List of the best Douglas Dumbrille movies: Castle in the Desert(1942), The Princess Comes Across(1936), King of the Jungle(1933), Spook Busters(1946), A Life at Stake(1954), Blonde Savage(1947), Riders of the Whistling Pines(1949), Hi, Nellie(1934), Du Barry Was a Lady(1943), Last of the Wild Horses(1948), The Firefly(1937), Kentucky(1938) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Manderley
Sidney Toler Arleen Whelan Douglas Dumbrille Richard Derr Henry Daniell Edmund MacDonald Lenita Lane Ethel Griffies
Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1936
76 Minutes
Inspector Lorel
actress ex-convict murderer police detective blackmailer ship captain amusing charming thrilling ocean liner deck cabin cruise deception murder suspicion acting impersonation mystery love
A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.
Adventure
USA
1933
65 Minutes
Ed Peters
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
Comedy
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Mr. Coslow
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Douglas Dumbrille Bobby Jordan Gabriel Dell William Benedict David Gorcey Tanis Chandler Maurice Cass
exterminator friend young man wife mad scientist doctor madcap campy school mansion graveyard secret passageway living room new york city haunted houses science gone awry friendship gangs grave robbing extermination
The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1954
78 Minutes
Gus Hillman
Angela Lansbury Keith Andes Douglas Dumbrille Claudia Barrett Jane Darwell Gavin Gordon Charles Maxwell William Henry Kathleen Mulqueen Dan Sturkie Jeane Wood
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.
Adventure
USA
1947
62 Minutes
Mark Harper
Leif Erickson Gale Sherwood Douglas Dumbrille
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall white blonde woman.
Western
USA
1949
72 Minutes
Henry Mitchell
Gene Autry Patricia Barry Jimmy Lloyd Douglas Dumbrille Damian O'Flynn Clayton Moore Harry Cheshire Leon Weaver Loie Bridge Jerry Scoggins Bert Dodson
hunter forest ranger lumberjack daughter sidekick gene autry suspenseful engaging forest mountain hunting lodge camp deception murder guilt investigation chase mystery pursuit 1940s
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Harvey Dawes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Douglas Dumbrille Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Pat Wing Edward Ellis George Meeker Berton Churchill Sidney Miller
journalist lawyer governor editor young woman undertaker hilarious frenetic suspenseful newsroom funeral home graveyard advice column corruption romantic dilemma conspiracy framed missing persons mystery underdog
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
101 Minutes
Willie, Duc de Rigor
Red Skelton Lucille Ball Gene Kelly Douglas Dumbrille Rags Ragland Donald Meek George Givot Zero Mostel Tommy Dorsey Virginia O'Brien Louise Beavers
singer dancer nightclub employee louis xv madame du barry charming new york city nightclub french royal court love triangle unrequited love marrying for money performance sacrifice temptation rivalry french revolution
A night club's coatroom attendant who's in-love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV courting the infamous Madame Du Barry.
Western
USA
1948
84 Minutes
Charlie Cooper
Jimmy Ellison Mary Beth Hughes Jane Frazee Douglas Dumbrille James Millican Reed Hadley Olin Howland Grady Sutton William Haade Rory Mallinson Stanley Andrews
A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.
Musical
1937
131 Minutes
Marquis de Melito
Jeanette MacDonald Allan Jones Warren William Douglas Dumbrille Henry Daniell Leonard Penn Tom Rutherford Belle Mitchell
singer spy marquis colonel king love interest emotional amusing madrid france inn tavern stagecoach espionage napoleonic wars journey battle betrayal reunion love
A Spanish cabaret singer (Jeanette MacDonald) spying for King Ferdinand meets a Spanish aristocrat (Allan Jones) spying for Napoleon.
Romance
1938
95 Minutes
John Dillon
Loretta Young Richard Greene Walter Brennan Douglas Dumbrille Karen Morley Willard Robertson George H. Reed Leona Roberts
horse trainer farmer woman soldier auctioneer moving spirited suspenseful kentucky racetrack farm horse racing family feud murder pride love rivalry sacrifice 1930s
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
John Cedar
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
90 Minutes
Ace Larson
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.
