List of the best Janet Shaw movies: The Rookie Cop(1939), Arizona Trail(1943), Torchy Blane in Chinatown(1939), Accidents Will Happen(1938), Dark Alibi(1946), Sergeant Murphy(1938), The Scarlet Clue(1945), They Won't Believe Me(1947), Shadow of a Doubt(1943), The Sisters(1938), The Mummy's Tomb(1942), The Getting of Wisdom(1977) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Gerry Lane
Tim Holt Virginia Weidler Janet Shaw Frank M. Thomas Robert Emmett Keane Monte Montague
Using his trained dog, a rookie cop tries to prove his friend innocent of a robbery, despite the police commissioner's objection.
Western
USA
1943
57 Minutes
Martha Brooks
Tex Ritter Fuzzy Knight Denny Meadows Janet Shaw Jack Ingram Erville Alderson Joseph J. Greene Glenn Strange Dan White Art Fowler
cowboy man friend father family patriarch engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping arizona farm cowboys self-defense fight for justice fighting ranching family discovery adventure quest
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Janet Baldwin
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
62 Minutes
Mary Tarlton
Ronald Reagan Gloria Blondell Dick Purcell Sheila Bromley Addison Richards Hugh O'Connell Janet Shaw Elliott Sullivan Anderson Lawlor Spec O'Donnell Kenneth Harlan
investigator wife corrupt businessman cigarette girl gangster boss dark tense los angeles family home office hideout store scam corruption marriage greed divorce vengeance transformation
An insurance adjustor tangles with a big insurance-fraud gang.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Miss Petrie
Sidney Toler Mantan Moreland Ben Carter Benson Fong Russell Hicks Joyce Compton Edward Earle Teala Loring George Holmes Janet Shaw Edna Holland
A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.
Drama
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Joan Furse
Ronald Reagan Mary Maguire Donald Crisp Ben Hendricks Jr. William B. Davidson Max Hoffman Emmett Vogan Tracy Layne Edmund Cobb Janet Shaw Rosella Towne
A horse is offered for sale to the cavalry but is rejected as unfit for service. A cavalry private buys the horse, and trains it to be a champion racer. When he thinks it's ready, he ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Sidney Toler Benson Fong Mantan Moreland Helen Devereaux Robert Homans Virginia Brissac I. Stanford Jolley Reid Kilpatrick Jack Norton Charles Sherlock Janet Shaw
charlie chan radio star chauffeur police captain studio head spy gripping shocking tense new york city radio station laboratory street espionage radio performers murder investigation theft government secrets mystery
Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Crime, Drama
1947
95 Minutes
Robert Young Susan Hayward Jane Greer Rita Johnson Tom Powers George Tyne Don Beddoe Frank Ferguson Harry Harvey Wilton Graff Janet Shaw
defendant wife girlfriend mistress police officer crafty intricate shocking dark courtroom ranch los angeles trial murder mistaken identity infidelity marrying for money temptation fall wretched excess
A stockbroker (Robert Young) tells the court how his rich wife and one of two girlfriends (Susan Hayward, Jane Greer) died.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Drama
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Errol Flynn Bette Davis Anita Louise Jane Bryan Ian Hunter Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Donald Crisp Dick Foran Patric Knowles Alan Hale
secretary sportswriter father sister fiancé millionaire melodramatic intense gripping montana san francisco apartment office ship sister relationship marriage ambition drinking earthquakes reconciliation
Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
Horror
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Lon Chaney Dick Foran Elyse Knox John Hubbard Mary Gordon Virginia Brissac Turhan Bey Wallace Ford George Zucco Cliff Clark Paul E. Burns
The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.
Drama
Australia
1977
100 Minutes
Julia Blake Dorothy Bradley Kay Eklund Max Fairchild Jan Friedl Diana Greentree Maggie Kirkpatrick Monica Maughan Candy Raymond Terence Donovan Kerry Armstrong
Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Dick Powell Anita Louise Allen Jenkins Ronald Reagan Walter Catlett Harold Huber Larry Williams Thurston Hall Minna Gombell Joyce Compton Robert Warwick
salesman boss beautiful woman aunt fan jockey lighthearted mellow store hotel party racetrack parade maryland horse racing impersonation wager advertising sabotage quest
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Adventure, Action
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Patric Knowles Eugene Pallette Alan Hale Herbert Mundin Una O'Connor Melville Cooper
robin hood prince king sheriff of nottingham pretty woman outlaw thrilling cheery rousing forest england castle rebellion corruption royalty wealth quest adventure rescue middle ages
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army.