List of the best Lionel Atwill movies: Mystery of the Wax Museum(1933), Murders in the Zoo(1933), The High Command(1937), Doctor X(1932), Absolute Quiet(1936), Beggars in Ermine(1934), The Vampire Bat(1933), Fog Island(1945), The Sphinx(1933), The Devil Is a Woman(1935), The Secret of Madame Blanche(1933), Secret of the Blue Room(1933) ... ...
6.8/10
Horror
USA
1933
77 Minutes
Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Glenda Farrell Frank McHugh Gavin Gordon Edwin Maxwell Holmes Herbert Arthur Edmund Carewe Allen Vincent Monica Bannister Matthew Betz
sculptor partner assistant fiancée reporter creepy tense london new york city wax museum obsession art murder love fall revenge 1930s
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
6.5/10
Horror
USA
1933
66 Minutes
Eric Gorman
Lionel Atwill Charles Ruggles Randolph Scott John Lodge Kathleen Burke Gail Patrick Harry Beresford
adventurer adulterous wife lover publicist reptile expert photographer chilling uneasy dark fiery zoo reptile house new york city jungle boat murder jealousy deadly animals subterfuge evil plot
A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.
6.4/10
Drama
UK
1937
90 Minutes
Maj. Gen. Sir John Sangye, VC
Lionel Atwill Lucie Mannheim James Mason Steven Geray Leslie Perrins Allan Jeayes Kathleen Gibson Philip Strange Wally Patch
major captain father daughter judge governor melodramatic tense gripping west africa ireland courtroom doctor's office plantation scandal honor affair british empire secret past blackmail
A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the Irish War for Independence in 1921.
6.4/10
Horror
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Lee Tracy Preston Foster Robert Warwick Mae Busch
doctor daughter reporter police officer serial killer dark creepy thrilling emotional laboratory long island, n.y. estate murder supernatural experiments journalism science mystery pursuit love
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
6.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
71 Minutes
Gerald 'G.A. Axton
Lionel Atwill Irene Hervey Raymond Walburn Stuart Erwin Ann Loring Louis Hayward Wallace Ford Bernadene Hayes Harvey Stephens Robert Gleckler J. Carrol Naish
tycoon escaped convict secretary pilot governor reporter tense melodramatic ranch airstrip countryside hostage situation plane crash political intrigue kidnapping prison break escape 1930s
Businessman Gerald Axton goes to his ranch to rest, having had a near-heart-attack due to business worries. But while there (with his female assistant who makes his heart flutter as much as... See full summary »
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
John `'Flint'` Dawson
Lionel Atwill Betty Furness Henry B. Walthall Jameson Thomas James Bush Astrid Allwyn George "Gabby" Hayes Stephen Gross Sam Godfrey
John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Horror
USA
1933
63 Minutes
Dr. Otto von Niemann
Lionel Atwill Melvyn Douglas Fay Wray Dwight Frye Maude Eburne George E. Stone Robert Frazer Rita Carlyle
doctor magistrate village idiot police detective maid girlfriend creepy dark frightening suspenseful village laboratory bedroom cave police station europe vampires vigilantism murder investigation superstition
When corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.
5.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
72 Minutes
Lionel Atwill George Zucco Jerome Cowan Sharon Douglas John Whitney Jacqueline de Wit Veda Ann Borg George Lloyd Ian Keith
An inventor recently released from prison invites a group of former business associates to a holiday in his island home, intending to exact revenge on them.
Mystery & Thriller
1933
66 Minutes
Jerome Breen
Chummy reporters (Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton) see deadly duplicity in a philanthropist (Lionel Atwill) who does not hear or speak.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1935
85 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Edward Everett Horton Alison Skipworth Don Alvarado
A young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Aubrey St. John
Irene Dunne Lionel Atwill Phillips Holmes Una Merkel Douglas Walton C. Henry Gordon Jean Parker Mitchell Lewis
Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
66 Minutes
Robert von Helldorf
Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.
