List of the best Donald MacBride movies: Bowery Battalion(1951), The Great Man Votes(1939), Murder Over New York(1940), The Girl From Mexico(1939), The Story of Seabiscuit(1949), Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost(1942), A Stranger in Town(1943), Room Service(1938), A Night to Remember(1942), The Invisible Woman(1941), The Egg and I(1947), You'll Never Get Rich(1941) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1951
69 Minutes
Sgt. Herbert Frisbie
In order to trap some spies, the Bowery Boys join the Army.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Iron Hat McCarthy
John Barrymore Peter Holden Virginia Weidler Donald MacBride William Demarest Katharine Alexander Bennie Bartlett Brandon Tynan Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates Luis Alberni
professor daughter son teacher mayor political boss engaging bleak heartwarming uplifting small town college household office family political corruption education small-town life self-esteem transformation
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book-to-bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman and his children, who know him for what ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
65 Minutes
Inspector Vance
Sidney Toler Marjorie Weaver Robert Lowery Ricardo Cortez Donald MacBride Melville Cooper Joan Valerie Kane Richmond
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Comedy
USA
1939
71 Minutes
L. B. Renner
Lupe Velez Leon Errol Donald Woods Linda Hayes Donald MacBride Edward Raquello Elisabeth Risdon Ward Bond
advertising executive singer uncle fiancée wealthy man wrestler spirited playful mexico new york city baseball field wrestling ring radio station nightclub singing culture clash advertising radio jealousy engagement
An advertising executive goes to Mexico looking for talent and finds a hot-tempered singer, who goes to New York to stay with him, his aunt and uncle, and decides to steal him from his fiancée.
Drama
USA
1949
93 Minutes
George Carson
Shirley Temple Barry Fitzgerald Lon McCallister Rosemary DeCamp Donald MacBride Pierre Watkin William Forrest Sugarfoot Anderson Bill Cartledge Gertrude Astor Creighton Hale
horse young girl horse trainer jockey uncle love interest uplifting charming heartwarming inspiring kentucky horse track horse racing love romantic dilemma grief family rise to stardom rise quest
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
70 Minutes
Percy Fitzbadden
Lupe Velez Leon Errol Charles Rogers Elisabeth Risdon Donald MacBride Minna Gombell Don Barclay
Uncle Matt (Leon Errol) uses dog fur to pose as Lord Epping on business with Carmelita (Lupe Velez), but a group of saboteurs up to no good in the basement try to drive them away by making the house seem haunted by ghosts.
Drama
1943
67 Minutes
Vinnie Z. Blaxton
Frank Morgan Richard Carlson Jean Rogers Porter Hall Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Walter Baldwin Andrew Tombes Olin Howland Chill Wills Irving Bacon
A Supreme Court justice on a duck-hunting foray becomes involved in serious trouble with the citizens in a small town.
Comedy
USA
1938
79 Minutes
Gregory Wagner
Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Lucille Ball Ann Miller Frank Albertson Donald MacBride Cliff Dunstan Philip Loeb Philip Wood Alexander Asro
theatrical producer director manager playwright hotel manager detective unrestrained witty hotel new york city ballroom show business broadway theater production debt deception quest pursuit 1930s
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Bolling
Loretta Young Brian Aherne Sidney Toler Jeff Donnell William Wright Gale Sondergaard Donald MacBride Lee Patrick Don Costello Blanche Yurka Richard Gaines
writer wife landlord housekeeper husband amusing engaging suspenseful apartment new york city greenwich village murder blackmail deception mystery discovery 1940s
A mystery writer and his newlywed wife move into a Greenwich Village apartment and find themselves with a corpse and a half dozen red herrings.
