List of the best Jack B. Hively movies: The Saint Takes Over(1940), The Saint's Double Trouble(1940), Street of Chance(1942), The Saint in Palm Springs(1941), Father Takes a Wife(1941), Panama Lady(1939), They Made Her a Spy(1939), Four Jacks and a Jill(1941) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
69 Minutes
Director
the saint gambler police officers criminal detective love interest dark cool thrilling new york city ocean liner blackmail gangsters horse racing murder gambling vindication mystery quest revenge
Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
68 Minutes
Director
George Sanders Helene Whitney Bela Lugosi Thomas W. Ross
crime boss the saint archaeologist police detective partner thug crafty intricate suspenseful cairo philadelphia house yard street corner diamond smuggling doppelganger murder investigation wrongfully accused theft false accusations
Inspector Fernack is framed by a cartel of five gangsters and Simon does his best to prove it before all the conspirators are murdered by a mysterious killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
74 Minutes
Director
amnesiac wife detective lover old woman coworker brooding crafty suspenseful new york city estate amnesia murder wrongfully accused mysterious past investigation pursuit discovery mystery 1940s
After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
66 Minutes
Director
George Sanders Wendy Barrie Paul Guilfoyle Jonathan Hale Linda Hayes Ferris Taylor Harry Shannon Eddie Dunn
detective tennis player thief partner police chief friend suspenseful tense thrilling palm springs, calif. resort bungalow new york city hotel train stamps smuggling theft murder protection
Inspector Fernack asks Simon to watch over an old friend who's carrying $200,000 worth of postage stamps, but the friend is killed, and the stamps stolen.
Comedy
USA
1941
79 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Gloria Swanson Desi Arnaz John Howard Helen Broderick Florence Rice Neil Hamilton Grady Sutton George F. Meader Mary Treen Ruth Dietrich
Frederick Osborne, Junior is slightly agitated because his father, Senior, is acting more like a college student than the president of a huge merchantile fleet. Senior reveals that he is ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
64 Minutes
Director
Lucille Ball Allan Lane Steffi Duna Evelyn Brent Donald Briggs Bernadene Hayes Abner Biberman William Pawley Earle Hodgins Joe Devlin
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon hooks up with a rough-and-tumble oil driller, who takes her to his oil-field in the jungle to show her what "real" life is like.
Action
USA
1939
69 Minutes
Director
Sally Eilers Allan Lane Fritz Leiber Larry J. Blake Charles Halton Theodore von Eltz Pierre Watkin Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt Spencer Charters Alec Craig
woman reporter brother colonel politician gang leader engaging suspenseful washington, d.c. café washington monument car death espionage teamwork investigation sabotage deception quest revenge
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes undercover to unroot the culprits.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
68 Minutes
Director
Ray Bolger Desi Arnaz Dawn O'Day June Havoc Eddie Foy Jr. Jack Durant Henry Daniell Fritz Feld
singer immigrant bandleader mobster cab driver nightclub owner amusing charming new york city nightclub deception show business music industry organized crime transformation quest 1940s
Four struggling musicians lose their vocalist at the insistence of her gangster boyfriend. They find a replacement in an innocent young woman being courted by a cabbie pretending to be a king.