List of the best Ian Keith movies: The Crusades(1935), Sin Ship(1931), Nightmare Alley(1947), The Divine Lady(1929), It Came From Beneath the Sea(1955), Two Arabian Knights(1927), Dick Tracy's Dilemma(1947), The Sign of the Cross(1932), Manhandled(1924), The Chinese Cat(1944), Dick Tracy vs. Cueball(1946), Northwest Trail(1945) ... ...
Drama, History
USA
1935
123 Minutes
Saladin
Loretta Young Henry Wilcoxon Ian Keith Katherine DeMille C. Aubrey Smith Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale C. Henry Gordon George Barbier Montagu Love Hobart Bosworth
king richard i sultan crusader knight muslim princess spectacular rousing thrilling jerusalem palestine castle palace church crusade captivity politics forced marriage religion war
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Adventure
1931
65 Minutes
Smiley Marsden
Louis Wolheim Mary Astor Ian Keith Hugh Herbert Russ Powell Albert Roscoe Bert Starkey
captain minister wife detective sailor thief suspenseful thrilling melodramatic pacific ocean ship deck hotel mexico san francisco travel sabotage assumed identity robbery sexism
A man (Ian Keith) and a woman (Mary Astor) posing as missionaries hire a boat captain (Louis Wolheim) to take them away.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
111 Minutes
Pete Krumbein
geek mind reader psychiatrist strong man con artist dark incredible carnival hotel chicago con game ambition rise fall 1940s
The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
Drama
USA
1929
105 Minutes
Honorable Charles Greville
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 »
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Adm. Burns
Kenneth Tobey Faith Domergue Donald Curtis Ian Keith Harry Lauter Dean Maddox Del Courtney
naval officer professor scientist giant octopus suspenseful emotional submarine ocean hawaii pearl harbor san francisco mindanao deep monsters sea nuclear weapons disaster love pursuit mystery rescue
A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
Adventure, Comedy, Romance
USA
1927
92 Minutes
Shevket Ben Ali
William Boyd Mary Astor Louis Wolheim Michael Vavitch Ian Keith DeWitt Jennings Michael Visaroff Boris Karloff
soldier colonel harem girl servant fiancé consul amusing madcap prison camp cargo ship trenches arabia world war i prisoners of war male bonding love triangle military life love rivalry adventure
Two American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
60 Minutes
Vitamin Flintheart
Ralph Byrd Lyle Latell Jack Lambert Kay Christopher Ian Keith Bernadene Hayes Jimmy Conlin William B. Davidson Tony Barrett Tom Keene Harry Strang
dick tracy partner snitch insurance broker business owner wealthy woman suspenseful melodramatic thrilling store apartment junkyard morgue street police station investigation crime fashion serial murders police work
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
Drama, History
1932
118 Minutes
Tigellinus
Fredric March Claudette Colbert Charles Laughton Elissa Landi Ian Keith Vivian Tobin Harry Beresford Ferdinand Gottschalk Arthur Hohl Tommy Conlon Nat Pendleton
emperor nero empress christian military officer stepfather young woman hedonistic brutal tense rome colosseum burning of rome persecution unrequited love royalty jealousy lions rescue wretched excess underdog
A Roman official (Fredric March) tries to save Christians from the lions and the madness of Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton).
