List of the best George Bancroft movies: Underworld(1927), Scandal Sheet(1931), Old Ironsides(1926), Thunderbolt(1929), Hell-Ship Morgan(1936), Lady and Gent(1932), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936), Young Tom Edison(1940), Wedding Present(1936), Espionage Agent(1939), Whistling in Dixie(1942), When the Daltons Rode(1940) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1927
80 Minutes
George Bancroft Evelyn Brent Clive Brook Fred Kohler Helen Lynch Larry Semon Jerry Mandy
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
Drama
USA
1931
77 Minutes
Scandal Sheet is a 1931 American crime film directed by John Cromwell and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, Vincent Lawrence and Max Marcin. The film stars George Bancroft, Kay Francis, Clive... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1926
112 Minutes
George Bancroft Wallace Beery William Conklin Nick De Ruiz Effie Ellsler Charles Farrell Eddie Fetherston George Godfrey Frank Jonasson Duke Kahanamoku Boris Karloff
young man sea captain crew member pirate lieutenant love interest madcap suspenseful gripping ship mediterranean sea tripoli piracy travel capture seafaring navy battle adventure rescue
An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century.
Drama
USA
1929
91 Minutes
George Bancroft Fay Wray Richard Arlen Tully Marshall Eugenie Besserer James Spottswood Fred Kohler Robert Elliott E.H. Calvert George Irving Mike Donlin
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1936
64 Minutes
After getting in a fight in a waterfront café over a girl, Captain Ira "Hell-Ship" Morgan hires Jim Allen and they become good friends. Morgan befriends a desperate girl, Mary Taylor, and, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Fresh young boxer Buzz Kinney is just out of college. He's able to knock out Stag Bailey when the veteran becomes over confident. Later Buzz is a worn out wreck with a broken nose and cauliflower ear.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
MacWade
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Biography
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Samuel Edison
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 »
Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Pete Stagg
When Charlie Mason is promoted from irresponsible reporter to hard-nosed city editor, it costs him his girlfriend, ace reporter Rusty Fleming. After he hears she's engaged to another, he quits and tries to win her back.
Drama
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Dudley "Dud", "Donald" Garrett
Joel McCrea Brenda Marshall George Bancroft Jeffrey Lynn Stanley Ridges James Stephenson Howard C. Hickman Nana Bryant Rudolph Anders Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Addison Richards
diplomat spy wife husband patriotic melodramatic tangiers, morocco geneva washington, d.c. espionage national security romance war sacrifice pursuit 1930s
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
74 Minutes
Sheriff Claude Stagg
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Rags Ragland George Bancroft Guy Kibbee Diana Lewis Peter Whitney Celia Travers Lucien Littlefield Louis Mason Mark Daniels
detective fiancée friend villain twin playful lighthearted georgia fort murder investigation treasure deception romance mystery adventure 1940s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Western
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Caleb Winters
Randolph Scott Kay Francis Brian Donlevy George Bancroft Broderick Crawford Stuart Erwin Andy Devine Frank Albertson Mary Gordon Harvey Stephens Edgar Dearing
pioneer outlaw railroad baron rancher lawyer sheriff thrilling gripping kansas frontier ranch courtroom land claim false accusations murder trial family on the run rivalry underdog
Fictionalized story of how the Dalton brothers were wronged by a crooked development company and became outlaws when the corrupt local courts offered them no justice.
Adventure
USA
1939
96 Minutes
Captain Oliver
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Margaret Lockwood Will Fyffe George Bancroft Montagu Love Vaughan Glaser David Torrence Lester Matthews Alan Ladd David Clyde Mike Driscoll
first mate captain engineer daughter investor partner spirited rousing london new york city atlantic ocean steamboat liverpool, england innovation seafaring race inventions technology changing times quest
Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Musical
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Steve Porter
Jackie Cooper Adolphe Menjou Bonita Granville George Bancroft Ted North Todd Duncan Frank Jenks Jessie Grayson Mona Barrie Lindy Wade Peggy McIntyre
singer father friend son band member coronet player confident spirited unrestrained new orleans school boat chicago club dance hall jazz performance modernization father/daughter relationship romance
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Capt. Leeds
Richard Greene Nancy Kelly Preston Foster George Bancroft Slim Summerville J. Farrell MacDonald Warren Hymer Douglas Fowley Dick Hogan Elisha Cook Jr. George E. Stone
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.
Drama
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Maj. Burdle
Kay Francis Jack Oakie Jimmy Lydon George Bancroft Ann Gillis Carl Esmond William Demarest Richard Nichols Casey Johnson Francesca Santoro Johnny Burke
headmistress teacher child con artist bank robber cheery spirited boarding school boarding-school life childhood foreclosure sacrifice underdog growing up 1870s
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
97 Minutes
Mac Keefer
James Cagney Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan George Bancroft William Pawley John Hamilton Earle Dwire William Worthington
gangster priest child lawyer gritty emotional hell's kitchen street friendship crime corruption gangs sacrifice growing up rise 1930s
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Western
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Jack Slade
Betty Compson Ricardo Cortez Ernest Torrence Wallace Beery George Bancroft Frank Lackteen Johnny Fox William H. Turner Al Hart Charles Gerson
Traitorous California Senator tries to use the newly founded Pony Express to further his plans for a California Republic, but Unionist Frisco Jack will try to stop him.
Musical
USA
1930
77 Minutes
Edwin H. Knopf Richard Arlen Ernst Lubitsch Dorothy Arzner Edmund Goulding Victor Schertzinger Jean Arthur
A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
96 Minutes
Marshal Curly Wilcox
John Wayne Claire Trevor Andy Devine John Carradine Thomas Mitchell Louise Platt George Bancroft Donald Meek Berton Churchill Tim Holt Tom Tyler
outlaw sheriff prostitute pregnant woman gambler indian spectacular thrilling emotional new mexico small town stagecoach justice journey romance armed conflict adventure rescue discovery 1880s
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Drama
UK
1931
87 Minutes
Edmund Gwenn Helen Haye Jill Esmond Phyllis Konstam John Longden Frank Lawton C.V. France Edward Chapman Ronald Frankau Herbert Ross Dora Gregory
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.