List of the best John Litel movies: Two Dollar Bettor(1951), Submarine Base(1943), Boss of Big Town(1942), Nancy Drew, Detective(1938), Mary Ryan, Detective(1949), Northwest Trail(1945), Secret Service of the Air(1939), Alcatraz Island(1937), Crime Doctor's Warning(1945), Nancy Drew -- Reporter(1939), Money and the Woman(1940), Crime Doctor(1943) ... ...
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1951
72 Minutes
An honest bank employee gets hooked on horse racing, and starts to embezzle bank funds in an attempt to recoup his losses.
4.5/10
Adventure
USA
1943
65 Minutes
James Xavier "Jim" Taggart
Ship engineer Jim Taggert is rescued from a torpedoed tramp steamer by Joe Morgan, an American gangster that found New York too hot for him, and has become a fisherman operating from an ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1942
65 Minutes
Michael Lynn
A city official (John Litel) keeps a crooked lawyer (H.B. Warner) and his gang out of the milk business.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
67 Minutes
Bonita Granville John Litel Frank Thomas Jr. Frank Orth Renie Riano Vera Lewis John Ridgely Helena Phillips Evans
nancy drew boyfriend father police captain wealthy woman accountant charming lighthearted river heights family home lake hospital disappearance abduction secret codes investigation friendship carrier pigeons mystery adventure
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation her alma mater suddenly disappears, Nancy Drew sets out to solve the mystery.
6.8/10
Crime, Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1949
68 Minutes
Marsha Hunt John Litel June Vincent Harry Shannon Wm. "Bill" Phillips Katharine Warren Victoria Horne John Dehner Arthur Space Kernan Cripps Chester Clute
Police detective Mary Ryan is given an assignment to break up a gang of jewel thieves and fences. She, using an alias as a convict, is placed in the cell with a suspected member of the gang... See full summary »
5.9/10
Western
USA
1945
66 Minutes
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.
5.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
61 Minutes
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.
5.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
64 Minutes
Ann Sheridan John Litel Gordon Oliver Mary Maguire Dick Purcell Ben Welden
father racketeer nanny daughter prison official criminal brooding gripping tense prison house cell alcatraz island san francisco prison life crime kidnapping feud family vengeance
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
Mystery & Thriller
1945
69 Minutes
Inspector Dawes
Warner Baxter John Litel Dusty Anderson Tom Bryson
criminologist artist mother model criminal mysterious woman tense offbeat new york city artist's studio nightclub mansion blackouts murder mistaken identity painting art world investigation mystery pursuit
Criminologist Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) delves into the modern art scene when two artist's models are murdered and a third model seems to be missing.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
68 Minutes
Carson Drew
Bonita Granville John Litel Frank Thomas Jr. Mary Lee Dickie Jones Larry Williams Betty Amann Thomas E. Jackson Olin Howland
nancy drew boyfriend boxer father child victim lighthearted charming city hotel newsroom river heights trial murder journalism father/daughter relationship set-up mystery pursuit escape
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) plays reporter, solves a murder and clears a scandal.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
80 Minutes
Jerremy `'Jerry'` Helm
Jeffrey Lynn Brenda Marshall John Litel Lee Patrick Henry O'Neill Roger Pryor Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Henry Kolker William Gould Edward Keane Peter Ashley
The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Charlie has greatly increased the amount of money in savings and is ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Emilio Caspari
amnesiac criminologist criminal psychiatrist social worker ex-girlfriend engaging thrilling new york city prison office courtroom rehabilitation secret past amnesia psychiatry organized crime money transformation 1940s
Amnesia victim, Robert Ordway, becomes the country's leading criminal psychologist. When he is hit on the head (by someone from his past) he suddenly remembers his previous life as a ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Romance
USA
1947
62 Minutes
Looks like the film that might have inspired Hugo Haas to make one like it twice a year in the early fifties. Connie (June Lang) is all smitten with lighthouse keeper Sam Wells (Don Castle)... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1939
60 Minutes
Carson Drew
Bonita Granville Frank Thomas Jr. John Litel Frank Orth Renie Riano Vera Lewis Louise Carter John Ridgely
nancy drew boyfriend father police captain spinster sister engaging lighthearted town family home victorian house secret passageway property rights schemes false accusations investigation will and testament murder mystery discovery
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) and her boyfriend (Frankie Thomas) protect a mansion from racetrack gangsters.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
70 Minutes
Carson Drew
Bonita Granville Frank Thomas Jr. John Litel Aldrich Bowker Renie Riano
attorney murder suspect nancy drew love interest friend housekeeper cheery madcap lighthearted house country house nursery airplane lake accusations investigation friendship amateur detectives murder case unlikely hero
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) and her boyfriend (Frankie Thomas) solve a murder and land in a haystack.
