List of the best Joan Woodbury movies: Gangs, Inc.(1941), Crashing Hollywood(1938), Man From Headquarters(1942), The Lion's Den(1936), I Killed That Man(1942), Yankee Fakir(1947), Bulldog Courage(1935), Phantom Killer(1942), King of the Zombies(1941), Song of the Gringo(1936), In Old Cheyenne(1941), The Chinese Cat(1944) ... ...
Crime, Drama
1941
69 Minutes
Rita Adams
Joan Woodbury Jack LaRue Linda Ware John Archer Vince Barnett Alan Ladd Gavin Gordon William Halligan George Pembroke Selmer Jackson Kenneth Harlan
After serving a jail sentence for a crime she didn't commit, a young woman plans a racketeering scheme to get revenge.
Comedy
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Lee Tracy Joan Woodbury Paul Guilfoyle Lee Patrick Richard Lane Bradley Page Tom Kennedy George Irving Frank M. Thomas Jack Carson Alec Craig
husband wife mobster screenwriter producer actress witty lighthearted train hollywood, calif. movie studio movie set movies organized crime bank robbery show business look-alikes transformation pursuit 1930s
An ex-con, just out of prison, and his wife meet a screen writer on the train and decide that, since he's writing about crime without knowing much about it, collaborating with him would be ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
64 Minutes
Frank Albertson Joan Woodbury John Maxwell Max Hoffman Dick Elliott Byron Foulger Robert Kellard Mel Ruick
reporter editor beautiful woman thug crime boss witness melodramatic dark suspenseful chicago st. louis train city courtroom robbery kidnapping frame-ups murder organized crime journalism
Crime reporter Larry Doyle, who contributes to the capture of the Padroni gang, is later framed for murder by the gang leader.
Western
USA
1936
59 Minutes
Ann Merwin
Tim McCoy Joan Woodbury Arthur Millett Dick Curtis John Merton Don Barclay Frank Glendon
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
72 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Joan Woodbury Iris Adrian George Pembroke Herbert Rawlinson Pat Gleason Ralf Harolde Jack Mulhall Vince Barnett Gavin Gordon John Hamilton
Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
67 Minutes
Douglas Fowley Joan Woodbury Clem Bevans Ransom Sherman Frank Reicher Marc Lawrence Walter Soderling Eula Guy Forrest Taylor Elinor Appleton Peter Michael
traveling salesman border patrol officer prospector friend informant love interest gripping spirited suspenseful arizona mexican-american border saloon small town murder investigation new romance deception assumed identity reward amateur detectives adventure
"Yankee" Davis and his partner,"Shaggy" Hartley, a couple of carny-type traveling (usually just ahead of the law) pitchmen with their own tent to pitch from, arrive in a small Arizona town,... See full summary »
Western
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Helen Brennan
A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Barbara Mason
Dick Purcell Joan Woodbury John Hamilton Warren Hymer Kenneth Harlan J. Farrell MacDonald Mantan Moreland Gayne Whitman George J. Lewis
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Dick Purcell Joan Woodbury Henry Victor Mantan Moreland John Archer Patricia Stacey Guy Usher Marguerite Whitten Leigh Whipper Madame Sul-Te-Wan Lawrence Criner
passenger servant pilot mad scientist zombie niece creepy frightening engaging amusing airplane caribbean island mansion cellar plane crash zombies voodoo world war ii survival
On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.
Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
Tex Ritter Joan Woodbury Monte Blue Fuzzy Knight Ted Adams Warner Richmond Martin Garralaga William Desmond Glenn Strange Budd Buster Charles Whitaker
Tex is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.
