List of the best Cliff Edwards movies: Fighting Frontier(1943), Bandit Ranger(1942), Dance, Fools, Dance(1931), Red River Robin Hood(1943), Pirates of the Prairie(1942), Sagebrush Law(1943), Doughboys(1930), Sidewalks of New York(1931), So This Is College(1929), Parlor, Bedroom and Bath(1931), Seven Miles From Alcatraz(1942), Way Out West(1930) ... ...
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Tim Holt Cliff Edwards Ann Summers Eddie Dew William Gould Davison Clark Charles Whitaker Tom London Monte Montague Jack Rockwell Bud Osborne
Kit Russell, appointed special investigator, has infiltrated a local robber gang ostensibly led by Snap, but has found out that an unnamed local person is really the brains behind the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1942
64 Minutes
Ike
Tim Holt Cliff Edwards Joan Barclay Kenneth Harlan Roy Mason Glenn Strange Jack Rockwell Bob Kortman Denny Meadows Frank Ellis Bud Geary
Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
81 Minutes
Joan Crawford Cliff Edwards Clark Gable Lester Vail William Bakewell William Holden Earle Foxe Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Natalie Moorhead Joan Marsh
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother becomes involved in bootlegging.
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Ike
Tim Holt Cliff Edwards Barbara Moffett Eddie Dew Otto Hoffman Russell Wade Tom London Earle Hodgins
A crime boss uses a corrupt judge and fake land grant to steal ranchers properties, but is met with strong resistance organized by two cowboys and the town's newspaper editor.
Western
USA
1942
57 Minutes
Tim Holt Cliff Edwards Nell O'Day John Elliott Roy Barcroft Carl Hackett Ed Cassidy Charles King
This film opens with two small Arizona towns, Spencerville and East Spencerville, separated by a dry gulch and a feud, and governed by a Vigilante Committee. Lew Harmon, committee member ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
56 Minutes
Ike
Tim Holt Joan Barclay Cliff Edwards John Elliott Roy Barcroft Ernie S. Adams Ed Cassidy John Merton
Tom Weston arriving in town just as the Doctor announces his father's death a suicide, sees the gun is in the wrong hand. When the Bank Examiner announces the bank has no money and Tom's ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
80 Minutes
Nescopeck
Buster Keaton Sally Eilers Cliff Edwards Edward Brophy Victor Potel Arnold Korff Frank Mayo Pitzy Katz Sidney Bracey William Steele
sergeant commanding officer soldier performer love interest wealthy man spirited playful winsome military base boot camp airplane france wealth military life bravery love triangle infatuation world war i transformation
A naive and wealthy young man seeks to impress a girl and then unwittingly signs up for army service.
Comedy
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Poggle
Buster Keaton Zion Myers Anita Page Cliff Edwards Frank Rowan Norman Phillips Jr. Frank LaRue Oscar Apfel Syd Saylor Clark Marshall
philanthropist young man leader sister gang member love interest thrilling brash amusing tenement house street boxing ring gym court stage rehabilitation brother/sister relationship juvenile crime gangs boxing
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
97 Minutes
Windy
Elliott Nugent Robert Armstrong Cliff Edwards Sally Starr Phyllis Crane Polly Moran Lee Shumway Dorothy Dehn Max Davidson Oscar Rudolph Delmer Daves
Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors, roommates at the fraternity, and star teammates on the USC football team. Then a flapper named Babs enters the picture. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Bell Hop
Buster Keaton Charlotte Greenwood Reginald Denny Cliff Edwards Dorothy Christy Joan Peers Sally Eilers Natalie Moorhead Edward Brophy Walter Merrill Sidney Bracey
A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Stormy
James Craig Bonita Granville Frank Jenks Cliff Edwards George Cleveland Erford Gage Tala Birell John Banner Otto Reichow
convict gangster lighthouse keeper young woman spy nazi suspenseful patriotic gripping tense alcatraz island jail lighthouse island fugitives prison break espionage hostage situation patriotism nazis
After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1930
71 Minutes
Trilby
William Haines Leila Hyams Polly Moran Cliff Edwards Francis X. Bushman Jr. Vera Marsh Charles Middleton Jack Pennick Buddy Roosevelt Jay Wilsey
Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is forced into working off the debt on their ranch. He falls in love with Molly, the pretty owner... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Joe
Harry Beaumont Charles Kaley Ethelind Terry Marion Shilling Cliff Edwards Gwen Lee Benny Rubin Drew Demorest John Byron Rita Flynn Hazel Craven
A tunesmith, a user and an out-and-out heel, puts the stories of his broken romances into song, turning old love letters into lyrics, and capitalizing on the death of his best friend to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Victor Lebeau
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
Adventure
USA
1940
82 Minutes
`'Hot Rocks'` Harris
John Garfield Frances Farmer Pat O'Brien Raymond Walburn Cliff Edwards Tom Kennedy
fugitive foreman friend girlfriend enemy police officer uneasy thrilling united states small town oil field household bar oil murder love triangle loyalty running away jealousy escape
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and the misfortunes of a small oil company that hires him as a roughneck.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Tom Conway Harriet Hilliard Jane Randolph Edgar Kennedy Cliff Edwards Paula Corday Wynne Gibson
detective fiancée mysterious woman sidekick puppeteer criminal melodramatic suspenseful thrilling united states hotel bar roof resort countryside murder investigation theft fugitives false accusations conspiracy
Tom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.
