List of the best Elliott Nugent movies: Nothing but the Truth(1941), The Cat and the Canary(1939), Never Say Die(1939), The Mouthpiece(1932), Welcome Stranger(1947), My Favorite Brunette(1947), Give Me a Sailor(1938), My Girl Tisa(1948), The Crystal Ball(1943), The Great Gatsby(1949), The Male Animal(1942), Three Cornered Moon(1933) ... ...
7.2/10
Comedy
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Edward Arnold Leif Erickson Helen Vinson Willie Best Glenn Anders Grant Mitchell Catherine Doucet Rose Hobart Clarence Kolb
stockbroker niece uncle boss partner employee amusing madcap crafty intricate yacht florida office wager schemes honesty family business money rivalry
Stockbroker T.T. Ralston has promised his niece Gwen to double it if she can raise $20,000. for charity. But he connives so those she asks refuse to give her more than the $10,000 she's ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
72 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Paulette Goddard Gale Sondergaard John Beal Douglass Montgomery Nydia Westman George Zucco
relative friend attorney housekeeper maniac playful creepy new orleans mansion study bedroom secret passageway haunted houses inheritance impersonation lawyers insanity murder mystery quest
When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1939
80 Minutes
Director
Martha Raye Bob Hope Andy Devine Alan Mowbray Gale Sondergaard Sig Ruman Ernest Cossart
A wealthy hypochondriac and an heiress are both experiencing romantic complications, prompting them to marry each other.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
90 Minutes
Director
Warren William James Flood Sidney Fox Aline MacMahon Mae Madison John Wray
Prosecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.
6.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
107 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Joan Caulfield Barry Fitzgerald Frank Faylen Elizabeth Patterson Robert Shayne Larry Young Percy Kilbride Charles Dingle Don Beddoe Thurston Hall
physician doctor schoolteacher pharmacist father schoolboy airy cheery charming train maine small town hospital office dance hall medical profession small-town life rivalry alcoholism vacation
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but Pearson is delighted to stay, ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Director
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Peter Lorre Lon Chaney John Hoyt Reginald Denny Charles Dingle Ann Doran Frank Puglia Willard Robertson
convict photographer private investigator damsel in distress baron witty campy prison mansion sanatorium mistaken identity mystery crime private detective underdog mystery love 1940s
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Director
Martha Raye Bob Hope Betty Grable Jack Whiting J.C. Nugent Clarence Kolb Nana Bryant Emerson Treacy Bonnie Jean Churchill Kathleen Lockhart Ralph Sanford
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Director
Lilli Palmer Sam Wanamaker Akim Tamiroff Alan Hale Hugo Haas Gale Robbins Stella Adler Benny Baker Sumner Getchell Sid Tomack John Qualen
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has ... See full synopsis »
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Director
Paulette Goddard Ray Milland Virginia Field Gladys George Cecil Kellaway William Bendix
Girl loses beauty contest, becomes a fortune teller.
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Director
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.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1942
101 Minutes
Director
Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Jack Carson Joan Leslie Herb Anderson Don DeFore Hattie McDaniel Eugene Pallette
professor dean student wife ex-boyfriend trustee uplifting emotional family home university midwest free speech censorship love triangle education career rivalry transformation 1940s
It's Homecoming weekend at Midwestern University, the weekend which will culminate with the big game between Midwestern and Michigan. Homecoming marks the return for the first time in six ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Romance
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Director
Mary Boland Claudette Colbert Richard Arlen Wallace Ford Lyda Roberti Tom Brown Joan Marsh Hardie Albright William Bakewell Sam Hardy
mother doctor daughter writer brother sister witty amusing madcap brooklyn, n.y. family home financial troubles family dysfunction romance lifestyle changes love triangle work transformation love 1930s
Nellie Rimplegar has to tell her grown children that due to her bungled handling of their finances, the family has been wiped out by the Stock Market crash. Friend and family doctor, Alan ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Director
Charles Ruggles Mary Boland Adolphe Menjou Vivienne Osborne Claude Gillingwater Fay Holden Louise Beavers Constance Bergen Purnell Pratt Irving Bacon Ed Gargan
J. Hugh Ramsey, author of "Marriage, the Living Death" decides that the marriage of his friends The Bigelows cannot possibly be as perfect as it appears.
