List of the best H.B. Warner movies: Sorrell and Son(1927), City of Missing Girls(1941), Five Star Final(1931), Tom Brown of Culver(1932), The Green Goddess(1930), A Yank in Libya(1942), The Phantom of Crestwood(1932), Victoria the Great(1937), Arrest Bulldog Drummond(1938), The Divine Lady(1929), In Old Santa Fe(1934), Bulldog Drummond in Africa(1938) ... ...
Drama
USA
1927
100 Minutes
Stephen Sorrell
H.B. Warner Anna Q. Nilsson Mickey McBan Carmel Myers Lionel Belmore Norman Trevor Betsy Ann Hisle Louis Wolheim Paul McAllister Alice Joyce Nils Asther
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
73 Minutes
H.B. Warner Astrid Allwyn John Archer Sarah Padden Philip Van Zandt George Rosener Kathryn Crawford Herb Vigran Patricia Knox Walter Long Gale Storm
Climaxing a long series of mysterious disappearances of young girls, dancer Thalia Arnold is found murdered. Police-detective Captain McVeigh believes that King Peterson, a nightclub ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Michael Townsend
Edward G. Robinson H.B. Warner Marian Marsh Anthony Bushell George E. Stone Frances Starr Ona Munson Boris Karloff Robert Elliott Aline MacMahon Purnell Pratt
editor news reporter murderer publisher secretary love interest melodramatic dark new york city journalism ethics suicide deception family love fall wretched excess 1930s
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
Drama
USA
1932
82 Minutes
Tom Brown H.B. Warner Slim Summerville Richard Cromwell Ben Alexander Sidney Toler Russell Hopton Willard Robertson Norman Phillips Jr. Tyrone Power Kit Guard
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
Adventure
USA
1930
73 Minutes
Major Crespin
George Arliss H.B. Warner Alice Joyce Ralph Forbes David Tearle Reginald Sheffield Nigel de Brulier Ivan F. Simpson
major wife doctor rajah butler melodramatic suspenseful gripping airplane palace office balcony hostage situation airplane crash royalty marriage courage murder escape pursuit
An airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to ... See full summary »
War
USA
1942
61 Minutes
American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Priam Andes
Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley H.B. Warner Anita Louise Pauline Frederick Sam Hardy Skeets Gallagher Tom Douglas
banker gold digger sister ex-lover aunt thief intricate fascinating creepy gripping los angeles seaside mansion murder blackmail investigation suspicion family honor mystery revenge
Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. ... See full summary »
Biography
UK
1937
110 Minutes
queen prince prime minister adviser cousin husband engaging buckingham palace england castle parliament queen victoria royal life political unrest marriage rise transformation 1880s
The story of Queen Victoria from her coronation, focused on her meeting and marriage to Prince Albert and the way they established shared responsibilities until his death.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Colonel Nielsen
John Howard Heather Angel H.B. Warner Reginald Denny E.E. Clive Jean Fenwick Zeffie Tilbury George Zucco Leonard Mudie Evan Thomas Clyde Cook
The invention of a war machine, that brings to explosion everything one wants to, puts Scotland Yard and Captain Drummond into alarm.
Drama
USA
1929
105 Minutes
Sir William Hamilton
Corinne Griffith Victor Varconi H.B. Warner Ian Keith Marie Dressler Dorothy Cumming William Conklin Montagu Love Julia Swayne Gordon Michael Vavitch
queen horatio nelson poor woman lord lieutenant wealthy man charming fascinating melodramatic naples, italy england estate town house marriage class distinctions war social standing lady hamilton infidelity
The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up, with his assistant Carney. In order to get a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1934
62 Minutes
Charlie Miller
Ken Maynard Evalyn Knapp H.B. Warner Kenneth Thomson Wheeler Oakman George "Gabby" Hayes Gene Autry Lester Burnette George Cheseboro George Burton Jack Rockwell
Kentucky loses his horse in a rigged horse race and gets framed for the murder of a stagecoach driver.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
58 Minutes
Col. J.A. Nielsen
John Howard Heather Angel H.B. Warner Reginald Denny Anthony Quinn Michael Brooke Matthew Boulton Neil Fitzgerald
bulldog sleuth fiancée suspenseful africa london eve mystery
Drummond, his girlfriend and his butler try to free an high post of Scotland Yard who has been kidnapped.
