List of the best James Craig movies: Four Fast Guns(1959), Gentle Annie(1944), Drums in the Deep South(1951), Seven Miles From Alcatraz(1942), The Man From Texas(1947), Naked in the Sun(1957), The Cyclops(1957), Fort Vengeance(1953), The Omaha Trail(1942), Little Mister Jim(1947), Zanzibar(1940), The Devil and Daniel Webster(1941) ... ...
Western
USA
1959
72 Minutes
Tom Sabin
James Craig Martha Vickers Edgar Buchanan Brett Halsey Paul Richards Blu Wright Richard Martin John Swift Paul Raymond
gunslinger townspeople lawman outlaw widow loner brooding dark suspenseful intense engaging tense arizona false identity saving the town gunfight murder shoot-out outlaws discovery
In 1873, the town of Purgatory hires a town-tamer but the evil saloon owner hires 3 gunfighters to kill the town-tamer.
Western
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Lloyd Richland
James Craig Donna Reed Marjorie Main Harry Morgan Paul Langton Barton MacLane John Philliber Morris Ankrum
farmer marshal robber sheriff brother deputy rousing suspenseful thrilling farm oklahoma saloon small town investigation robbery showdown old west quest pursuit 1900s
In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
Drama, History
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Maj. Clay Clayburn
James Craig Barbara Payton Guy Madison Barton MacLane Craig Stevens Tom Fadden Robert Osterloh Taylor Holmes Robert Easton Lewis Martin Peter Brocco
southern belle military officer soldier husband best friend major melodramatic thrilling suspenseful georgia plantation mountain railway american civil war friendship betrayal doomed romance espionage military occupation rivalry
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Champ Larkin
James Craig Bonita Granville Frank Jenks Cliff Edwards George Cleveland Erford Gage Tala Birell John Banner Otto Reichow
convict gangster lighthouse keeper young woman spy nazi suspenseful patriotic gripping tense alcatraz island jail lighthouse island fugitives prison break espionage hostage situation patriotism nazis
After Pearl Harbor, convicts at Alcatraz prison live in fear of bomb attacks, driving Champ Larkin and his pal Jimbo to a desperate escape attempt which lands them on a tiny lighthouse ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Tobias Simms
James Craig Lynn Bari Johnnie Johnston Una Merkel Wallace Ford Harry Davenport Sara Allgood Victor Cutler Reed Hadley Clancy Cooper Bert Conway
Tobias Simms (James Craig) is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named the "El Paso Kid", and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe (Lynn ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1957
79 Minutes
Chief Osceola
During the 1830s white settlers are moving into what is now Florida. An unscrupulous slave trader captures the wife of Indian Chief Osceola, setting off a war between the Seminole tribe and the U.S Army.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
75 Minutes
James Craig Gloria Talbott Lon Chaney Tom Drake Duncan Parkin Vicente Padula Marlene Kloss Manuel López
An expedition to Mexico finds and does battle with a mutated 25-foot man with one big eye.
Western
1953
75 Minutes
James Craig Rita Moreno Keith Larsen Reginald Denny Charles Irwin Morris Ankrum Guy Kingsford Michael Granger
brothel owner police officer mountie chief native american amusing cheeky fiery gritty gutsy canada mountain brother relationship good deeds bad behavior bad choices mountain life native americans native people war
Two North Dakota brothers (James Craig, Keith Larsen) flee to Canada and join the Mounties during an Indian dispute.
Western
1942
61 Minutes
Pat Candel
James Craig Adele Pearce Dean Jagger Edward Ellis Chill Wills Donald Meek Howard da Silva Harry Morgan Morris Ankrum Kermit Maynard
native american cowboy fiancée wild suspenseful engaging wild west omaha railroad tracks railroad cowboys romance adventure quest 1940s
A drifter (James Craig) leads a railroad expedition through Indians and a bad guy's (Dean Jagger) gang.
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Capt. Big Jim Tukker
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins James Craig Frances Gifford Luana Patten Spring Byington Ching Wah Lee Laura La Plante Henry O'Neill Morris Ankrum Celia Travers Ruth Brady
A boy learns to deal with the loss of his mother and the subsequent mourning of his father through the wisdom of the family's Chinese cook.
Adventure
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Steve Marland
Lola Lane James Craig Edward Ciannelli Tom Fadden Robert Fischer Henry Victor
A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worshiped by the locals.
Fantasy
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Jabez Stone
Edward Arnold Walter Huston James Craig Jane Darwell Simone Simon Gene Lockhart John Qualen Frank Conlan Lindy Wade George Cleveland Dawn O'Day
farmer senator devil wife assistant neighbor crafty dark uneasy new hampshire farm town greed corruption debt farming promises friendship temptation pursuit
A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer who makes a pact with Satan for economic success enlists Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
83 Minutes
George Garsell aka Mr. Howard
Farley Granger Cathy O'Donnell James Craig Paul Kelly Edmon Ryan Paul Harvey Jean Hagen Charles McGraw Edwin Max Adele Jergens Harry Bellaver
mail carrier pregnant wife bartender attorney henchman police officer dark tense rousing new york city office family home hospital bar theft organized crime chase extortion regret pursuit
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
118 Minutes
Tom Spangler
Mickey Rooney Frank Morgan James Craig Jackie "Butch" Jenkins Marsha Hunt Fay Bainter Darryl Hickman Donna Reed Van Johnson
young boy young girl boss man woman brother heartwarming emotional amusing small town house high school track office europe world war ii home front young love family communication
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Drama
USA
1940
108 Minutes
Dr. Mark Eisen
Ginger Rogers Dennis Morgan James Craig Edward Ciannelli Ernest Cossart Gladys Cooper
salesgirl doctor wealthy man father wife son melodramatic emotional philadelphia new york city department store family home office marriage divorce love triangle class distinctions love transformation 1930s
A hard-working, white-collar girl from a middle-class family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family.