Comedy
1942
72 Minutes
Mr. Samuel W. Aldrich
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
John Chandler
Ida Lupino Howard Duff Stephen McNally John Litel Peggy Dow Taylor Holmes Irving Bacon Joe Besser Don Beddoe Peggie Castle
After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.
5.7/10
Western
USA
1957
63 Minutes
Mace Beldon
Rory Calhoun Anne Francis Vince Edwards John Litel Chuck Connors Robert Burton Salvadore Baques Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Regis Parton
gunslinger murderer wife widow gutsy suspenseful thrilling texas ranch mexico new mexico wrongful conviction murder investigation unlikely allies divorce inheritance pursuit mystery love 19th century
Ellen Beldon is due to be hanged in Texas for the murder of her husband, but Jud Farrow, ranch foreman for her uncle, breaks her out of jail and escorts her to the safety of her uncle's New... See full summary »
5.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
55 Minutes
Mr. William Saxby
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.
5.2/10
Adventure
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Col. Pascal
George Raft Marie Windsor Akim Tamiroff John Litel Eduard Franz Erno Verebes Crane Whitley Damian O'Flynn
captain muslim military officer emir beautiful woman daughter spectacular emotional thrilling morocco military base outpost foreign legion revolution new romance unlikely allies duty forbidden love adventure 1930s
After escorting an Emir's daughter to her father's stronghold, French Foreign Legion Captain Gerard's unit joins an isolated Moroccan outpost facing imminent attack by rebel Bedouin tribes.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1948
84 Minutes
District Attorney
Dick Powell Lizabeth Scott Jane Wyatt Raymond Burr John Litel Byron Barr Jimmy Hunt Ann Doran
Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.
6.1/10
Western
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Ralph Edward Ferris
George Brent Olivia de Havilland Claude Rains Margaret Lindsay John Litel Tim Holt Barton MacLane Henry O'Neill Marcia Ralston George "Gabby" Hayes Sidney Toler
farmer miner son daughter girlfriend brother engaging tense san francisco mine household office mining family feud greed rivalry transformation 1870s
Hydraulic Mining versus Sacramento Valley Farming.
6.0/10
Action
USA
1939
88 Minutes
Commander Clark
George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne Frank McHugh John Litel Victor Jory Henry O'Neill John Ridgely John Gallaudet Donald Briggs Edgar Edwards
Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Horror
USA
1939
62 Minutes
Dr. Francis Flegg
Wayne Morris Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Dennis Morgan John Litel Lya Lys Huntz Hall Charles Wilson Vera Lewis Howard C. Hickman Olin Howland
news reporter actress mad scientist undertaker doctor campy creepy suspenseful united states city hotel newsroom laboratory murder science gone awry investigation reporting mystery discovery 1930s
A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.
5.7/10
Western
Mexico|USA
1954
105 Minutes
Gen. Wilford Howell
Dale Robertson Mary Murphy J. Carrol Naish John Hamilton John Litel Joel Fluellen Iron Eyes Cody Douglas Kennedy
sitting bull george armstrong custer major crazy horse ulysses s. grant native american profound rousing battlefield indian territory plains battle of the little bighorn native americans american indian wars old west imperialism expansionism underdog sacrifice quest
A cavalry officer sympathetic to the wronged Sioux fixes a meeting between Chief Sitting Bull and President Grant but a dishonest Indian Agent and a hateful General Custer test the Sioux's patience, threatening to derail the peace-talks.
5.7/10
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1945
82 Minutes
Ed Henderson
Edmund Lowe Brenda Joyce Harry Davenport William Severn John Litel Clancy Cooper
A little boy lost in the woods is found and raised by Old John, a hermit, who teaches the boy about life in general and nature in particular.
