List of the best Edward Norris movies: The Man With Two Lives(1942), They Won't Forget(1937), Decoy(1946), Here Comes Happiness(1941), Wings Over the Pacific(1943), The Mysterious Desperado(1949), Wagon Trail(1935), Bad Guy(1937), Penthouse Rhythm(1945), Back in the Saddle(1941), The Blazing Sun(1950), Boys Town(1938) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1942
67 Minutes
Edward Norris Frederick Burton Addison Richards Edward Keane Eleanor Lawson Tom Seidel Elliott Sullivan Anthony Warde Ernie S. Adams Kenne Duncan
A man's (Edward Norris) behavior changes for the worse when a scientist injects him with the soul of a criminal.
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Robert Hale
Claude Rains Edward Norris Allyn Joslyn Gloria Dickson Otto Kruger Elisha Cook Jr. Lana Turner Linda Perry
student district attorney professor judge governor janitor tense profound disturbing town courtroom classroom lynching prejudice revenge 1930s
A politically ambitious district attorney, unscrupulous tabloid journalists, and regional prejudice combine to charge a teacher with the murder of his student.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
76 Minutes
Jean Gillie Edward Norris Robert Armstrong Herbert Rudley Sheldon Leonard Marjorie Woodworth Philip Van Zandt Carole Donne John Shay Bert Roach Rosemary Bertrand
A mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.
Romance
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Chester "Chet" Madden
With the moral and financial support of her self-made millionaire father John Vance, coined the Copper King, Jessica Vance ditches her engagement announcement party - the engagement to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
59 Minutes
Lt. Allan Scott
An American officer discovers a Nazi plot to take over an island in the Pacific on which oil has been discovered.
Western
USA
1949
65 Minutes
Ramon Bustamante
Learning Chito's wealthy uncle died without a will, Tim and Chito head for California. Arriving they quickly learn someone is out to kill Chito, and the other heir, Chito's cousin Ramon, is... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Clay Hartley, Jr.
The son of Sheriff Clay Hartley, of the frontier town Elder, has gotten into bad company and hangs out with an outlaw gang in which, Collins, owner of the Golden Rule Saloon, is the secret ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
69 Minutes
Steve Carroll
"Lucky" Walden is a power lineman-turned-criminal. He is due to go to the electric chair, which he helps prison electricians wire correctly, when his sentence is commuted for an act of ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
60 Minutes
Charles Henry Holmes Jr.
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 »
Western
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Tom Bennett
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Mary Lee Edward Norris Jacqueline Wells Addison Richards Arthur Loft Edmund Elton
cowboy rancher mine owner sidekick friend positive spirited charming arizona ranch wild west new york city showdown anger new job pollution prison family business rescue wretched excess
After Gene discovers copper on his ranch, Bennett tries to get control of the fortune by framing him in a jail-break.
Western
1950
69 Minutes
Doc Larry Taylor
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Lynne Roberts Anne Gwynne Edward Norris Kenne Duncan Alan Hale Jr. Gregg Barton Steve Darrell Tom London
gene autry robber partner friend nurse brother spirited engaging desert train small town hillside cabin bank robbery mining investigation impersonation hostages gunfight
Bank investigator Gene Autry (Gene Autry) grows suspicious of the activities of mine technician Ben Luber (Alan Hale Jr.) and his brother, who are providing aid to bank robbers.
Drama
USA
1938
96 Minutes
Joe Marsh
Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney Henry Hull Leslie Fenton Addison Richards Edward Norris Gene Reynolds Minor Watson Jonathan Hale Bobs Watson Martin Spellman
priest juvenile delinquent criminal police officer endearing inspiring boys town, neb. police station prison street crime troubled youth faith growing up transformation 1930s
When a death row prisoner tells him he wouldn't have led a life of crime if only he had had one friend as a child, Father Edward Flanagan decides to start a home for young boys.
Western
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Dan Blackmore
Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Cesar Romero Binnie Barnes John Carradine Edward Norris Eddie Foy Jr. Ward Bond Lon Chaney Chris-Pin Martin Joe Sawyer
cowboy wyatt earp criminal gunslinger thrilling intense tombstone, ariz. wild west o.k. corral frontier life law and order old west myths gunfight sacrifice rivalry pursuit 1870s
Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Musical
USA
1946
84 Minutes
Carl Lang
Vera Ralston Helen Walker Nancy Kelly William Gargan Ann Rutherford Jacqueline Wells Jerome Cowan Edward Norris Paul Hurst
Lila Leighton, the lovely ice ballerina, meets Carl Lang, former ice-show producer, at his New York City penthouse apartment. Lia refuses Lang's offer to star in his new Music Hall Ice Show... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
87 Minutes
Ed Newton
Adolphe Menjou Hal Roach Carole Landis John Hubbard Charles Butterworth Patsy Kelly George E. Stone Margaret Roach Polly Ann Young Edward Norris
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
66 Minutes
Jack Marsden
Jimmy Ritz Harry Ritz Al Ritz Anita Louise Lionel Atwill Patsy Kelly Bela Lugosi Joseph Calleia Edward Norris Wally Vernon Paul Harvey
When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Dianne Foster Diana Lynn John McIntire Una Merkel John Carradine John Litel Rhys Williams Walter Matthau Donald MacDonald Edward Norris
frontiersman frontier woman schoolteacher indentured servant son father emotional tender spirited kentucky frontier texas journey family father/son relationship frontier life friendship adventure discovery love
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
Romance
USA
1937
88 Minutes
Franchot Tone Maureen O'Sullivan Virginia Bruce Leonard Penn Cliff Edwards Janet Beecher Charley Grapewin Helen Troy Grace Ford June Clayworth Edward Norris
Allen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse, Claire Donahue, and ... See full summary »
Biography
1940
103 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Ruth Gordon Otto Kruger Donald Crisp Maria Ouspenskaya Montagu Love Sig Ruman Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Albert Basserman Edward Norris
doctor scientist colleague wife fascinating inspiring powerful egypt germany laboratory medicine syphilis tuberculosis scientific experiments diptheria discovery rise rescue sacrifice 1880s
The story of the renowned bacteriologist whose years of research yielded such medical triumphs as a cure for syphilis.
Romance
USA
1933
97 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Elizabeth Young C. Aubrey Smith Reginald Owen Georges Renavent Gustav von Seyffertitz David Torrence Ferdinand Munier Akim Tamiroff
queen diplomat count cousin courtier confident melodramatic sweden royal court countryside inn stockholm love triangle marriage politics palace intrigue royalty forbidden love rivalry transformation
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Frank Lovejoy Dorothy Hart Philip Carey Richard Webb James Millican Ron Hagerthy Paul Picerni Frank Gerstle Russ Conway Hope Kramer Kasia Orzazekski
undercover agent communist brother woman chief patriotic spirited passionate melodramatic hotel pittsburgh courtroom apartment undercover operations mccarthyism communism paranoia new identity deception sacrifice
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage boy thinks he's a real Red.