Sci-Fi
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Foghorn
Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charles Ruggles Oscar Homolka Edward Brophy Donald MacBride Margaret Hamilton Shemp Howard Anne Nagel Kathryn Adams
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Comedy
1947
108 Minutes
Mr. Henty
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Marjorie Main Louise Allbritton Percy Kilbride Richard Long Donald MacBride Samuel S. Hinds
man wife neighbor pig divorcée friend madcap outlandish cheery countryside farm barn city farming rural life dance jealousy fire mother/daughter relationship adventure
A broker (Fred MacMurray) and his bride (Claudette Colbert) leave the city to fix up a chicken farm next door to Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa Kettle.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
88 Minutes
Top Sergeant
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Robert Benchley John Hubbard Osa Massen Frieda Inescort Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Donald MacBride
dancer chorus girl captain wife boyfriend producer uplifting lighthearted amusing new york city nightclub army base boot camp jail dance military draft love triangle marriage deception adventure
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
"Muckeye" John
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1946
82 Minutes
Lieutenant Mason
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marjorie Reynolds Binnie Barnes John Shelton Jess Barker Gale Sondergaard Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Ann Gillis Lynne Baggett
A psychiatrist stays in a mansion haunted by prankish ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
85 Minutes
District Attorney Farr
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
USA
1947
77 Minutes
Police Captain
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Tom Brown Nat Pendleton Joan Shawlee Beverly Simmons Don Beddoe Don Porter Donald MacBride Lane Watson William Ching
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1946
91 Minutes
The Conductor
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Brenda Joyce Jacqueline de Wit George Cleveland Elena Verdugo Mary Gordon Pierre Watkin Donald MacBride Victor Kilian
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
105 Minutes
R.S. Kenyon
Burt Lancaster Ava Gardner Edmond O'Brien Albert Van Dekker Sam Levene Virginia Christine John Miljan Vince Barnett Charles D. Brown Donald MacBride
gas station attendant detective insurance investigator hitman femme fatale boxer dark brooding gritty powerful small town diner brentwood, n.j. city robbery crime deception love murder mystery
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
"Pinky" Grayson
William Powell Myrna Loy Gail Patrick Jack Carson Florence Bates Sidney Blackmer Vladimir Sokoloff Kathleen Lockhart Sig Ruman Donald MacBride Sara Haden
architect wife mother-in-law artist lawyer wild playful apartment insane asylum love triangle misunderstanding divorce jealousy feigned insanity love 1940s
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
Adventure
USA
1940
126 Minutes
Sgt. McNott
Spencer Tracy Robert Young Walter Brennan Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Robert Barrat Addison Richards Louis Hector Lumsden Hare Donald MacBride Isabel Jewell
frontiersman native american military officer gripping gritty canada wilderness village land wars cannibalism dangerous assignment rebellion quest 1750s
Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They set out for Fort Wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected.
Comedy
USA
1942
96 Minutes
Officer Lonigan
Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Janet Blair George Tobias Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Grant Mitchell Richard Quine June Havoc Donald MacBride Gordon Jones
sister actress writer reporter editor quirky amusing new york city ohio greenwich village theater ambition sister relationship struggle city life rivalry underdog transformation 1940s
Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Capt. Pierre Whitfield
Bob Hope Vera Zorina Victor Moore Irène Bordoni Dona Drake Raymond Walburn Max Rosenbloom Frank Albertson Phyllis Ruth Donald MacBride Andrew Tombes
senator young woman scapegoat politician investigator republican hilarious creative spirited new orleans government building street festival hotel political corruption blackmail culture clash investigation romance crime
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
60 Minutes
Brewster
Kirby Grant Lois Collier Edward Norris Eric Blore Minna Gombell Edward Brophy Judy Clark Marion Martin Donald MacBride Henry Armetta Jimmie Dodd
Entertainer siblings Patty, Bill, Hank and Johnny Davis all quit their jobs when they discover that their friend, Linda Reynolds, has secured them an audition with her boss, New York ... See full synopsis »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Ida Lupino Alan Curtis Arthur Kennedy Joan Leslie Henry Hull Henry Travers Barton MacLane Jerome Cowan Cornel Wilde Donald MacBride
gangster ex-convict criminal girlfriend dark brooding cool california mountain sierra nevada mountains los angeles casino crime love murder heist escape fall love 1940s
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
Comedy
USA
1951
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Jan Sterling Gene Lockhart William Frawley Elsie Holmes Taylor Holmes Willard Waterman Henry Slate James Griffith Jim Hayward Donald MacBride
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
1944
100 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Lucile Watson Gloria DeHaven Anne Revere Harry Davenport Helen Vinson Lloyd Corrigan Donald Meek Edward Brophy Leon Ames
detective wife mother father spy artist cheeky engaging suspenseful new york city small town store apartment household investigation family espionage small-town life murder art
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit his hometown, sober, and link art and corpses to a spy ring.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Lucille Ball William Gaxton Virginia Weidler Tommy Dix Nancy Walker Gloria DeHaven Kenny Bowers June Allyson Jack Jordan Beverly Tyler Chill Wills
lucille ball cadet girlfriend agent amusing madcap lighthearted military academy school dance fame school social event music song and dance growing up discovery 1940s
Lucille Ball accepts a cadet's invitation to a military academy's senior prom in order to boost her career.
Comedy
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Ann Sheridan Alexis Smith Jane Wyman Jack Carson Irene Manning Charles Ruggles Eve Arden John Ridgely Alan Mowbray John Alexander Craig Stevens
bureaucrat newlywed judge soldier news reporter nazi hunter wild hilarious playful hotel white house washington, d.c. marriage honeymoon love triangle misunderstanding friendship love discovery rivalry
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1939
75 Minutes
Sidney Toler Cesar Romero Pauline Moore Victor Sen Yung Douglas Fowley June Gale Douglas Dumbrille Sally Blane Billie Seward Wally Vernon Charles Halton
An illusionist (Cesar Romero) helps the Chinese detective (Sidney Toler) find a killer blackmailer at a San Francisco fair.