List of the best Dick Foran movies: Winners of the West(1940), California Mail(1936), Song of the Saddle(1936), Horror Island(1941), The Mummy's Hand(1940), Land Beyond the Law(1937), Moonlight on the Prairie(1936), Treachery Rides the Range(1936), Black Legion(1937), The Big Night(1960), The Mummy's Tomb(1942), The Atomic Submarine(1959) ... ...
Western, Action
USA
1940
65 Minutes
Jeff Ramsay
Dick Foran Ray Taylor Anne Nagel James Craig Tom Fadden Harry Woods Charles Stevens Edward Keane Trevor Bardette Chuck Morrison Edgar Edwards
One of the writers of this serial, George H. Plympton, dusted the story off and re-sold it to Sam Katzman for a Columbia 1951 serial called "Roar of the Iron Horse". "Winners of the West" ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
56 Minutes
Bill Harkins
Dick Foran Linda Perry Edmund Cobb Milton Kibbee Tom Brower Jim Farley Edward Keane Ben Hendricks Jr. Wilfred Lucas Cliff Saum Buck Coburn
love interest man father brother stagecoach owner stagecoach driver thrilling california frontier stagecoach wild west frame-up race loss of job love triangle robbery schemes rivalry love adventure
Bids submitted to win the U.S. Mail contract for their stagecoach lines are entered by both singing cowboy Bill Harkins and the Banton brothers, Roy and Bart. During a stagecoach race to ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Frank Wilson, Jr., aka The Singing Kid
Dick Foran Alma Lloyd Charles Middleton Addison Richards Eddie Shubert George Ernest Monte Montague Victor Potel Kenneth Harlan Pat West Jim Farley
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Bill Martin
A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
Horror
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Steve Banning
Dick Foran Peggy Moran Wallace Ford Cecil Kellaway George Zucco Charles Trowbridge Tom Tyler Sig Arno Edward Ciannelli Leon Belasco Harry Stubbs
archaeologist professor best friend magician daughter high priest creepy frightening suspenseful egypt university graveyard tomb curse expedition mummy drugs father/daughter relationship pursuit mystery
Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
Charles Chip Douglas
Dick Foran Linda Perry Wayne Morris Irene Franklin Joe King Gordon Hart Cyrus W. Kendall Frank Orth Glenn Strange Harry Woods Milton Kibbee
Wild and woolly Chip Douglas becomes a lawman after his father is killed in New Mexico territory and helps avoid a range war.
Western
USA
1936
63 Minutes
Dick Foran Sheila Bromley George E. Stone Joe Sawyer Bill Elliott Joe King Robert Barrat Dickie Jones Herbert Heywood Raymond Brown Richard Carle
Ace returns to the town where he is suspected of murder. He quickly become involved in the scheme to keep Barbara Roberts from reaching her ranch. To inherit the ranch she must reach it by ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
56 Minutes
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Ann Sheridan Robert Barrat Helen Flint Joe Sawyer Addison Richards Eddie Acuff Clifford Soubier Paul Harvey
factory director immigrant wife best friend factory worker disturbing disheartening intense midwest factory hate group xenophobia immigration lynching secret plans fall wretched excess revenge 1930s
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Drama
USA
1960
74 Minutes
Ed
Randy Sparks Dick Foran Jesse White Venetia Stevenson Dick Contino Frank Ferguson
Teenagers find a large amount of money and fight over it, resulting in violence and death.
Horror
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Lon Chaney Dick Foran Elyse Knox John Hubbard Mary Gordon Virginia Brissac Turhan Bey Wallace Ford George Zucco Cliff Clark Paul E. Burns
The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Cmdr. Dan Wendover
Arthur Franz Dick Foran Brett Halsey Tom Conway Paul Dubov Bob Steele Victor Varconi Joi Lansing Selmer Jackson Jack Mulhall Jean Moorhead
captain lieutenant inventor scientist alien wild spirited crafty engaging north pole submarine alien invasion submarine disappearance world domination heroism rescue discovery 1960s
Ships mysteriously disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a specially-equipped submarine is sent to investigate.
