List of the best George Meeker movies: Meet the Mayor(1938), Beware of Ladies(1937), Seven Doors to Death(1944), Apache Rose(1947), Fireman Save My Child(1932), The Big Show-Off(1945), Murder by Television(1935), Four Sons(1928), Double Harness(1933), Murder on a Honeymoon(1935), Walking on Air(1936), Twilight in the Sierras(1950) ... ...
Comedy
1938
62 Minutes
A mild-mannered elevator operator inadvertently becomes a candidate for his small town's highest office.
Drama
USA
1937
54 Minutes
A female reporter with marital problems is sent by her boss to cover the campaign of a young political neophyte who's running against the local crooked political boss.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
64 Minutes
Chick Chandler June Clyde George Meeker Milton Wallace
A shot rings out in a darkened apartment; a woman screams and flees, tricking architect Jimmy McMillan into giving her a ride. McMillan returns and finds a body; but the police find a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
75 Minutes
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Olin Howland George Meeker John Laurenz Russ Vincent Minerva Urecal Roy Mason Donna DeMario Terry Frost Conchita Lemus
Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves.
Comedy
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Evalyn Knapp Lilian Bond George Meeker Guy Kibbee George Ernest Ben Hendricks Jr. Virginia Sale Frank Shallenbach Richard Carle Louis Robinson
fireman coach fiancée baseball scout gold digger company president playful amusing firehouse baseball field office st. louis community center inventions firefighting baseball duplicity contract engagement quest
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1945
69 Minutes
Arthur Lake Dale Evans Lionel Stander George Meeker Paul Hurst Marjorie Manners Sammy Stein Louis Adlon Douglas Wood Emmett Lynn
Joe Bagley, owner of the Blue Heaven Club, tries to foster a romance between shy pianist Sandy Elliott and band vocalist June Mayfield. Joe tells June that Sandy is really a professional, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Bela Lugosi June Collyer Huntley Gordon George Meeker Henry Mowbray Charles Hill Mailes Charles French Claire McDowell Larry Francis Hattie McDaniel Henry Hall
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1928
100 Minutes
Margaret Mann James Hall Francis X. Bushman Jr. Charles Morton George Meeker June Collyer Earle Foxe Albert Gran Frank Reicher Jack Pennick Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow's sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany's eventual opponent.
Romance
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Ann Harding William Powell Henry Stephenson Lilian Bond George Meeker Reginald Owen Kay Hammond Leigh Allen Hugh Huntley Wallis Clark
wife husband sister old flame father cheeky engaging san francisco apartment party cruise ship deception marriage bachelorhood sister relationship infidelity seduction love rivalry discovery
A woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Lola Lane Chick Chandler George Meeker Dorothy Libaire Harry Ellerbe Spencer Charters DeWitt Jennings Leo G. Carroll Arthur Hoyt
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Ann Sothern Gene Raymond Jessie Ralph Henry Stephenson George Meeker Gordon Jones Maxine Jennings Alan Curtis
overbearing young woman impersonator divorcée valet airy amusing madcap mansion father/daughter relationship love triangle impersonation family deception forbidden love discovery quest 1930s
A stubborn young woman hires a struggling singer to play her obnoxious suitor in a scheme to overturn her father's objections to the man she really wants to marry.
Western
USA
1950
67 Minutes
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Estelita Rodriguez Russ Vincent George Meeker Edward Keane
roy rogers judge foreman counterfeiter sheriff sister engaging winsome california ranch countryside office kidnapping counterfeit money parole deception hunting mystery pursuit 1950s
Roy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain lion. Songs: "It's One Wonderful Day," "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy," "Pancho's Rancho" and the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1946
72 Minutes
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Carol Hughes George Meeker Lanny Rees Ruby Dandridge George Lloyd Arthur Space Frank Reicher Bob Nolan
roy rogers reporter foreman ward niece editor engaging positive oklahoma ranch town office cave waterfall inheritance ranchers murder investigation journalism cattle
Roy edits a small town newspaper. A rancher is murdered, and his fortune is inherited by a young boy. Editor Roy, with the assistance (?) of big city reporter Dale, brings the killers to justice.
Western
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Bob Steele John Litel Joan Woodbury Madge Bellamy George Meeker Ian Keith Raymond Hatton Poodles Hanneford John Hamilton Charles Middleton Bill Hammond
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Comedy
USA
1935
75 Minutes
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee Berton Churchill George Meeker Frederic Roland Edgar Dearing
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Charles Boyer Jean Arthur Colin Clive Leo Carrillo Ivan Lebedeff George Meeker Lucien Prival George Davis
magnate wife waiter chef chauffeur love interest dark playful uneasy paris hotel room car restaurant office ship frame-ups murder infidelity romance sadism
A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
100 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Gale Sondergaard Frank Faylen The Wiere Brothers George Meeker
singer trumpeter love interest guardian brother lighthearted charming ocean liner rio de janeiro arranged marriage stowaway love triangle hypnosis deception adventure love 1940s
Two inept vaudevillians stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter.
