List of the best Douglas Fowley movies: Yankee Fakir(1947), Macumba Love(1960), The Glass Alibi(1946), Scared to Death(1947), One Mile From Heaven(1937), Cafe Hostess(1939), 15 Maiden Lane(1936), Shake Hands With Murder(1944), Lady in the Death House(1944), Navy Born(1936), Bayou(1957), From Noon Till Three(1976) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
67 Minutes
Murgatroyd Bartholomew `'Yankee" Davis
Douglas Fowley Joan Woodbury Clem Bevans Ransom Sherman Frank Reicher Marc Lawrence Walter Soderling Eula Guy Forrest Taylor Elinor Appleton Peter Michael
traveling salesman border patrol officer prospector friend informant love interest gripping spirited suspenseful arizona mexican-american border saloon small town murder investigation new romance deception assumed identity reward amateur detectives adventure
"Yankee" Davis and his partner,"Shaggy" Hartley, a couple of carny-type traveling (usually just ahead of the law) pitchmen with their own tent to pitch from, arrive in a small Arizona town,... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
70 Minutes
Paul Kelly Douglas Fowley Anne Gwynne Maris Wrixon Jack Conrad Selmer Jackson Cyril Thornton Cyrus W. Kendall Walter Soderling Victor Potel George Chandler
Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), an opportunistic newspaper reporter, persuades wealthy, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), to marry him. He and his girlfriend, Belle Martin (Anne ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1947
65 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Douglas Fowley Joyce Compton George Zucco Nat Pendleton Roland Varno Molly Lamont Angelo Rossitto Gladys Blake Lee Bennett Stanley Andrews
doctor husband wife magician dwarf daughter-in-law thrilling suspenseful frightful united states sanitarium house morgue mental illness marriage magic act family dysfunction imprisonment mystery 1940s
From a slab in the morgue, a dead young woman tells the bizarre tale of how she got there, through a maze of murder involving a hypnotist, a midget and a mysterious figure in a green mask.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
68 Minutes
Jim Tabor
A newspaper woman believes she has a Scoop when she finds a 'Quadroon-Mulatto' woman who is thought by all to be the mother of a 'White' child.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Eddie Morgan
Jo (Ann Dvorak), a "percentage girl" at the notorious Club 46, is in despair. She can see no way out of the dreary and sordid routine of entertaining customers - called drinking and dancing... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Nick Shelby
Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Douglas Fowley Lloyd Nolan Lester Matthews Robert McWade Ralf Harolde Russell Hicks Holmes Herbert
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
63 Minutes
A female bail-bond broker and her partner help an accused embezzler prove his innocence. Having the body of the embezzler's late business partner pop up doesn't help matters.
Crime, Drama
USA
1944
56 Minutes
Dr. Dwight `'Brad'` Bradford
A young woman is on death row for the murder of a man who was blackmailing her family, although she claims she was framed. Her fiance, a doctor who is conducting experiments on reviving the... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Bassett
William Gargan Claire Dodd Douglas Fowley George Irving Dorothy Tree William Newell Addison Randall Georgia Caine Claudia Coleman Douglas Wood
After the death of one of their fellow pilots, a squadron of Navy airmen plots to keep his newborn son away from their superiors, who have decreed that the baby should be given up for adoption.
Drama
1957
83 Minutes
Emil Hebert
A Northern architect (Peter Graves) fights for a Cajun fisherman's (Douglas Fowley) daughter (Lita Milan) while on business in New Orleans.
Comedy, Western
1976
99 Minutes
Buck Bowers
Charles Bronson Jill Ireland Douglas Fowley Stan Haze Damon Douglas Héctor Morales Bert Williams William Lanteau Hoke Howell Howard Brunner Don "Red" Barry
outlaw widow con artist landlady author sheriff amusing witty endearing offbeat american west small town bank jail one-night stand assumed identity bank robbery fame swindling old west myths
A frontier widow (Jill Ireland) makes a pulp-novel legend out of her three-hour affair with a third-rate outlaw (Charles Bronson).
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
73 Minutes
Pete Lavitch
Steve Brodie Audrey Long Raymond Burr Douglas Fowley William Challee Jason Robards Sr. Freddie Steele Lee Frederick Paul E. Burns Ilka Gruning Larry Nunn
truck driver wife gangster brother private investigator detective dark gripping melodramatic tense chicago road police station wedding interrogation room warehouse fugitives ultimatum husband/wife relationship murder
A young married couple flee both police and a gangster out for revenge.