5.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1944
56 Minutes
A young woman is on death row for the murder of a man who was blackmailing her family, although she claims she was framed. Her fiance, a doctor who is conducting experiments on reviving the... See full summary »
5.2/10
Horror
USA
1942
61 Minutes
A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
1941
68 Minutes
Lon Chaney Lionel Atwill Anne Nagel Frank Albertson Samuel S. Hinds William B. Davidson Ben Taggart Connie Bergen
A mad scientist (Lionel Atwill) makes an electric man (Lon Chaney Jr.) who glows and must wear a rubber suit.
Romance, Horror, Comedy, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
2007
88 Minutes
Doctor Xavier
Deanna Arlotta Lionel Atwill Mike Augustis Jeffrey Barker Leslie Bradley Nikita Breznikov Ashley Canterna Caitlin Cantrell Leanna Chamish Lon Chaney Marian L. Clatterbaugh
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Cliveden Compton
Sidney Toler Jean Rogers Lionel Atwill Mary Nash Victor Sen Yung Kane Richmond Chris-Pin Martin Lionel Royce Helen Ericson Jack LaRue Edwin Stanley
Inspector Chan investigates a group of travelers, one of whom is a saboteur.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1934
82 Minutes
Henry Dumont
writer pacifist wife publisher politician capitalist spirited disheartening engaging passionate france front lines office police station world war i socialism politics writing infidelity idealism
A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Ludwig
In London, August 1914, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan an immediate marriage. But the War comes ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Police Capt. Cole
Spencer Tracy Virginia Bruce Lionel Atwill Harvey Stephens Robert Barrat James Stewart William Collier Bobby Watson William Demarest John Sheehan Lucien Littlefield
newspaper reporter gossip columnist police officer business partner father editor dark brooding shocking suspenseful newsroom sing sing correctional facility new york city shooting gallery newspapers murder investigation father/son relationship deception cover-up mystery
When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.
6.8/10
Romance
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Baron von Merzbach
Marlene Dietrich Brian Aherne Lionel Atwill Alison Skipworth Hardie Albright Helen Freeman Morgan Wallace Wilson Benge Hans Schumm Richard Bennett James Marcus
model country girl aunt sculptor baron love interest mushy melodramatic emotional berlin bookstore studio relationships family art death new life romance love discovery
Lily falls in love with the sculptor who leaves her out of fear of commitment.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Paul Messenger
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1942
73 Minutes
Dr. King
Bela Lugosi Ralph Morgan Lionel Atwill Leif Erickson Irene Hervey Don Porter Nils Asther Fay Helm
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1934
88 Minutes
Herr Von Sturm
Myrna Loy George Brent Lionel Atwill C. Henry Gordon Douglas Dumbrille Rudolph Anders Mischa Auer Robert Glecker Reginald Barlow Joe Sawyer Christian Rub
spy commander medical student secretary traitor emotional gripping witty constantinople berlin mental institution train restaurant dentist's office memory espionage guilt world war i pursuit love
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Julius Beaufort
Irene Dunne John Boles Lionel Atwill Laura Hope Crews Helen Westley Julie Haydon Herbert Yost Theresa Maxwell Conover Edith Van Cleve Leonard Carey
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
75 Minutes
John Pointer
Verree Teasdale Ricardo Cortez Lionel Atwill Anita Louise C. Aubrey Smith Dorothy Tree Hobart Cavanaugh Robert Barrat Russell Hicks Spencer Charters
husband wife daughter womanizer police detective servant melodramatic tense vienna apartment theater stage police station lechery family marriage investigation affair murder mystery
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1940
54 Minutes
Russell, Henry Woodruff
Florence Rice Kent Taylor Lionel Atwill Kay Aldridge Mary Treen Jack Carson
A police agent infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves and on the way to finding who the evildoers are, falls in love with a thief.