Fantasy
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Colonel Forsythe
Gary Cooper Ann Harding John Halliday Ida Lupino Douglas Dumbrille Virginia Weidler Dickie Moore Doris Lloyd Gilbert Emery Donald Meek Christian Rub
architect duchess duke employee best friend love interest dreamy passionate powerful paris england stable dining room prison romance dreams jealousy death prison second chance
A Victorian-era architect, commissioned by the Duke of Towers to design his stables, falls in love with the Duchess.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Mr. Grover
The Marx Brothers Tony Martin Margaret Dumont Virginia Grey Douglas Dumbrille William Tannen Marion Martin
private investigator matron manager singer love interest nephew madcap frenetic department store big city investigation corruption deception new love mistaken identity mystery pursuit love 1940s
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
Comedy
USA
1950
80 Minutes
Sheik Hamud El Khalid
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Patricia Medina Walter Slezak Douglas Dumbrille Leon Belasco Marc Lawrence Tor Johnson Wee Willie Davis Fred Nurney
Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Myrna Loy George Brent Lionel Atwill C. Henry Gordon Douglas Dumbrille Rudolph Anders Mischa Auer Robert Glecker Reginald Barlow Joe Sawyer Christian Rub
spy commander medical student secretary traitor emotional gripping witty constantinople berlin mental institution train restaurant dentist's office memory espionage guilt world war i pursuit love
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1932
71 Minutes
Coach 'Daisy' Adams
Richard Cromwell Dorothy Jordan Mae Marsh Arthur Stone Douglas Dumbrille Leon Ames Russell Saunders Sumner Getchell Otis Harlan
Tommy Scott goes to a Connecticut college to become a doctor, but is soon discovered to be a prodigious football talent. He becomes a national star and falls in love, but fame and ill-advised financial deals threaten to ruin his future.
Drama
USA
1949
71 Minutes
Burton Crail
Martha Vickers John Beal Hillary Brooke Laurie Lind Douglas Dumbrille James Guilfoyle Marie Blake Leonid Kinskey Ralph Graves William Ruhl Harry Lauter
A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.
Horror
USA
1946
58 Minutes
Tom McGalvey
Noah Beery Jr. Fred Brady Paul Kelly Lois Collier Douglas Dumbrille Rose Hobart Jonathan Hale
A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.
Comedy
1947
63 Minutes
Big Dan Healey
Kenny Delmar Una Merkel June Lockhart Kenneth Farrell Douglas Dumbrille Jimmy Conlin Matt Willis Ralph Sanford Vera Lewis Margaret McWade Ida Moore
Bigwigs want Beauregard Claghorn (Kenny Delmar) to run for state senator against his wife, Magnolia (Una Merkel).
Musical, Comedy
1935
106 Minutes
Uncle
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan Elsa Lanchester Douglas Dumbrille Cecilia Parker Walter Kingsford Greta Meyer
princess maid pirate captain governor airy melodramatic winsome france ship new orleans household theater romance switched identities journey royalty escape love adventure
An incognito French princess (Jeanette MacDonald) flees to New Orleans and flirts with an Indian scout (Nelson Eddy).
Comedy
1944
89 Minutes
Nimativ
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marilyn Maxwell John Conte Douglas Dumbrille Lottie Harrison Lock Martin Murray Leonard
Two magicians (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) and a prima donna (Marilyn Maxwell) help a desert prince gain his throne.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1949
60 Minutes
John J. Murdock
Ron Randell June Vincent Alan Mowbray William Frawley Collette Lyons Douglas Dumbrille James Todd Steven Geray Robert Barrat Arthur Space Philip Van Zandt
Lone Wolf (Ron Randell) a newspaper man, is accused of gem theft.
Comedy
USA
1937
111 Minutes
J.D. Morgan
Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx Allan Jones Maureen O'Sullivan Margaret Dumont Douglas Dumbrille Sig Ruman
veterinarian jockey patient hilarious madcap lighthearted farm spa america mistaken identity competition horse racing health adventure love rescue 1930s
A veterinarian posing as a doctor and a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse.
