List of the best Edward Ludwig movies: The Man Who Reclaimed His Head(1934), The Last Gangster(1937), That Certain Age(1938), Wake of the Red Witch(1948), The Fighting Seabees(1944), Adventure in Manhattan(1936), Swiss Family Robinson(1940), Sangaree(1953), They Came to Blow Up America(1943), Flame of the Islands(1955), Born to Sing(1942), Her Husband Lies(1937) ... ...
Drama
USA
1934
82 Minutes
Director
writer pacifist wife publisher politician capitalist spirited disheartening engaging passionate france front lines office police station world war i socialism politics writing infidelity idealism
A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Director
Edward G. Robinson James Stewart Rose Stradner Lionel Stander Douglas Scott John Carradine Sidney Blackmer Grant Mitchell
gangster wife reporter henchman brother son melodramatic gripping spirited new york city alcatraz island newsroom household street organized crime murder father/son relationship marriage kidnapping imprisonment
A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Director
Deanna Durbin Melvyn Douglas Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Nancy Carroll John Halliday Jackie Searle Juanita Quigley Peggy Stewart Charles Coleman Grant Mitchell
teen girl father reporter boyfriend scout actress lighthearted amusing cheery country house office party infatuation adolescence young love newspapers musical performance growing up forbidden love transformation
A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.
Action
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Gail Russell Gig Young Adele Mara Luther Adler Eduard Franz Grant Withers Henry Daniell Paul Fix Dennis Hoey Jeff Corey
ship captain first mate love interest shipping magnate crew member niece brooding confident dreamy ocean boat grudge sailing determination revenge love triangle rivalry sacrifice quest revenge
During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.
War
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe William Frawley Leonid Kinskey J.M. Kerrigan Grant Withers Paul Fix Ben Welden William Forrest Addison Richards
construction worker soldier coworker marine enemy doctor heartwarming patriotic japan military base island construction war jealousy instincts invasion love triangle quest rescue rivalry
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
73 Minutes
Director
Jean Arthur Joel McCrea Reginald Owen Thomas Mitchell Herman Bing
reporter actress jewel thief henchman editor producer amusing melodramatic new york city newsroom theater bank diner restaurant burglary journalism practical jokes wager jealousy explosion
A reporter meets an actress whose producer is a presumed-dead thief, and stakes his reputation on predicting the next crime.
Adventure
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Director
Thomas Mitchell Edna Best Freddie Bartholomew Terry Kilburn Tim Holt Baby Bobby Quillan Christian Rub John Wray Herbert Rawlinson
mother father son brother sailor heartwarming london ship deserted island family home stranded survival family shipwreck isolation adventure quest 1810s
A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the jungle environment.
Adventure
USA
1953
94 Minutes
Director
Fernando Lamas Arlene Dahl Patricia Medina Francis L. Sullivan Charles Korvin Tom Drake John Sutton Willard Parker Charles Evans Lester Matthews Roy Gordon
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
Drama
USA
1943
73 Minutes
Director
George Sanders Anna Sten Ward Bond Poldy Dur
german-american spy double agent nazi father wife patriotic intricate suspenseful tense new york city hamburg, germany hotel jail submarine courtroom working undercover dangerous mission world war ii deception
An FBI agent infiltrates a Nazi sabotage school in Germany where men are trained for strategic destruction inside American borders.
Drama
USA
1955
90 Minutes
Director
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Zachary Scott Kurt Kaszner Barbara O'Neil James Arness Frieda Inescort Lester Matthews Donald Curtis Nick Stewart
secretary singer casino owner business partner romantic interest romantic rival intricate engaging passionate nassau, bahamas casino casinos romantic dilemma high society forbidden love love quest rivalry 20th century
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
Musical
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Director
Virginia Weidler Ray McDonald Leo Gorcey Douglas McPhail Rags Ragland Sheldon Leonard Henry O'Neill Larry Nunn
Show promoter Cartwright has stolen the songs that Frank wrote while he was in the big house. The boys go to Cartwright to get Frank credit for his work, and Cartwright has them arrested ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
74 Minutes
Director
Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Thomas Mitchell Michael O'Shea Mary Hatcher Spring Byington Lina Romay Steve Brodie Allen Jenkins Richard Lane
race car driver mechanic mother love interest owner beautiful girl thrilling gutsy wild gripping california indianapolis racetrack garage nightclub car car racing loss redemption father/son relationship
A brash young midget car race driver lives in the shadow of his famous father, a drunken womanizer, who was killed in an accident years earlier.
Drama
USA
1952
90 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Nancy Olson James Arness Alan Napier Veda Ann Borg Gayne Whitman Hal Baylor Robert Keyes Hans Conried John Hubbard Gordon Jones
investigator communist psychiatrist secretary partner spirited confident patriotic hawaii doctor's office hospital communism crime espionage mccarthyism pursuit revenge 1950s
In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1957
88 Minutes
Director
Richard Denning Mara Corday Carlos Rivas Mario Navarro Carlos Múzquiz Pascual García Peña Fanny Schiller Pedro Galvan Arturo Martínez
geologist priest rancher baby entomologist scorpion creepy gory suspenseful ranch san lorenzo, mexico volcano mexico city church stadium natural disasters americans abroad animal attack prehistoric life giant animals
Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.