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Dr. Fish
A mysterious vigilante known as "Dr. Rx" strikes again. Assigned to the case is private detective Jerry Church but the crimes are baffling and involve strangulation and a possible attempt to implant a gorilla's brain into a human body.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Mike Roberts
Richard Cromwell Helen Mack Lionel Atwill Horace MacMahon Russ Powell Billy Bevan Marjorie Main Rex Evans Joseph Crehan Arthur Hoyt Syd Saylor
Bank teller Jimmy Caldwell and his fiance, Ruth Holden, grow weary of struggling to make ends meet and decide to rob Jimmy's bank. The selfish young couple agree that even if they spend ten... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1939
61 Minutes
Professor Roger Chauncey Hildebrand
Peter Lorre Joseph Schildkraut Lionel Atwill Virginia Field Iva Stewart Victor Varconi John Davidson
Mr. Moto becomes embroiled in the theft of the queen's jewels and tries to discover who committed two murders.
Mystery & Thriller
1942
68 Minutes
Prof. Moriarty
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Lionel Atwill Kaaren Verne William Post Jr. Dennis Hoey Mary Gordon Holmes Herbert Henry Victor Paul Fix Rudolph Anders
sherlock holmes doctor watson scientist wife government official professor moriarty intense crafty zurich london flat whitehall apartment operating room world war ii inventions kidnapping disguise secret codes torture
An Englishman (Basil Rathbone) sneaks a bombsight inventor out of Zurich, then loses him to Nazi agent Moriarty (Lionel Atwill).
7.7/10
Adventure
USA
1935
119 Minutes
Col. Bishop
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Lionel Atwill Ross Alexander Guy Kibbee Henry Stephenson George Hassell Forrester Harvey Frank McGlynn Robert Barrat
doctor pirate lady governor government official sailor brash confident thrilling england port royal, jamaica ship pirates treason slavery rebellion adventure transformation 17th century
A young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
75 Minutes
Dr. Suderman
Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung Marjorie Weaver Lionel Atwill Robert Lowery Don Beddoe Leo G. Carroll Cora Witherspoon Kay Linaker Harlan Briggs Charles Middleton
Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California.
7.1/10
Horror
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Krogh
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Josephine Hutchinson Donnie Dunagan Emma Dunn Edgar Norton Perry Ivins Lawrence Grant Lionel Belmore
frankenstein's monster ygor scientist inspector wife son creepy dark thrilling family home castle frankenstein village laboratory graveyard family honor father/son relationship scientific experiments monsters murder vindication
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Maj. William Brennan
William Powell Rosalind Russell Binnie Barnes Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Samuel S. Hinds Henry Stephenson Frank Reicher Charley Grapewin Leonard Mudie Howard C. Hickman
reporter officer socialite spy girlfriend lieutenant melodramatic tense gripping hotel ocean military base restaurant espionage naval warfare deception secret codes jealousy romance quest
In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Finding out that he is an expert on codes, she gets ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Horror
USA
1935
61 Minutes
Inspector Neumann
Lionel Barrymore Bela Lugosi Elizabeth Allan Lionel Atwill Holmes Herbert Jean Hersholt Carroll Borland Ivan F. Simpson Egon Brecher Henry Wadsworth Eily Malyon
count daughter friend investigator professor doctor dark thrilling gripping prague house murder investigation vampires mysterious past love mystery discovery transformation 19th century
When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires; but not all is what it seems.
8.2/10
Comedy
USA
1942
99 Minutes
Rawitch
Carole Lombard Jack Benny Robert Stack Felix Bressart Lionel Atwill Stanley Ridges Sig Ruman Tom Dugan Charles Halton Peter Caldwell Helmut Dantine
actor actress lieutenant spy nazi madcap hilarious suspenseful poland warsaw love triangle adolf hitler impersonation resistance world war ii adventure 1940s
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
7.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
80 Minutes
James Mortimer M.D.
