List of the best Fred S. Toones movies: Speed Limited(1936), Wildcat Saunders(1936), Under the Big Top(1938), Haunted Ranch(1943), The Biscuit Eater(1940), Gunsmoke Ranch(1937), Born to Fight(1936), Murder in the Private Car(1934), Bells of San Angelo(1947), The Great Man's Lady(1942), Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge(1937), Remember the Night(1940) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1936
52 Minutes
A vacationing government agent's holiday is cut short when he is recruited to round up a gang of kidnappers.
Western
USA
1936
60 Minutes
Jack Perrin Blanche Mehaffey William Gould Fred S. Toones Roger Williams Tom London Ed Cassidy
Perrin plays a boxer whose manager takes him out to a ranch for training, but Perrin soon discovers the ranch foreman is responsible for a $100,000 jewel heist.
Drama
USA
1938
63 Minutes
Marjorie Main Anne Nagel Jack LaRue Grant Richards Fred S. Toones Betty Compson Herbert Rawlinson George Cleveland
young woman young man trapeze artist circus performer brother aunt emotional tense circus family home stage dressing room circus aspirations family honor romance love triangle relationships love quest
A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
John "Dusty" King Julie Duncan Glenn Strange Max Terhune Fred S. Toones Charles King David Sharpe Rex Lease Budd Buster Bud Osborne Tex Palmer
Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Billy Lee Cordell Hickman Richard Lane Lester Matthews Helene Millard Fred S. Toones
Two little boys have faith in a dog they name Promise, so much faith that they enter him in the championship trials for bird dogs. The favorite is Georgia Boy bred and trained by the boys' ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1937
56 Minutes
Robert Randall Ray Corrigan Max Terhune Kenneth Harlan Julia Thayer Sammy McKim Yakima Canutt Fred S. Toones
Flagg is relocating flood victims to Gunsmoke Ranch. The Three Mesquiteers know Flagg to be a crook and try to warn them. They ignore the warning and improve the land only to find that it has been condemned for a new dam.
Drama
USA
1936
64 Minutes
Frankie Darro Kane Richmond Jack LaRue Frances Grant Sheila Bromley Monty Collins Eddie Phillips Fred S. Toones
Can Dare Rudd prove he is responsible enough to win the heart of Judy and also outwit the crooked saloon owner?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Charles Ruggles Una Merkel Mary Carlisle Russell Hardie Porter Hall Willard Robertson Berton Churchill Cliff Thompson Fred S. Toones
heiress father railroad tycoon detective boyfriend best friend lighthearted suspenseful train los angeles office united states murder plot mistaken identity kidnapping inheritance wealth train travel mystery 1930s
Ruth Raymond works on the switchboard and her boyfriend is John Blake. It has taken 14 years, but a detective named Murray has found her and confirmed that she is Ruth Carson. As a child, ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Andy Devine John McGuire Olaf Hytten David Sharpe Fritz Leiber Hank Patterson Fred S. Toones Eddie Acuff Sons of the Pioneers
roy rogers sheriff manager author henchman stranger spirited confident mexican-american border town mine hotel hideout investigation mining smuggling writing impersonation kidnapping quest
Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine.
Western
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Brian Donlevy Thurston Hall K.T. Stevens Lucien Littlefield Lloyd Corrigan Etta McDaniel Frank M. Thomas John Hamilton Fred S. Toones
A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.
Western
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Betty Bronson Roy Mason Charles Middleton Russell Simpson Jack Dougherty Guy Wilkerson Frankie Marvin Henry Hall Fred S. Toones
gene autry rancher father son cattle rustler turpentiner engaging rousing thrilling confident georgia forest ranch jail small town schemes land dispute murder frame-up cattle rustling
The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.
Other, Romance
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Fred MacMurray Beulah Bondi Elizabeth Patterson Willard Robertson Sterling Holloway Charles Waldron Paul Guilfoyle Charles Arnt John Wray Thomas W. Ross
district attorney shoplifter sheriff mother love interest amusing emotional charming new york city jail court pennsylvania indiana car romance opposites attract christmas family shoplifting redemption
Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Comedy
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Stuart Erwin Marjorie Rambeau Robert Armstrong Mary Carlisle William Cagney Thelma Todd Franklyn Ardell Tom Dugan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Ray Milland Jane Wyman Howard da Silva Phillip Terry Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Lewis Russell Frank Orth
writer alcoholic brother girlfriend bartender dark bleak intense new york city bar hotel opera house hospital addiction alcoholism lying self-destruction love wretched excess temptation
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
86 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien Gloria Stuart Frank McHugh Dorothy Tree Robert Barrat Willard Robertson Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Maude Eburne Martha Merrill Lorena Layson
blue-collar worker sailor naval officer sister love interest marine amusing thrilling patriotic witty battleship san diego dance hall brother/sister relationship grudge new job unlikely romance redemption navy rivalry
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.