List of the best John McGuire movies: Stranger on the Third Floor(1940), This Is the Life(1935), The Invisible Ghost(1941), Bells of San Angelo(1947), Steamboat 'Round the Bend(1935), Charlie Chan at the Circus(1936), He Walked by Night(1948), Dead of Night(1945) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
64 Minutes
Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet Charles Waldron Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Halton Ethel Griffies Cliff Clark Oscar O'Shea Alec Craig Otto Hoffman
reporter girlfriend convict stranger lawyer neighbor eerie tense courtroom crime scene household false accusations investigation guilt murder dreams paranoia mystery quest discovery
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Jane Withers John McGuire Sally Blane Sidney Toler Gloria Roy Gordon Westcott Francis Ford Emma Dunn
orphan adoptive father adoptive mother tramp child actor charming hilarious heartwarming orphanage family home theater farm train chicago adoption vaudeville false accusations child exploitation assumed identity running away
After obtaining her from an orphanage a couple exploit entertainer Withers till she runs away and later becomes a professional.
Horror
1941
64 Minutes
Ralph Dickson, Paul Dickson
Bela Lugosi Polly Ann Young John McGuire Clarence Muse Terry Walker Betty Compson Ernie S. Adams George Pembroke Fred Kelsey Jack Mulhall
physician wife daughter boyfriend police detective butler suspenseful frightful thrilling brooding basement mansion shed garage kitchen mysterious deaths murder investigation false accusations insanity hypnosis
When unexplained murders occur around town, eventually claiming members of Dr. Kessler's house staff, authorities suspect the doctor may somehow be involved.
Western
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Rex Gridley
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Andy Devine John McGuire Olaf Hytten David Sharpe Fritz Leiber Hank Patterson Fred S. Toones Eddie Acuff Sons of the Pioneers
roy rogers sheriff manager author henchman stranger spirited confident mexican-american border town mine hotel hideout investigation mining smuggling writing impersonation kidnapping quest
Along the Mexican border, Roy joins Western novelist Dale in a search for smugglers. They discover a silver mine.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
96 Minutes
Duke
Will Rogers Dawn O'Day Irvin S. Cobb Eugene Pallette John McGuire Berton Churchill Francis Ford Roger Imhof
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Hal Blake
Warner Oland Keye Luke Francis Ford George Brasno Olive Brasno Shirley Deane John McGuire Maxine Reiner J. Carrol Naish Paul Stanton Boothe Howard
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Officer Robert Rawlins (uncredited)
Richard Basehart Scott Brady Roy Roberts Whit Bissell Jack Webb James Cardwell Robert Bice Reed Hadley John McGuire Lyle Latell
thief sergeant police chief forensic expert informant gripping suspenseful dark los angeles street police station sewer crime justice violence pursuit escape rivalry 1940s
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Horror
UK
1945
104 Minutes
Charles Crichton Mervyn Johns Basil Dearden Michael Redgrave Roland Culver Mary Merrall Frederick Valk Renee Gadd Antony Baird Judy Kelly
architect host psychiatrist race car driver golfer ventriloquist creepy eerie frightening england farm household accident psychoanalysis superhuman abilities dreams ghosts paranoia discovery mystery
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality. The guests at the country house encourage him to stay as they take turns telling supernatural tales.