List of the best Eugene Pallette movies: The Crime Nobody Saw(1937), Strangers of the Evening(1932), Easy to Take(1936), The Night Mayor(1932), The Ghost Goes West(1936), The Cheaters(1945), From Headquarters(1933), Lake Placid Serenade(1944), The Golden Arrow(1936), The Half-Naked Truth(1932), In the Meantime, Darling(1944), Going Straight(1916) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
"Babe" Lawton
Three play-authors, Horace Dryden, Nick Milburn and "Babe" Lawton, are in an apartment seeking a plot for a new play. They are still on Page 1 when an intoxicated man wanders into their ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1932
71 Minutes
ZaSu Pitts Eugene Pallette Lucien Littlefield Tully Marshall Miriam Seegar Theodore von Eltz Warner Richmond Harold Waldridge Mahlon Hamilton Albert Roscoe Charles Williams
investigator dead person detective doctor missing person undertaker thrilling airy suspenseful brooding witty amusing morgue cemetery america missing persons horror investigation funeral cover-up
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Dr. Reginald Kraft aka Doc
In this comedy, Uncle Rodney, the host of a kiddie show, finds himself assuming guardianship of a bratty lad at the behest of his radio station, which thinks it would boost ratings. The ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
65 Minutes
Hymie Shane
Lee Tracy Evalyn Knapp Eugene Pallette Warren Hymer Don Dillaway Vince Barnett Astrid Allwyn Barbara Weeks Gloria Shea Emmett Corrigan Tom O'Brien
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1936
85 Minutes
Mr. Joe Martin
Robert Donat Jean Parker Eugene Pallette Elsa Lanchester Ralph Bunker Patricia Hilliard Everley Gregg Morton Selten Chili Bouchier Herbert Lomas Elliott Mason
suitor pretty woman father ghost wealthy man charming eerie endearing scotland castle florida ghosts family love romance love discovery adventure 1930s
A haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it.
Other, Comedy
USA
1945
87 Minutes
Mr. Pidgeon
Joseph Schildkraut Billie Burke Eugene Pallette Ona Munson Raymond Walburn Ann Gillis Ruth Terry Robert Randall David Holt Robert Greig Norma Varden
aristocrat wife daughter fiancé bum actress charming witty intricate tender new york city family home country house inheritance social standing missing persons christmas scam discovery temptation
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-actor they take in for Christmas charity complicates their plan.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
62 Minutes
Sgt. Boggs
George Brent Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Hugh Herbert Dorothy Burgess Theodore Newton Hobart Cavanaugh
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Musical
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Carl Cermak
Vera Ralston Robert Randall Eugene Pallette Barbara Jo Allen Stephanie Bachelor Walter Catlett Lloyd Corrigan Ruth Terry William Frawley John Litel Ludwig Stossel
On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Hascheck, presents the young girl with her first pair of ice skates. Soon, she astonished ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Mr. Meyers
Bette Davis George Brent Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Carol Hughes Catherine Doucet Craig Reynolds Hobart Cavanaugh Henry O'Neill Ivan Lebedeff
It's the Florida party season for heiresses, with both Oklahoma oil heiress Hortense Burke-Meyers and New York face cream heiress Daisy Appleby in the state. And where the single American ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Achilles
carnival barker exotic dancer sheriff theatrical producer friend madcap lighthearted hilarious new york city hotel office theater carnival broadway carnivals relationships blackmail assumed identity love interest love
A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
Comedy
USA
1944
72 Minutes
Henry B. Preston
lieutenant wealthy girl mother father best friend neighbor charming witty spirited lighthearted california military base barracks newlyweds military life class distinctions female bonding world war ii growing up love
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1916
60 Minutes
Jimmy Briggs
A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. One day a member of their old gang shows up and threatens to expose them if they don't ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1933
73 Minutes
Detective Sgt. Heath
William Powell Mary Astor Eugene Pallette Ralph Morgan Helen Vinson Jack LaRue Robert Barrat Arthur Hohl Paul Cavanagh
detective niece brother rival competitor murder suspect suspenseful intricate emotional long island, n.y. new york state dog show household murder case investigation infidelity competition family secret past revenge
Detective Philo Vance sifts through clues and comes up with seven possible suspects in the murder of a sportsman.
Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Alexander Bullock
William Powell Carole Lombard Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Gail Patrick Alan Mowbray Jean Dixon Mischa Auer Robert Light Pat Flaherty Franklin Pangborn
socialite butler sister mother father protégé hysterical madcap confident new york city family home dump wealth employment family dysfunction unlikely romance class distinctions transformation love rise
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Horace Pike
Barbara Stanwyck Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Eugene Pallette William Demarest Eric Blore Melville Cooper Martha O'Driscoll Janet Beecher Robert Greig Dora Clement
con artist father heir cardsharp amusing charming winsome witty ship train new york city household love deception romance crime father/daughter relationship love rivalry revenge
A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
96 Minutes
Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
Will Rogers Dawn O'Day Irvin S. Cobb Eugene Pallette John McGuire Berton Churchill Francis Ford Roger Imhof
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
86 Minutes
The Colonel
Shirley Temple Robert Young Alice Faye Eugene Pallette Helen Westley Arthur Treacher Allan Lane J. Edward Bromberg
A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Charles "Charlie" Roark
Paul Muni Bette Davis Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Soledad Jimenez Robert Barrat Gavin Gordon Henry O'Neill Arthur Stone Hobart Cavanaugh William B. Davidson
lawyer casino owner wife immigrant melodramatic tense california casino los angeles business mental illness murder unrequited love fall transformation 1930s
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Romance
USA
1926
68 Minutes
E. Wesson Woodbury
Ernest Torrence Clara Bow Percy Marmont Eugene Pallette Tom Kennedy Josephine Crowell William Orlamond Charles Stevens
manicurist husband divorce lawyer outdoorsman neighbor friend witty confident engaging canada woods village minneapolis new york city opposites attract city vs. country love triangle marital problems isolation forbidden love
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Drama
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Yuba Bill
Charles Farrell Joan Bennett Ralph Bellamy Eugene Pallette Irving Pichel Minna Gombell Willard Robertson Sarah Padden
Bret Harte's story of Salomy Jane,a California mountain girl who is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City.She is affected when two criminals are pursued ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
103 Minutes
Andrew Mason Sr.
Alice Faye Carmen Miranda Jimmy Ellison Eugene Pallette Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Tony De Marco Sheila Ryan Dave Willock June Haver Benny Goodman Orchestra
soldier singer banker dancer airy amusing charming patriotic westchester, n.y. nightclub new york city love triangle world war ii class distinctions wealth love quest 1940s
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Adventure
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Duke of Bilgewater
Jackie Coogan Mitzi Green Junior Durkin Eugene Pallette Jackie Searle Clarence Muse Jane Darwell
Runaway Huck Finn rafts down the Mississippi with his friends.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Nicely Nicely Johnson
Henry Fonda Lucille Ball Barton MacLane Eugene Pallette Agnes Moorehead Sam Levene Ray Collins Marion Martin William T. Orr George Cleveland Vera Gordon
A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.
Romance
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Elmer
Irene Dunne Robert Montgomery Preston Foster Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Esther Dale Walter Catlett Richard Davies Kathryn Adams Samuel S. Hinds June Clyde
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1931
63 Minutes
Cyrus Martin
Norman Foster Carole Lombard Skeets Gallagher Eugene Pallette Lucien Littlefield Judith Wood Louise Brooks Morgan Wallace Tom Kennedy Marcia Manners
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a ... See full summary »
Comedy
1941
92 Minutes
Lucius K. Winfield
James Cagney Bette Davis Stuart Erwin Eugene Pallette Jack Carson George Tobias
heiress pilot fiancé father old man madcap cheeky brash airplane desert ghost town mine cabin abduction debt romance father/daughter relationship regret running away escape
A Texas oil tycoon pays a pilot (James Cagney) by the pound to fly his daughter (Bette Davis) out of a marriage.
