List of the best Lloyd Nolan movies: Bad Boy(1949), Sleepers West(1941), Blue, White and Perfect(1942), Michael Shayne, Private Detective(1941), Time to Kill(1942), Dressed to Kill(1941), Just Off Broadway(1942), It Happened in Flatbush(1942), Apache Trail(1942), The Man Who Wouldn't Die(1942), Island in the Sky(1953), Guadalcanal Diary(1943) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Lloyd Nolan Jane Wyatt Audie Murphy James Gleason Stanley Clements Martha Vickers Rhys Williams Jimmy Lydon Dickie Moore Selena Royle Tommy Cook
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Crime, Drama
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Michael Shayne
Lloyd Nolan Lynn Bari Mary Beth Hughes Louis Jean Heydt Edward Brophy Don Costello Ben Carter Don Douglas
Mike Shayne tries to distinguish criminals from red herrings as he escorts a surprise witness via rail to a high profile trial in San Francisco.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Michael Shayne
Detective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a Nazi smuggling ring.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Michael Shayne
After gumshoe Mike Shayne is hired by a millionaire to keep his daughter away from gambling and gamblers, he becomes involved in the murder of a racetrack tout.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Michael Shayne
A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from its owner by her son, who used it to pay off a blackmailer. The private eye soon finds himself up to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Michael Shayne
Lloyd Nolan Mary Beth Hughes Sheila Ryan William Demarest Ben Carter Virginia Brissac Erwin Kalser Henry Daniell Dick Rich Milton Parsons Charles Arnt
Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Michael Shayne
Lloyd Nolan Marjorie Weaver Phil Silvers Janis Carter Richard Derr Joan Valerie Don Costello
Private detective Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) is serving on the jury trying Lillian Hubbard (Janis Carter) for the murder of Harley Forsythe. A witness with information that could clear ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Frank `'Butterfingers'`Maguire
Lloyd Nolan Carole Landis William Frawley Robert Armstrong George Holmes
baseball manager baseball pitcher talent scout sportswriter team owner love interest airy charming brooklyn, n.y. baseball field baseball redemption ambition teamwork pride transformation underdog 1940s
A washed up baseball player (Lloyd Nolan) returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but ends up clashing with the beautiful new owner (Carole Landis)
Western
1942
66 Minutes
Trigger Bill Folliard
Lloyd Nolan Donna Reed William Lundigan Ann Ayars Connie Gilchrist Chill Wills Miles Mander Gloria Holden Ray Teal Grant Withers Fuzzy Knight
manager brother outlaw widow artist love interest tense gripping apache lands stagecoach outpost plains office love triangle sibling rivalry native americans journey robbery frontier life adventure
Two brothers (Lloyd Nolan, William Lundigan) weather an Indian uprising over the theft of a peace pipe.
Crime, Drama
1942
65 Minutes
Michael Shayne
Private eye Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) goes to work for a millionaire and his daughter (Marjorie Weaver).
Drama
USA
1953
109 Minutes
John Wayne Lloyd Nolan Walter Abel James Arness Andy Devine Allyn Joslyn Jimmy Lydon Harry Carey Jr. Hal Baylor Sean McClory Wally Cassell
pilot captain colonel airman soldier bleak tense canada lake airplane military base wilderness stranded survival world war ii search military airplane crash rescue quest
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue.
War
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Sgt. Hook Malone
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
88 Minutes
William Eythe Lloyd Nolan Signe Hasso Gene Lockhart Leo G. Carroll Lydia St. Clair William Post Jr. Harry Bellaver Bruno Wick Harro Meller Charles Wagenheim
nazi fbi agent spy college student beautiful woman suspenseful patriotic tense new york city espionage world war ii surveillance nazism adventure mystery quest underdog 1940s
Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.
Musical
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Thomas I. Chandler
Jeanette MacDonald Lloyd Nolan Claude Jarman Jr. Percy Kilbride Lewis Stone Nicholas Joy Margaret Hamilton Hope Landin Esther Somers Dwayne Hickman Teddy Infuhr
lassie widow orphan dog love interest emotional spirited heartwarming georgia countryside household orphanage rural community human-animal friendship orphans maternal instinct starting over grief discovery growing up
Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and the dog that belonged to her ... See full summary »
Action
1956
115 Minutes
Brig. Gen. Bill Banner
William Holden Lloyd Nolan Virginia Leith Charles McGraw Murray Hamilton Paul Fix L.Q. Jones James Garner Karen Steele Bartlett Robinson Malcolm Atterbury
test pilot military officer young man prisoner of war love interest veteran patriotic gripping air force base southern california airplane desert military air force korean war redemption love triangle cold war quest transformation
A shaken Korean veteran (William Holden) proves himself testing the X-2 rocket plane at Edwards Air Force Base.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
108 Minutes
Police Lt. Donald Kendall
veteran singer mobster amnesiac love interest police detective dark dense cool los angeles apartment lounge hospital amnesia mistaken identity theft murder investigation crime mystery
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
91 Minutes
Oxford Charley
Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell Lloyd Nolan Jane Darwell Andrea King Fred Clark Jay C. Flippen William Frawley Harry Bellaver Sid Melton Ben Welden
A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.
