List of the best Emory Parnell movies: Chain Gang(1950), Here Comes Trouble(1948), Battle of Rogue River(1954), Violence(1947), To Please a Lady(1950), The Crime Doctor's Courage(1945), Lost in Alaska(1952), They All Kissed the Bride(1942), Hellfire(1949), Case of the Black Parrot(1941), The Falcon in Hollywood(1944), I Married a Witch(1942) ... ...
Drama
USA
1950
70 Minutes
Captain Duncan
Douglas Kennedy Marjorie Lord Emory Parnell Wm. "Bill" Phillips Thurston Hall Harry Cheshire
Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts (Douglas Kennedy), masquerades as a prison guard and gets a job attached to the chain gang. Using a tiny camera in the shape of a cigarette lighter, he ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1948
55 Minutes
Winfield "Windy" Blake
William Tracy Joe Sawyer Joan Woodbury Emory Parnell Betty Compson Paul Stanton
reporter newspaper owner burlesque dancer police officer mob boss veteran amusing rousing engaging city newsroom house nightclub office extortion mob corruption crime investigation journalism
A newspaper publisher (Emory Parnell) is being blackmailed by a burlesque queen (Joan Woodbury), and he sends one of his reporters (William Tracy) to talk to her. The girl is murdered and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1954
71 Minutes
Sgt. McClain
George Montgomery Richard Denning Martha Hyer John Crawford Emory Parnell Michael Granger Freeman Morse Bill Bryant Charles Evans Lee Roberts Frank Sully
In Oregon, the Army is ordered to negotiate peace with the Indians but unscrupulous businessmen, who profiteered during the conflict, secretly sabotage the peace process.
Mystery & Thriller
1947
72 Minutes
True Dawson
Nancy Coleman Michael O'Shea Sheldon Leonard Peter Whitney Emory Parnell Pierre Watkin
An undercover journalist suffers amnesia while trying to expose members of a pressure group who advocate violence.
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Mr. Wendall
Clark Gable Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Roland Winters Will Geer Emory Parnell Frank Jenks
race car driver opponent reporter mechanic veteran melodramatic thrilling heartwarming racetrack newsroom racing accidental death scandal journalism comeback stunt driving rivalry love transformation 1950s
A former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
70 Minutes
Police Captain Birch
Warner Baxter Hillary Brooke Jerome Cowan Mark Roberts Lloyd Corrigan Emory Parnell Stephen Crane
ex-convict criminal psychologist socialite adventurer dancer writer suspenseful intricate melodramatic mansion study coffin street nightclub murder investigation marriage criminology secret past mystery
Dr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.
Comedy
1952
76 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Mitzi Green Tom Ewell Bruce Cabot Emory Parnell Jack Ingram Rex Lease Joe Kirk Minerva Urecal Howard Negley
Comedy
USA
1942
85 Minutes
Mahoney
Joan Crawford Melvyn Douglas Roland Young Billie Burke Allen Jenkins Andrew Tombes Helen Parrish Emory Parnell
businesswoman sister reporter executive love interest younger sister charming playful witty church office house wedding independence marriage business love unlikely romance mistaken identity rivalry
Divine Crawford who gives all - in this really funny comedy , she donated all her salary from this movie to the Red Cross after Carole Lombard's plane crashed .
Western
1949
90 Minutes
Sheriff Duffy
Bill Elliott Marie Windsor Forrest Tucker Jim Davis H.B. Warner Paul Fix Grant Withers Emory Parnell Esther Howard Jody Gilbert Louis R. Faust
outlaw preacher gambler sheriff bounty hunter beautiful woman thrilling gritty melodramatic wild west town saloon church cabin on the run unlikely allies religious conversion bounty robbery promises
An ex-gambler preacher (William Elliott) wants an outlaw (Marie Windsor) to give herself up so he can use the reward for a church.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1941
59 Minutes
Detective Lieutenant Simmonds
William Lundigan Maris Wrixon Eddie Foy Jr. Paul Cavanagh Luli Deste Charles Waldron Joseph Crehan Emory Parnell Phyllis Barry Cyril Thornton Leland Hodgson
A newsman (William Lundigan) and cameraman (Eddie Foy Jr.) tie shipboard foul play to a global criminal.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
67 Minutes
Inspector McBride
Tom Conway Barbara Hale Paula Corday Veda Ann Borg Sheldon Leonard Frank Jenks John Abbott Konstantin Shayne Emory Parnell
the falcon inspector stuntwoman actress producer director fascinating intricate gripping los angeles hollywood, calif. film set office murder investigation film industry vacation gambling schemes poison mystery
The Falcon investigates the murder of an actor on a Hollywood backlot.
