List of the best Gene Lockhart movies: Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940), World for Ransom(1954), Rhubarb(1951), Francis Covers the Big Town(1953), Penrod's Double Trouble(1938), You Can't Escape Forever(1942), Our Leading Citizen(1939), Miracle on 34th Street(1947), His Girl Friday(1940), Hangmen Also Die(1943), Going My Way(1944), One Foot in Heaven(1941) ... ...
Biography
USA
1940
110 Minutes
Stephen Douglas
Raymond Massey Gene Lockhart Ruth Gordon Mary Howard Minor Watson Alan Baxter Harvey Stephens Howard da Silva Dorothy Tree Aldrich Bowker Maurice Murphy
abraham lincoln politician wife lawyer shopkeeper fascinating heartwarming striking new salem, ill. patriotism coming of age historical events new love politics rise quest 1830s
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
82 Minutes
Alexis Pederas
Dan Duryea Gene Lockhart Patric Knowles Reginald Denny Nigel Bruce Marion Carr Arthur Shields Douglas Dumbrille
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
Comedy
USA
1951
95 Minutes
Thaddeus J. Banner
Ray Milland Jan Sterling Gene Lockhart William Frawley Elsie Holmes Taylor Holmes Willard Waterman Henry Slate James Griffith Jim Hayward Donald MacBride
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1953
86 Minutes
Tom Henderson
Donald O'Connor Yvette Dugay Gene Lockhart Nancy Guild Larry Gates Silvio Minciotti Lowell Gilmore William Harrigan Gale Gordon Hanley Stafford Forrest Lewis
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
Comedy
USA
1938
65 Minutes
Mr. Schofield
Billy Mauch Dick Purcell Gene Lockhart Bobby Mauch Kathleen Lockhart Hugh O'Connell Charles Halton Bernice Pilot
The Mauch Twins return in this fast-paced adventure, the third and final film in the Penrod series, loosely based on the stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
77 Minutes
Carl Robelink
George Brent Brenda Marshall Gene Lockhart Roscoe Karns Edward Ciannelli Paul Harvey Edith Barrett Harry Hayden Charles Halton Don DeFore George Meeker
When Laurie goes to the execution of Varney and faints, she does not know that Varney gets a full pardon minutes before he fries. She calls in a story about his death and gets transferred ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
89 Minutes
J.T. Tapley
Bob Burns Susan Hayward Gene Lockhart Joseph Allen Jr. Elizabeth Patterson Charles Bickford Otto Hoffman Clarence Kolb Paul Guilfoyle Fay Helm Kathleen Lockhart
Lem Schofield practices law in a formerly small-town that has grown to be an industrialized big city, He bases his ideals on the examples set by Abraham Lincoln and never waivers in them ... See full summary »
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Judge Henry X. Harper
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
Comedy
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Sheriff Peter B. "Pinky"'Hartwell
Cary Grant Rosalind Russell Ralph Bellamy Gene Lockhart Helen Mack Ernest Truex Clarence Kolb Porter Hall Roscoe Karns Abner Biberman Cliff Edwards
editor reporter insurance salesman murderer sheriff mayor amusing frenetic new york city office prison newspapers justice love triangle marriage pursuit love 1940s
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
War
USA
1943
131 Minutes
Emil Czaka
Brian Donlevy Walter Brennan Anna Lee Gene Lockhart Dennis O'Keefe Alexander Granach Margaret Wycherly Nana Bryant William Roy Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Tonio Selwart
rebel nazi professor traitor suspenseful gripping patriotic rousing czechoslovakia city prague nazism rebellion assassination political intrigue world war ii escape rescue 1940s
After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
Musical
USA
1944
130 Minutes
Ted Haines Sr.
Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald Rise Stevens Gene Lockhart Frank McHugh James Brown Jean Heather Stanley Clements Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Porter Hall
priest singer altar boy mother airy heartwarming tender church golf course opera house new york city roman catholicism show business troubled youth quest forbidden love 1940s
When young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.
