List of the best Johnny Downs movies: What a Man!(1944), Campus Rhythm(1943), Freckles Comes Home(1942), The Mad Monster(1942), All-American Co-ed(1941), Harvest Melody(1943), Turn Off the Moon(1937), Everybody's Old Man(1936), Pigskin Parade(1936), The Arizona Raiders(1936), Adam Had Four Sons(1941), March of the Wooden Soldiers(1934) ... ...
Drama
USA
1944
67 Minutes
Johnny Downs Wanda McKay Robert Kent Harry Holman Lillian Bronson Wheeler Oakman John Ince I. Stanford Jolley Jack Gardner
Henry Burrows, timid, white-collar worker for the firm of Rankin and Phillips, returns to his bachelor apartment to discover Joan Rankin, whom he does not know, hiding there. She feigns ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
63 Minutes
Johnny Downs Gale Storm Robert Lowery Candy Candido GeGe Pearson Douglas Leavitt Herbert Heyes Marie Blake John Duncan Claudia Drake
teen girl radio singer uncle agent orchestra conductor college student amusing lighthearted charming playful new york city college radio station american midwest show business radio starting over college life contest singing
Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the "Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush", does not want to renew her contract with the cereal sponsor, as she wants to go to college. Her Uncle Willie signs it for her... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
63 Minutes
murderer student sheriff amusing engaging united states chicago murder gangs love friendship discovery love rivalry 1940s
Freckles (Johnny Downs) comes home from college...and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane (Gale Storm), falls in love with a confidence man.
Horror
1942
77 Minutes
Johnny Downs George Zucco Anne Nagel Sarah Padden Glenn Strange Gordon De Main
A reporter's (Johnny Downs) girlfriend's (Anne Nagel) father (George Zucco) injects a farmhand with wolf blood.
Comedy
USA
1941
48 Minutes
Frances Langford Johnny Downs Marjorie Woodworth Noah Beery Jr. Esther Dale Harry Langdon Alan Hale Jr. Kent Rogers Allan Lane Joe Brown Jr. Carlyle Blackwell Jr.
All-girl school Mar Brynn tries to get more pupils and publicity by making fun of the Quincton college. For revenge, the boys there sent Bob Sheppard to Mar Brynn, dressed as a girl, to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
70 Minutes
Tommy Nelson
Farmer Tommy and his girl Jane come in from the country for a night at the Hollywood Trocadero. There, they meet Chuck, Hollywoods Number One press agent, and his Girl Friday, Daisie. ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Terry Keith
Charles Ruggles Eleanore Whitney Johnny Downs
The manager of a large department store consults the starry heavens when he needs answers to perplexing problems.
Comedy
USA
1936
82 Minutes
Tommy Sampson
Irvin S. Cobb Rochelle Hudson Johnny Downs Norman Foster Alan Dinehart Sara Haden
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Chip Carson
Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Johnny Downs Betty Grable Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Judy Garland
coach student athlete wife communist sister lighthearted amusing charming yale stadium texas college football unlikely hero mix-up sports underdog rivalry quest
Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.
Comedy, Western
USA
1936
57 Minutes
"Lonesome" Alonzo Q. Mulhall
Buster Crabbe Raymond Hatton Marsha Hunt Jane Rhodes Johnny Downs Grant Withers Don Rowan Arthur Aylesworth Richard Carle Herbert Heywood Petra Silva
After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.
Drama
USA
1941
81 Minutes
David Stoddard
Ingrid Bergman Warner Baxter Susan Hayward Fay Wray Richard Denning Johnny Downs June Lockhart
wealthy man widower governess son wife emotional melodramatic united states household family romance love separation schemes world war i growing up rise 1910s
A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Other
USA
1934
73 Minutes
Little Boy Blue (uncredited)
Stan Laurel Charley Rogers Oliver Hardy Charlotte Henry Felix Knight Henry Brandon Jean Darling Johnny Downs Marie Wilson
toy maker girl boy villain hero toy soldier creative amusing madcap toyland cave toy shop shoe toys framed self-sacrifice romance helping others battle love
Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Pierrot
Charles Boyer Hedy Lamarr Sigrid Gurie Joseph Calleia Alan Hale Gene Lockhart Johnny Downs
thief inspector police chief petty criminal woman friend sultry dark intricate moving casbah algiers, algeria police station street docks manhunt jealousy friendship obsession escape
Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah.
Western
USA
1953
85 Minutes
Lt. Posick
Audie Murphy Joan Evans Robert Sterling Ray Collins Dennis Weaver Palmer Lee Russell Johnson Jack Kelly Johnny Downs Bob Steele James Best
union boss native american prospector lieutenant confederate soldier corporal patriotic engaging powerful striking melodramatic gutsy native american reservation native americans american history confederate army western films accusations racial issues fall
Before the Civil War, Lt. Jed Sayre's efforts to conciliate the cavalry and the Navajo are undermined by his racist C.O. and Confederate sympathizers.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Dink
John Barrymore George Murphy Joan Davis Marjorie Weaver Jack Haley George Barbier Ruth Terry Donald Meek Johnny Downs Paul Hurst
governor coach wrestler student young woman amusing endearing playful american south stadium government offices field college unlikely hero football politics rivalry underdog discovery 1930s
While running for governor a politician aids a needy college by plotting to assure victory for their football team. Though to be a parody of Huey Long and his machine.
Drama
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Johnny Norton
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
78 Minutes
Bob Hope Tony Martin Arlene Dahl Rosemary Clooney Millard Mitchell William Demarest Fred Clark Robert Strauss Zamah Cunningham Frank Orth Johnny Downs
performer starlet boyfriend fan killer girlfriend cheeky rousing spectacular backstage broadway theater ferry family home new york city show business broadway murder plot success obsession deception
A clumsy, full-of-himself chorus boy gets a chance at Broadway stardom when he's a stand in for a leading actor threatened by an infamous killer.