6.5/10
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Director
Harold Lloyd Phyllis Welch William Frawley Raymond Walburn Lionel Stander Thurston Hall Cora Witherspoon Sterling Holloway Mary Lawrence Montagu Love Etienne Girardot
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets... See full summary »
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
75 Minutes
Director
George Burns Gracie Allen Joe Morrison Dixie Lee J.C. Nugent Lee Kohlmar Richard Carle Mary Foy Wade Boteler Marian Mansfield
A young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York City and becomes involved with a handsome young songwriter.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Director
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Paul Cavanagh Helen Westley Billie Burke Katharine Alexander Ruth Weston David Niven Ivan F. Simpson Arthur Treacher Torben Meyer
The once-great Lorrimore family faces bankruptcy unless older son Brighton marries wealthy Edith Gilbert. When Brighton instead returns from a trip with his new wife Phyllis, she receives a... See full summary »
6.1/10
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Director
Melvyn Douglas Mary Astor Edith Fellows Jackie Moran Donald Meek Dorothy Stickney Romaine Callender Douglas Scott Margaret Armstrong George McKay Wade Boteler
A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin... See full summary »
6.0/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
83 Minutes
Director
A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Director
Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Norman Foster William Gargan Marian Nixon The Mills Brothers Eugene Pallette Minna Gombell Sterling Holloway Leila Bennett Franklin Pangborn
A struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.
5.8/10
Comedy
USA
1950
85 Minutes
Director
Robert Walker Joan Leslie Edward Arnold Spring Byington Leon Ames Jan Sterling Anthony Ross Paul Harvey Kathryn Card Tommy Myers Rudy Lee
When a naval officer's wife breaks her ankle and is laid up, her husband takes over running the household by employing military regimentation and discipline, which leads to a number of amusing situations.
5.7/10
Romance
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Director
Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
5.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
97 Minutes
Elliott Nugent Robert Armstrong Cliff Edwards Sally Starr Phyllis Crane Polly Moran Lee Shumway Dorothy Dehn Max Davidson Oscar Rudolph Delmer Daves
Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors, roommates at the fraternity, and star teammates on the USC football team. Then a flapper named Babs enters the picture. ... See full summary »
5.4/10
Comedy
USA
1930
97 Minutes
Elliott Nugent Norma Lee Roland Young J.C. Nugent Clara Blandick Marion Shilling Leora Spellman James Donlan
The father of three grown daughters tries to keep his sanity, even after his free-spirited middle daughter rebelliously marries a poor plumber.
5.2/10
Western
USA|Mexico
1951
82 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Wanda Hendrix Robert Preston Robert Stack Carlos Múzquiz Jose Torvay Fernando Wagner Hilda Moreno Felipe de Flores Guillermo Calles Margarito Luna
A young man travels to Mexico in search of his brother, who has become involved with a dangerous gang.
Musical, Comedy
1952
104 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Jane Wyman Ethel Barrymore Bob Arthur Natalie Wood Cora Witherspoon Regis Toomey
songwriter star son daughter headmistress charming uplifting cheery new york city school family home upstate new york resort parenthood adolescence father/son relationship aspirations romantic dilemma infatuation love
The star (Jane Wyman) of a Broadway producer's (Bing Crosby) show helps him with his teenage children, who feel neglected.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Gordon `'Gordy'` Smith
Marion Davies Elliott Nugent Raymond Hackett Franklin Pangborn Julia Faye William Holden Donald Ogden Stewart Sally Starr George Davis Ruby Lafayette
young woman businessman jeweler ex-convict daughter butler airy hilarious witty house garden dining room career aspirations mishaps unintended consequences new romance dinner party business scheme love quest
Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
72 Minutes
Hector McDonald
Lon Chaney Lila Lee Elliott Nugent Harry Earles John Miljan Ivan Linow Clarence Burton Crauford Kent
ventriloquist strong man dwarf pickpocket young man love interest creepy fascinating quirky circus small town pet shop mansion cabin city theft impersonation murder jealousy false accusations
"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
Comedy, Drama
1930
86 Minutes
Johnnie
Robert Montgomery Louis Mann Leila Hyams Elliott Nugent Clara Blandick Mary Doran Francis X. Bushman Jr. Robert McWade Dell Henderson Henry Armetta Jane Reid
A sacrificing barber rejoices when some once-unappreciative children return to surprise him at a Christmas reunion.
Drama
1931
80 Minutes
Francis
Richard Barthelmess Johnny Mack Brown Helen Chandler David Manners Elliott Nugent Walter Byron Luis Alberni
American pilots (Richard Barthelmess, Johnny Mack Brown) surround a single woman (Helen Chandler) in Paris after World War I.
6.2/10
Comedy, Drama
UK
1937
86 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Nigel Bruce Ralph Richardson Luli Deste Constance Collier Annie Esmond Arthur Wontner Elizabeth Inglis Cyril Raymond Nancy Burne Elliott Nugent
salesman lady duke duchess singer love interest witty amusing engaging lighthearted passionate spirited england mistaken identity wealth aristocracy romance marketing salesman adventure
A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.
Copyright © 2021 www.findthatmovie.com. All Rights Reserved
FindThatMovie.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.