List of the best John Maxwell movies: Man From Headquarters(1942), Without Warning(1952), The Bigamist(1953), The Payoff(1942), By the Light of the Silvery Moon(1953), Showdown at Abilene(1956), Three Guys Named Mike(1951), The Asphalt Jungle(1950), Johnny Guitar(1954), The Paleface(1948), Francis in the Haunted House(1956), Nine Lives Are Not Enough(1941) ... ...
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.
Drama
USA
1952
75 Minutes
Adam Williams Meg Randall Ed Binns Harlan Warde John Maxwell Angela Stevens
Quiet, unobtrusive LA citizen Carl Martin picks up look-alikes for his estranged blonde wife and murders them with garden shears.
Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Edmond O'Brien Joan Fontaine Ida Lupino Edmund Gwenn Jane Darwell Kenneth Tobey John Maxwell Peggy Maley Mack Williams James Todd James Young
bigamist wife waitress son investigator business partner melodramatic emotional san francisco los angeles family home hotel courtroom office bigamy marriage deception adoption double life forbidden love
A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
74 Minutes
Lee Tracy Tom Brown Tina Thayer Evelyn Brent Jack LaRue Ian Keith Robert Middlemass John Maxwell John Sheehan Harry C. Bradley Forrest Taylor
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
102 Minutes
Doris Day Gordon MacRae Leon Ames Rosemary DeCamp Billy Gray Mary Wickes Russell Arms Maria Palmer Walter Flannery Geraldine Wall John Maxwell
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Western
1956
80 Minutes
Jock Mahoney Martha Hyer Lyle Bettger David Janssen Grant Williams Ted de Corsia Harry Harvey Dayton Lummis Richard Cutting Bob Anderson John Maxwell
ex-girlfriend townspeople friend lawman horse enemy confident melodramatic sheriff's office small town ranch texas country road saloon love triangle relationships presumed dead broken engagement murder american civil war
A sheriff (Jock Mahoney) comes home gun-shy from the Civil War and finds his sweetheart (Martha Hyer) with his land-grabbing buddy (Lyle Bettger).
Romance
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Jane Wyman Van Johnson Howard Keel Barry Sullivan Phyllis Kirk Anne Sargent Jeff Donnell Herbert Heyes Robert Sherwood Don McGuire Barbara Billingsley
bartender ad executive pilot stewardess love interest young woman lighthearted playful airy amusing airplane airport house bar office dating career love relationships romantic dilemma
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Sam Jaffe Marilyn Monroe Louis Calhern Jean Hagen James Whitmore John McIntire Marc Lawrence Barry Kelley Anthony Caruso Teresa Celli
ex-convict waitress safecracker thief lawyer intricate tense united states city jewelry theft greed deception schemes murder fall temptation 1950s
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Western
USA
1954
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden Mercedes McCambridge Scott Brady Ward Bond Ben Cooper Ernest Borgnine John Carradine Royal Dano Frank Ferguson Paul Fix
owner rancher friend townsperson cowboy gunslinger intense thrilling saloon small town hideout arizona robbery mob violence showdown passion railroad rivalry quest underdog
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Bob Hope Jane Russell Robert Armstrong Iris Adrian Bobby Watson Jackie Searle Joseph Vitale Charles Trowbridge Clem Bevans Jeff York Stanley Andrews
dentist calamity jane federal agent gunrunner native american partner charming hilarious lighthearted rousing wild west wagon train small town saloon jail california unlikely hero bravery gunfight redemption
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
Comedy
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Mickey Rooney Virginia Welles James Flavin Paul Cavanagh Mary Ellen Kay David Janssen Ralph Dumke Richard Gaines Richard Deacon Dick Winslow Charles Horvath
Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Joan Perry James Gleason Peter Whitney Faye Emerson Howard da Silva Edward Brophy Charles Drake Vera Lewis Ben Welden Howard C. Hickman
mistress daughter chauffeur tycoon newspaper reporter editor thrilling witty melodramatic suspenseful newsroom boardinghouse household bedroom murder investigation journalism organized crime media circus schemes embezzlement
An investigative crime reporter helps the cops solve the case of a missing tycoon who's later found dead in a cheap boarding house.