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Richard Greene Wendy Barrie Lionel Atwill John Carradine Beryl Mercer Mary Gordon E.E. Clive Morton Lowry Ralph Forbes
sherlock holmes wealthy man doctor watson escaped convict relative dog suspenseful witty fascinating england london devonshire mansion swamp town legends monsters superstition murder plot detective work
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Dr. Varnoff
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Virginia Bruce Robert Paige Lionel Atwill Leif Erickson William Demarest Samuel S. Hinds Four Ink Spots
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
6.5/10
Horror
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Mayor of Vasaria
Lon Chaney Bela Lugosi Ilona Massey Patric Knowles Lionel Atwill Maria Ouspenskaya Dennis Hoey Don Barclay Rex Evans Dwight Frye Harry Stubbs
frankenstein's monster werewolf baroness doctor police officer mayor frightening thrilling cemetery castle europe village resurrection battle supernatural monsters quest rivalry transformation 1940s
The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Count Anton "Tony" Hohenfried
Luise Rainer Fernand Gravey Miliza Korjus Hugh Herbert Lionel Atwill Curt Bois Leonid Kinskey Al Shean Minna Gombell George Houston Bert Roach
composer wife opera singer father count publisher airy creative melodramatic vienna café theater street palace ambition romance music infidelity devotion rise
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II - Schani to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1939
102 Minutes
Prof. Marakov
Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey Charles Ruggles Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill C. Aubrey Smith Joyce Compton Dalies Frantz Walter Woolf King Phillip Terry Frederick Worlock
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
5.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Latimer Marsh, The Cobra
Wally Brown Alan Carney Anne Jeffreys Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Marc Cramer Ralph Dunn
Two actors who star in a radio detective show find themselves pitted against a villain calling himself the Cobra, who has an affinity for torture chambers.
4.8/10
Comedy
USA
1939
66 Minutes
Walter Stevens
Jimmy Ritz Harry Ritz Al Ritz Anita Louise Lionel Atwill Patsy Kelly Bela Lugosi Joseph Calleia Edward Norris Wally Vernon Paul Harvey
When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
Drama
1937
77 Minutes
Col. Vigo
Dorothy Lamour Lew Ayres Gilbert Roland Karen Morley Lionel Atwill Helen Mack Bob Cummings Olympe Bradna Anthony Quinn Lee Bowman
A newsman (Lew Ayres), a beauty (Dorothy Lamour) and a fugitive (Gilbert Roland) are among those escaping by train from the Spanish Civil War.
7.2/10
Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Breuer
Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young Guy Kibbee Lionel Atwill Henry Hull George Zucco Charley Grapewin Monty Woolley Spencer Charters
soldier dying person doctor mistress sad charming emotional germany inn restaurant world war i tuberculosis automotive industry male bonding love sacrifice 1930s
The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
7.1/10
Adventure
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Harry Compton
Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr Frank Morgan Lionel Atwill Chill Wills Marion Martin Minna Gombell Joe Yule Horace Murphy
partner sheriff oil baron love interest engaging emotional texas south america revolution oil business law romance wealth rivalry rise transformation love 1930s
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman.
Musical, Comedy
1942
101 Minutes
Teutonic Gentleman
Jeanette MacDonald Robert Young Ethel Waters Reginald Owen Grant Mitchell Lionel Atwill Edward Ciannelli Mitchell Lewis Larry Nunn Dennis Hoey Mona Barrie
A torpedoed newsman (Robert Young) foils Nazi spies in Cairo with a Hollywood singer (Jeanette MacDonald) and her maid (Ethel Waters).
Comedy
1937
91 Minutes
Beaumarchais
Brian Aherne Olivia de Havilland Edward Everett Horton Melville Cooper Luis Alberni Lionel Atwill Marie Wilson Lana Turner Linda Perry Craig Reynolds Dorothy Tree
actor countess love interest fan servant amusing outlandish witty paris inn england stage impersonation performance romance misunderstanding theater david garrick rivalry transformation
French actors stage a hoax to deflate the ego of the famed 18th-century British actor (Brian Aherne).
7.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Jim McLaughlin
Tyrone Power Jonathan Hale Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold Lloyd Nolan Charley Grapewin Lionel Atwill Marc Lawrence
henchman gangster father girlfriend boss inmate gritty emotional new york city office jail crime imprisonment father/son relationship reputation betrayal quest love transformation fall
The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.
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