List of the best Grant Withers movies: Paradise Express(1937), Lure of the Wasteland(1939), Bill Cracks Down(1937), The Test(1935), Valley of Wanted Men(1935), The Mystery of Mr. Wong(1939), Secrets of Wu Sin(1933), Mr. Wong, Detective(1938), Telephone Operator(1937), Daughter of the Tong(1939), The Fatal Hour(1940), Iron Mountain Trail(1953) ... ...
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
Western
USA
1939
52 Minutes
Grant Withers Carl Hackett Marion Arnold Roy Mason Henry Roquemore Tom London Snub Pollard Sherry Tansey
federal agent gang leader criminal cattle rancher henchman thief tense suspenseful spirited cattle ranch house saloon frontier wild west undercover operations money theft deception law and order suspicion
Federal agent Smitty assists Butch Cooper, leader of a gang that robbed a train in which the loot was never recovered, in making an escape and accompanies him to the Utah badlands. Parker, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Grant Withers Beatrice Roberts Ranny Weeks Judith Allen William Newell Pierre Watkin Roger Williams Georgia Caine Greta Meyer Edgar Norton
When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1935
55 Minutes
Brule Conway
Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well.
Drama
1935
56 Minutes
Fred (a Ranger)
Grant Withers Paul Fix Frankie Darro Walter Miller Russell Hopton Drue Leyton Frank Rice William Gould Jack Rockwell
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
68 Minutes
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Dorothy Tree Craig Reynolds Lotus Long Morgan Wallace Holmes Herbert Ivan Lebedeff Hooper Atchley Chester Gan
detective art collector secretary wife russian lawyer dark suspenseful china san francisco household estate office jewelry theft murder investigation false accusations romantic dilemma mystery rivalry
Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daugther of The Moon."
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
65 Minutes
James Manning
Inspector Marotte, attending an auction of rare collectible books previously ownded by the recently murdered M. Le Duc de Poisse, hopes he can catch his old nemesis Prahec, a murderer and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Evelyn Brent Maxine Jennings Lucien Prival William Gould John Hamilton Lee Tung Foo John St. Polis Hooper Atchley Frank Bruno
private detective police officer factory owner scientist secretary murder victim suspenseful gripping san francisco chinatown office police station mansion investigation corporate espionage inventions murder mystery 1930s
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Judith Allen Grant Withers Warren Hymer Alice White Ronnie Cosby Pat Flaherty Greta Grandstedt William Haade Cornelius Keefe Dorothy Vaughn
A telephone operator covering for a friend's "fling" finds herself in the middle of a major disaster when the city is hit by a big flood and her switchboard is the center of communications.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
56 Minutes
A detective matches wits with the female leader of an Oriental crime ring.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
68 Minutes
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Marjorie Reynolds Charles Trowbridge Frank Puglia Craig Reynolds Lita Chevret Harry Strang Hooper Atchley Jason Robards Sr. Richard Loo
Master sleuth Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) and a newswoman (Marjorie Reynolds) help a police captain (Grant Withers) catch a killer.
Western
USA
1953
54 Minutes
Rex Allen and Slim Pickens are sent from Washington, D.C. to California in 1850 to speed up deliveries of mail to the goldfields, and find a destructive feud raging between two stage-line ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Police Capt. Bill Street
Boris Karloff Marjorie Reynolds Grant Withers Peter George Lynn William Royle Huntley Gordon James Flavin Lotus Long Richard Loo Bessie Loo Angelo Rossitto
private detective princess captain reporter police captain bank president charming intricate suspenseful san francisco house chinatown docks ship murder investigation chinese-american culture political intrigue forgery swindling royalty
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper.... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Grant Drexel
Buck Jones Helen Twelvetrees Grant Withers Shemp Howard Dickie Jones Eddie Kane Monty Collins Warren Jackson Lester Dorr Lee Shumway Edward Keane
actress actor director gangster concierge stuntman melodramatic endearing amusing small town film set hotel bank jail hollywood filmmaking frame-up failing career mistaken identity western films
One of three films made by Columbia circa 1936-37 based on behind-the-scenes film making with a "western" setting ("The Cowboy Star", "Hollywood Round-up" and "It Happened in Hollywood"), ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1944
69 Minutes
Express Agent Lucas
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Grant Withers Harry Shannon George Cleveland William Haade Weldon Heyburn Hal Taliaferro Tom London Dick Botiller Janet Martin
roy rogers pretty woman singer captain father criminal amusing spirited river riverboat texas robbery investigation performance fugitives wrongfully accused mystery quest 1940s
Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a robbery. When he catches him and listens to his story, he changes his mind about him. A ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Capt. William Street
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Bob Shelton
Merna Kennedy Theodore von Eltz Grant Withers Purnell Pratt Huntley Gordon Fred Kelsey Arthur Hoyt Paul Porcasi Shirley Temple
A young girl new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
Romance
1940
70 Minutes
Mr. Kelly
A city girl (Marcia Mae Jones) moves to the country and falls for a country boy (Jackie Moran) despite his uncle.