Western
USA
1949
67 Minutes
Roberts, aka Walter P. Johnson
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Estelita Rodriguez Douglas Fowley Lucien Littlefield Robert Emmett Keane
engineer sheriff newspaper owner ichthyologist business owner deputy spirited suspenseful positive lake countryside office animal reserve oil deception land grab murder sabotage pursuit rivalry
The bad guys dynamite a fish hatchery. They're trying to put the hatchery out of business so they can get possession of oil underneath the lake. Roy is a game warden investigating the dynamiting.
Western
USA
1945
66 Minutes
J. Richard Bentley
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Douglas Fowley Nestor Paiva Sam Flint Emmett Vogan Roy Barcroft David Cota Ed Cassidy Sons of the Pioneers
U.S. Deputy Marshal Roy investigates the disappearance of a government agent who has come to Dale's father's Ladder A Ranch. The bad guys want the land the ranch sits on because they know an oil pipeline is planned through this location.
Western
USA
1956
82 Minutes
Doc Adams
Anthony Quinn Katy Jurado Peter Whitney Douglas Fowley John Larch Whit Bissell Douglas Spencer Barry Atwater
gunslinger outlaw nurse doctor mexican sheriff suspenseful confident town doctor's office saloon dueling racism law and order respect fear handicap adventure love transformation
A fast Mexican-American gunman kills a few notorious gunfighters and is hired to replace Mesa's dead sheriff but a crooked saloon-keeper wants him on his payroll or out-of-the-way.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
67 Minutes
Det. Sgt. Mack McManus
Robert Sterling Joan Dixon Ricardo Cortez Douglas Fowley Elisabeth Risdon Marguerite Churchill John Kellogg
police sergeant criminal con artist psychic fortuneteller victim suspenseful spirited los angeles police station mansion hideout swindling mother/son relationship investigation psychic phenomena deception murder mystery pursuit
A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
Western
1956
82 Minutes
Indian Agent Hiram Charleton
Howard Duff Lita Baron Bill Williams Douglas Fowley Henry Calvin Addison Richards Joel Ashley John Pickard
marshal mexican friend saloon girl witness ranch hand tense gripping gritty gutsy arizona cabin small town saloon indian reservation ranch murder investigation corruption cover-up friendship
Deputy Marshal Frank Smeed (Howard Duff) guns down an innocent Mexican who was about to deliver a huge sum of gold to a land tycoon, then makes off with the loot and covers his tracks by claiming that the man he shot was a dangerous criminal.
Fantasy
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Jones
Terry Moore Ben Johnson Robert Armstrong Frank McHugh Douglas Fowley Denis Green Paul Guilfoyle Nestor Paiva Regis Toomey Lora Lee Michel James Flavin
producer young woman gorilla drunk pedestrian orphan touching rousing tanzania, africa hollywood, calif. nightclub wild animals captivity exploitation pets escape rescue 1940s
A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.
Western
USA
1942
54 Minutes
Jeff Burton
William Boyd Jay Kirby Andy Clyde Lola Lane Douglas Fowley Herbert Rawlinson Guy Usher Carl Hackett
Johnny is accused of robbing and bank and runs off into the hills. Hoppy tries to prove his innocence and get the real bad guys.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1949
63 Minutes
John Calvert Albert Van Dekker Myrna Dell Ben Welden Douglas Fowley Michael Mark Anna Cornell James Griffith Mauritz Hugo Peter Brocco Peter Michael
Murders of a rival private eye and a suspected thief draw the attention of The Falcon.
Western
USA
1943
54 Minutes
Henchman Slash
William Boyd Andy Clyde George Reeves Victor Jory Douglas Fowley Betty Blythe Robert Mitchum Francis Macdonald Earle Hodgins Dustine Farnum
Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.
Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Stag Roper
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Comedy
USA
1939
90 Minutes
George
Myrna Loy Robert Taylor Joseph Allen Jr. Henry O'Neill Douglas Fowley Charles Lane Bernadene Hayes Gladys Blake Bernard Nedell Carl Stockdale
heiress businessman homeless person father daughter husband amusing lighthearted apartment park bar unusual romance class distinctions love gambling marriage ambition forbidden love adventure discovery
A wealthy woman meets a bum on a park bench and marries him the same evening.