Fantasy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
Allen
Fredric March Veronica Lake Robert Benchley Susan Hayward Cecil Kellaway Elizabeth Patterson Robert Warwick Eily Malyon Nora Cecil Emory Parnell Aldrich Bowker
witch puritan fiancée politician doctor socialite melodramatic amusing charming lighthearted salem, massachusetts jail inn witchcraft love triangle magic revenge curse love transformation
A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
Comedy
USA
1943
77 Minutes
Judge Canute J. Kelly
Susan Peters Herbert Marshall Mary Astor Elliott Reid Richard Carlson Allyn Joslyn Dorothy Morris Frances Rafferty George Dolenz Emory Parnell Ava Gardner
Academy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
80 Minutes
Robert Mitchum Jane Russell William Bendix Thomas Gomez Gloria Grahame Brad Dexter Edward Ashley Philip Ahn Vladimir Sokoloff Don Zelaya Emory Parnell
singer soldier gambler gangster girlfriend police chief suspenseful witty melodramatic macau casino docks police station boat travel gambling romance corruption undercover operations deception
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the handsome singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
Comedy, Drama
USA
1957
100 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Darren McGavin Martha Hyer Horace MacMahon Milton Frome Robert Ivers Richard Bakalyan Joseph Corey Mary Webster Jefferson Searles Emory Parnell
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.
Crime, Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Paul Kelly Kent Taylor Sheila Ryan Jerome Cowan Renee Carson Marion Martin Joan Blair Leslie Vincent Eddie Marr Matt McHugh Jody Gilbert
A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil-fields in Central Europe, are stolen. More murders follow the theft before the recovery through the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
1952
90 Minutes
Judy Canova John Russell Grant Withers Roy Barcroft Emmett Lynn Frank Ferguson Minerva Urecal Houseley Stevenson Almira Sessions Allen Jenkins Maxine Gates
cowgirl cowboy deputy shopkeeper sheriff outlaw quirky hilarious winsome american southwest small town shop saloon unusual romance law and order infatuation role reversal kidnapping new job pursuit
A singing shopkeeper (Judy Canova) turns deputy to help her sheriff boyfriend (John Russell) clean up the town.
Comedy
1946
83 Minutes
Red Skelton Marilyn Maxwell Marjorie Main Virginia O'Brien Eddie Anderson George Cleveland Leon Ames Marshall Thompson Jacqueline White Wilson Wood Lila Leeds
clerk love interest mother father sister braggart amusing playful madcap house family home united states ambition tall tales unlikely romance social climbing love relationships rise transformation
A windbag (Red Skelton) tries to impress his fiancee (Marilyn Maxwell) and her family with false accounts of his success.
Musical
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Ray Middleton Lucille Norman Eileen Christy Bill Shirley Estelita Rodriguez Clinton Sundberg Harry Carey Jr. Irving Bacon Leon Tyler Mara Corday Ann McCrea
Cam Ellerby (Ray Middleton) brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamor and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend (Eileen Christy). Her mother, Kathleen (Lucille Norman), ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Bob Hope Vera Zorina Victor Moore Irène Bordoni Dona Drake Raymond Walburn Max Rosenbloom Frank Albertson Phyllis Ruth Donald MacBride Andrew Tombes
senator young woman scapegoat politician investigator republican hilarious creative spirited new orleans government building street festival hotel political corruption blackmail culture clash investigation romance crime
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Comedy
1955
102 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Diana Lynn Nina Foch Raymond Burr Mitzi McCall Veda Ann Borg Margery Maude Romo Vincent Nancy Kulp Milton Frome
schoolteacher assistant bumbler fiancé gangster coworker madcap lighthearted playful train prep school barbershop train station heist disguise travel misunderstanding unlikely criminal escape discovery
Fleeing a jewel thief, a barber (Jerry Lewis) poses as a child with a woman (Diana Lynn) on a train and hides at a girls school.
Comedy
USA
1954
113 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Audrey Hepburn William Holden Walter Hampden John Williams Martha Hyer Joan Vohs Marcel Dalio Marcel Hillaire Nella Walker Francis X. Bushman
chauffeur ceo daughter bachelor charming endearing united states romance business love triangle siblings love forbidden love transformation underdog 1950s
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his family's chauffeur, but it's his more serious brother who would be the better man for her.
