List of the best Harry Hayden movies: Double Dynamite(1951), Christmas in July(1940), Saps at Sea(1940), Weird Woman(1944), Hoosier Schoolboy(1937), Every Girl Should Be Married(1948), You Can't Escape Forever(1942), Two Sisters From Boston(1946), The Dude Goes West(1948), Springtime in the Rockies(1942), Public Enemy's Wife(1936), Intruder in the Dust(1949) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1951
80 Minutes
J.L. McKissack
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.
Comedy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Mr. E.L. Waterbury, Office Manager
Dick Powell Ellen Drew Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ernest Truex Franklin Pangborn Harry Hayden Rod Cameron Adrian Morris Harry Rosenthal Georgia Caine
clerk girlfriend mother businessman coworker lighthearted endearing new york city office household aspirations romance deception practical jokes contest discovery love 1940s
When the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?
Comedy
USA
1940
57 Minutes
Mr. Sharp
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy James Finlayson Ben Turpin Richard Cramer Eddie Conrad Harry Hayden
factory worker murderer doctor stan ollie friend amusing madcap charming unrestrained ocean docks boat factory mental illness vacation escaped criminals fear rage horns
Oliver suffers a nervous breakdown as a result of working in a horn factory, but when he follows doctor's orders about sea air, he finds an ex-con is aboard.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
64 Minutes
Dean Septimus Carr
Lon Chaney Evelyn Ankers Anne Gwynne Ralph Morgan Elisabeth Risdon Lois Collier Harry Hayden Elizabeth Russell Phil Brown Kay Harding
While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
68 Minutes
Mr. Townsend
Mickey Rooney Anne Nagel Frank Shields Edward Pawley William Gould Dorothy Vaughan Harry Hayden Bradley Metcalfe Anita Deniston
son schoolteacher veteran dairy owner bully father moving melodramatic indiana ainsley small town school dairy adolescence veterans alcoholism strike accidental death second chance underdog
A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.
Comedy
USA
1948
85 Minutes
Gogarty
Cary Grant Betsy Drake Franchot Tone Diana Lynn Alan Mowbray Elisabeth Risdon Richard Gaines Harry Hayden Chick Chandler Leon Belasco Fred Essler
store clerk doctor wealthy man friend amusing lighthearted san francisco department store household unrequited love obsession deception marriage love pursuit 1940s
A willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
77 Minutes
Judge Hardaker
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 »
Musical, Comedy
1946
112 Minutes
Uncle Jonathan
Kathryn Grayson June Allyson Lauritz Melchior Jimmy Durante Peter Lawford Ben Blue Isobel Elsom Harry Hayden
singer sister pianist father mother opera singer cheery amusing lighthearted playful boston new york city bowery beer garden opera house singing ambition family sister relationship class distinctions
Boston socialite Abigail Chandler dreams of singing with the Metropolitan Opera but secretly takes a job singing at a beer hall in the Bowery in order to pay for voice lessons.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Horace Hotchkiss
Eddie Albert Gale Storm James Gleason Binnie Barnes Gilbert Roland Barton MacLane Douglas Fowley Tom Tyler Harry Hayden Chief Yowlachie Sarah Padden
Eastern gunsmith Daniel Bone goes out west to ply his trade, encounters a girl searching for the murderer of her father.
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Mr. Brown (uncredited)
Betty Grable John Payne Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Jackie Gleason Frank Orth Harry Hayden Iron Eyes Cody Chick Chandler
dancer broadway star secretary valet ex-lover partner charming lighthearted uplifting resort rocky mountains broadway theater musical performance breakup reconciliation partnership misunderstanding love rivalry 1940s
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1936
65 Minutes
Justice of the Peace
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.
Drama
USA
1949
89 Minutes
David Brian Claude Jarman Jr. Juano Hernandez Porter Hall Elizabeth Patterson Charles Kemper Will Geer David Clarke Elzie Emanuel Lela Bliss Harry Hayden
wrongly accused teenager police officer lawyer powerful gripping small town mississippi racism mistaken identity murder pursuit mystery growing up 1940s
In 1940s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.
Biography
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Joel McCrea Betty Field Harry Carey William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Julius Tannen Edwin Maxwell Porter Hall Franklin Pangborn Grady Sutton Harry Hayden
The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
Drama
1952
118 Minutes
Jennifer Jones Laurence Olivier Eddie Albert Miriam Hopkins Basil Ruysdael Ray Teal Barry Kelley Sara Berner William Reynolds Mary Murphy Harry Hayden
kept woman salesman restaurant manager sister brother-in-law wife emotional melodramatic chicago train restaurant apartment love triangle forbidden love adultery forbidden love fall 1890s
A farm girl (Jennifer Jones) goes to Chicago, meets men (Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert) and becomes a stage star.