Western
USA
1969
91 Minutes
Grundy
Robert Mitchum George Kennedy David Carradine Tina Louise Douglas Fowley Lois Nettleton Martin Balsam John Davis Chandler John Carradine Marie Windsor Dick Peabody
outlaw lawman marshal bandit mayor nemesis lighthearted amusing rousing new mexico small town train bank heist law enforcement retirement aging unlikely allies gunfight pursuit rivalry
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent, Marshal, and a younger, but vicious, gang leader.
Action
USA
1977
92 Minutes
Bryan Hancock
Jesse Vint Karen Carlson Albert Salmi Seymour Cassel Douglas Fowley Robert F. Lyons Mary Wilcox Janus Blyth Jeremy Foster James Gammon Will Hare
An average Joe is pitted against a crooked sheriff and unscrupulous land grabbers in this tale of small town corruption and revenge.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
USA
1953
64 Minutes
Walter "Walt" Walters
Sonny Tufts Victor Jory Marie Windsor Bill Phipps Douglas Fowley Carol Brewster Susan Morrow Judy Walsh Ellye Marshall Roxann Delman
Astronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
75 Minutes
Peter Lewis
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.
Adventure
USA
1954
95 Minutes
Medicine Man
Eleanor Parker Charlton Heston Abraham Sofaer William Conrad Romo Vincent Douglas Fowley John Dierkes Leonard Strong Norma Calderon John Mansfield
plantation owner wife brother servant commissioner medicine man intense melodramatic boat river plantation jungle south america marriage pride vanity drinking insects lifestyle changes adventure
The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
99 Minutes
Alec
Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy John Carradine Douglas Fowley
naval officer gangster singer william mckinley theodore roosevelt suspenseful melodramatic white house baltimore jail midwest bank working undercover false accusations deception heist assassination romance underdog quest
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1952
90 Minutes
Frank Pirosh
Janet Leigh Peter Lawford Lewis Stone Marilyn Erskine Richard Anderson Douglas Fowley Hanley Stafford Henry Slate Jerry Hausner Benny Rubin Charles Watts
millionaire lawyer businessman judge love interest lighthearted witty new york city apartment romance love triangle money love rivalry 1950s
Mark MacLene owes the IRS, the banks and others a lot of money. The problem is that his trust makes $1,000,000 a year, but he spends $150,000 every month. His trustee, Sam, uses the power ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
48 Minutes
Captain Rossmead
William Tracy Joe Sawyer James Gleason Noah Beery Jr. Elyse Knox Douglas Fowley Harold Goodwin
Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1964
79 Minutes
Mr. Knudsen
Charles Bronson Kurt Russell Susan Oliver Jan Merlin John Fiedler Douglas Fowley Rayford Barnes Robert Carricart Ron Hagerthy Russ Conway Byron Foulger
Wagon train scout Linc Murdock reminisces about his old feud with rancher Rance Macklin over pretty Maria during the time when Linc worked for the Macklin ranch.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Roscoe Dexter
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Beetle
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.
Western
USA
1957
76 Minutes
Marshal Matt Brennan
Jim Davis Arleen Whelan Lee Van Cleef Carl Smith Harry Lauter Marty Robbins Douglas Fowley Louis Jean Heydt
gunslinger marshal cattle baron son pretty woman brooding engaging wild west small town restaurant fake identity showdown law enforcement corruption redemption rivalry transformation 19th century
A pseudo-marshal, a local doctor and the town sheriff must join forces to battle a greedy cattle-baron whose herd, locally sold, is contaminated with a contagious disease.
Western
1956
92 Minutes
McGhee
Robert Mitchum Ursula Thiess Zachary Scott Gilbert Roland Rodolfo Acosta Henry Brandon Douglas Fowley Jose Torvay Víctor Junco Alfonso Sánchez Tello Arturo Manrique
gun runner revolutionary military officer rival rousing gutsy suspenseful mexico mountain jungle hotel beach house war black market betrayal chases love triangle mexican revolution rivalry pursuit
A Mexican rebel's U.S. mercenary (Robert Mitchum) steals a shipment of guns and the wife (Ursula Thiess) of the soldier (Zachary Scott) guarding them.
