List of the best Hal K. Dawson movies: Dr. Socrates(1935), The Captive City(1952), Cattle Empire(1958), Superman and the Mole Men(1951), Three for the Show(1955), The Magnificent Dope(1942), Baby Face Morgan(1942), Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe(1945), Public Enemy's Wife(1936), The Rat Race(1960), Just Around the Corner(1938), The Great Victor Herbert(1939) ... ...
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Mel Towne (uncredited)
Paul Muni Ann Dvorak Barton MacLane Raymond Brown Ralph Remley Hal K. Dawson Grace Stafford Mayo Methot Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence
A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA|UK
1952
91 Minutes
Clyde Nelson
John Forsythe Joan Camden Harold J. Kennedy Ray Teal Marjorie Crossland Victor Sutherland Hal K. Dawson Geraldine Hall Martin Milner Gladys Hurlbut Ian Wolfe
editor mobster crime boss senator private investigator engaging thrilling inspiring rousing senate newsroom crime ring mafia police corruption political activism journalism sacrifice underdog revenge 1950s
During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.
Western
1958
83 Minutes
Geroge Washington Jeffrey
Joel McCrea Gloria Talbott Don Haggerty Phyllis Coates Bing Russell Paul Brinegar Hal K. Dawson Duane Grey Richard Shannon Charles H. Gray Patrick O'Moore
cowboy ex-convict townsperson cattle rancher beautiful woman daughter gutsy intense small town cattle ranch trail bar prison cattle drives imprisonment grudge deception love triangle horse riding revenge
An ex-convict trail boss (Joel McCrea) drives cattle with and for the people his gang attacked years before.
5.7/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
58 Minutes
Chuck Weber
George Reeves Phyllis Coates Jeff Corey Walter Reed J. Farrell MacDonald Stanley Andrews Ray Walker Hal K. Dawson Frank Reicher
When underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertantly cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.
Musical, Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Theatre Treasuer
Betty Grable Gower Champion Jack Lemmon Marge Champion Myron McCormick Paul Harvey Robert Bice Hal K. Dawson Charlotte Lawrence Willard Waterman Aileen Carlyle
wife husband dancer best friend colonel producer amusing lighthearted stage reno, nev. new york city love triangle missing persons misunderstanding friendship marriage performance love rivalry 1950s
A Broadway star (Betty Grable) marries her husband's (Jack Lemmon) partner; then her husband returns from World War II.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
Charlie
Henry Fonda Lynn Bari Don Ameche Edward Everett Horton George Barbier Frank Orth Roseanne Murray Marietta Canty Hal K. Dawson Josephine Whittell Arthur Loft
young man love interest motivational speaker press agent insurance executive reporter lighthearted airy new york city office ambition love triangle contest culture clash deception transformation rise love 1940s
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »
5.3/10
Comedy
USA
1942
60 Minutes
J.B. Brown
Mary Carlisle Richard Cromwell Robert Armstrong Chick Chandler Charles Judels Warren Hymer Vince Barnett Ralf Harolde Hal K. Dawson Toddy Peterson Kenny Chryst
When gang chief Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers re-organizes the mob. Learning that Morgan has a son named Edward , living in the country with his mother, Rogers has... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
1945
104 Minutes
Sam Carter (uncredited)
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Phil Silvers William Gaxton Beatrice Kay Margaret Dumont Roy Benson George Melford Hal K. Dawson Kenny Williams Reed Hadley
medical student dancer father girlfriend lighthearted amusing engaging nightclub stage father/son relationship new love show business dance love temptation 1940s
One New York nightclub star (Betty Grable) inspires another's son (Dick Haymes) to drop show business for medical school.
Crime, Drama
1936
65 Minutes
Daugherty
Pat O'Brien Margaret Lindsay Cesar Romero Robert Armstrong Dick Foran Joe King Dick Purcell Addison Richards Hal K. Dawson Harry Hayden Alan Bridge
A G-man (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with the aloof ex-mate (Margaret Lindsay) of a gangster convict (Cesar Romero), who escapes.
6.7/10
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1960
105 Minutes
Bo Kerry
Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Jack Oakie Kay Medford Don Rickles Joe Bushkin Sam Butera Gerry Mulligan Marjorie Bennett Hal K. Dawson Norman Fell
musician dancer thug endearing lighthearted new york city apartment bar poverty romance struggle music city life love pursuit sacrifice 1960s
An aspiring musician who arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
6.7/10
Musical
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Shirley Temple Joan Davis Charles Farrell Amanda Duff Bill Robinson Bert Lahr Franklin Pangborn Cora Witherspoon Claude Gillingwater Bennie Bartlett Hal K. Dawson
young girl tycoon father chauffeur janitor airy charming positive melodramatic hotel basement great depression youth optimism dance father/daughter relationship underdog rise 1930s
Shirley helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with bill "Bojangles" robinson. Based on paul gerard smith's book, "Lucky penny".