Musical
USA
1948
119 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Tom Drake June Allyson Perry Como Ann Sothern Betty Garrett Janet Leigh Marshall Thompson Jeanette Nolan Richard Quine Clinton Sundberg
lyricist composer actress singer best friend touching melodramatic hollywood, calif. broadway theater london new york city may-december romance alcohol songwriting friendship depression success rise fall love
Fictionalized story of the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
Drama
USA
1959
125 Minutes
Rock Hudson Jean Simmons Dorothy McGuire Claude Rains Kent Smith Anna Lee Ken Scott Francis Bethencourt Stacy Graham Augusta Merighi Jack Mather
british woman winemaker aunt cousin neighbor grandfather melodramatic intense fascinating napa valley, calif. winery household wine cellar field wine family business jealousy arranged marriage prohibition injury
In 1931, Elizabeth Rambeau comes from England to live in California with her aunt and uncle of a winemaking dynasty, who are still wealthy despite 12 years of Prohibition. Object: marriage ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
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.
Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Muriel Angelus Akim Tamiroff Allyn Joslyn William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Arthur Hoyt Harry Rosenthal Libby Taylor Steffi Duna Esther Howard
bartender political boss secretary man hilarious cheeky outlandish bar city prison police corruption marriage impersonation ambition family transformation rise fall love 1930s
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
83 Minutes
Susan Hayward Paul Lukas Bill Williams Joseph Calleia Osa Massen Lola Lane Jerome Cowan Marvin Miller Roman Bohnen Steven Geray Joe Sawyer
When a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
Musical
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ava Gardner Joe E. Brown Gower Champion Marge Champion Robert Sterling Agnes Moorehead Adele Jergens William Warfield Leif Erickson
singer gambler husband wife daughter melodramatic powerful steamboat casino mississippi stage music gambling race relations marriage performance temptation discovery forbidden love 1900s
The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale romance is threatened when his luck turns sour.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
108 Minutes
Bob Cummings Priscilla Lane Norman Lloyd Otto Kruger Alan Baxter Clem Bevans Alma Kruger Vaughan Glaser Dorothy Peterson Ian Wolfe Frances Carson
factory worker model saboteur blind person police officer suspenseful intense gripping united states new york city los angeles sabotage terrorism conspiracy false accusations arson quest pursuit mystery 1940s
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1956
90 Minutes
Dean Martin Jerry Lewis Lori Nelson Jeff Morrow Jackie Loughery John Baragrey Agnes Moorehead Lon Chaney Milton Frome Richard Nugent Lee Van Cleef
A rich momma's boy returns west with the son of his murdered father's partner to foil a gang trying to gain control of his family ranch.
Musical
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Gloria DeHaven Walter Huston Frank Morgan Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marilyn Maxwell Agnes Moorehead Selena Royle Michael Kirby Shirley Johns Hal Hackett
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1946
97 Minutes
Randolph Scott Ann Richards George "Gabby" Hayes Ray Collins James Warren Morgan Conway Virginia Sale John Halloran Andrew Tombes Richard Hale Harry Holman
brother deputy outlaw marshal newspaper owner jesse james engaging gritty thrilling texas oklahoma kansas saloon bank law and order rebellion brotherhood showdown horse racing native americans
Sheriff Mark Rowley and his brother John find themselves in an annexed area of Indian Territory which is home to notorious outlaws like Jesse James and Sam Bass.
Comedy
1942
95 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Jane Wyman Broderick Crawford Jack Carson Anthony Quinn Edward Brophy Harry Davenport John Qualen Barbara Jo Allen Grant Mitchell Jackie Gleason
ex-convict bank robber daughter friend thief salesman offbeat frenetic hilarious new york city soda shop bank store prison bank heist redemption small business father/daughter relationship scam friendship
An ex-convict's (Edward G. Robinson) niece (Jane Wyman) runs a shop over the tunnel he and his partners are digging to a bank vault.
Western
USA
1953
83 Minutes
Rock Hudson Julie Adams John McIntire Hugh O'Brian Michael Ansara Dennis Weaver Mary Castle Forrest Lewis Lee Van Cleef Tom Fadden William Pullen
gunslinger preacher uncle dance hall girl son gambler emotional melodramatic texas small town family home gunfight redemption murder gambling father/son relationship family transformation rise 19th century
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Drama
USA
1952
103 Minutes
William Holden Johnny Stewart Stanley Clements Basil Ruysdael Carl Benton Reid Ralph Dumke Ed Begley Hugh Sanders Harry Morgan Ann Lee Anthony Caruso
agent jockey manager gambler mother friend engaging heartwarming horse track horse auction locker room train redemption on the run gambling horse racing con game mentorship transformation 1950s
Boots Malone is jockey's agent and a bit of a wheeler-dealer who went from living at the Ritz to living in a room at the stables when his star jockey was killed in an accident. After nearly... See full summary »