List of the best Elisha Cook Jr. movies: Voodoo Island(1957), Electra Glide in Blue(1973), Stranger on the Third Floor(1940), Chicago Confidential(1957), The Falcon's Alibi(1946), The Black Bird(1975), The Big Sleep(1946), Born to Kill(1947), They Won't Forget(1937), House on Haunted Hill(1959), Dillinger(1945), Thunder Over the Plains(1953) ... ...
Horror
1957
76 Minutes
Martin Schuyler
Boris Karloff Beverly Tyler Murvyn Vye Elisha Cook Jr. Rhodes Reason Jean Engstrom Friedrich Ledebur Glenn Dixon Owen Cunningham Herbert Patterson Jerry Frank
A writer famous for exposing hoaxes investigates a tropical island supposedly rife with voodoo horrors.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1973
113 Minutes
Willie
Robert Blake Billy Green Bush Mitchell Ryan Jeannine Riley Elisha Cook Jr. Royal Dano David Wolinski Peter Cetera Terry Kath Lee Loughnane
police officer criminal hippie partner girlfriend uneasy brooding arizona desert highway police station law enforcement culture clash motorcycles aspirations murder investigation mystery underdog pursuit
Bored with his highway traffic duties, Arizona motorcycle patrolman John Wintergreen is assigned to Homicide where his polite investigative style irks his macho boss.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
64 Minutes
Joe Briggs
Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet Charles Waldron Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Halton Ethel Griffies Cliff Clark Oscar O'Shea Alec Craig Otto Hoffman
reporter girlfriend convict stranger lawyer neighbor eerie tense courtroom crime scene household false accusations investigation guilt murder dreams paranoia mystery quest discovery
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
6.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
73 Minutes
Candymouth Duggan
Brian Keith Beverly Garland Dick Foran Beverly Tyler Elisha Cook Jr. Paul Langton Anthony George Douglas Kennedy Gavin Gordon Jack Lambert John Morley
In Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its blow-whistler treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
Mystery & Thriller
1946
62 Minutes
Nick
Tom Conway Paula Corday Vince Barnett Jane Greer Elisha Cook Jr. Alan Bridge Jason Robards Sr.
The debonair Falcon (Tom Conway) and his helper (Vince Barnett) nab a nervous disc jockey for foul play.
Comedy
Australia
1975
100 Minutes
Wilmer Cook
George Segal Stéphane Audran Lionel Stander Lee Patrick Elisha Cook Jr. Felix Silla Signe Hasso John Abbott Connie Kreski Titus Napoleon Harry Kenoi
A portrait of the Mutton Bird industry in the Furneaux Group of islands in Australia's Bass Strait. Each year the 'Birders,' many of whom are descendants of Tasmanian aboriginals, harvest ... See full summary »
7.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Harry Jones
Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Martha Vickers John Ridgely Louis Jean Heydt Elisha Cook Jr. Regis Toomey Sonia Darrin Bob Steele Tommy Rafferty Dorothy Malone
philip marlowe father daughter bookseller casino owner dense thrilling intricate gripping los angeles mansion casino bookstore murder mystery love blackmail vice mystery love
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Marty 'Mart' Waterman
Lawrence Tierney Claire Trevor Walter Slezak Phillip Terry Audrey Long Elisha Cook Jr. Isabel Jewell Esther Howard Kathryn Card Tony Barrett Grandon Rhodes
murderer woman half sister fiancé proprieter investigator brutal dark raw reno, nev. boardinghouse train san francisco household bedroom investigation desire murder jealousy greed
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Joe Turner
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.
6.9/10
Horror
USA
1959
75 Minutes
Watson Pritchard
Vincent Price Carol Ohmart Richard Long Alan Marshal Carolyn Craig Elisha Cook Jr. Julie Mitchum Leona Anderson Howard Hoffman
millionaire estranged wife lover secretary homeowner pilot creepy dark outlandish offbeat haunted house dining room basement hill party haunting murder plot survival greed supernatural
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
70 Minutes
Kirk Otto
Lawrence Tierney Anne Jeffreys Edmund Lowe Edward Ciannelli Marc Lawrence Elisha Cook Jr. Ralph Lewis Ludwig Stossel Elsa Janssen Constance Worth Hugh Prosser
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
6.6/10
Western
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Joseph Standish
Randolph Scott Lex Barker Phyllis Kirk Charles McGraw Henry Hull Elisha Cook Jr. Hugh Sanders Lane Chandler James Brown Fess Parker Richard Benjamin
lawman northerner politician wife prisoner veteran gutsy tense melodramatic texas jail ranch frontier political corruption framed for murder vigilantism civil war reconstruction carpetbagger lynching pursuit
In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
86 Minutes
Roper
Virginia Mayo Zachary Scott Dorothy Malone Tom D'Andrea Helen Westcott Elisha Cook Jr.