6.4/10
Biography
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Allan Jones Mary Martin Walter Connolly Lee Bowman Susanna Foster Judith Barrett Jerome Cowan John Garrick Pierre Watkin Richard Tucker Hal K. Dawson
husband singer composer doctor opera singer wife emotional melodramatic small town new york city switzerland opera house stage show business troubled marriage fame doomed romance mentorship victor herbert love
A fictionalized version of famous opera composer Victor Herbert where he witnesses the romance, stardom, parenthood, and troubled experiences of his star singers.
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Carmen Miranda Don Ameche William Bendix Vivian Blaine Felix Bressart B.S. Pully Emil Rameau Frank Orth Torben Meyer Herb Evers Hal K. Dawson
composer club owner singer violinist henchman love interest lighthearted cheery greenwich village new york city apartment theater jail stage composing music swindling drunkenness ambition disillusionment
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
6.1/10
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.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Loretta Young Ray Milland Gail Patrick Reginald Gardiner Edmund Gwenn Frank Sully Gordon Jones George Metaxa Charles Halton Joseph Eggenton Chester Clute
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1951
95 Minutes
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 »
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Dan Dailey Celeste Holm Colleen Townsend Alan Young Natalie Wood William Frawley Connie Gilchrist Veda Ann Borg Porter Hall Whit Bissell Katherine Emery
wife husband daughter attorney boarder lighthearted emotional tucson, ariz. family home hotel office marriage money parenthood eviction love transformation 1900s
A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.
Drama
1954
104 Minutes
Bing Crosby Grace Kelly William Holden Anthony Ross Gene Reynolds Jacqueline Fontaine Eddie Ryder Robert Kent John W. Reynolds Frank Scannell Ida Moore
actor wife alcoholic director theatrical producer bleak intense emotional new york city apartment stage alcoholism marriage failing career theater new love discovery fall forbidden love 1950s
An alcoholic stage actor (Bing Crosby) leans on his wife (Grace Kelly) as he tries to make a comeback.
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood William Gargan Mary Beth Hughes Mary Healy Donald Meek Harry Green Jessie Ralph Walter Kingsford
actress teenager talent scout football player singer girl charming endearing emotional amusing arizona arkansas los angeles theater film set office aspirations film industry fame friendship
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
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 »
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Walter Winchell Simone Simon Bert Lahr Joan Davis Dick Baldwin Ruth Terry Douglas Fowley Chick Chandler Charles Williams Georges Renavent Charles Judels
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
5.9/10
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Jane Russell Groucho Marx Don McGuire Howard Freeman Harry Hayden Nestor Paiva Lou Nova Joe Devlin Frank Orth William Edmunds
bank teller waiter bookie girlfriend loan shark detective cheeky lighthearted spirited bank restaurant apartment alley financial windfall wrongfully accused aspirations friendship marriage proposal embezzlement love
An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
5.6/10
Musical
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Janet Blair William Lundigan Sara Allgood Arthur Shields James Flavin William Bakewell Dave Willock Bobby Warde Ann Carter Tom Dugan Jackie Searle
musician brother singer pianist father mother uplifting cheery pennsylvania small town radio station casino concert hall jazz sibling rivalry marriage reconciliation tommy dorsey song and dance love
The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this vehicle for their excellent music. From ... See full summary »
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1936
98 Minutes
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Myrna Loy William Powell Walter Connolly Charley Grapewin Cora Witherspoon E.E. Clive Bunny Beatty Otto Yamaoka Charles Trowbridge
editor fiancée friend socialite amusing charming playful new york city ocean liner lake hotel family home love romance lawsuit deception love discovery 1930s
When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1937
81 Minutes
Ann Sothern Jack Haley Mary Boland John Carradine Walter Catlett Maurice Cass Alan Dinehart Etienne Girardot E.E. Clive Margaret McWade Margaret Seddon
A young lawyer is unable to get the Pembertons to sign a land sale contract until their daughter falls in love with him.
6.7/10
Fantasy
USA
1952
84 Minutes
Irene Dunne Dean Jagger Joan Evans Richard Crenna Edith Meiser Sandy Descher Dee Pollak Les Tremayne Malcolm Lee Beggs Forrest Lewis Frank Ferguson
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Jane Russell Jeff Chandler Dan Duryea Mara Corday Robert F. Simon Frieda Inescort Barton MacLane Charlotte Wynters Eddy Waller Celia Lovsky Arthur Space
apache native american socialite husband wife doctor melodramatic emotional mushy arizona mining camp ghost town interracial romance marriage newlyweds romantic dilemma relationships racism love underdog
In Arizona, during the 1950s, privileged white girl Amanda Lawrence marries half-Apache mining engineer Jonathan Dartland who dreams of finding gold in an old abandoned Apache mine.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1957
101 Minutes
Elvis Presley Lizabeth Scott Wendell Corey Dolores Hart James Gleason Paul Smith Ken Becker Jana Lund Ralph Dumke The Jordanaires Yvonne Lime
press agent media expert rock star aspiring musician elvis presley woman engaging charming creative playful lighthearted heartwarming united states small town music stage music ambition unexpected success success romance
A musician and a publicist help a delivery man achieve stardom.
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Jane Withers Rita Hayworth Pinky Tomlin Jane Darwell Michael Visaroff Vera Lewis Louise Carter Russell Simpson Francis Ford Pat O'Malley Robert Dudley
Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration ... See full summary »
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