List of the best Joe King movies: Shifting Sands(1918), Once a Doctor(1937), That Man's Here Again(1937), Alibi Ike(1935), Land Beyond the Law(1937), Moonlight on the Prairie(1936), God's Country and the Woman(1936), Public Enemy's Wife(1936), San Quentin(1937), China Clipper(1936), The Walking Dead(1936), Shipmates Forever(1935) ... ...
Drama
USA
1918
52 Minutes
Gloria Swanson Joe King Harvey Clark Lillian Langdon Arthur Millett
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well. The German then attempts to blackmail her into helping ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
59 Minutes
Jean Muir Donald Woods Gordon Oliver Joe King Henry Kolker Gordon Hart Joseph Crehan Louise Stanley Robert Paige Cyrus W. Kendall
Steven and Jerry are both young doctors, rivals professionally and for Paula Norland. Jerry lets Steven take the blame for a mistake he made and sending him to prison. Steven gets redemption, after release, during a storm at sea.
Romance
USA
1937
69 Minutes
Hugh Herbert Mary Maguire Tom Brown Joe King Teddy Hart Arthur Aylesworth Dorothy Vaughan Tetsu Komai
An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In order to keep her near him, he wangles a job for her as a maid at the building.
Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Joe E. Brown Olivia de Havilland William Frawley Roscoe Karns Joe King Ruth Donnelly Paul Harvey Eddie Shubert G. Pat Collins Spencer Charters Gene Morgan
pitcher fiancée baseball manager baseball player gambler wife hilarious thrilling chicago baseball field stadium household baseball gambling lying kidnapping engagement love rise transformation
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Western
USA
1937
54 Minutes
Dick Foran Linda Perry Wayne Morris Irene Franklin Joe King Gordon Hart Cyrus W. Kendall Frank Orth Glenn Strange Harry Woods Milton Kibbee
Wild and woolly Chip Douglas becomes a lawman after his father is killed in New Mexico territory and helps avoid a range war.
Western
USA
1936
63 Minutes
Dick Foran Sheila Bromley George E. Stone Joe Sawyer Bill Elliott Joe King Robert Barrat Dickie Jones Herbert Heywood Raymond Brown Richard Carle
Ace returns to the town where he is suspected of murder. He quickly become involved in the scheme to keep Barbara Roberts from reaching her ranch. To inherit the ranch she must reach it by ... See full summary »
Drama
1936
80 Minutes
George Brent Beverly Roberts Barton MacLane Robert Barrat Alan Hale Joe King El Brendel Joseph Crehan Addison Richards Roscoe Ates Billy Bevan
logger brother rival lumberjack love interest foreman rousing emotional vancouver, british columbia camp airplane lake woods brother relationship deception new romance assumed identity stranded business rivalry
A lumber-camp owner (Beverly Roberts) falls in love with her business rival's brother (George Brent).
Crime, Drama
1936
65 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Margaret Lindsay Cesar Romero Robert Armstrong Dick Foran Joe King Dick Purcell Addison Richards Hal K. Dawson Harry Hayden Alan Bridge
A G-man (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with the aloof ex-mate (Margaret Lindsay) of a gangster convict (Cesar Romero), who escapes.
Drama
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Barton MacLane Joe Sawyer Veda Ann Borg James Robbins Joe King Gordon Oliver Garry Owen Marc Lawrence
captain singer brother inmate prison official gritty engaging tense nightclub san quentin penitentiary cell apartment street prison life escape brother/sister relationship performance riots romance quest
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Drama
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Ross Alexander Beverly Roberts Humphrey Bogart Marie Wilson Henry B. Walthall Joseph Crehan Joe King Addison Richards Ruth Robinson Wayne Morris
engineer entrepreneur business partner aviator wife father gripping thrilling inspiring washington, d.c. new york city airplane honolulu cuba father/son relationship husband/wife relationship business aviation aspirations work vs. family
Dave Logan takes his regional Pan American airline and with vision and sometimes ruthless determination establishes pan-American and trans-Pacific routes.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ricardo Cortez Edmund Gwenn Marguerite Churchill Barton MacLane Warren Hull Henry O'Neill Joe King Addison Richards Paul Harvey Robert Strange
An executed convict returns from the grave to revenge himself against the gangsters who framed him for murder.
Musical
USA
1935
108 Minutes
Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Lewis Stone Ross Alexander Eddie Acuff Dick Foran John Arledge Robert Light Joe King Frederick Burton Henry Kolker
Dick is watching the fleet come in when he sees June. Dick has no intention of joining the Navy, which is a family tradition, and June, having lost her father and brother in the Navy, does ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1940
103 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon Samuel S. Hinds S.Z. Sakall Lewis Howard Cecilia Loftus Henry Stephenson Eugene Pallette Joe King Fritz Feld
actress singer theatrical producer love interest mother father airy lighthearted charming new york city honolulu backstage stage mother/daughter relationship theater love triangle failing career show business rivalry love
A Broadway star (Kay Francis) and her daughter (Deanna Durbin) become rivals for a role and a millionaire (Walter Pidgeon) in Hawaii.
Horror
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Stanley Ridges Anne Nagel Anne Gwynne Virginia Brissac Edmund MacDonald Paul Fix Murray Alper Jack Mulhall Joe King
doctor professor mobster rival wife reporter tense creepy prison office street death row madness brain transplants organized crime murder death sentence mind control revenge pursuit
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Comedy, Drama
1937
80 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Henry Fonda Margaret Lindsay Stuart Erwin J. Farrell MacDonald Dick Purcell Joe Sawyer Craig Reynolds John Litel Harland Tucker Joe King
farmhand electrician nurse crew member boss emotional melodramatic countryside midwest chicago construction site love triangle dangerous assignment ambition employment adventure transformation 1930s
A high-voltage lineman's (Pat O'Brien) farm-boy student (Henry Fonda) becomes his rival for a girl (Margaret Lindsay).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung C. Henry Gordon Marc Lawrence Joan Valerie Marguerite Chapman Ted Osborn Michael Visaroff Hilda Vaughn Charles Wagenheim Archie Twitchell
An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
82 Minutes
Bette Davis George Brent Roscoe Karns Winifred Shaw Walter Walker J. Carrol Naish Gordon Westcott Dorothy Dare June Martel Joseph Crehan J. Farrell MacDonald
reporter love interest editor polo player murderer confident passionate suspenseful newsroom street hospital courtroom bar ambition gender bias journalism crime investigation trial rivalry
A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
Drama, History
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Alice Brady Andy Devine Brian Donlevy Phyllis Brooks Tom Brown Sidney Blackmer Berton Churchill June Storey
mother mayor singer saloon owner engaging fiery suspenseful chicago saloon love triangle destruction death fire historical events rivalry rise fall 1860s
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.