded business rivalry
A lumber-camp owner (Beverly Roberts) falls in love with her business rival's brother (George Brent).
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
McGee
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Drama
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Lt. Druggin
Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Barton MacLane Joe Sawyer Veda Ann Borg James Robbins Joe King Gordon Oliver Garry Owen Marc Lawrence
captain singer brother inmate prison official gritty engaging tense nightclub san quentin penitentiary cell apartment street prison life escape brother/sister relationship performance riots romance quest
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Western
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Mark Wildhack
Gene Autry Jimmy Durante Ann Miller Barton MacLane George "Gabby" Hayes Jerome Cowan Mary Lee Joe Sawyer
gene autry singer cowboy nemesis sheriff judge campy charming amusing torpedo, ariz. town celebration radio performers justice gunfight murder cowboys rivalry adventure 1940s
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Drama, History
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Sgt. Mac McCardle
James Craig Barbara Payton Guy Madison Barton MacLane Craig Stevens Tom Fadden Robert Osterloh Taylor Holmes Robert Easton Lewis Martin Peter Brocco
southern belle military officer soldier husband best friend major melodramatic thrilling suspenseful georgia plantation mountain railway american civil war friendship betrayal doomed romance espionage military occupation rivalry
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Marshal Cassidy
Robert Young Janis Carter Jack Buetel Barton MacLane Reed Hadley Porter Hall Connie Gilchrist Sammy White
There is a fortune in gold on Apache land, and Archer, a dirty politician, intends to have it. Things reach the boiling point, but Young, a slick gambler, comes along and saves the day.
Action
USA
1944
75 Minutes
Carl Hurst
Buster Crabbe Julie London Fifi D'Orsay Barton MacLane Bryant Washburn Herbert Rawlinson Prince Modupe Jackie Newfield
gorilla survivor witch emotional jungle london revenge legend rescue 1940s
When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.
Mystery & Thriller
1943
68 Minutes
Det. Rief
Warner Baxter Lynn Merrick Gloria Dickson Barton MacLane Jerome Cowan Reginald Denny Rose Hobart Virginia Brissac Lloyd Bridges
young man psychiatrist employer housekeeper business partner engaging dark office household bedroom police station secret passageway false accusations psychiatry murder hypnosis impersonation theft mystery pursuit
Lust and greed prove stronger than fraternal ties when a man murders his brother in pursuit of wealth and fortune.
Adventure, Western, Drama
USA|Mexico
1948
124 Minutes
Pat McCormick
Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston Tim Holt Herman Brix Barton MacLane Alfonso Bedoya
wanderer prospector thief police officer gritty engaging tense mexico mountain wilderness boardinghouse aspirations expedition greed paranoia competition survival adventure discovery quest
Two Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Det. Lt. Dundy
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Peter Lorre Gladys George Barton MacLane Sydney Greenstreet Lee Patrick Ward Bond Jerome Cowan Elisha Cook Jr. James Burke
detective femme fatale criminal police officer secretary dark gritty brooding intricate san francisco hotel office dangerous assignment shady dealings deception murder greed mystery pursuit temptation
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Adventure
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Al Stone
James Cagney Pat O'Brien June Travis Stuart Erwin Barton MacLane Henry Wadsworth Martha Tibbetts Isabel Jewell Craig Reynolds
pilot boss friend teenager suspenseful newark, n.j. airplane airplane hangar aviation friendship dangerous assignment transformation rescue 1930s
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline in Newark. Dizzy is flirting with the girlfriend of a younger pilot and, due to this, he feigns illness to... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
84 Minutes
Sgt. George Lake
Richard Widmark Donna Reed William Campbell John McIntire Barton MacLane Edward Platt Harry Morgan Robert Wilke Regis Parton Robert Foulk Phil Chambers
gunslinger adversary sergeant father widow sheriff intense melodramatic suspenseful gripping confident inspiring mining town mountain american west house arizona ranch gold robbery
Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.