Comedy, Drama
USA
1924
77 Minutes
Robert Brandt
Gloria Swanson Tom Moore Frank Morgan Lilyan Tashman Paul McAllister Ian Keith Frank Allworth Carrie Scott Arthur Housman
Gloria Swanson plays Tessie McGuire, a shopgirl who, when her boyfriend breaks their date one evening, goes to a party with a louche crowd of artists and hangers-on. She wows them with some... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
65 Minutes
Dr. Paul Recknik
Sidney Toler Benson Fong Joan Woodbury Mantan Moreland Weldon Heyburn Ian Keith Sam Flint Cyrus W. Kendall Anthony Warde John Davidson Betty Blythe
charlie chan daughter chess player fiancé son chauffeur playful spirited confident fun house hotel family home murder case family honor investigation deception father/son relationship chess mystery discovery
The Cisco Kid and Pancho hold up a stagecoach and kidnap Ellen Roth. They take the girl, who is wanted on a murder charge, to the mission where Padre Angelo will look after her. She tells ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
62 Minutes
Vitamin Flintheart
Morgan Conway Anne Jeffreys Richard Wessel Lyle Latell Paula Corday Ian Keith Douglas Walton Esther Howard Joseph Crehan Byron Foulger Jimmy Crane
dick tracy villain criminal love interest detective suspenseful campy amusing city street apartment showdown crime investigation murder rivalry revenge pursuit 1940s
Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle... See full summary »
Western
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Inspector McGrath
Bob Steele John Litel Joan Woodbury Madge Bellamy George Meeker Ian Keith Raymond Hatton Poodles Hanneford John Hamilton Charles Middleton Bill Hammond
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
74 Minutes
Inspector Thomas
Lee Tracy Tom Brown Tina Thayer Evelyn Brent Jack LaRue Ian Keith Robert Middlemass John Maxwell John Sheehan Harry C. Bradley Forrest Taylor
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
Drama
USA
1927
72 Minutes
Louis Anthony
Gloria Swanson John Boles Anders Randolf Andrés de Segurola Hugh Miller Pauline Garon Ian Keith
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
Mystery & Thriller
1931
73 Minutes
Marquis Du Touchais
John Gilbert Leila Hyams Lewis Stone Jean Hersholt C. Aubrey Smith Natalie Moorhead Ian Keith Alfred Hickman Rose Plumer
A French magician (John Gilbert) poses as his beloved's (Leila Hyams) husband to clear himself of murder.
Drama, History
USA
1936
123 Minutes
Moray
Katharine Hepburn Fredric March Florence Eldridge Douglas Walton John Carradine Robert Barrat Gavin Muir Ian Keith Moroni Olsen William Stack Ralph Forbes
mary stuart elizabeth tudor earl lord courtier engaging fascinating powerful scotland palace england prison abdication imprisonment execution royalty marriage jealousy rivalry rise
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Dr. Lake
Lionel Atwill George Zucco Jerome Cowan Sharon Douglas John Whitney Jacqueline de Wit Veda Ann Borg George Lloyd Ian Keith
An inventor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.
Romance
USA
1931
74 Minutes
Robert Lane
Greta Garbo Clark Gable Jean Hersholt John Miljan Alan Hale Hale Hamilton Hilda Vaughn Russell Simpson Cecil Cunningham Ian Keith Marjorie King
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Drama
USA
1946
100 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr George Sanders Louis Hayward Gene Lockhart Hillary Brooke Rhys Williams June Storey Moroni Olsen Olive Blakeney Dennis Hoey Alan Napier
manipulative woman businessman college student husband wife best friend dark engaging melodramatic tense bangor, maine woods cabin romantic dilemma murder plot infidelity manipulation betrayal forbidden love temptation
In 1820s New England beautiful but poor and manipulative Jenny Hager marries rich old man Isaiah Poster but also seduces his son and his company foreman.
Adventure
1945
100 Minutes
Paul Henreid Maureen O'Hara Walter Slezak Binnie Barnes John Emery Barton MacLane J.M. Kerrigan Fritz Leiber Nancy Gates Jack LaRue Mike Mazurki
pirate countess girlfriend soldier ship captain brash outlandish spirited pirate ship north carolina south carolina prison romance pirates love triangle prison break adventure escape revenge 16th century
Dutch pirates of Tortuga save the Mexican viceroy's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) from marriage to the governor (Walter Slezak).
Drama
USA
1940
143 Minutes
Bette Davis Charles Boyer Barbara O'Neil Jeffrey Lynn Virginia Weidler Walter Hampden Harry Davenport Fritz Leiber Montagu Love George Coulouris Ann E. Todd
duchess duke governess child melodramatic touching france school family home royalty love triangle jealousy marital problems forbidden love sacrifice 1840s
A duchess' irrational behavior toward the governess of her children triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.