5.2/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
72 Minutes
Dr. Lane
Marguerite Chapman Cameron Mitchell Arthur Franz Virginia Huston John Litel Richard Gaines
astronaut scientist alien thrilling suspenseful melodramatic spaceship mars underground alien/human relationship space exploration discovery adventure love escape 21st century
Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1938
85 Minutes
Post
Edward G. Robinson Jane Bryan Allen Jenkins Willard Parker Ruth Donnelly John Litel Eric Stanley Harold Huber Edward Brophy Paul Harvey Bobby Jordan
police officer bootlegger bar owner gangster orphan wife lighthearted cheeky new york state household business adoption prohibition crime murder transformation fall 1930s
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
6.8/10
Biography
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Committee Chairman
Pat O'Brien Ronald Reagan Gale Page Donald Crisp Albert Basserman John Litel Henry O'Neill Owen Davis Jr. John Qualen Dorothy Tree Kane Richmond
football player george gipp professor coach wife heartwarming indiana university of notre dame football field hospital classroom locker room football illness teamwork knute rockne sports quest rise 1920s
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Charlie Bell
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith S.Z. Sakall Victor Francen Florence Bates John Litel Paul Kelly John Alvin Monte Blue Robert Shayne Robert Barrat
rancher kingpin dancer gunslinger engaging thrilling san antonio, texas mexico alamo ranch range war cattle theft old west justice romance quest revenge rivalry 19th century
Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1940
81 Minutes
Charles Bryant
Miriam Hopkins Claude Rains Richard Ainley Laura Hope Crews Helen Westley John Litel Victor Jory
actress actor producer socialite ex-husband son melodramatic powerful chicago new york city courtroom theater boarding house divorce child custody adultery theater ambition mother/son relationship love
A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son. She's determined to return to her hometown in a ... See full summary »
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Medical Director
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
7.1/10
Western
USA
1939
104 Minutes
Matt Cole
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Ann Sheridan Bruce Cabot Frank McHugh Alan Hale John Litel Victor Jory Henry Travers Henry O'Neill Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
sheriff deputy girl thief cattle rustler frenetic thrilling gutsy spirited dodge city, kan. train law and order american west frontier justice cattle drives adventure love pursuit revenge 1870s
A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Charpentier
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
CHAP. 1, HI YO SILVER: An outlaw leader planning to take control of Texas after the Civil War kills Colonel Jeffries, a man empowered to levy taxes, and assumes his identity. His men then ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Western
USA
1955
104 Minutes
Pleasant Tuesday Babson
Burt Lancaster Dianne Foster Diana Lynn John McIntire Una Merkel John Carradine John Litel Rhys Williams Walter Matthau Donald MacDonald Edward Norris
frontiersman frontier woman schoolteacher indentured servant son father emotional tender spirited kentucky frontier texas journey family father/son relationship frontier life friendship adventure discovery love
A Kentucky widower bound for 1820's Texas with his young son is thwarted in his efforts by a corrupt constable, a long-standing family feud, and a beautiful indentured servant.
6.2/10
Western
USA
1951
74 Minutes
Maj. John B. Jones
George Montgomery Gale Storm Jerome Courtland Ian MacDonald Noah Beery Jr. William Bishop John Litel Douglas Kennedy
texas ranger major sundance kid brother girl outlaw tense brash fiery texas prairie town austin texas rangers bandits going straight shoot-out rivalry rise revenge
In 1874, unable to eliminate a gang of notorious outlaws, the Texas Rangers hire two former convicts to assist with the tracking and the destruction of the Sam Bass gang.
5.7/10
Western
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Matt Towner
Jane Russell George Brent Scott Brady Forrest Tucker Andy Devine Jack Lambert John Litel Ray Teal Rory Mallinson Roy Barcroft Hollis Bane
outlaw brother marshal native american gambler saloon owner spirited sultry tense intricate oklahoma saloon small town jail desert hideout belle starr love triangle robbery gambling
In Oklahoma, outlaw Belle Starr joins the Dalton gang but she causes a romantic rivalry and a rift between the gang members, especially on the eve of the planned robbery of a bank where a posse is secretly waiting in ambush.