Comedy
USA
1945
60 Minutes
Professor Reynolds
Frank Jenks Robin Raymond H.B. Warner Ray Walker Davison Clark Robert Homans Frank McGlynn Pat Gleason Edward Keane Milton Kibbee Gene Roth
Reporter Patsy Reynolds (Robin Raymond) and photographer Eddie Porter (Frank Jenks)are assigned to interview John Foster (Davison Clark), head of the Emmerson Foundadtion regarding a ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1939
55 Minutes
Colonel Nielson
John Howard Heather Angel H.B. Warner Reginald Denny E.E. Clive Elizabeth Patterson Edward Ciannelli Gerald Hamer
The British sleuth (John Howard) runs across rooftops after bank robbers while on his honeymoon in France.
Crime, Drama
1942
65 Minutes
Jeffrey Moore
A city official (John Litel) keeps a crooked lawyer (H.B. Warner) and his gang out of the milk business.
Drama
1934
64 Minutes
Henry B. Smith
Bruce Cabot Judith Allen H.B. Warner Sam Hardy Betty Blythe Fuzzy Knight Tom Hanlon Harold Minjir Harry Holman
Drama
USA
1930
94 Minutes
Chief Magistrate
Charles Farrell Rose Hobart Estelle Taylor H.B. Warner Lee Tracy Walter Abel Mildred Van Dorn Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Lillian Elliott Dawn O'Day Bert Roach
Liliom, a merry-go-round barker at a Budapest amusement park, becomes enamored of Julie, a servant girl, and though under the influence of Madame Muskat, a sideshow entrepreneur, he marries... See full summary »
Comedy, Romance
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Dr. Martin
Irene Hervey Charles Starrett Doris Kenyon H.B. Warner Irene Franklin Bernadene Hayes Ferdinand Gottschalk Charles Judels
The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is her true love. O'Ryan is a zealous medical student, soon to be a... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Colonel Eberhart Brandt
Claudia Drake Paul Andor Donald Woods H.B. Warner Gloria Stuart Beryl Wallace Sigrid Gurie Ralph Morgan
nazi actress wife father-in-law landlord doctor patriotic melodramatic striking nazi germany berlin vienna theater house joseph goebbels nazism propaganda loneliness power blackmail
Young Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, an unsuccessful playwright, is forced, in order to support himself, to take a position as tutor in the household of Herr Quandt. His first attempt to force ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
99 Minutes
Mr. Slocum
Robert Taylor Audrey Totter Herbert Marshall Dorothy Patrick H.B. Warner Warner Anderson Moroni Olsen John Ridgely Morris Ankrum Elisabeth Risdon Vince Barnett
veteran doctor lawyer nurse mental patient dark suspenseful mental institution innocence love murder amnesia pursuit rise 1940s
After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.
Musical, Romance
USA
1940
105 Minutes
Father Michel
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Mary Boland George Zucco H.B. Warner Dick Purcell Stanley Fields Bunty Cutler Grant Mitchell Ray Walker John Miljan
frenchman duke prisoner servant love interest heiress melodramatic passionate suspenseful ship island louisiana romance journey class distinctions political intrigue love sacrifice adventure 1780s
On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Wiz
Sterling Hayden Viveca Lindfors Thomas Mitchell Ludwig Donath H.B. Warner Jane Darwell John Berkes Peggy Webber Charles Evans Marion Martin Everett Glass
A minister embittered by his wife's suicide turns away from God. He ends up among the bums of skid row before he finds meaning again through the love of a missionary's blind daughter.
Adventure
USA
1941
112 Minutes
Dr. Enrico Paoli
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Ruth Warrick Akim Tamiroff J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner John Emery Henry Wilcoxon Gloria Holden
bandit gentleman tyrant twin woman romantic interest brash gutsy thrilling emotional corsica paris opera house hideout ballroom graveyard family honor unlikely allies love triangle murder
After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.
Drama
USA
1943
83 Minutes
The Bishop
Irving Reis Tim Holt Bonita Granville Kent Smith Otto Kruger H.B. Warner Lloyd Corrigan
professor student nazi hitler youth bishop bleak brutal emotional germany school labor camp church world war ii nazism patriotism political intrigue growing up rivalry escape 1930s
This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.