Drama
USA
1941
108 Minutes
Preston Thurston
Fredric March Martha Scott Beulah Bondi Gene Lockhart Grant Mitchell Moroni Olsen Harry Davenport Elisabeth Fraser Frank Thomas Jr. Laura Hope Crews Jerome Cowan
preacher wife son daughter choir director chauffeur tender positive inspiring church house parsonage denver ontario, canada iowa family faith christianity sacrifice transformation
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Isaiah Poster
Hedy Lamarr George Sanders Louis Hayward Gene Lockhart Hillary Brooke Rhys Williams June Storey Moroni Olsen Olive Blakeney Dennis Hoey Alan Napier
manipulative woman businessman college student husband wife best friend dark engaging melodramatic tense bangor, maine woods cabin romantic dilemma murder plot infidelity manipulation betrayal forbidden love temptation
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
88 Minutes
Charles Ogden Roper
William Eythe Lloyd Nolan Signe Hasso Gene Lockhart Leo G. Carroll Lydia St. Clair William Post Jr. Harry Bellaver Bruno Wick Harro Meller Charles Wagenheim
nazi fbi agent spy college student beautiful woman suspenseful patriotic tense new york city espionage world war ii surveillance nazism adventure mystery quest underdog 1940s
Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
76 Minutes
Josef Danesco
George Sanders Virginia Bruce Lenore Aubert Gene Lockhart Robert Armstrong H.B. Warner Alan Napier Marcel Dalio Michael Ansara
reporter secret agent beautiful woman nazi informant suspenseful spirited damascus market syria hotel espionage world war ii investigation murder dangerous assignment impersonation mystery quest 1940s
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Comedy
USA
1936
67 Minutes
John Robinson
Ross Alexander Anita Louise Joseph Cawthorn Gene Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart Mary Treen Alma Lloyd Craig Reynolds Dick Purcell
husband wife father-in-law mother-in-law uncle doctor charming airy family home farm office jewelry shop marriage family dysfunction love triangle ambition poverty financial troubles love 1930s
Fred, the wealthy owner of apple groves, has sent his nephew to college, but the only job that his nephew has after graduating is the job of not working. Bill is a dreamer, a talker and a ... See full summary »
Comedy
1939
68 Minutes
C.P. Hazlip
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Gene Lockhart Ann Doran Jonathan Hale Gordon Oliver Stanley Andrews
When Dagwood's boss sends him chasing after an important contract, Blondie suspects he is chasing another woman.
Drama
USA
1941
90 Minutes
Dr. Prescott
Edward G. Robinson John Garfield Ida Lupino Alexander Knox Gene Lockhart Barry Fitzgerald Stanley Ridges David Bruce
fugitive captain writer woman doctor dark gritty gripping ferry ship cabin deck boat insanity seafaring sadism writers blindness escape escape
After being fished out of the sea by a sealer, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
Western
USA
1941
138 Minutes
Samuel Bacon
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Arthur Kennedy Charley Grapewin Gene Lockhart Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Sydney Greenstreet Regis Toomey Hattie McDaniel
general wife american indian chief father soldier thrilling spectacular confident patriotic battlefield military academy montana gen. george armstrong custer american civil war military life leadership indian wars sacrifice quest 1870s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Biography
USA
1940
107 Minutes
Mr. Taggart
Spencer Tracy Rita Johnson Lynne Overman Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Henry Travers Felix Bressart
inventor businessperson friend wife creative fiery rousing new york city new jersey laboratory inventions money experiments discovery growing up quest 1930s
82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.
Biography
USA
1939
97 Minutes
Thomas Sanders
Don Ameche Loretta Young Henry Fonda Charles Coburn Gene Lockhart Spring Byington Sally Blane Polly Ann Young Georgiana Young
inventor teacher deaf woman assistant love interest lighthearted charming passionate inspiring boston inventions deafness court battles alexander graham bell telephone rise rivalry underdog love 1870s
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
102 Minutes
The Mayor
Danny Kaye Walter Slezak Barbara Bates Elsa Lanchester Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Walter Catlett Rhys Williams
government official gypsy police officer mayor idiot con artist charming cheeky amusing hilarious fictional country europe small town corruption mistaken identity politics extortion underdog rise escape
A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Richet
George Sanders Signe Hasso Carole Landis Akim Tamiroff Gene Lockhart Jo Ann Marlowe Alma Kruger Alan Napier Vladimir Sokoloff Pedro de Cordoba Leona Maricle
petty criminal friend marquis police officer sweetheart cheeky gripping melodramatic france paris marseilles, france jail bank crime theft blackmail impersonation nobility abandonment quest
Born in a French prison in 1775, François Eugène Vidocq becomes a professional thief and is later appointed chief of Parisian police.
Adventure
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Ernst
Errol Flynn Jacqueline Wells Helmut Dantine John Ridgely Gene Lockhart Tom Tully Bernard Nedell Monte Blue Alec Craig Tom Fadden Carl Harbaugh
A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot.