Drama
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Red Kelly
Pat O'Brien Carole Landis Chester Morris Ruth Warrick Barton MacLane Tom Tully Wallace Ford Howard Freeman Erik Rolf Matt McHugh Frank Sully
undercover agent brother spy ex-girlfriend nazi foreman melodramatic suspenseful los angeles shipyard house world war ii sabotage brother relationship suspicion jealousy romance adventure transformation love
A U.S. effort to root out Nazi saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II, sends an undercover intelligence officer to infiltrate as a construction worker and look for possible spies among the managers and employees.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Duke Hutchinson
Al Jolson Ruby Keeler Glenda Farrell Helen Morgan Barton MacLane Sharon Lynne Patsy Kelly Benny Rubin Phil Regan Gordon Westcott Joyce Compton
Al Howard may be a star on Broadway, but he is no longer welcomed by any producer. It seems that he just trots off to Mexico any time he wants causing shows to close and producers to lose ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1964
87 Minutes
Big Tom Stone
Dale Robertson Yvonne De Carlo William Bendix Bruce Cabot Barton MacLane John Agar Richard Arlen Jody McCrea Kent Taylor Bill Williams Rod Lauren
Hothead Pete Stone has been arrested for the murder of George.
War
USA
1944
91 Minutes
Sgt. Maguire
Pat O'Brien Robert Ryan Ruth Hussey Frank McHugh Barton MacLane Richard Martin Edmund Glover Russell Wade Bob Anderson Michael St. Angel Martha Vickers
marine major captain lieutenant love interest soldier thrilling patriotic melodramatic guadalcanal australia papua new guinea naval base bar hospital world war ii marines war injury military life friendship
A U.S. Marine major tries to keep his captain on the right track through combat on Guadalcanal, training new recruits in San Diego, and a relationship with a WAAAF while on leave in Australia.
Horror
USA
1944
60 Minutes
Inspector Walgreen
Lon Chaney John Carradine Ramsay Ames Robert Lowery Barton MacLane Claire Whitney George Zucco Frank Reicher Harry Shannon Emmett Vogan Lester Sharpe
Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ricardo Cortez Edmund Gwenn Marguerite Churchill Barton MacLane Warren Hull Henry O'Neill Joe King Addison Richards Paul Harvey Robert Strange
An executed convict returns from the grave to revenge himself against the gangsters who framed him for murder.
Crime, Drama
1935
85 Minutes
Collins
James Cagney Margaret Lindsay Ann Dvorak Robert Armstrong Barton MacLane Lloyd Nolan William Harrigan Russell Hopton Edward Pawley Noel Madison Monte Blue
lawyer gangster showgirl fbi agent sister brutal dark gritty washington, d.c. new york city nightclub cabin crime law and order friendship revenge sacrifice pursuit 1930s
A lawyer (James Cagney) joins the FBI and goes after henchmen of the gangster who put him through law school.
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Barney Grogan
James Stewart Hedy Lamarr Ian Hunter Verree Teasdale Donald Meek Barton MacLane Edward Ashley Ann Codee King Baggot Adeline de Walt Reynolds Si Jenks
showgirl refugee government official publisher writer grandmother airy witty hedonistic new york city apartment office house love triangle marriage publishing divorce immigration deception rivalry
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Texas Jack Barton
Eddie Albert Gale Storm James Gleason Binnie Barnes Gilbert Roland Barton MacLane Douglas Fowley Tom Tyler Harry Hayden Chief Yowlachie Sarah Padden
Eastern gunsmith Daniel Bone goes out west to ply his trade, encounters a girl searching for the murderer of her father.