Western
1942
63 Minutes
Ramsay McCall
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Lynne Carver Frank M. Thomas Beryl Wallace Glenn Strange Douglas Fowley Fred Burns Roy Barcroft Henry Wills Forrest Taylor
Roy's resemblance to an outlaw allows him to infiltrate a criminal gang before his look-alike comes to town.
Comedy
USA
1979
99 Minutes
Delaney
Edward Herrmann Barbara Harris Karen Valentine Susan Clark Michael Constantine Cloris Leachman Patsy Kelly Douglas Fowley Virginia Capers Steve Franken Dena Dietrich
When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.
Western
USA
1943
67 Minutes
Joe Brass
William Boyd Andy Clyde Victor Jory Jay Kirby George Reeves Lois Sherman Earle Hodgins Douglas Fowley Herbert Rawlinson Robert Mitchum
While oil drilling, Hoppy and California discover an underground well - a potential threat to Jebb Hardin's monopoly on water in the region.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1974
96 Minutes
Mr. Crawford
Peter Brocco Frances Fuller William Hansen Ruth McDevitt Paula Trueman Ian Wolfe Linda Marsh Douglas Fowley Kenneth Tobey Wesley Lau
When a quiet group of pensioners learn that their homes are to be torn down to make way for a block of flats, they decide to take action. What starts as an attempt to discourage the ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Webster
Walter Winchell Simone Simon Bert Lahr Joan Davis Dick Baldwin Ruth Terry Douglas Fowley Chick Chandler Charles Williams Georges Renavent Charles Judels
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Nails Blanton
Chester Morris Erik Rolf Jeanne Bates Richard Lane George E. Stone Lloyd Corrigan Walter Sande Douglas Fowley Cyrus W. Kendall Larry Joe Olson Sally Cairns
Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.
Adventure
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Seaman Pinky Brett
Richard Greene Nancy Kelly Preston Foster George Bancroft Slim Summerville J. Farrell MacDonald Warren Hymer Douglas Fowley Dick Hogan Elisha Cook Jr. George E. Stone
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.
Western
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Max Janus
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.
Western
USA
1957
72 Minutes
Sheriff
Jim Davis Arleen Whelan Faron Young Marty Robbins Lee Van Cleef Louis Jean Heydt Harry Lauter Douglas Fowley Larry Dobkin Bill Coontz Don Diamond
father judge settler wife sergeant captain brash thrilling spirited southern california house courtroom small town wild west land grab frontier life military justice law and order old west
At the end of the Mexican-American War, a crooked U.S. Cavalry Captain and his men force a captive Mexican officer to sign the deeds to his vast lands and large hacienda over to the Captain.
Western
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Clay Ballard
Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan Ray Collins James Bell Horace MacMahon Gregory Walcott John Litel Douglas Fowley Don Haggerty Walter Sande Alexander Campbell
publisher gambler deputy judge rancher beautiful woman melodramatic suspenseful moving texas small town newsroom ranch sheriff's office riverboat journalism corruption grief inheritance unlikely allies
A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair.
Comedy
USA
1942
70 Minutes
Bill Collins
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Joan Barclay Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Billy Gilbert Warren Hymer Gabriel Dell Douglas Fowley David Gorcey Bobby Stone
Mr. Wise Guy (the eighth in the East Side Kids series) finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins (Douglas Fowley), ... See full summary »
War
USA
1949
118 Minutes
"Kipp" Kippton
Van Johnson John Hodiak Ricardo Montalban George Murphy Marshall Thompson Jerome Courtland Don Taylor Bruce Cowling James Whitmore Douglas Fowley Leon Ames
mexican-american soldier general nazi chaplain inspiring patriotic thrilling europe belgium battlefield world war ii military bravery battle of the bulge underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
67 Minutes
Ace Oliver
Don Castle Peggy Knudsen Patricia Knight Joe Sawyer Edward Keane Jeff Chandler Charles McGraw Charles Lane Paul Guilfoyle Douglas Fowley James Arness
A paroled convict who bears a striking resemblance to the local District Attorney is hired by the mob to impersonate him, while the real District Attorney is kidnapped and held captive at a secret location.