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Saxon
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Anne Revere Allyn Joslyn Gene Lockhart Elizabeth Patterson Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Shields Charles Kemper Roy Roberts Tom Moore
suffragette boyfriend coworker boss aunt artist lighthearted uplifting amusing charming boston office new york city house restaurant women's rights sexism social activism love transformation
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Henry Madden
Ann Sheridan Ronald Reagan Richard Whorf George Tobias Gene Lockhart Alan Hale Betty Brewer Donald MacBride Howard da Silva Willard Robertson Faye Emerson
farmer owner girl friend farmhand tense melodramatic florida atlanta farm farming worker's rights friendship framed for murder small-town life greed underdog love sacrifice 1940s
Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick.... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1937
93 Minutes
Bennett O. "B.O." Regan
James Cagney Evelyn Daw William Frawley Mona Barrie Gene Lockhart James Newill Harry Barris Candy Candido Cully Richards William B. Davidson Richard Tucker
dancer singer publicist studio head girlfriend movie star spirited cheeky new york city hollywood, calif. movie set steamboat office bungalow movies stardom marriage publicity singing hoax
A New York bandleader journeys to Hollywood when he is offered a contract with a studio, but he is determined to do things his way and not theirs.
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Peter Winterbottom
Lucille Ball Franchot Tone Edward Everett Horton Mikhail Rasumny Gene Lockhart Nana Bryant
advertising executive wife mad scientist boss mayor hilarious melodramatic frenetic office travel agency family home baseball field work-life balance marriage battle of sexes technology honeymoon advertising transformation love
A scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.
Comedy
USA
1947
74 Minutes
Consul Prescott
Shirley Temple Franchot Tone Guy Madison Lina Romay Gene Lockhart Corinna Mura Grant Mitchell Julio Villarreal Manuel Arvide Jose R. Goula
teen girl corporal consul fiancée doctor judge lighthearted amusing mexico city consulate hotel dance floor boat swimming pool americans abroad adolescence engagement diplomacy boats jealousy
A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.
Musical
USA
1943
90 Minutes
Pere FanFan
Dennis Morgan Irene Manning Bruce Cabot Lynne Overman Gene Lockhart Faye Emerson Victor Francen Curt Bois
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Romance
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Mr. Hellman
Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford John Shelton Irene Rich Gene Lockhart Virginia Weidler Virginia Grey Dan Dailey Gloria DeHaven Sara Haden Henry O'Neill
A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage.
Comedy
USA
1952
86 Minutes
Garvey
Groucho Marx Marie Wilson William Bendix Don DeFore Gene Lockhart Dee Hartford Hanley Stafford Teddy Hart Percy Helton George E. Stone Rodney Wooton
sailor best friend commanding officer groom woman gangster lighthearted airy amusing ship racetrack stable diner farm office horse racing swindling impersonation gangsters sabotage
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.
Drama, History
USA
1943
123 Minutes
Premier Molotov
Walter Huston Ann Harding Oscar Homolka George Tobias Gene Lockhart Frieda Inescort Eleanor Parker Richard Travis Helmut Dantine Victor Francen Henry Daniell
ambassador joseph e. davies joseph stalin franklin delano roosevelt communist patriotic spirited dense soviet union united states propaganda soviet union communism foreign relations quest 1930s
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Fantasy
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Squire Slossum
Edward Arnold Walter Huston James Craig Jane Darwell Simone Simon Gene Lockhart John Qualen Frank Conlan Lindy Wade George Cleveland Dawn O'Day
farmer senator devil wife assistant neighbor crafty dark uneasy new hampshire farm town greed corruption debt farming promises friendship temptation pursuit
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a pact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
Romance
USA
1949
115 Minutes
J. Homais
Jennifer Jones Van Heflin Louis Jourdan James Mason Christopher Kent Gene Lockhart Frank Allenby Gladys Cooper John Abbott Harry Morgan George Zucco
wife husband doctor lawyer wealthy man disheartening emotional hedonistic sultry france small town adultery ambition love wealth marriage love fall temptation wretched excess
A provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers and run up ruinous debts.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Regis
Charles Boyer Hedy Lamarr Sigrid Gurie Joseph Calleia Alan Hale Gene Lockhart Johnny Downs
thief inspector police chief petty criminal woman friend sultry dark intricate moving casbah algiers, algeria police station street docks manhunt jealousy friendship obsession escape
Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah.
Comedy
USA
1936
69 Minutes
George Healey
Joe E. Brown June Travis Guy Kibbee Dick Foran Carol Hughes Gene Lockhart Olin Howland
Alexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make a big sale of Earthworm tractors to grouchy lumberman Johnson. Since Botts doesn't ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Edgar Lowe Hammle
Edmund Lowe Virginia Bruce Benita Hume Douglas Walton Nat Pendleton Gene Lockhart H.B. Warner Kent Smith Grant Mitchell Frieda Inescort
detective millionaire major wife niece nurse gripping suspenseful charming racetrack mansion bus library museum cliff infidelity jealousy murder investigation horse racing
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
Drama
USA
1942
108 Minutes
Herschell Gibbon
Barbara Stanwyck George Brent Geraldine Fitzgerald Donald Crisp Byron Barr Nancy Coleman Gene Lockhart Larry Simms Donald Woods Grant Mitchell
soldier father daughter sister real estate developer husband emotional powerful spirited mansion courtroom vermont father/daughter relationship marriage of convenience world war i orphans land ownership nobility growing up rivalry
Three wealthy orphans attempt to defend their ownership of their family's property, but financial and romantic problems set in.