attorney femme fatale showgirl mobster beautiful woman girlfriend tense melodramatic apartment highway city murder mob corruption deception fugitives escape mystery transformation 1940s
Mob attorney Walter Colby is manipulated by showgirl Flaxy Martin into taking the rap for a murder committed by mobster Hap Richie's goons but he escapes and tries to get revenge.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1980
107 Minutes
On-Your-Mark
Gary Busey Jodie Foster Robbie Robertson Meg Foster Kenneth McMillan Elisha Cook Jr. Theodore Wilson John Lehne Tina Andrews Bert Remsen Alan Braunstein
carnival worker exotic dancer partner con artist lawman boyfriend bleak dark offbeat gritty american south small town traveling running away jealousy love triangle carnivals scams rivalry wretched excess
Tired of her dull job as a waitress, Donna decides to join two carnival hustlers and see what life in their field is like.
5.7/10
Horror
USA
1963
88 Minutes
Joe
Michael Gough Jeanne Cooper Rod Lauren Virginia Grey Jerome Cowan Elisha Cook Jr.
The owner of a small zoo uses the animals to kill his enemies.
5.7/10
Western
USA
1976
98 Minutes
Finley
Leif Erickson Michael Dante Woody Strode Denver Pyle L.Q. Jones Elisha Cook Jr. Seamon Glass Dennis Fimple
In 1845 Montana, a Blackfoot Chief tries to buy a cure for his tribe's small-pox infection but the white settlers are unsympathetic forcing the Indian Chief to resort to desperate measures.
Action
1942
70 Minutes
Harold `'Chicopee'` Nevins
Richard Arlen Arline Judge William Frawley Buster Crabbe Arthur Hunnicutt Elisha Cook Jr. Ralph Sanford Alec Craig John Dilson Will Wright Jessica Newcombe
A broke oilman (Richard Arlen) meets a con woman (Arline Judge) and her partner (William Frawley) on his way to hitting a gusher.
Comedy
1963
98 Minutes
Mr. Keith
Jackie Gleason Glynis Johns Charles Ruggles Laurel Goodwin Charles Lane Elisha Cook Jr. Juanita Moore Murray Hamilton
A railroad inspector's (Jackie Gleason) wife (Glynis Johns) and children live with his tippling in circa-1900 Texas.
Horror
1975
89 Minutes
Charlie
Michael Greer Mariana Hill Joy Bang Anitra Ford Royal Dano Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Dierkop
While searching for her missing father, a woman (Mariana Hill) comes to a town crawling with flesh-eating zombies.
Horror
1963
85 Minutes
Peter Smith , Micah Smith
Vincent Price Debra Paget Lon Chaney Frank Maxwell Leo Gordon Elisha Cook Jr. John Dierkes Milton Parsons
warlock caretaker wife heir neighbor frightening dark creepy new england village massachusetts haunted house witchcraft witch hunt curse paranoia science marriage revenge transformation
A man (Vincent Price) and wife (Debra Paget) claim the mansion of his great-great-grandfather, a warlock burned alive in 1765.
Horror
1977
74 Minutes
Karel
Horst Buchholz Ed Begley Jr. Joan Hackett Anjanette Comer Patrick Macnee Elisha Cook Jr.
woman car enthusiast vampire mother son emotional creepy dark suspenseful car mansion road schemes time travel death scams vampires family rivalry mystery
Richard Matheson scripted this trilogy of thrillers dealing with the effects of the occult on the human mind.
8.0/10
Horror
USA
1968
136 Minutes
Mr. Nicklas
Mia Farrow John Cassavetes Ruth Gordon Sidney Blackmer Maurice Evans Ralph Bellamy Elisha Cook Jr. Patsy Kelly Charles Grodin
actor pregnant woman elderly person neighbor demon chilling creepy frightening apartment queens, n.y. occult pregnancy blindness demonic possession transformation temptation 1960s
A young couple trying for a baby move into a fancy apartment surrounded by peculiar neighbors.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Cliff Milburn
Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis Aurora Miranda Thomas Gomez Fay Helm Elisha Cook Jr. Andrew Tombes Regis Toomey Joseph Crehan Doris Lloyd
husband friend secretary detective drummer stranger suspenseful gripping tense new york city bar office apartment nightclub murder false accusations investigation devotion mystery pursuit
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
6.9/10
Western
USA
1980
98 Minutes
Stablehand
Steve McQueen Linda Evans Richard Farnsworth Billy Green Bush Slim Pickens Peter Canon Elisha Cook Jr. Roy Jenson James Kline Geoffrey Lewis Harry Northrup
gunslinger rancher pretty woman sheriff cattle rustler intense spirited wild west ranch prison cattle rustling investigation showdown violence murder pursuit revenge 1900s
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he kills a boy.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1942
68 Minutes
Frank Lucas
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Dante the Magician Sheila Ryan John Shelton Don Costello Elisha Cook Jr.