Drama
USA
1931
65 Minutes
Major Hugh Schmidt
Helen Twelvetrees William Blakewell Lew Cody ZaSu Pitts H.B. Warner C. Henry Gordon Franklin Pangborn Nance O'Neil
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa decides to answer the patriotic appeals and help by working in the hospital, but her reputation causes her to be ... See full summary »
Western
1949
90 Minutes
Brother Joseph
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.
Drama, History
USA
1939
97 Minutes
Hugh Gibson
Anna Neagle Edna May Oliver George Sanders May Robson ZaSu Pitts H.B. Warner Sophie Stewart Mary Howard Robert Coote Martin Kosleck Gui Ignon
nurse patient soldier prisoner spy engaging disheartening bleak belgium hospital pow camp courtroom prisoners of war bravery world war i imprisonment prison break escape rescue underdog
English nurse Edith Cavell is matron in a small private hospital in German-occupied Brussels during WWI. When the son of a recently deceased patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
76 Minutes
Abdul El Rashid
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.
Adventure
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Chang
Ronald Colman Jane Wyatt Sam Jaffe John Howard Edward Everett Horton Margo H.B. Warner Isabel Jewell Thomas Mitchell
writer diplomat brother spiritual leader fascinating incredible shangri-la himalayas valley accident deception paradise plane crash discovery adventure rescue quest transformation 1930s
When a wise diplomat's plane crashes in the snows of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
Drama
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Rev. J. "Grandpappy" Hollingsworth
Ruth Warrick Walter Brennan Natalie Wood Dean Jagger Charlotte Greenwood Jerome Cowan H.B. Warner
Six-year-old Jenny rescues a collie dog, the only survivor of a plane wreck. A tag on the dog's neck states that it is en route to a medical laboratory where its blood will be used for ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Major Fenwicke-Ralston
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.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Judge May
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.
Musical
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Ned Rutledge
Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Charles Butterworth H.B. Warner Raymond Walburn Dick Rich Trevor Bardette
tycoon rancher son love interest henchman spirited uplifting small town ranch newsroom office house railroad ethics impersonation deception ranchers land dispute quest adventure
Railroad owner Jim Knox uses everything to get the land he needs for his new railroad cheaply. Everybody hopes, that Steve Logan ends his regime, but he allies with Jim Knox. Nobody knows, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
Sen. Agnew
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Chief Justice Hayes
Alexander Knox Ann Sothern George Tobias Sharyn Moffett Florence Bates Frieda Inescort Myrna Dell Ian Wolfe H.B. Warner Martha Hyer James Warren
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner. He ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Godfrey Chiltern
Chester Morris Madge Evans Leo Carrillo Frank McHugh Benita Hume Grant Mitchell Katharine Alexander J. Carrol Naish H.B. Warner Duncan Renaldo Leonard Ceeley
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
Mr. Gower, Drugstore Owner
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Ramsey
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Drama, History
USA
1935
128 Minutes
Ronald Colman Elizabeth Allan Edna May Oliver Blanche Yurka Reginald Owen Basil Rathbone Henry B. Walthall Donald Woods Walter Catlett Fritz Leiber H.B. Warner
lawyer wealthy man pretty woman emotional melodramatic passionate england london france paris social change love triangle french revolution friendship injustice love forbidden love quest rescue 1780s
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Fantasy
USA
1941
107 Minutes
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.
Drama
USA
1939
104 Minutes
Myrna Loy Tyrone Power George Brent Brenda Joyce Nigel Bruce Maria Ouspenskaya Joseph Schildkraut Mary Nash Jane Darwell Marjorie Rambeau Henry Travers
doctor woman artist lord daughter wife emotional sad india palace hospital love triangle natural disasters hedonism plagues affair helping others love rise transformation
In India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.
Drama, History
USA
1956
220 Minutes
Charlton Heston Yul Brynner Edward G. Robinson Anne Baxter Yvonne De Carlo Debra Paget John Derek Cedric Hardwicke Nina Foch Martha Scott Judith Anderson
prophet slave god jew ruler moses inspiring spectacular emotional profound melodramatic egypt red sea desert redemption religion exile escape sacrifice rise
Moses, an Egyptian Prince, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people.