5.7/10
Comedy
USA
1940
69 Minutes
Gordon Quigley
Eddie Albert Wayne Morris Ronald Reagan Rosemary Lane Jane Wyman Ruth Terry John Litel Hobart Cavanaugh Ann Shoemaker Tom Kennedy
aspiring actress boyfriend producer texan wife sweetheart amusing playful rousing texas new york city broadway theater office broadway con game surprise visit stardom deception rise 1940s
Stage struck Lydia Weston leaves her small Texas town for Broadway. Left behind is her steady beau Peter. Lydia sends letters and news clippings back home telling everyone she's now a big ... See full summary »
5.5/10
Western
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Meade Moore
Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan Ray Collins James Bell Horace MacMahon Gregory Walcott John Litel Douglas Fowley Don Haggerty Walter Sande Alexander Campbell
publisher gambler deputy judge rancher beautiful woman melodramatic suspenseful moving texas small town newsroom ranch sheriff's office riverboat journalism corruption grief inheritance unlikely allies
A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair.
5.1/10
Drama
USA
1956
92 Minutes
George Barton
Marla English Gloria Castillo Mary Ellen Kay Lance Fuller Adele Jergens Anna Sten John Litel Jay Adler
Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
7.3/10
Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Harry McNamara
George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Gale Page Alan Hale Roscoe Karns John Litel Henry O'Neill George Tobias Charles Halton
truck driver brother business owner wife girlfriend uneasy gritty suspenseful cool california courtroom false accusations murder mental breakdown brotherhood dangerous job affair forbidden love transformation 1940s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Prosecuting Attorney
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
6.8/10
Western
USA
1940
121 Minutes
Marshall
Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott Humphrey Bogart Frank McHugh Alan Hale Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Moroni Olsen Russell Hicks Douglas Dumbrille
southerner commander intelligence officer bandit friend engaging gripping rousing prison wagon train virginia city, nev. trail american civil war theft escape prisoners of war robbery pursuit escape sacrifice
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Prison Chaplain
John Garfield Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien Burgess Meredith Henry O'Neill Jerome Cowan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Margot Stevenson Willard Robertson Edward Pawley
gangster prisoner warden girlfriend rival attorney brooding fiery confident passionate sing sing correctional facility new york state cell yard courtroom prison life organized crime egoism rehabilitation jailbreak
An arrogant mobster, sentenced to a long prison term in Sing Sing, becomes a changed man when given a chance by the fair and progressive warden.
6.6/10
Comedy
USA
1945
79 Minutes
Swearengen Jones
Dennis O'Keefe Helen Walker Eddie Anderson June Havoc Gail Patrick Mischa Auer Nana Bryant John Litel Joe Sawyer Neil Hamilton Herbert Rudley
veteran fiancée lawyer best friend heiress heir cheery unrestrained new york city office radio station theater bank ship inheritance investing engagement friendship broadway cruise
In order to inherit $7,000,000, an ex-soldier must spend $1,000,000 in two months' time.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Webb Wargate
Spencer Tracy Lana Turner Zachary Scott Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Van Dekker Margaret Lindsay John Litel Mona Barrie Josephine Hutchinson Rose Hobart
judge wife lawyer emotional somber minnesota small town adultery forbidden love romance judicial system marriage illness rise fall 1940s
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass', Bradd Criley. ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Dr. Brett
Geraldine Fitzgerald Jeffrey Lynn Gladys George Gale Page Spring Byington Johnnie Davis Henry O'Neill John Litel Gloria Holden Johnny Downs Eve Arden
A maternity ward, staffed by sympathetic nurses, serves mothers-to-be from all walks of life. These include a happy mother of a large family; a secretly-married teenager who thinks their ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Western
USA
1957
77 Minutes
Charles Summerton
Randolph Scott John Carroll Karen Steele Valerie French Noah Beery Jr. John Archer Andrew Duggan James Westerfield John Litel Ray Teal Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger villain girl townsperson sheriff bartender confident gritty tense church restaurant street small town vengeance kidnapping suicide confrontation corruption showdown revenge
Bart Allison and sidekick Sam arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of town boss Tate Kimbrough, whom Allison blames for his wife's death years earlier.
6.1/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Vice-Adm. B.J. Crawford
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara Frankie Avalon Regis Toomey John Litel Howard McNear Henry Daniell
admiral psychiatrist lieutenant captain scientist congressman thrilling tense creative submarine deep sea arctic ocean pacific ocean mariana islands fire nuclear weapons race against time sabotage showdown global disaster
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Comedy, Drama
1937
80 Minutes
Wyatt Ranstead
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).
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