Western
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Randolph Scott Nancy Kelly Cesar Romero Binnie Barnes John Carradine Edward Norris Eddie Foy Jr. Ward Bond Lon Chaney Chris-Pin Martin Joe Sawyer
cowboy wyatt earp criminal gunslinger thrilling intense tombstone, ariz. wild west o.k. corral frontier life law and order old west myths gunfight sacrifice rivalry pursuit 1870s
Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Comedy
USA
1942
83 Minutes
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 »
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
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 »
Western
USA
1940
73 Minutes
Cesar Romero Marjorie Weaver Chris-Pin Martin George Montgomery Robert Barrat Virginia Field Harry Green Gloria Ann White John Beach Ward Bond J. Anthony Hughes
An orphan whose father has been killed by bandits inherits a mine. Cisco saves the mine and the child and also finds the child's real mother.
Comedy
USA
1946
93 Minutes
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Peter Lawford Beverly Tyler Edward Arnold Charles Ruggles Spring Byington O.Z. Whitehead Paul Langton Ernest Whitman Irving Bacon Lillian Yarbo
A classic film featuring a boy who is able to hear what the racehorses at the track are thinking. Using his knowledge of their moods, he figures out how well they will run, and tells his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
Drama
1946
97 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Walter Pidgeon June Allyson Robert Sterling Marshall Thompson Elizabeth Patterson Richard Derr Patricia Medina Eily Malyon Nicholas Joy Anna Q. Nilsson
pianist doctor father daughter mother eerie emotional suspenseful melodramatic united states family home ocean liner love marriage jealousy mental illness affair discovery forbidden love mystery
A teenager's (June Allyson) despondency over her father's suicide causes concern for her brother and stepmother (Claudette Colbert). Narrated by Hume Cronyn.
Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Eddie Acuff Robert Barrat Raymond Hatton Willard Parker Spec O'Donnell Tommy Bupp Jack Mower June Travis Ben Welden Addison Richards
Andy McCaine is the ace crime reporter for a radio station. However, his exposés of corruption in high places gets him in trouble with the sponsor of his show, E.E. Nichols, who is in ... See full summary »
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
1936
80 Minutes
George Brent Beverly Roberts Barton MacLane Robert Barrat Alan Hale Joe King El Brendel Joseph Crehan Addison Richards Roscoe Ates Billy Bevan
logger brother rival lumberjack love interest foreman rousing emotional vancouver, british columbia camp airplane lake woods brother relationship deception new romance assumed identity stranded business rivalry
A lumber-camp owner (Beverly Roberts) falls in love with her business rival's brother (George Brent).
Comedy
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Muriel Angelus Akim Tamiroff Allyn Joslyn William Demarest Louis Jean Heydt Arthur Hoyt Harry Rosenthal Libby Taylor Steffi Duna Esther Howard
bartender political boss secretary man hilarious cheeky outlandish bar city prison police corruption marriage impersonation ambition family transformation rise fall love 1930s
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
98 Minutes
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Lynn Bari Laird Cregar June Havoc Ward Bond Aubrey Mather John Archer George Barbier Frank Orth
socialite entertainer singer showman saloon owner charming uplifting playful england san francisco saloon theater house fame vaudeville marrying for money comeback love triangle show business transformation
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Comedy
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Marion Davies Robert Montgomery Frank McHugh Patsy Kelly Louise Fazenda Barton MacLane Marcia Ralston Carol Hughes Frederick Clark Mary Treen Anderson Lawler
secretary beautiful woman writer roommate girlfriend amusing playful san francisco office deception disguise romance writing beauty employment love transformation discovery 1930s
Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1949
60 Minutes
Ron Randell June Vincent Alan Mowbray William Frawley Collette Lyons Douglas Dumbrille James Todd Steven Geray Robert Barrat Arthur Space Philip Van Zandt
Lone Wolf (Ron Randell) a newspaper man, is accused of gem theft.
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Robert Preston Laird Cregar Tully Marshall Mikhail Rasumny Marc Lawrence Adele Pearce Harry Shannon Frank Ferguson Bernadene Hayes
hit man nightclub owner wealthy man beautiful woman police officer chemist dark brutal cool san francisco nightclub train los angeles hideout double-cross contract killing manhunt unlikely friendship reform revenge
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
Comedy
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Joel McCrea Rudy Vallee Mary Astor Sig Arno Robert Warwick Arthur Stuart Hull Torben Meyer Jimmy Conlin Victor Potel William Demarest
husband wife architect millionaire sister amusing madcap lighthearted palm beach, fla. yacht new york city train mansion deception romance love triangle wealth marriage love pursuit
An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.