Comedy, Western
1952
90 Minutes
Bull McCready
Judy Canova John Russell Grant Withers Roy Barcroft Emmett Lynn Frank Ferguson Minerva Urecal Houseley Stevenson Almira Sessions Allen Jenkins Maxine Gates
cowgirl cowboy deputy shopkeeper sheriff outlaw quirky hilarious winsome american southwest small town shop saloon unusual romance law and order infatuation role reversal kidnapping new job pursuit
A singing shopkeeper (Judy Canova) turns deputy to help her sheriff boyfriend (John Russell) clean up the town.
Western
USA
1948
67 Minutes
Ran Farrell
Roy Rogers Adele Mara Andy Devine Grant Withers Marie Harmon Joseph Crehan George Carleton Hollis Bane Steve Darrell Jim Nolan Hank Patterson
The bad guy steals a gold mine from his partner and then murders him. Next he turns to rustling cattle.
Western
USA
1951
68 Minutes
Gregory Camwell
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.
Western
USA
1950
67 Minutes
Craig Bennett
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Pat Brady Grant Withers Leo T. Cleary Clifton Young
Roy is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore.
Western
USA
1955
93 Minutes
Gentry
James Cagney Viveca Lindfors John Derek Jean Hersholt Grant Withers Jack Lambert Ernest Borgnine Ray Teal
cowboy sheriff townspeople young woman unrestrained thrilling spirited rousing engaging confident wild west frontier shoot out mistaken identity train robbery adventure pursuit 19th century
Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.
Western
USA
1945
68 Minutes
William Ripley
George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Adele Mara Grant Withers Janet Martin Addison Richards Roy Barcroft Sons of the Pioneers
roy rogers circus owner circus manager business partner kidnapper cowboy charming lighthearted california countryside ranch circus circus life kidnapping show business romance fraud adventure pursuit 1940s
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other ... See full summary »
Western
1950
68 Minutes
Manson
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Pat Brady Gordon Jones Grant Withers Peter Miles Frank Fenton I. Stanford Jolley Stanley Andrews Foy Willing George Cleveland
roy rogers father rancher daughter villain young boy engaging thrilling positive ranch horse auction army outpost horse herd traveling performers vacation horse ranching scam animal attack overcoming fears growing up
Roy and Trigger set out to break up a crooked range official's plot to separate ranchers from their money.
Comedy
1927
65 Minutes
Jeff's Friend
Buster Keaton Anne Cornwall Flora Bramley Harold Goodwin Grant Withers Buddy Mason Snitz Edwards Carl Harbaugh Sam Crawford Florence Turner Lee Barnes
scholar pretty woman jock dean coach mother madcap hilarious endearing playful college los angeles coliseum restaurant soda shop dorm river college life love triangle sports unrequited love
To impress his sweetheart (Anne Cornwall), a bookworm (Buster Keaton) goes out for baseball and crew.
Comedy
USA
1947
66 Minutes
Bill Winters
Jimmy Ellison Anne Gwynne Ruth Donnelly Edward Everett Horton Stephanie Bachelor Grant Withers Lloyd Corrigan Emil Rameau Jonathan Hale Charles Halton
Monty Crandall is a commercial artist who ridicules a dowager with a caricature of her on a magazine cover and she sues him. His troubles are multiplied when a pretty wife forces her ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Tod
Ann Rutherford Frank Albertson J. Farrell MacDonald Barbara Pepper Charles Wilson Grant Withers Purnell Pratt Jack LaRue Ward Bond
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Ben Bowman
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Dale Evans Peggy Stewart Beverly Loyd Grant Withers Jill Browning Vivien Oakland Hal Taliaferro John Rutherford Emmett Vogan
singer rancher coworker cattleman showgirl sheriff charming rousing confident endearing ranch chicago utah train police station land ownership deception aspirations love transformation
When ranch foreman Roy learns the new ranch owner Dorothy Bryant and her friends are arriving, he directs them to Gabby's rundown ranch. He figures they will be discouraged and return East.... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Monroe Adams
Buster Crabbe Raymond Hatton Marsha Hunt Jane Rhodes Johnny Downs Grant Withers Don Rowan Arthur Aylesworth Richard Carle Herbert Heywood Petra Silva
After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.
War
USA
1944
100 Minutes
Whanger Spreckles
John Wayne Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe William Frawley Leonid Kinskey J.M. Kerrigan Grant Withers Paul Fix Ben Welden William Forrest Addison Richards
construction worker soldier coworker marine enemy doctor heartwarming patriotic japan military base island construction war jealousy instincts invasion love triangle quest rescue rivalry
During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
Action
USA
1948
106 Minutes
Capt. Wilde Youngeur
John Wayne Gail Russell Gig Young Adele Mara Luther Adler Eduard Franz Grant Withers Henry Daniell Paul Fix Dennis Hoey Jeff Corey
ship captain first mate love interest shipping magnate crew member niece brooding confident dreamy ocean boat grudge sailing determination revenge love triangle rivalry sacrifice quest revenge
During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls, skipper of the Red Witch, has a series of adventures involving sunken gold bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner and a giant octopus.