Western, Action
USA
1940
65 Minutes
Jim Jackson
Dick Foran Ray Taylor Anne Nagel James Craig Tom Fadden Harry Woods Charles Stevens Edward Keane Trevor Bardette Chuck Morrison Edgar Edwards
One of the writers of this serial, George H. Plympton, dusted the story off and re-sold it to Sam Katzman for a Columbia 1951 serial called "Roar of the Iron Horse". "Winners of the West" ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1958
79 Minutes
Pinch Corley
Macdonald Carey Audrey Totter James Craig James Gleason Warren Stevens Harry Shannon Jil Jarmyn Robert Burton Ken Lynch
drifter gunslinger outlaw hotel owner woman raw wild gritty tense dutch flat wild west saloon hotel frontier justice small-town life unlikely hero farming law and order corruption underdog
A gun-slinging drifter, armed with a legendary pistol, saves a town from the greedy clutches of an evil family. But what makes him so fast? Is it the man or the gun?
Drama
USA
1942
95 Minutes
Bill Pfeiffer
Charles Winninger Charles Ruggles James Craig Nancy Kelly Otto Kruger Ilka Gruning Greta Meyer Addison Richards Charles Lane Ruth Holley John Piffle
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has taken the US side against Germany ... See full summary »
Romance
1943
95 Minutes
Lloyd X. Hunter
Hedy Lamarr William Powell James Craig Fay Bainter Henry O'Neill Spring Byington Robert Sully Morris Ankrum
astronomer wife astrologer neighbor maid military officer airy playful cheeky house observatory cabin los angeles california astrology new romance marital problems misunderstanding comet sighting love triangle
An astronomer's (William Powell) neglected wife (Hedy Lamarr) thinks an air-raid warden (James Craig) is the mystery man her astrologer predicted.
Adventure
1952
90 Minutes
Gorvahlsen
Yvonne De Carlo John Ireland James Craig Forrest Tucker Lyle Bettger Richard Arlen Mike Kellin Murray Matheson Henry Brandon Emile Meyer Stuart Randall
sailor pirate thief adventurer castaway native thrilling melodramatic south sea island pacific ocean ship australia treasure love adventure love transformation rivalry quest
A 19th-century fugitive (John Ireland) and his buddies seize a ship to search for gold in the South Seas.
Musical
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Delwyn "Sonny" Johnson
Mickey Rooney Sally Forrest William Demarest James Craig Kay Brown Tommy Rettig Tom Powers Jonathan Cott Tommy Farrell
A violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.
Western
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Bob Tate
Gilbert Roland Marsha Hunt Charles Bickford J. Carrol Naish James Craig Monte Blue Barlowe Borland
gunslinger brother father figure outlaw melodramatic engaging wagon train wild west wilderness vengeance siblings murder reunion revenge quest discovery 19th century
A wagon train is robbed by a gang of bandits who kill everyone but a pair of young brothers. Years later, the brothers join force to bring the bandits' leader to justice.
Western
USA
1939
55 Minutes
Handy Clem
Bill Elliott Iris Meredith Dick Curtis Dub Taylor James Craig Stanley Brown Ethan Allen Kenneth MacDonald Victor Wong
Bill Saunders arriving in a lawless town is quickly made Marshal. But when he arrests the gang members, the victims refuse to testify. However one rancher is willing to testify and when the... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1969
83 Minutes
Cyrus
Christopher Mitchum John Carradine Joi Lansing John Mitchum Lindsay Crosby Judith Jordan James Craig
Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
Western
1968
86 Minutes
Ike Clanton
Howard Keel Yvonne De Carlo John Ireland Marilyn Maxwell Scott Brady Brian Donlevy Barton MacLane James Craig Roy Rogers Regis Parton Montie Montana
confederate soldier spy marshal businessman gritty gutsy bleak frenetic american midwest town espionage black market weapons discovery rise escape transformation 19th century
The Union army sends a Confederate prisoner (Howard Keel) to Arizona as a lawman, but he doubles as a spy.
Western
1967
91 Minutes
Ned Cooper
George Montgomery Yvonne De Carlo Tab Hunter Brian Donlevy John Russell Leo Gordon Robert Emhardt Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez James Craig Richard Arlen Emile Meyer
A U.S. marshal (George Montgomery) and his helper (Tab Hunter) cross Texas by wagon with four prisoners, one a dance-hall hostess (Yvonne De Carlo).
Sci-Fi
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Juror Watkins
Boris Karloff Adrian Booth Robert Wilcox Roger Pryor Don Beddoe Ann Doran Charles Trowbridge Byron Foulger Dick Curtis James Craig John Tyrrell
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.