War
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Police Commissioner LaFarge
Errol Flynn Paul Lukas Jean Sullivan Lucile Watson Faye Emerson James Flavin Douglas Dumbrille Dennis Hoey Sheldon Leonard Odette Myrtil Francis Pierlot
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Nazis.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
63 Minutes
La Costa
Peter Lorre Jean Hersholt Warren Hymer Amanda Duff Richard Lane Leon Ames Douglas Dumbrille Robert Lowery
The U.S. government asks Mr. Moto to go to Puerto Rico to investigate diamond smuggling after an earlier investigator is murdered.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Arnold Stamper
Melvyn Douglas Florence Rice Claire Dodd Shepperd Strudwick Louis Calhern Nat Pendleton Douglas Dumbrille Mary Howard George Zucco Minor Watson Don Douglas
A husband and wife team who are in rare books and are skillful at recovering stolen volumes for insurance companies become involved in the murder of a fence.
Musical
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Miller
Grace Moore Leo Carrillo Robert Allen Michael Bartlett Spring Byington Thurston Hall Douglas Dumbrille Luis Alberni Gavin Gordon Harry Barris Arthur Kaye
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
77 Minutes
Enzo Calibra
Brian Donlevy Miriam Hopkins Preston Foster Harold Huber Philip Reed Gloria Holden Douglas Dumbrille Sharon Douglas William Henry Ralph Morgan Jack Mulhall
A greedy woman turns in her husband, a jewel thief, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband,... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
61 Minutes
Inspector Brant
Lon Chaney Evelyn Ankers Milburn Stone Martin Kosleck Tala Birell Elena Verdugo Douglas Dumbrille
hypnotist sculptor museum director niece fiancée rival tense creepy wax museum nightclub office studio hypnosis serial murders guilt jealousy investigation mental breakdown mystery pursuit
A stage mentalist involved in a mysterious death and a discredited plastic surgeon are among the assorted characters involved in mysterious goings-on in an eerie wax museum.
Horror
USA
1944
54 Minutes
District Attorney
Acquanetta Evelyn Ankers J. Carrol Naish Samuel S. Hinds Lois Collier Milburn Stone Douglas Dumbrille Nana Bryant Pierre Watkin Christian Rub Alec Craig
Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish), also reverting to her true gorilla form ... See full summary »
Action
1949
68 Minutes
Hank Gibbons
William Gargan Virginia Welles Richard Crane Irving Bacon Mary Newton Frank Ferguson Douglas Dumbrille
Two dynamite blasters (William Gargan, Richard Crane) vie for the affections of a contractor's daughter (Virginia Welles).
Mystery & Thriller
1939
75 Minutes
Stewart Salsbury, alias Thomas Gregory
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.
Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Brody
Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Donald Cook Arthur Hohl John Wayne Henry Kolker Margaret Lindsay Douglas Dumbrille Theresa Harris Alphonse Ethier James Murray
beautiful woman businessman father friend banker sultry unrestrained pennsylvania new york city seduction sex betrayal prohibition social standing adventure transformation 1930s
A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully sleeping her way to the top.
Comedy
USA
1933
76 Minutes
Detective Jones
James Cagney Mae Clarke Leslie Fenton Margaret Lindsay Henry O'Neill Raymond Hatton George Chandler Douglas Dumbrille
usher police detective criminal gangster actor movie star confident charming crafty los angeles hollywood, calif. movie studio crime ring hollywood investigation escape acting adventure escape pursuit
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Comedy
USA
1932
90 Minutes
Murchenson
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Billie Dove James Gleason Jimmy Durante ZaSu Pitts Sidney Toler Douglas Dumbrille Sarah Padden Louise Carter
showgirl young woman friend performer boyfriend father emotional spirited amusing new york city theater tenement house stage speakeasy family home show business friendship relationships love triangle career aspirations
Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.
