List of the best James Stephenson movies: Shining Victory(1941), Calling Philo Vance(1940), King of the Underworld(1939), Murder in the Air(1940), South of Suez(1940), Secret Service of the Air(1939), Flight From Destiny(1941), Torchy Blane in Chinatown(1939), Espionage Agent(1939), The Old Maid(1939), White Banners(1938), Confessions of a Nazi Spy(1939) ... ...
Drama
USA
1941
80 Minutes
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia precox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate tragic relationship.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
62 Minutes
James Stephenson Margot Stevenson Henry O'Neill Edward Brophy Ralph Forbes Martin Kosleck Richard Kipling
detective spy investigator murder victim neighbor niece crafty engaging intricate vienna crime scene apartment united states city investigation justice crime murder espionage suspicion
Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
69 Minutes
Bill Stevens
Humphrey Bogart Kay Francis James Stephenson John Eldredge Jessie Busley Arthur Aylesworth Raymond Brown Harland Tucker Ralph Remley Murray Alper Charles Foy
doctor gangster writer widow police officer gambler suspenseful melodramatic tense small town doctor's office prison police station apartment casino grief murder reputation marriage medicine
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
55 Minutes
Joe Garvey
Ronald Reagan Eddie Foy Jr. James Stephenson John Litel Lya Lys Robert Warwick Victor Zimmerman William Gould Kenneth Harlan Frank Wilcox Owen King
secret service agent partner homeless person enemy spy saboteur wife thrilling spectacular patriotic california airship hotel hospital wreckage train crash secret weapon sabotage espionage undercover operations terrorism
The corpse of a hobo with a $50,000 money belt helps Brass and Gabby crack a cell of fifth columnists bent on sabotage.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Inspector Thornton
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Jim Cameron
Ronald Reagan John Litel Ila Rhodes James Stephenson Eddie Foy Jr.
pilot secret service agent sidekick smuggler counterfeiter friend thrilling engaging airport airplane los angeles mexico undercover operations deception smuggling illegal immigration aviation adventure pursuit 1930s
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Drama
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Dr. Lawrence `'Larry'` Stevens
Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Jeffrey Lynn Mona Maris James Stephenson Jonathan Hale David Bruce Thurston Hall Mary Gordon John Eldredge Hardie Albright
dying person husband wife gallery owner doctor professor dark gripping united states courtroom jail studio murder forgery morality wrongfully accused execution investigation fall wretched excess
An elderly professor, suffering from an aortic aneurism, confronts the problem of what to do knowing that he only has a few months to live.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Dr. Mansfield
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy Henry O'Neill Patric Knowles James Stephenson Janet Shaw
reporter police detective senator doctor captain henchman cheeky confident chinatown police station nightclub car apartment submarine protection theft investigation murder impersonation ransom
Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.
Drama
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Dr. Anton Rader
Joel McCrea Brenda Marshall George Bancroft Jeffrey Lynn Stanley Ridges James Stephenson Howard C. Hickman Nana Bryant Rudolph Anders Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Addison Richards
diplomat spy wife husband patriotic melodramatic tangiers, morocco geneva washington, d.c. espionage national security romance war sacrifice pursuit 1930s
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
95 Minutes
Jim Ralston
Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins George Brent Donald Crisp Jane Bryan Louise Fazenda James Stephenson Jerome Cowan William Lundigan Cecilia Loftus
adoptive mother cousin daughter father mother emotional melodramatic united states american civil war illegitimate child mother/daughter relationship self-sacrifice sacrifice rivalry 1880s
The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
Drama
USA
1938
88 Minutes
Thomas Bradford
Claude Rains Fay Bainter Jackie Cooper Bonita Granville Henry O'Neill Kay Johnson James Stephenson J. Farrell MacDonald William Pawley John Ridgely Mary Field
housekeeper inventor teen boy daughter wife mechanic emotional moving indiana small town house inventions theft family mother/son relationship mentorship science love rise 1910s
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
102 Minutes
British Military Intelligence agent
Edward G. Robinson Francis Lederer George Sanders Paul Lukas Henry O'Neill Lya Lys Grace Stafford James Stephenson Sig Ruman Frederic Tozere Dorothy Tree
fbi agent nazi spy doctor melodramatic patriotic chilling united states europe germany new york state fbi espionage nazism confession pursuit wretched excess 1930s
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Adventure
USA
1939
114 Minutes
Maj. Henri de Beaujolais
Gary Cooper Ray Milland Robert Preston Brian Donlevy Susan Hayward J. Carrol Naish Albert Van Dekker Broderick Crawford Charles Barton James Stephenson Heather Thatcher
brother soldier sergeant mercenary suspenseful inspiring england desert robbery war escape mutiny money escape adventure rise fall rivalry 1930s
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa, after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Prof. Landis
Pat O'Brien Dick Powell Priscilla Lane Dick Foran Ann Sheridan Johnnie Davis Ronald Reagan Emma Dunn Granville Bates James Stephenson Hobart Cavanaugh
singer musician beautiful woman boyfriend agent lighthearted spirited amusing cheery dude ranch wyoming train new york city rodeo struggling musicians deception assumed identity city vs. country show business country music
An actor can only get a radio job if he can prove that he's an authentic cowboy.