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
6.0/10
Western
USA
1970
102 Minutes
Old Convict
Jim Brown Lee Van Cleef Patrick O'Neal Mariana Hill Iron Eyes Cody Imogen Hassall Elisha Cook Jr. Gustavo Rojo Florencio Amarilla Julio Peña Emilio Del Pozo
fugitive prospector native american chief military officer beautiful woman amusing engaging thrilling mexico fort wilderness unlikely allies heist treasure hunting romance prison break adventure quest 19th century
The El Condor, the fabled Mexican stronghold rumoured to contain Emperor Maximilian's mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in.
Horror
1979
112 Minutes
Gordon "Weasel" Phillips
David Soul James Mason Lance Kerwin Bonnie Bedelia Lew Ayres Julie Cobb Elisha Cook Jr. George Dzundza Ed Flanders Clarissa Kaye Geoffrey Lewis
vampire writer teenager doctor priest love interest dark disturbing eerie maine antique shop mansion salem's lot vampires haunted houses small-town life death stalking romance discovery
Western
1957
87 Minutes
Willie
Jack Palance Anthony Perkins Neville Brand Elaine Aiken Claude Akins Robert Middleton Elisha Cook Jr. Lee Van Cleef Harry Shannon James Bell Adam Williams
A gunfighter (Jack Palance) turns rancher at the mercy of a son (Anthony Perkins) who hates him and a gambler (Neville Brand) who wants to kill him.
Drama
1952
76 Minutes
Eddie Forbes
Richard Widmark Marilyn Monroe Anne Bancroft Donna Corcoran Jeanne Cagney Lurene Tuttle Elisha Cook Jr. Jim Backus Willis Bouchey Don Beddoe Gloria Blondell
pilot woman child babysitter chilling eerie suspenseful new york city hotel bad behavior mental illness child abuse seduction rescue revenge temptation transformation 1950s
An airline pilot (Richard Widmark) flirts with a hotel baby-sitter (Marilyn Monroe) before realizing she is deranged.
8.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
83 Minutes
George Peatty (as Elisha Cook)
Sterling Hayden Coleen Gray Vince Edwards Jay C. Flippen Marie Windsor Joe Sawyer Ted de Corsia Elisha Cook Jr. Timothy Agoglia Carey
criminal police officer wrestler sharpshooter wife bleak suspenseful gripping racetrack california airport robbery conspiracy betrayal horse racing police corruption pursuit fall 1950s
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five man team to plan and execute a daring race-track robbery.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Harry Williams
Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar William Gargan Alan Mowbray Allyn Joslyn Elisha Cook Jr.
promoter victim sister police detective murderer hotel desk clerk dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station restaurant murder obsessive love false accusations show business new love revenge love
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
6.4/10
Western
USA
1954
111 Minutes
Blaine Crackel
Alan Ladd Audrey Dalton Marisa Pavan Robert Keith Rodolfo Acosta Charles Bronson Warner Anderson Elisha Cook Jr. Anthony Caruso Richard Gaines Hayden Rorke
cowboy native american warrior daughter driver ulysses s. grant army officer thrilling gutsy melodramatic california oregon fort mountain river ambush native americans revenge negotiation honor war
In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.
6.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Bobo
Biff Elliot Preston Foster Peggie Castle Margaret Sheridan Alan Reed Frances Osborne Robert Cunningham Elisha Cook Jr. Paul Dubov Mary Anderson Tani Seitz
Dectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.
7.6/10
Western
USA
1953
118 Minutes
Frank "Stonewall" Torrey
Alan Ladd Jean Arthur Van Heflin Brandon de Wilde Jack Palance Ben Johnson Edgar Buchanan Emile Meyer Elisha Cook Jr. Douglas Spencer John Dierkes
gunslinger farmer wife son bad guy gripping tender moving wyoming small town farm family forbidden love land wars justice sacrifice rivalry love 1880s
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act.