Romance
USA
1937
88 Minutes
Snoopy
Franchot Tone Maureen O'Sullivan Virginia Bruce Leonard Penn Cliff Edwards Janet Beecher Charley Grapewin Helen Troy Grace Ford June Clayworth Edward Norris
Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse, Claire Donahue, and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Jerry Little
George Murphy Josephine Hutchinson Claire Dodd Sidney Blackmer Cliff Edwards John Wray Peggy Ryan Helen Jerome Eddy Rollo Lloyd Edward McWade Toby Wing
Bill is a reporter who works with Jane, his gal before he married Claire. After a year, he is still crazy in love with Claire. But Claire has been stepping out and is now going with Wiley, ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Dude Holloway
Alice Faye James Dunn Ned Sparks Lyda Roberti Cliff Edwards Arline Judge Eleanor Powell Benny Rubin Emma Dunn Roger Imhof George White
producer singer boyfriend aunt performer rival spirited charming florida train georgia theater new york city club show business performance family competition scandal marriage
A vacationing Broadway producer, George White, stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram. He sees his name in lights on a local theater and is scandalized over the unauthorized ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Pinky, Sleepy
Arthur Kennedy Olympe Bradna Anthony Quinn Virginia Field Cliff Edwards Cornel Wilde William Edmunds Richard Ainley John Ridgely Frank Wilcox Ben Welden
boxer promoter wife girlfriend gritty gripping powerful office boxing ring small town farm ambition boxing false accusations marriage infidelity drugs rise fall love
A prize-fighter falls under the nefarious influence of an unscrupulous boxing promoter-manager, to the detriment of his marriage.
Musical
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Froggy
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Ricardo Cortez Benny Rubin Cliff Edwards Karl Dane Lloyd Ingram
A vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marriage.
Drama
1937
94 Minutes
Laro
Spencer Tracy Franchot Tone Gladys George Edgar Dearing Mary Treen Cliff Edwards Charles Trowbridge Joe Sawyer George Chandler Gavin Gordon Ernest Whitman
clerk friend soldier nurse judge gangster dark gritty emotional carnival battlefield jail courtroom new york city veterans love triangle world war i unlikely criminal prison break transformation
A circus man (Spencer Tracy) tries to save his buddy (Franchot Tone) who turns gangster after fighting in World War I.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Tip
Clark Gable Jean Harlow Lionel Barrymore Frank Morgan Walter Pidgeon Una Merkel Cliff Edwards George Zucco Hattie McDaniel Margaret Hamilton
After winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée.
Action
USA
1931
113 Minutes
Baldy
Wallace Beery Clark Gable Conrad Nagel Dorothy Jordan Marjorie Rambeau Marie Prevost Cliff Edwards
Story of rivalry between 2 Navy aircrewmen on and off duty.
Western
USA
1937
89 Minutes
"Buzz" McCreedy
Wallace Beery Virginia Bruce Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Calleia Lewis Stone Guy Kibbee Bruce Cabot Cliff Edwards
An outlaw re-unites with his long-lost son, steers him away from a boxing career and sends him to law school. When his son returns, a lot has changed.
Western
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Runty
Richard Dix Leo Carrillo Preston Foster Frances Gifford Robert Barrat Jack LaRue Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Cliff Edwards Merrill Rodin Chris-Pin Martin Richard Webb
friend partner cattleman wife son sister gritty dense texas river boat ranch town house greed ranchers gunfight land claim accidental death new life
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Musical
USA
1938
120 Minutes
Minstrel Joe
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon Leo Carrillo Buddy Ebsen Leonard Penn Priscilla Lawson Bob Murphy Olin Howland Cliff Edwards Billy Bevan
singer bandit priest sheriff girlfriend saloon owner cheery amusing tender california mountain saloon stagecoach romance impersonation outlaws old west rivalry pursuit discovery
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Comedy
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy Gene Lockhart Helen Mack Ernest Truex Clarence Kolb Porter Hall Roscoe Karns Abner Biberman Cliff Edwards
editor reporter insurance salesman murderer sheriff mayor amusing frenetic new york city office prison newspapers justice love triangle marriage pursuit love 1940s
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
Romance
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Young Hardie Albright Harry Bowen Allan Cavan Eddy Chandler Jack Cheatham Joe Dominguez Ruth Donnelly Tom Dugan Cliff Edwards
The rebellious daughter of an army general becomes involved with a communist agitator, much to the consternation of her father, who instead attempts to pair her with a handsome yet dim-witted soldier.
Romance, History, Drama
USA
1939
222 Minutes
Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland Thomas Mitchell Barbara O'Neil Victor Jory Laura Hope Crews Hattie McDaniel Ona Munson Harry Davenport
ingénue soldier husband cousin slave emotional touching family home atlanta park household saloon georgia american civil war romance jealousy marriage friendship love triangle forbidden love
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.