Drama
1958
83 Minutes
army officer business owner secretary senator reporter prisoner of war patriotic suspenseful california airplane washington, d.c. office murder brainwashing nuclear energy public relations propaganda communism mystery love
A confused Korean War veteran (Dana Andrews) returns to Washington and finds his PR/polling firm taken over by a stranger (Dick Foran).
Musical
1942
68 Minutes
Lon Prentice
The Andrews Sisters Dick Foran Joe E. Lewis Jennifer Holt Shemp Howard Richard Davies Mary Wickes Ernest Truex Donald O'Connor Peggy Ryan Huntz Hall
Nightclub performers (The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis) do Army shows with Harry James and His Music Makers.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Bronco Bob Mitchell
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Dick Foran Anne Gwynne Samuel S. Hinds Richard Lane Judd McMichael Ted McMichael Joe McMichael Mary Lou Cook Johnny Mack Brown
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
78 Minutes
Joe Leeds
Angela Lansbury Raymond Burr Dick Foran John Dehner Lamont Johnson Robert Griffin Denver Pyle Alex Sharp Lee Miller Madge Blake Russ Thorson
A lawyer suffers a guilt complex after getting a murder acquittal for his client, and then finding out she did commit the crime.
Comedy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
Dennis Devlin
Broderick Crawford Virginia Bruce Dick Foran Porter Hall Richard Lane Shemp Howard
The Broadway citizen Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan is known far and wide to be involved with criminal activities. Butch is motivated to pursue a life of crime in order to provide the lovely widow... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
73 Minutes
Arthur "Artie" Blaine
Brian Keith Beverly Garland Dick Foran Beverly Tyler Elisha Cook Jr. Paul Langton Anthony George Douglas Kennedy Gavin Gordon Jack Lambert John Morley
In Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its blow-whistler treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
Romance, Western
USA
1951
77 Minutes
Frank Jennings
Dan Duryea Gale Storm Dick Foran Gloria Henry Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Greenleaf Stanley Andrews John Ridgely James Millican Harry Shannon Helen Brown
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
Drama
USA
1936
83 Minutes
Boze Hertzlinger
Leslie Howard Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Genevieve Tobin Charley Grapewin Porter Hall
drifter writer waitress gangster criminal bleak intense diner arizona the petrified forest ambition dreams hostages death escape sacrifice 1930s
A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
Comedy, Western
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Wayne Carter (editor, 'Greasewood Gazette')
Mae West W.C. Fields Joseph Calleia Dick Foran Margaret Hamilton George Moran Si Jenks Gene Austin
con artist singer bandit news reporter cheeky campy amusing train saloon hotel wild west con game marriage love triangle rivalry temptation adventure 1800s
After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Tommy Blake
Bette Davis George Brent Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Carol Hughes Catherine Doucet Craig Reynolds Hobart Cavanaugh Henry O'Neill Ivan Lebedeff
It's the Florida party season for heiresses, with both Oklahoma oil heiress Hortense Burke-Meyers and New York face cream heiress Daisy Appleby in the state. And where the single American ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
69 Minutes
Emmet McManus
Joe E. Brown June Travis Guy Kibbee Dick Foran Carol Hughes Gene Lockhart Olin Howland
Alexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make a big sale of Earthworm tractors to grouchy lumberman Johnson. Since Botts doesn't ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1955
71 Minutes
Alan Doran
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Sam Thorne
Pat O'Brien Dick Powell Priscilla Lane Dick Foran Ann Sheridan Johnnie Davis Ronald Reagan Emma Dunn Granville Bates James Stephenson Hobart Cavanaugh
singer musician beautiful woman boyfriend agent lighthearted spirited amusing cheery dude ranch wyoming train new york city rodeo struggling musicians deception assumed identity city vs. country show business country music
An actor can only get a radio job if he can prove that he's an authentic cowboy.
