List of the best Janis Carter movies: The Power of the Whistler(1945), Night Editor(1946), Santa Fe(1951), The Notorious Lone Wolf(1946), The Half-Breed(1952), The Mark of the Whistler(1944), Miss Grant Takes Richmond(1949), Flying Leathernecks(1951), Slightly French(1949), One Mysterious Night(1944), Just Off Broadway(1942), My Forbidden Past(1951) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Richard Dix Janis Carter Jeff Donnell Loren Tindall Tala Birell John Abbott Murray Alper Kenneth MacDonald
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Jill Merrill
"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story, and later became a television series... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
89 Minutes
Judith Chandler
Randolph Scott Janis Carter Jerome Courtland Peter Thompson John Archer Warner Anderson Roy Roberts Jock Mahoney
man soldier brother ex-soldier engaging thrilling patriotic emotional melodramatic united states new life american civil war war aftermath brotherhood younger brothers adventure discovery rivalry love 1950s
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
64 Minutes
Carla Winter
Michael Lanyard finds himself accused of stealing a valuable gem, and must find the real thief in order to clear his name.
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Robert Young Janis Carter Jack Buetel Barton MacLane Reed Hadley Porter Hall Connie Gilchrist Sammy White
There is a fortune in gold on Apache land, and Archer, a dirty politician, intends to have it. Things reach the boiling point, but Young, a slick gambler, comes along and saves the day.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
60 Minutes
Patricia Henley
A drifter's (Richard Dix) claim to a dead bank account interests a newswoman (Janis Carter), storekeeper (Porter Hall) and two brothers.
Comedy
USA
1949
87 Minutes
Peggy Donato
secretary bookie wealthy woman old flame love interest lighthearted amusing office racetrack scam blackmail real estate gambling deception jealousy transformation rise love 1940s
A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.
War
USA
1951
102 Minutes
Joan Kirby
John Wayne Robert Ryan Janis Carter Jay C. Flippen Don Taylor William Harrigan
marine pilot major captain sergeant brother-in-law intense thrilling inspiring military base airplane guadalcanal okinawa, japan world war ii aviation obsession discipline resistance alcohol quest
Major Kirby leads The Wildcats squadron into the historic WWII battle of Guadalcanal.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
81 Minutes
Louisa Gayle
Don Ameche Dorothy Lamour Janis Carter Willard Parker Adele Jergens Jeanne Manet
director singer movie producer sister star impostor witty endearing madcap carnival film set swimming pool ballroom california filmmaking talent search love triangle impersonation publicity jealousy
A cinema director who is in an emotional and professional crisis thinks that he has discovered a French star when he meets an ordinary dancer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
61 Minutes
Dorothy Anderson
Chester Morris Richard Lane Janis Carter William Wright Robert Williams George E. Stone Dorothy Malone Lyle Latell Mark Roberts
thief sidekick inspector reporter manager sister spirited suspenseful engaging hotel police station chinese restaurant apartment pawn shop jewelry theft amateur detectives impersonation disguise kidnapping redemption
Blackie is enlisted by the police to help recover the Blue Star of the Nile diamond, stolen from a war relief exhibit.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Lillian Hubbard
Lloyd Nolan Marjorie Weaver Phil Silvers Janis Carter Richard Derr Joan Valerie Don Costello
Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Corinne Lucas
Robert Mitchum Ava Gardner Melvyn Douglas Lucile Watson Janis Carter Gordon Oliver Basil Ruysdael Clarence Muse Walter Kingsford Jack Briggs Will Wright
woman doctor cousin wife love interest crafty engaging intense new orleans courtroom inheritance infidelity love triangle immorality doomed romance love pursuit forbidden love revenge sacrifice
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800's. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »
Musical
1942
84 Minutes
Sufi
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Edward Everett Horton Binnie Barnes Reginald Owen Mona Maris Janis Carter Inez Cooper Douglas Dumbrille Leonid Kinskey
secretary count angel matchmaker playboy wife charming creative lighthearted bank costume party bedroom house marriage unrequited love supernatural romance dreams regret fantasy vs. reality discovery
A Budapest banker (Nelson Eddy) dreams of marrying an angel (Jeanette MacDonald), after meeting her earthly double.