Drama
1935
70 Minutes
Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher
Edmund Lowe Claire Trevor Tom Brown Eugene Pallette Adrienne Ames Ford Sterling Herbert Mundin Jed Prouty David Torrence
Adventure
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Fray Felipe
Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Basil Rathbone Gale Sondergaard Eugene Pallette J. Edward Bromberg Montagu Love Janet Beecher Robert Lowery Chris-Pin Martin George Regas
zorro governor captain niece wife thrilling spirited uplifting frenetic california mansion corruption heroism justice defending the helpless rescue quest sacrifice 19th century
A young Spanish aristocrat must masquerade as a fop in order to maintain his secret identity of Zorro as he restores justice to early California.
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Sam Salt
Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook Anna May Wong Warner Oland Eugene Pallette Lawrence Grant Louise Closser Hale Gustav von Seyffertitz Emile Chautard
physician prostitute general woman spy old flame tense melodramatic peking train station train shanghai civil wars revolution prostitution espionage hostage situation rape pursuit transformation
A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
Biography
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Mr. Nelson
Mickey Rooney Fay Bainter George Bancroft Virginia Weidler Eugene Pallette Victor Kilian Bobby Jordan J.M. Kerrigan Lloyd Corrigan John Kellogg Clem Bevans
boy teacher father mother man doctor heartwarming fascinating school train michigan house office thomas edison american civil war illness father/son relationship maturing discovery adventure
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns ... See full summary »
War
USA
1933
105 Minutes
Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man
Robert Montgomery Walter Huston Madge Evans Jimmy Durante Eugene Pallette Robert Young Edwin Styles John Lee Mahin David Newell Sterling Holloway Charles Irwin
In 1918, U.S. Navy Lt. Tommy Knowlton participates in dangerous submarine missions, disobeys orders, gets court-martialed and romances a married woman who happens to be his C.O.'s daughter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Barney Briggs
Betty Grable John Harvey Martha Raye Joe E. Brown Eugene Pallette Mantan Moreland
singer best friend war hero friend club owner entertainer playful spirited montana u.s.o. club train station new york city nightclub washington, d.c. deception impersonation performance war heroes friendship home front
A U.S.O. singer poses as a Broadway star in order to attract a handsome war hero.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
88 Minutes
Simon Jenkins
Frank Sinatra George Murphy Adolphe Menjou Gloria DeHaven Eugene Pallette Anne Jeffreys Walter Slezak
playwright producer hotel manager hotel owner airy endearing spirited new york city hotel theater broadway scam music money rise underdog quest 1940s
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
78 Minutes
Janos
Kay Francis Walter Huston Nils Asther Phillips Holmes Eugene Pallette C. Henry Gordon Louise Closser Hale Jean Parker
mayor wife captain steward deserter commander intense melodramatic hungary village estate barn household river world war i hungarian history romantic dilemma desertion jealousy class conflict
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
79 Minutes
Tom Waggoner
Richard Dix Jane Wyatt Albert Van Dekker Victor Jory Eugene Pallette Robert Armstrong Beryl Wallace Clem Bevans
cowboy marshal banker townspeople bank robber bystander brooding intense gritty engaging tense gripping wild west bank robbery tyranny career change shoot-out western films control discovery
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town ... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Durstin
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Musical, Comedy
1937
84 Minutes
John R. Frost
Deanna Durbin Adolphe Menjou Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Mischa Auer Billy Gilbert Alma Kruger J. Scott Smart Jed Prouty Jameson Thomas Howard C. Hickman
A girl (Deanna Durbin) finds a famous conductor (Leopold Stokowski) for her trombonist father's (Adolphe Menjou) out-of-work orchestra.