7.3/10
Adventure
USA
1973
118 Minutes
Gray Cat
Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Keith Carradine Charles Tyner Harry Caesar Malcolm Atterbury Simon Oakland Matt Clark Elisha Cook Jr.
hobo conductor police officer tense spirited railway railyard west coast train travel railroad showdown homelessness great depression rivalry pursuit underdog 1930s
In 1933, during the Depression, Shack the brutal conductor of the number 19 train has a personal vendetta against the best train hopping hobo tramp in the Northwest, A No. 1.
8.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Wilmer Cook
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Peter Lorre Gladys George Barton MacLane Sydney Greenstreet Lee Patrick Ward Bond Jerome Cowan Elisha Cook Jr. James Burke
detective femme fatale criminal police officer secretary dark gritty brooding intricate san francisco hotel office dangerous assignment shady dealings deception murder greed mystery pursuit temptation
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
5.9/10
Adventure
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Seaman Rutherford Davis Pratt
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.
5.7/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1969
97 Minutes
Jeb
Zero Mostel Kim Novak Clint Walker Claude Akins Akim Tamiroff Larry Storch John Anderson Sam Jaffe Mako Elisha Cook Jr. Ruth Warrick
Three separate plans to rob a top-security bank in the western town of Friendly, Texas, circa 1880.
7.1/10
Western, Drama
USA
1961
141 Minutes
Marlon Brando Karl Malden Katy Jurado Pina Pellicer Slim Pickens Ben Johnson Sam Gilman Larry Duran Timothy Agoglia Carey Miriam Colon Elisha Cook Jr.
outlaw bandit partner sheriff stepdaughter deputy gritty quirky tense mexico bank desert prison monterey, calif. betrayal bank heist imprisonment showdown prison break romance
After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio to be captured but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California.
7.0/10
Romance
USA
1937
78 Minutes
Tyrone Power Loretta Young Don Ameche Slim Summerville Dudley Digges Walter Catlett George Sanders Jane Darwell Stepin Fetchit Pauline Moore Elisha Cook Jr.
reporter heiress count editor tabloid reporter fiancé madcap playful emotional winsome new york city airport city hall journalism scandal fame deception unlikely romance tabloid journalism love
A financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Alan Ladd Betty Field Macdonald Carey Ruth Hussey Barry Sullivan Howard da Silva Shelley Winters Henry Hull Carole Mathews Ed Begley Elisha Cook Jr.
young man millionaire neighbor socialite beautiful woman wife sad brooding moving great neck, n.y. long island, n.y. mansion party poolside obsession love high society friendship relationships forbidden love
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Alice Faye Betty Grable Jack Oakie John Payne Allen Jenkins Esther Ralston Fayard Nicholas Harold Nicholas Ben Carter John Loder Elisha Cook Jr.
singer songwriter musician boxer melodramatic charming new york city stage tin pan alley show business romance songwriting vaudeville world war i love rise quest 1910s
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Ann Sothern Jack Haley Mary Boland John Carradine Walter Catlett Maurice Cass Alan Dinehart Etienne Girardot E.E. Clive Margaret McWade Margaret Seddon
A young lawyer is unable to get the Pembertons to sign a land sale contract until their daughter falls in love with him.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1951
81 Minutes
Farley Granger Shelley Winters William Demarest Francis L. Sullivan Margalo Gilmore Lon Chaney Sheldon Leonard Marvin Kaplan Henry Corden Glenn Anders Allen Jenkins
husband wife dog mother-in-law mobster police officer amusing spirited los angeles household street crime dogs marriage mobsters murder investigation discovery rivalry mystery
A couple (Farley Granger, Shelley Winters) find a specially trained lost dog and answer an ad placed by gangsters for its return.
7.4/10
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
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.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1938
75 Minutes
Loretta Young Joel McCrea David Niven Stuart Erwin Marjorie Weaver Pauline Moore Binnie Barnes Jane Darwell Leonid Kinskey Spencer Charters Franklin Pangborn
woman sister wealthy man rancher impostor bartender lighthearted amusing playful kansas santa barbara, calif. club hotel ranch fortune hunters sister relationship impersonation inheritance marriage romance
Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her... See full summary »
Comedy
1981
89 Minutes
Henry Jaglom Robby Benson Richard Widmark Ann Dusenberry Peter Riegert Diane Lane Candy Clark Teresa Ganzel Robert Culp Bobby Di Ciccio Fred Willard
husband wife businessman teen girl police officer stripper offbeat amusing lighthearted los angeles office police station family home midlife crisis business rape police work marriage investigation discovery
Three kinds of movies are spoofed in segments on police partners (Robby Benson, Richard Widmark), the Me Generation and a margarine tycoon (Ann Dusenberry).
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