Drama, Romance
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Tom Brown Anita Louise Henry B. Walthall Mae Marsh Arline Judge Frank Albertson George Meeker Frank Melton Berton Churchill
Alexander "Alec" Hamilton, Jr., a headstrong, but likable freshman at the state college, falls in love at first sight with co-ed Mimi Smith when he sees her standing over him after he gets ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Dale Mary Lee Spencer Charters Gerald Oliver Smith George Meeker Wade Boteler Harry Stubbs Jack Kirk
gene autry sidekick rancher cattleman landowner villain endearing charming wild west prairie ranch party ranchers community land dispute justice greed quest sacrifice rivalry
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
Drama
USA
1934
72 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Genevieve Tobin Glenda Farrell Robert Barrat Gordon Westcott Hobart Cavanaugh George Meeker Henry B. Walthall Sidney Toler Emma Dunn Willard Robertson
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie, Marge leaves him. After a few years ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1951
167 Minutes
Walter Reed Mary Ellen Kay Dick Curtis John Pickard Fred Coby Pierce Lyden George Meeker
Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security of the country and sells them to foreign powers.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts Raymond Hatton Eddie Acuff William Pawley Dorothy Sebastian George Meeker Jack Rockwell Guy Usher George Chesebro Glenn Strange
border patrol officer bandit gold smuggler young woman engineer friend gripping rousing spirited border arizona mexico mine ranch stagecoach outlaws missing persons smuggling murder justice
Now that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stage coaches and express offices.
Musical, Romance
1936
66 Minutes
Marian Nixon Chick Chandler Matty Kemp Marie Prevost Warren Hymer Herman Bing George Meeker Virginia Howell
A chorus girl/model (Marian Nixon) seeks true love with the support of her friend, a pianist/bandleader (Chick Chandler).
Western
USA
1944
75 Minutes
Dale Evans Mary Lee Lloyd Corrigan Thurston Hall John Eldredge Forrest Taylor George Meeker Emmett Vogan Roy Mason William B. Davidson Bob Nolan & Sons of the Pioneers
A western girl moves east and influenced badly by her snobby fiancé. She returns to sell her deceased father's ranch. The father isn't really dead, though; he's hoping that his friend Roy can restore the girl's western values.
Western
USA
1951
68 Minutes
Roy Rogers Penny Edwards Gordon Jones Grant Withers Don Haggerty Fred Kohler Jr. House Peters Jr. George Meeker Keith Richards
cowboy oil baron spy roy rogers partner thrilling frenetic rousing wild west oil rig plains showdown oil business missiles espionage theft heroism rivalry pursuit 1950s
This is an odd one for Roy. There are foreign spies, desert sites for rocket-launching and artificial satellites. The climax is a one-on-one fight on top of an oil derrick.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Marjorie Lord Patricia Wilder Esther Muir Paul Harvey Russell Hicks George Meeker Maxine Jennings Kitty McHugh Hal K. Dawson
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company.
Drama
USA
1937
64 Minutes
William Hall Anne Nagel Dean Jagger Steffi Duna Ward Bond Murray Alper Charles Waldron George Meeker Anthony Warde Ralph Sanford Arthur Aylesworth
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Warren Douglas Ramsay Ames Jan Wiley Paul Maxey Philip Van Zandt John Harmon Bruce Edwards George Meeker
A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1949
57 Minutes
Ron Randell Devera Burton Trevor Bardette Pedro de Cordoba Richard Benedict Rudy Robles Michael Whalen George Meeker Lisa Kincaid Jack Raymond
The curse of a shark god follows a group of people who have violated a sacred jungle idol.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Douglas Dumbrille Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Pat Wing Edward Ellis George Meeker Berton Churchill Sidney Miller
journalist lawyer governor editor young woman undertaker hilarious frenetic suspenseful newsroom funeral home graveyard advice column corruption romantic dilemma conspiracy framed missing persons mystery underdog
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
77 Minutes
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 »
Comedy
USA
1939
66 Minutes
Fay Bainter Lee Bowman Ida Lupino Henry Armetta Warren Hymer Harold Huber Forbes Murray Joe Sawyer Tom Dugan Joe Caits Jim Toney
dowager son daughter-in-law laundry owner racketeer thief hilarious patriotic heartwarming small town laundromat house mob mother/son relationship vigilantism marriage extortion freedom revenge underdog
Society-woman Hattie Leonard organizes her own band of 'gang-busters' when she discovers a garment she sent to the dry-cleaners had been taxed twenty-five-cents to pay for gang 'protection.... See full summary »
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.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Gail Patrick Jack Carson Florence Bates Sidney Blackmer Vladimir Sokoloff Kathleen Lockhart Sig Ruman Donald MacBride Sara Haden
architect wife mother-in-law artist lawyer wild playful apartment insane asylum love triangle misunderstanding divorce jealousy feigned insanity love 1940s
A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
Fantasy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
Paul Muni Anne Baxter Claude Rains George Cleveland Onslow Stevens Hardie Albright James Flavin Erskine Sanford Marion Martin Jonathan Hale Murray Alper
gangsters devil judge fiancée amusing creepy frightening hell earth courtroom church fantasy death relationships romance revenge metamorphosis rivalry 1940s
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
Biography
1938
149 Minutes
Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Gladys George Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Henry Stephenson Reginald Gardiner Peter Bull Albert Van Dekker
marie antoinette louis xvi count louis xv duke engaging melodramatic spectacular france palace versailles, france royal life revolution affair execution love growing up wretched excess fall 1790s
The 18th-century Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) has an affair with a Swedish count (Tyrone Power) and becomes queen of France.