Romance
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Frank
Irene Dunne Robert Montgomery Preston Foster Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Esther Dale Walter Catlett Richard Davies Kathryn Adams Samuel S. Hinds June Clyde
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
Western
USA
1949
104 Minutes
Sheriff La Farge
John Payne Gail Russell Sterling Hayden George "Gabby" Hayes Dick Foran Henry Hull Mary Beth Hughes Eduardo Noriega Arthur Space Bobby Ellis Peggy McIntyre
In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.
Crime, Drama
1936
65 Minutes
Thomas Duncan McKay
Pat O'Brien Margaret Lindsay Cesar Romero Robert Armstrong Dick Foran Joe King Dick Purcell Addison Richards Hal K. Dawson Harry Hayden Alan Bridge
A G-man (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with the aloof ex-mate (Margaret Lindsay) of a gangster convict (Cesar Romero), who escapes.
Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Teddy
Bette Davis Franchot Tone Margaret Lindsay Alison Skipworth John Eldredge Dick Foran
actress architect fiancé husband bleak emotional connecticut new york city comeback alcoholism show business love triangle sacrifice transformation love 1930s
An alcoholic actress who is considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated, but she then shows that she's as dangerous as ever.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Jinx Roberts
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye Carol Bruce William Gargan Dick Foran Truman Bradley Charles Lang William B. Davidson Frank Penny Loring Smith
When a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.
Musical
USA
1935
108 Minutes
Gifford
Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Lewis Stone Ross Alexander Eddie Acuff Dick Foran John Arledge Robert Light Joe King Frederick Burton Henry Kolker
Dick is watching the fleet come in when he sees June. Dick has no intention of joining the Navy, which is a family tradition, and June, having lost her father and brother in the Navy, does ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Ernest Talbot
The Lane Sisters Gale Page Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn Eddie Albert May Robson Frank McHugh Dick Foran Vera Lewis
father sister mother husband researcher composer confident engaging melodramatic small town factory florida house apartment laboratory family investing natural disasters small-town life real estate
Adam Lemp and his four daughters, Ann, Thea, Kay, and Emma, are in financial and emotional crises. Thea's husband Ben has promoted a Florida housing development to everyone in town, and ... See full summary »
Drama
1960
95 Minutes
Patrick Lonigan
Christopher Knight Jack Nicholson Jay C. Flippen Frank Gorshin Venetia Stevenson Carolyn Craig Robert Casper Dick Foran
Drama
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Tom Knivel
Errol Flynn Bette Davis Anita Louise Jane Bryan Ian Hunter Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Donald Crisp Dick Foran Patric Knowles Alan Hale
secretary sportswriter father sister fiancé millionaire melodramatic intense gripping montana san francisco apartment office ship sister relationship marriage ambition drinking earthquakes reconciliation
Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
War
1940
90 Minutes
Lt. "Long John" Wynn
James Cagney Pat O'Brien George Brent Jeffrey Lynn Alan Hale Frank McHugh Dennis Morgan William Lundigan Dick Foran Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Henry O'Neill
private captain lieutenant soldier chaplain brash gripping rousing america germany war bravery fraternity rebellion world war i rise sacrifice growing up 1910s
A Brooklyn brawler (James Cagney) joins Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) and Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's (George Brent) Irish-American regiment in World War I.
Romance
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Ernest
Claude Rains Rosemary Lane John Garfield Lola Lane Priscilla Lane Gale Page Jeffrey Lynn Frank McHugh May Robson Dick Foran
musician father daughter composer suitor aunt melodramatic small town household hospital music family love triangle marriage rivalry love 1930s
Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, has passed on his love of music to his four early adult daughters - Thea, Emma, Kay and Ann - who live with him and his sister, the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
110 Minutes
Ernest Talbot
Priscilla Lane Rosemary Lane Lola Lane Gale Page Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn John Garfield Frank McHugh May Robson Dick Foran Eddie Albert
father daughter sister widow fiancé doctor emotional somber household hospital wedding engagement pregnancy adoption matchmaking music death discovery love rescue
Three of the four musically inclined daughters of Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, are settling into their lives as wives, but not all is well. Thea Lemp has long ... See full summary »