Western
USA
1941
54 Minutes
Della Casey, Dolores Casino
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Joan Woodbury J. Farrell MacDonald Sally Payne George Rosener William Haade Hal Taliaferro Jack Kirk
reporter cattle rancher settler outlaw dancer thrilling rousing emotional train cheyenne, wyo. small town frontier house journalism wrongfully accused range war frame-up train robbery unlikely allies underdog
Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
65 Minutes
Leah Manning
Sidney Toler Benson Fong Joan Woodbury Mantan Moreland Weldon Heyburn Ian Keith Sam Flint Cyrus W. Kendall Anthony Warde John Davidson Betty Blythe
charlie chan daughter chess player fiancé son chauffeur playful spirited confident fun house hotel family home murder case family honor investigation deception father/son relationship chess mystery discovery
The Cisco Kid and Pancho hold up a stagecoach and kidnap Ellen Roth. They take the girl, who is wanted on a murder charge, to the mission where Padre Angelo will look after her. She tells ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Katherine Owens
Bob Steele John Litel Joan Woodbury Madge Bellamy George Meeker Ian Keith Raymond Hatton Poodles Hanneford John Hamilton Charles Middleton Bill Hammond
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Comedy
USA
1948
55 Minutes
Bubbles LaRue
William Tracy Joe Sawyer Joan Woodbury Emory Parnell Betty Compson Paul Stanton
reporter newspaper owner burlesque dancer police officer mob boss veteran amusing rousing engaging city newsroom house nightclub office extortion mob corruption crime investigation journalism
A newspaper publisher (Emory Parnell) is being blackmailed by a burlesque queen (Joan Woodbury), and he sends one of his reporters (William Tracy) to talk to her. The girl is murdered and ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Edith
James Dunn Helen Whitney Bourne Joan Woodbury Solly Ward Tom Kennedy Franklin Pangborn
salesgirl manager landlord tenant roommate heiress amusing lighthearted madcap city apartment basement restaurant mistaken identity romance jealousy practical jokes love pursuit rivalry 1930s
Mary, a sometimes employed Midwest transplant living in New York is forced to share an apartment with Jack, a starving artist-night watchman. Both having problems paying their rent, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
67 Minutes
Gloria Robloff
Wallace Ford Barbara Pepper Joan Woodbury Clara Kimball Young Jack Mulhall John Elliott John Cowell Vincent Dennis Arthur Loft Ed Cassidy
A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.
War
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Nancy Brooks-Graham
American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1938
61 Minutes
Nora Parker
Michael Whalen Jean Rogers Chick Chandler Robert Kellard Joan Woodbury Harold Huber Marc Lawrence Sidney Blackmer William Demarest
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1937
63 Minutes
Rita Marlowe
James Gleason ZaSu Pitts Marjorie Lord George Shelley Joan Woodbury Frank M. Thomas Tom Kennedy Alan Edwards Stephen Chase Eddie Marr Ada Leonard
While Oscar and Hildegarde are attending a Broadway show, a press agent is shot in an actress' dressing room and an actor is murdered onstage in full view of the audience. Oscar and Hildegarde are on the case.
Western
1942
58 Minutes
Vera Martin
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Helen Parrish Onslow Stevens Joan Woodbury Frank M. Thomas Roy Barcroft Jack Kirk Bob Nolan Sons of the Pioneers Rex Lease
gunslinger sheriff rancher nanny baby neighbor thrilling melodramatic heartwarming wild west ranch family home river saloon town inheritance deception swindling land wars fraud
A desperate nanny turns to Roy Rogers for help when a conniving woman and a neighbor concoct a scheme to steal her infant charge's land.
Western
USA
1935
61 Minutes
Dolores
William Boyd Jimmy Ellison William Farnum George "Gabby" Hayes Addison Richards Joan Woodbury Frank Shannon Dorothy Revier
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Doris Duane
Jack Oakie Ann Sothern Edward Ciannelli Alan Bruce Edgar Kennedy Joan Woodbury Bradley Page Paul Guilfoyle William Corson
amateur sleuth publicist actor criminologist police officer killer lighthearted amusing suspenseful los angeles movie set nightclub hollywood, calif. california murder investigation celebrities fame egoism false accusations acting
An actor who plays a detective in films soon finds himself out of his depth when he tries to investigate a real crime.
Sci-Fi
USA
1964
82 Minutes
Gadra
Preston Foster Philip Carey Merry Anders John Hoyt Dennis Patrick Joan Woodbury Delores Wells Steve Franken Gloria Leslie Peter Strudwick Margaret Seldeen
In 1964, a group of scientists create a portal that takes them to a barren, mutant inhabited, Earth in the year 2071.
Drama
USA
1942
109 Minutes
Ida Lupino Dennis Morgan Joan Leslie Jack Carson Gladys George Faye Emerson Paul Cavanagh Leona Maricle Roman Bohnen Ray Montgomery Jacqueline Wells
singer sister band leader dancer somber sad dark broadway theater stage new york city small town sister relationship fame success singing love triangle rise fall 1940s
Embittered, ambitious Helen Chernen sees an opportunity to escape her drab small-town life by becoming a 'stage mother' to her musically-talented younger sister.
Drama
1937
94 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Franchot Tone Gladys George Edgar Dearing Mary Treen Cliff Edwards Charles Trowbridge Joe Sawyer George Chandler Gavin Gordon Ernest Whitman
clerk friend soldier nurse judge gangster dark gritty emotional carnival battlefield jail courtroom new york city veterans love triangle world war i unlikely criminal prison break transformation
A circus man (Spencer Tracy) tries to save his buddy (Franchot Tone) who turns gangster after fighting in World War I.