List of the best Horace MacMahon movies: Detective Story(1951), The Delicate Delinquent(1957), Man in the Dark(1953), The Wrong Road(1937), Texas Lady(1956), Susan Slept Here(1954), The Detective(1968), Abbott and Costello Go to Mars(1953), Never Steal Anything Small(1959), Exclusive(1937), My Sister Eileen(1955), Sergeant Madden(1939) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Eleanor Parker William Bendix Horace MacMahon Lee Grant Craig Hill Cathy O'Donnell Bert Freed George Macready Joseph Wiseman Gladys George
police detective abortionist wife burglar shoplifter colleague tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic police station household hospital new york city street obsession abortion investigation dark secrets death
On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1957
100 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Darren McGavin Martha Hyer Horace MacMahon Milton Frome Robert Ivers Richard Bakalyan Joseph Corey Mary Webster Jefferson Searles Emory Parnell
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
70 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Audrey Totter Ted de Corsia Horace MacMahon Nick Dennis
ex-convict reformed criminal ex-girlfriend gang member amnesiac suspenseful tense melodramatic intricate los angeles amusement park prison bar memory loss reform brain surgery mysterious past hidden treasure deception mystery
Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital.
Drama
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Richard Cromwell Helen Mack Lionel Atwill Horace MacMahon Russ Powell Billy Bevan Marjorie Main Rex Evans Joseph Crehan Arthur Hoyt Syd Saylor
Bank teller Jimmy Caldwell and his fiance, Ruth Holden, grow weary of struggling to make ends meet and decide to rob Jimmy's bank. The selfish young couple agree that even if they spend ten... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan Ray Collins James Bell Horace MacMahon Gregory Walcott John Litel Douglas Fowley Don Haggerty Walter Sande Alexander Campbell
publisher gambler deputy judge rancher beautiful woman melodramatic suspenseful moving texas small town newsroom ranch sheriff's office riverboat journalism corruption grief inheritance unlikely allies
A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair.
Comedy
USA
1954
98 Minutes
Dick Powell Debbie Reynolds Anne Francis Alvy Moore Glenda Farrell Horace MacMahon Herb Vigran Les Tremayne Mara Lane Maidie Norman Rita Johnson
writer juvenile delinquent best friend secretary girlfriend attorney cheeky amusing playful passionate los angeles las vegas cabin backwoods coffee shop bedroom may-december romance writing romantic dilemma living together
A Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
Gay & Lesbian, Crime, Drama
USA
1968
114 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Lee Remick Jacqueline Bisset Ralph Meeker Jack Klugman Horace MacMahon Lloyd Bochner William Windom Tony Musante Al Freeman Jr. Robert Duvall
detective wife widow lieutenant psychiatrist bleak gritty new york city police station apartment police corruption murder case marital problems false accusations conspiracy investigation discovery quest wretched excess 1960s
Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.
Comedy
1953
77 Minutes
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Mari Blanchard Robert Paige Martha Hyer Horace MacMahon Jack Kruschen Jean Willes Joe Kirk Jack Tesler Harold Goodwin
A spaceship takes two buddies (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) to Mardi Gras and then Venus, where men are not allowed.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1959
94 Minutes
James Cagney Shirley Jones Roger Smith Cara Williams Nehemiah Persoff Royal Dano Anthony Caruso Horace MacMahon Virginia Vincent Jack Albertson Robert Wilke
Jake MacIllaney will do just about anything to win the presidential election of longshoreman union Local 26. When he encounters young upright attorney Dan Cabot and Cabot's attractive wife,... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Frances Farmer Charles Ruggles Lloyd Nolan Fay Holden Ralph Morgan Edward H. Robins Harlan Briggs Willard Robertson Horace MacMahon
journalist publisher daughter gangster father killer suspenseful rousing newsroom mountain city, tenn. father/daughter relationship love gangs murder journalism racketeering rivalry discovery 1930s
Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
108 Minutes
Janet Leigh Jack Lemmon Betty Garrett Bob Fosse Kurt Kaszner Dick York Lucy Marlow Tommy Rall Barbara Brown Horace MacMahon Henry Slate
aspiring actress aspiring writer magazine editor newspaper reporter cheeky amusing spirited engaging new york city columbus, ohio greenwich village apartment drugstore career writing acting chasing dreams big break romance adventure
After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.
Drama
USA
1939
82 Minutes
Wallace Beery Tom Brown Alan Curtis Laraine Day Fay Holden Marc Lawrence Marion Martin David Gorcey Donald Haines Ben Welden Etta McDaniel
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Unfortunately, the son is more interested in rewards than in upholding the law. When he shoots a child ... See full summary »
Drama
1940
75 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Robert Young Laraine Day Emma Dunn Nat Pendleton Bobs Watson Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Nell Craig Frank Orth
dr. kildare nurse fiancée brother mentor doctor melodramatic hospital office household epilepsy wedding romantic dilemma medical profession siblings love sacrifice quest 1940s
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) corrects Kildare's (Lew Ayres) diagnosis of nurse Lamont's brother's (Robert Young) head problem.
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
Romance
USA
1939
81 Minutes
Ginger Rogers David Niven Charles Coburn Frank Albertson E.E. Clive Ferike Boros Ernest Truex Leonard Penn Paul Stanton Frank M. Thomas Edna Holland
orphan playboy father mother grandfather baby hilarious heartwarming spirited department store orphanage apartment new york city abandonment marriage mother/child relationship love growing up love sacrifice
An unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.
Drama
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Glenn Ford Vic Morrow Anne Francis Louis Calhern Margaret Hayes John Hoyt Richard Kiley Emile Meyer Warner Anderson Basil Ruysdael Sidney Poitier
teacher student principal wife gritty fiery new york city boys school troubled youth inner-city life teaching race relations generational divide rock 'n' roll underdog quest rivalry 1950s
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
James Stewart Hedy Lamarr Ian Hunter Verree Teasdale Donald Meek Barton MacLane Edward Ashley Ann Codee King Baggot Adeline de Walt Reynolds Si Jenks
showgirl refugee government official publisher writer grandmother airy witty hedonistic new york city apartment office house love triangle marriage publishing divorce immigration deception rivalry
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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.