Horror
USA
1941
114 Minutes
Sam Higgins
Spencer Tracy Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Donald Crisp Ian Hunter Barton MacLane C. Aubrey Smith Sara Allgood Peter Godfrey Frederick Worlock William Tannen
dr. jekyll mr. hyde mistress brooding gripping suspenseful london laboratory split personality human nature experiments evil metamorphosis mystery 1880s
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
Comedy
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Al McCoy
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Frank McHugh Patsy Kelly Louise Fazenda Barton MacLane Marcia Ralston Carol Hughes Frederick Clark Mary Treen Anderson Lawler
secretary beautiful woman writer roommate girlfriend amusing playful san francisco office deception disguise romance writing beauty employment love transformation discovery 1930s
Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.
Western
USA
1948
110 Minutes
"Banjo" Sweeney
Errol Flynn Ann Sheridan Thomas Mitchell Herman Brix Tom D'Andrea Barton MacLane Monte Blue Jonathan Hale Alan Bridge Arthur Space Art Baker
veteran best friend rival singer husband lawyer engaging confident tense missouri town riverboat nevada bank casino gambling finance mining new life independence
After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.
Comedy
USA
1958
98 Minutes
Maj. Ridgley
Jerry Lewis Marie McDonald Sessue Hayakawa Nobu McCarthy Suzanne Pleshette Barton MacLane Robert Hirano
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.
Western
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Sheriff Tatum
James Craig Donna Reed Marjorie Main Harry Morgan Paul Langton Barton MacLane John Philliber Morris Ankrum
farmer marshal robber sheriff brother deputy rousing suspenseful thrilling farm oklahoma saloon small town investigation robbery showdown old west quest pursuit 1900s
In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
Western
1939
105 Minutes
Crowder
Wallace Beery Robert Taylor Florence Rice Helen Broderick Charles Bickford Barton MacLane Charley Grapewin John Qualen Clinton Rosemond Jonathan Hale Claudia Morgan
railroad tycoon stagecoach driver slave trader slave plantation owner stagecoach owner suspenseful fiery rousing american west stagecoach town slave trade abolitionism underground railroad conspiracy rivalry rescue 19th century
A Maryland planter (Robert Taylor) turns railroader and tangles with the boss (Wallace Beery) of a woman's (Florence Rice) stagecoach line.
Adventure
1945
100 Minutes
Capt. Benjamin Black
Paul Henreid Maureen O'Hara Walter Slezak Binnie Barnes John Emery Barton MacLane J.M. Kerrigan Fritz Leiber Nancy Gates Jack LaRue Mike Mazurki
pirate countess girlfriend soldier ship captain brash outlandish spirited pirate ship north carolina south carolina prison romance pirates love triangle prison break adventure escape revenge 16th century
Dutch pirates of Tortuga save the Mexican viceroy's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) from marriage to the governor (Walter Slezak).
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Lt. John Reece
James Cagney Barbara Payton Helena Carter Luther Adler Ward Bond Steve Brodie Barton MacLane Rhys Williams Frank Reicher John Litel Neville Brand
Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.
Drama
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Mr. Mablett
Jane Russell Jeff Chandler Dan Duryea Mara Corday Robert F. Simon Frieda Inescort Barton MacLane Charlotte Wynters Eddy Waller Celia Lovsky Arthur Space
apache native american socialite husband wife doctor melodramatic emotional mushy arizona mining camp ghost town interracial romance marriage newlyweds romantic dilemma relationships racism love underdog
In Arizona, during the 1950s, privileged white girl Amanda Lawrence marries half-Apache mining engineer Jonathan Dartland who dreams of finding gold in an old abandoned Apache mine.
Western
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Slag Martin (Credits), Foreman Slag Minton
George Brent Olivia de Havilland Claude Rains Margaret Lindsay John Litel Tim Holt Barton MacLane Henry O'Neill Marcia Ralston George "Gabby" Hayes Sidney Toler
farmer miner son daughter girlfriend brother engaging tense san francisco mine household office mining family feud greed rivalry transformation 1870s
Hydraulic Mining versus Sacramento Valley Farming.