Mystery & Thriller
1920
55 Minutes
Guy Mourdant
Harry Houdini Jack Brammall Lila Lee Wilton Taylor Eugene Pallette Ed Brady Frank Bonner Ted Duncan Fred Turner Rosemary Theby
An inventor travels to the South Seas to help a young woman return a pearl and save her father from a tribe of cannibals.
Adventure, Action
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Friar Tuck
Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Patric Knowles Eugene Pallette Alan Hale Herbert Mundin Una O'Connor Melville Cooper
robin hood prince king sheriff of nottingham pretty woman outlaw thrilling cheery rousing forest england castle rebellion corruption royalty wealth quest adventure rescue middle ages
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.
Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Casey
Cary Grant Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke Alan Mowbray Eugene Pallette Arthur Lake Hedda Hopper
ghost millionaire wife butler detective bellhop madcap charming uplifting long island, n.y. resort ghosts redemption husband/wife relationship good deeds second chance transformation quest 1930s
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1942
87 Minutes
Howard Huston
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Susan Hayward Lynne Overman Albert Van Dekker Eugene Pallette Regis Toomey Rod Cameron Clem Bevans James Brown Chester Clute
"Mark's Priory". the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. The strange behavior of two sinister butlers, Gilder and Brooks, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Seth Higgins
Gary Cooper Lili Damita Ernest Torrence Fred Kohler Tully Marshall Eugene Pallette Roy Stewart May Boley Jim Farley James Marcus
outlaw frenchwoman orphan trail guide settler native american thrilling spirited emotional frontier missouri jail rocky mountains california journey unusual romance helping others assumed identity schemes survival
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
57 Minutes
Gene
Helene Costello Cullen Landis Gladys Brockwell Mary Carr Wheeler Oakman Eugene Pallette Robert Elliott Tom Dugan Tom McGuire Guy D'Ennery Walter Percival
Two men are conned into bootlegging business.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
Chick McGann
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
Drama
USA
1916
178 Minutes
Prosper Latour (French Story)
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Bessie Love Mae Marsh Howard Gaye Margery Wilson Eugene Pallette Lillian Langdon Fred Turner Sam De Grasse Olga Grey
prince queen jesus mary magdalene worker wife fascinating profound california france judea babylon betrayal pacifism religion murder fall quest wretched excess 1910s
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Western
USA
1929
90 Minutes
'Honey' Wiggin
Gary Cooper Walter Huston Richard Arlen Mary Brian Helen Ware Chester Conklin Eugene Pallette Victor Potel E.H. Calvert Tex Young Charles Stevens
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
Comedy
USA
1943
80 Minutes
Gregory Warner
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Grace McDonald Patsy O'Connor Leighton Noble Cecil Kellaway Eugene Pallette Eddie Quillan
Adaptation of the Damon Runyon story 'Princess O'Hara', in which the horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Sourwood
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.
Fantasy
USA
1943
112 Minutes
E.F. Strable
Gene Tierney Don Ameche Charles Coburn Marjorie Main Laird Cregar Spring Byington Allyn Joslyn Eugene Pallette Signe Hasso Louis Calhern Helene Reynolds
devil playboy husband wife parent offbeat amusing heartwarming uplifting new york city hell afterlife death infidelity family morality metamorphosis love wretched excess 19th century
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Sheriff Jeb McKane
Walter Brennan Dana Andrews Walter Huston Anne Baxter Virginia Gilmore John Carradine Mary Howard Eugene Pallette Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Russell Simpson
fugitive hunter son girlfriend daughter father tense emotional georgia swamp shack small town love triangle family feud false accusations quest discovery forbidden love 1940s
Attempting to find his lost dog in a vast Georgia swamp, Ben Ragan stumbles upon wanted murderer Tom Keefer who convinces Ben he was framed for the murder by the real killer.