List of the best Lewis Seiler movies: The Bamboo Prison(1955), Turn Off the Moon(1937), Dust Be My Destiny(1939), Molly and Me(1945), It All Came True(1940), Breakthrough(1950), Guadalcanal Diary(1943), Pittsburgh(1942), Whiplash(1948), The Winning Team(1952), King of the Underworld(1939), South of Suez(1940) ... ...
War
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Director
corporal sergeant priest traitor wife prisoner of war intricate suspenseful patriotic north korea prison camp korean war confinement espionage betrayal communism sacrifice pursuit escape 1950s
A police lt. is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr. Brown, because he hasn't been able to get any hard evidence against him. He then goes after Brown's girlfriend who despises him, for information instead.
Musical
USA
1937
79 Minutes
Director
Charles Ruggles Eleanore Whitney Johnny Downs
The manager of a large department store consults the starry heavens when he needs answers to perplexing problems.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
88 Minutes
Director
John Garfield Priscilla Lane Alan Hale Frank McHugh Billy Halop Bobby Jordan Charley Grapewin Henry Armetta Stanley Ridges John Litel Moroni Olsen
ex-convict daughter foreman newspaper owner photographer robber emotional gripping suspenseful prison farm stage diner bank injustice on the run romance alcoholism heroism death rise
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1945
76 Minutes
Director
Gracie Fields Monty Woolley Roddy McDowall Reginald Gardiner Natalie Schafer Edith Barrett Clifford Brooke Aminta Dyne Queenie Leonard Doris Lloyd Patrick O'Moore
actress politician butler son amusing charming lighthearted playful estate london apartment politics manners job actors estrangement father/daughter relationship transformation discovery 1940s
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
97 Minutes
Director
daughter son gangster mother singer songwriter amusing madcap endearing lighthearted boarding house nightclub hideout taxes murder on the run wrongfully accused show business pursuit sacrifice
After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
War
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Director
An American infantry unit, from its pre-invasion training to combat in Europe.
War
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Director
Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Richard Conte Anthony Quinn Richard Jaeckel Roy Roberts Minor Watson Ralph Byrd Lionel Stander Reed Hadley
soldier combat pilot chaplain cab driver teenager mexican-american confident patriotic washington, d.c. south pacific solomon islands world war ii battle horrors of war friendship rescue sacrifice 1940s
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Director
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Frank Craven Louise Allbritton Shemp Howard Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel Samuel S. Hinds Paul Fix William Haade
coal miner boxer beautiful woman magnate rich girl tailor fiery melodramatic passionate patriotic pittsburgh factory boardroom office ambition ethics greed steel industry military industrial complex redemption
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Director
A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoter's night club singing sister.
Biography, Romance, Drama
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Director
Doris Day Ronald Reagan Frank Lovejoy Eve Miller James Millican Russ Tamblyn Gordon Jones Hugh Sanders Frank Ferguson Walter Baldwin
baseball pitcher wife father doctor manager baseball player inspiring gripping uplifting nebraska farm baseball field hospital bar locker room grover cleveland alexander baseball ambition marriage illness
Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
69 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Kay Francis James Stephenson John Eldredge Jessie Busley Arthur Aylesworth Raymond Brown Harland Tucker Ralph Remley Murray Alper Charles Foy
doctor gangster writer widow police officer gambler suspenseful melodramatic tense small town doctor's office prison police station apartment casino grief murder reputation marriage medicine
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr. Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Director
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1926
53 Minutes
Director
Tom Mix Dorothy Dwan William Walling Harry Gripp Carl Miller Edward Piel Sr. Curtis "Snowball" McHenry
Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
65 Minutes
Director
Billy Mauch Dick Purcell Gene Lockhart Bobby Mauch Kathleen Lockhart Hugh O'Connell Charles Halton Bernice Pilot
The Mauch Twins return in this fast-paced adventure, the third and final film in the Penrod series, loosely based on the stories by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Booth Tarkington.
War
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Director
An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
73 Minutes
Director
Jane Withers Rita Hayworth Pinky Tomlin Jane Darwell Michael Visaroff Vera Lewis Louise Carter Russell Simpson Francis Ford Pat O'Malley Robert Dudley
Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Director
Dennis Morgan Jane Wyatt Shirley Ross Lee Patrick Jerome Cowan Una O'Connor Romaine Callender Barnett Parker Cornel Wilde Willie Best Louise Beavers
Rodney has just married the often engaged Juliette and they are both ready to leave on their honeymoon. However, Clara showed up and Rodney sneaks out to talk to her. Clara is blackmailing ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1945
80 Minutes
Director
Vivian Blaine Dennis O'Keefe Perry Como Carmen Miranda Martha Stewart Stephen Dunne Reed Hadley Stanley Prager Charles Tannen George E. Stone
Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.
Musical
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Director
cousin salesman factory worker entertainer army officer lawyer amusing mushy madcap kentucky plantation stage performance love inheritance money world war ii military love quest
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1940
77 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Rambeau Alan Hale Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman Clarence Kolb Charles Halton Paul Hurst Victor Kilian Chill Wills Harry Shannon John Hamilton
Now-widowed Tugboat Annie, tugboat queen of the Northwest, struggles to save her job against the competition of rival Captain Bullwinkle.
Drama
USA
1940
74 Minutes
Director
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
55 Minutes
Director
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.
Drama
1938
86 Minutes
Director
The Dead End Kids Humphrey Bogart Gale Page George Offerman Jr. Weldon Heyburn Cyrus W. Kendall Charles Trowbridge Milburn Stone Harry Cording Spencer Charters Donald Briggs
juvenile delinquent commissioner sister guard judge friend brash bleak tense slum courtroom reform school office reformation crime duplicity loyalty siblings corruption fall
A deputy corrections commissioner (Humphrey Bogart) fires the warden of a reform school where bitter inmates (The Dead End Kids) study crime.
Drama
1956
80 Minutes
Director
A model turns photographer (Cleo Moore) and meets a newsman (Richard Crenna) and racketeers on her way to the top.