Musical
USA
1956
128 Minutes
Starkeeper, Dr. Selden
Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Cameron Mitchell Barbara Ruick Claramae Turner Robert Rounseville Gene Lockhart Audrey Christie Susan Luckey William LeMassena John Dehner
carousel barker mill worker husband wife emotional melodramatic maine coast carousel romance unemployment pregnancy crime jealousy love fall 1950s
Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
Biography
USA
1957
109 Minutes
Equity Board President
Kim Novak Jeff Chandler Agnes Moorehead Charles Drake Larry Gates Virginia Grey Gene Lockhart Joe De Santis Murray Hamilton
dancer waitress actress carnival worker understudy passionate dark melodramatic broadway theater stage carnival new york city kansas city, mo. fame ambition betrayal show business alcoholism jeanne eagels wretched excess
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Crime, Drama
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Dr. Saunders
Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde Jeanne Crain Vincent Price Mary Philips Ray Collins Darryl Hickman Gene Lockhart Reed Hadley Chill Wills Paul Everton
writer femme fatale fiancé brother melodramatic passionate united states household jealousy obsessive love romance murder love triangle love fall 1940s
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married. But her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both, and everyone else around them.
Drama
USA
1956
153 Minutes
Bill Hawthorne
Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March Marisa Pavan Ann Harding Lee J. Cobb Keenan Wynn Gene Lockhart Gigi Perreau Portland Mason Arthur O'Connell
pr person executive wife ex-lover friend boss dark emotional new york city suburbia office family home battlefield italy ambition family business post-traumatic stress disorder secret world war ii
An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
72 Minutes
Mr. Drubbs
Judy Garland Freddie Bartholomew Mary Astor Walter Pidgeon Alan Hale Scotty Beckett Barnett Parker Gene Lockhart Charley Grapewin
widow lawyer young boy sister uncle banker amusing charming small town trailer camp gas station marriage of convenience road trip kidnapping matchmaking camping family love quest
To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her friend Buzz kidnap her in the family trailer to live a life on the open road without worries ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Menagerie Keeper
Jean Simmons Alan Young Victor Mature Robert Newton Maurice Evans Elsa Lanchester Reginald Gardiner Gene Lockhart Alan Mowbray Noel Willman John Hoyt
slave christian lion gladiator captain thrilling solemn touching rome wilderness colosseum arena unlikely allies kindness christianity friendship paganism slavery escape rescue
Story of a Christian in ancient Rome who befriends a lion.
Romance
USA
1950
82 Minutes
Charles Parkford
Elizabeth Taylor Van Johnson Percy Waram Fay Holden Leon Ames Edgar Buchanan Selena Royle Gene Lockhart Rosemary DeCamp Philip Ahn Gordon Richards
lawyer alcoholic psychoanalyst judge prosecutor tenant lighthearted charming new york city courtroom party alcoholism psychosomatic illness court battles eviction romance love transformation 1950s
A law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Bill Dalton
Wayne Morris Priscilla Lane Humphrey Bogart Hugh Herbert Penny Singleton Johnnie Davis Mona Barrie Marcia Ralston Gene Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart Donald Briggs
secretary advertising executive radio station manager roommate fiancée copywriter amusing melodramatic spirited tender new york city advertising office nightclub ship apartment ambition marriage sexism gender roles jealousy
Linda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him. Radio man Harry Galleon will push her ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Bing Crosby Coleen Gray Charles Bickford Margaret Hamilton Frances Gifford James Gleason Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ward Bond Clarence Muse Percy Kilbride
patriarch sibling horse trainer heiress young man sister heartwarming rousing uplifting horse track house restaurant horse racing arranged marriage sister relationship family business love interest coming of age underdog love
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Drama, History
USA
1936
102 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Taylor Lionel Barrymore Franchot Tone Melvyn Douglas James Stewart Alison Skipworth Louis Calhern Beulah Bondi Melville Cooper Sidney Toler
president best friend senator sailor adviser gutsy spirited washington, d.c. inn peggy eaton andrew jackson loyalty politics scandal rivalry sacrifice love 1830s
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both.