Adventure
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Gen. Stuart
Marion Davies Gary Cooper Jean Parker Katharine Alexander Ted Healy Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Douglas Dumbrille Willard Robertson Fuzzy Knight Sidney Toler
actress southern belle spy confederate soldier union soldier servant melodramatic thrilling suspenseful american south washington, d.c. farmhouse household assumed identity espionage romantic dilemma american civil war secret mission deception adventure
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Insp. McCollum
Dan Duryea Gene Lockhart Patric Knowles Reginald Denny Nigel Bruce Marion Carr Arthur Shields Douglas Dumbrille
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Ed Perkins
Pat O'Brien Merna Kennedy Berton Churchill Gloria Stuart Tom Brown Lew Kelly Arthur Vinton Clarence Muse Douglas Dumbrille Noel Madison
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
Adventure
USA
1935
109 Minutes
Mohammed Khan
Gary Cooper Franchot Tone Richard Cromwell Guy Standing C. Aubrey Smith Monte Blue Kathleen Burke Colin Tapley Douglas Dumbrille Akim Tamiroff Jameson Thomas
soldier army colonel spy british soldier father son gutsy inspiring thrilling rousing military base india fort desert armed conflict bravery islam war military life father/son relationship
Jack Kells's bandit gang, the Border Legion, is run out of a mining town and regroups in Utah. News of a gold strike in Arizona City leads the gang there, and they execute stagecoach ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1942
105 Minutes
Gen. William Henry Harrison
George Montgomery Maureen O'Hara John Sutton Laird Cregar Shepperd Strudwick Victor Francen Harry Davenport Ward Bond Douglas Dumbrille Ralph Byrd Joe Brown Jr.
cadet major socialite congressman military officer fiancée gripping rousing melodramatic west point, n.y. military academy barracks congress military military school training patriotism honor love interest sacrifice
In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.
Drama, History
USA
1953
75 Minutes
Powhatan
Anthony Dexter Jody Lawrence Alan Hale Jr. Robert Clarke Stuart Randall James Seay Philip Van Zandt Shepard Menken Douglas Dumbrille Anthony Eustrel Henry Rowland
john smith beautiful woman friend brother king james i native american melodramatic tense somber touching jamestown, va. settlement court village england pocahontas marriage cross-cultural romance exploration culture clash
Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish the colony of Jamestown.
Musical
1942
84 Minutes
Baron Szigethy
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Edward Everett Horton Binnie Barnes Reginald Owen Mona Maris Janis Carter Inez Cooper Douglas Dumbrille Leonid Kinskey
secretary count angel matchmaker playboy wife charming creative lighthearted bank costume party bedroom house marriage unrequited love supernatural romance dreams regret fantasy vs. reality discovery
A Budapest banker (Nelson Eddy) dreams of marrying an angel (Jeanette MacDonald), after meeting her earthly double.
War
1942
109 Minutes
Captain Ludlow
Robert Taylor Charles Laughton Brian Donlevy Walter Brennan Marilyn Maxwell Henry O'Neill Marta Linden Chill Wills Douglas Dumbrille Richard Quine William Tannen
naval officer playboy veteran lieutenant commander rear admiral rousing gripping witty patriotic battleship pacific ocean world war ii duty class distinctions teamwork patriotism naval warfare rivalry adventure sacrifice
An Ivy League reservist (Robert Taylor) and a bootstrap veteran (Brian Donlevy) save the convoy of an admiral (Charles Laughton) during World War II.
Drama, History
USA
1958
124 Minutes
Collector of the Port
Yul Brynner Charlton Heston Claire Bloom Charles Boyer Inger Stevens Henry Hull E.G. Marshall Lorne Greene Ted de Corsia Douglas Dumbrille Robert F. Simon
pirate andrew jackson governor daughter thrilling spirited airy patriotic new orleans island piracy unlikely hero war truce underdog rescue 1810s
During the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet.
Western
USA
1940
121 Minutes
Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott Humphrey Bogart Frank McHugh Alan Hale Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Moroni Olsen Russell Hicks Douglas Dumbrille
southerner commander intelligence officer bandit friend engaging gripping rousing prison wagon train virginia city, nev. trail american civil war theft escape prisoners of war robbery pursuit escape sacrifice
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Paul Muni Mary Astor Aline MacMahon Donald Cook Alan Dinehart Guy Kibbee Margaret Lindsay Jean Muir Anna Q. Nilsson Patricia Ellis Douglas Dumbrille
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
Comedy
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Claire Dodd Frank McHugh Preston Foster Russell Hopton Sterling Holloway Emma Dunn Charles Wilson Jessie Ralph Douglas Dumbrille
baseball player girlfriend manager gambler teammate amusing heartwarming chicago baseball field baseball love success rivalry underdog adventure 1930s
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.