Western
USA
1943
102 Minutes
Richardson
John Wayne Martha Scott Albert Van Dekker George "Gabby" Hayes Marjorie Rambeau Dale Evans Grant Withers Sidney Blackmer
In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.
Western
1949
90 Minutes
Sheriff Martin
Bill Elliott Marie Windsor Forrest Tucker Jim Davis H.B. Warner Paul Fix Grant Withers Emory Parnell Esther Howard Jody Gilbert Louis R. Faust
outlaw preacher gambler sheriff bounty hunter beautiful woman thrilling gritty melodramatic wild west town saloon church cabin on the run unlikely allies religious conversion bounty robbery promises
An ex-gambler preacher (William Elliott) wants an outlaw (Marie Windsor) to give herself up so he can use the reward for a church.
Adventure
USA
1949
100 Minutes
George Hayden
John Wayne Vera Ralston Oliver Hardy Philip Dorn Marie Windsor John Howard Hugo Haas Grant Withers Odette Myrtil Paul Fix Mae Marsh
soldier daughter immigrant businessman mistress general rousing patriotic kentucky small town cabin field exile love triangle father/daughter relationship battle schemes revenge love underdog
In 1818 Alabama, French settlers are pitted against greedy land-grabber Blake Randolph but Kentucky militiaman John Breen, who's smitten with French gal Fleurette De Marchand, comes to the settlers' aid.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Rufe Parker
Robert Sterling Donna Reed Charles Winninger Henry O'Neill Dan Dailey Don Douglas Ernest Whitman Grant Withers Chester Gan Charles Wagenheim Guy Kingsford
sister fbi agent convict criminal doctor beautiful woman thrilling gritty chicago headquarters hideout prison train station illinois bank robbery undercover operations jailbreak moral dilemma assumed identity deception
A G-man is sent to prison to befriend a suspected robbery ringleader and then helps him break out to gain his confidence.
Adventure
USA
1952
92 Minutes
Jason Blue
Fred MacMurray Vera Ralston Robert Douglas Victor McLaglen John Russell Buddy Baer Claude Jarman Jr. Grant Withers Howard Petrie Paul Fix Bill Murphy
sea captain mate woman pirate dancer treasure hunter gory suspenseful thrilling intense emotional raw sea boat pirate ship island indonesia treasure island diamonds treasure hunting
In 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.
Western
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Deputy Bill Yount
Randolph Scott Barbara Britton Dorothy Hart Bruce Cabot Charley Grapewin Steven Geray Forrest Tucker Charles Kemper Grant Withers John Miles Griff Barnett
gunslinger rancher sheriff daughter sister cowboy gritty engaging texas ranch town jail street corruption mistaken identity false accusations pacifism sister relationship murder quest
Gunfighter Brazos Kane takes a job on a ranch but he is unjustly accused of killing fellow cowhand Bob Tyrell and must clear himself by finding the real killer.
Musical, Comedy
1935
74 Minutes
Young Stud
Mae West Paul Cavanagh Ivan Lebedeff Gilbert Emery Marjorie Gateson Tito Coral Fred Kohler Monroe Owsley Grant Withers Luis Alberni
cattle rancher aristocrat husband saloon girl femme fatale british man cheeky melodramatic amusing buenos aires, argentina ranch southampton marriage social climbing money class distinctions love triangle status pursuit quest
A sassy female cattle rancher, Cleo Borden (Mae West), wants nothing more than to sashay her way into the moneyed class.
Drama
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Pendar
Maureen O'Hara George Nader Victor McLaglen Torin Thatcher Robert Warwick Eduard Franz Leslie Bradley Rex Reason Arthur E. Gould-Porter Grant Withers Sim Iness
An 11th-century noblewoman opens her Saxon husband's eyes by riding bareback through town.
Western
1942
66 Minutes
"Les" Lestrade
Lloyd Nolan Donna Reed William Lundigan Ann Ayars Connie Gilchrist Chill Wills Miles Mander Gloria Holden Ray Teal Grant Withers Fuzzy Knight
manager brother outlaw widow artist love interest tense gripping apache lands stagecoach outpost plains office love triangle sibling rivalry native americans journey robbery frontier life adventure
Two brothers (Lloyd Nolan, William Lundigan) weather an Indian uprising over the theft of a peace pipe.
Romance
1943
83 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Ilka Chase Richard Haydn Paul McGrath June Havoc Marjorie Gateson Bill Goodwin Rhys Williams Murray Alper Grant Withers
photographer worker friend fiancé publisher witty lighthearted new york city tunnel unlikely romance love triangle journalism employment construction reconciliation love rivalry 1940s
A magazine photographer (Claudette Colbert) makes a he-man tunnel digger (Fred MacMurray) her assistant.
Comedy
USA
1941
79 Minutes
Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson Desi Arnaz John Howard Helen Broderick Florence Rice Neil Hamilton Grady Sutton George F. Meader Mary Treen Ruth Dietrich
Frederick Osborne, Junior is slightly agitated because his father, Senior, is acting more like a college student than the president of a huge merchantile fleet. Senior reveals that he is ... See full summary »