Western
USA
1956
108 Minutes
Woodfoot
Robert Taylor Stewart Granger Lloyd Nolan Debra Paget Russ Tamblyn Constance Ford Joe De Santis Ainslie Pryor Terry Wilson Ralph Moody Fred Graham
hunter tracker drunk indian bad guy cowboy bleak tense sad incredible witty heartwarming wild west ranch town plains hill prairie hunting buffalo
In 1883 South Dakota, two buffalo hunters start a personal feud over a captured squaw and a stand-off with a Dakota raiding party over some stolen horses.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Lt. DeGarmot
Robert Montgomery Audrey Totter Lloyd Nolan Tom Tully Leon Ames Jayne Meadows Morris Ankrum Lila Leeds Ellen Ross William Roberts Kathleen Lockhart
private detective editor publisher wife boss philip marlowe suspenseful offbeat melodramatic los angeles publishing house office cottage car lake detective work missing persons marital problems conspiracy murder
The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Federal Agent Arthur Rickerby
Mickey Spillane Shirley Eaton Lloyd Nolan Scott Peters Guy Kingsley James Dyrenforth Charles Farrell Kim Tracy Benny Lee
Legendary detective Mike Hammer has spent seven years in an alcoholic funk after the supposed death of his secretary, Velda. He is brought back to the land of the living by his old friendly enemy, police lieutenant Pat Chambers.
Crime, Drama
USA
1978
90 Minutes
Security Officer Dan Mountgomery
Teenagers plot the robbery of an armored car.
Drama
1937
77 Minutes
Hanlon
Dr. Kildare (Joel McCrea) saves a gangster's (Lloyd Nolan) life and helps an ex-convict (Barbara Stanwyck) find her child.
Adventure
1957
100 Minutes
Frank Kelly
Tyrone Power Mai Zetterling Lloyd Nolan Stephen Boyd Moira Lister James Hayter
singer captain officer professor gambler playwright bleak thrilling melodramatic ocean boat survival disaster faith death adventure rescue rivalry escape 1950s
Short rations from a sunken liner force the officer (Tyrone Power) of a packed lifeboat to sacrifice the weak.
Action
1956
93 Minutes
Clay Pike
Alan Ladd Rossana Podestà Lloyd Nolan Chill Wills L.Q. Jones Frank de Kova Paul Fix George J. Lewis Royal Dano Don Blackman Francisco Ruiz
Rival gunrunners (Alan Ladd, Lloyd Nolan) run a Spanish blockade with a Cuban rebel (Rossana Podesta) taking arms to her people.
Crime, Drama
1948
91 Minutes
Inspector George A. Briggs
undercover agent crime boss inspector wife raw gripping city skid row working undercover set-up heist murder quest revenge pursuit discovery 1940s
An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) infiltrates a holdup gang led by a killer (Richard Widmark) who sees crime as a science.
Western
1937
115 Minutes
Dal Slade
Joel McCrea Frances Dee Lloyd Nolan Bob Burns Porter Hall Ralph Morgan Henry O'Neill Mary Nash
office worker company owner employee driver wild west life journey business business idea business innovator history western films
Ramsey McCay, a troubleshooter for the newly formed Wells Fargo company, maintains smooth routes to the west. He becomes separated from his wife during the Civil War until they reunite during the company's 20th anniversary.
Drama
USA
1957
157 Minutes
Dr. Swain
Lana Turner Hope Lange Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Nolan Lee Philips Terry Moore Russ Tamblyn Betty Field David Nelson Mildred Dunnock Diane Varsi
stranger widow drunk daughter friend doctor melodramatic passionate intense new england small town forest lake courtroom mother/daughter relationship small-town life sex rape friendship trials
A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
War
USA
1943
115 Minutes
Cpl. Barney Todd
Robert Taylor George Murphy Thomas Mitchell Lloyd Nolan Lee Bowman Robert Walker Desi Arnaz Barry Nelson Phillip Terry Roque Espiritu Kenneth Spencer
soldiers captain pilot sargeant enemy gritty powerful philippines bridge bataan horrors of war honor code abandonment world war ii daunting task sacrifice underdog 1940s
In 1942, in the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines, a ragtag American unit commanded by Sergeant Bill Dane attempts to blow-up a bridge in order to slow the Japanese advance.
Drama
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Charles Gillette
Fred MacMurray Frances Farmer Charles Ruggles Lloyd Nolan Fay Holden Ralph Morgan Edward H. Robins Harlan Briggs Willard Robertson Horace MacMahon
journalist publisher daughter gangster father killer suspenseful rousing newsroom mountain city, tenn. father/daughter relationship love gangs murder journalism racketeering rivalry discovery 1930s
Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).
Musical
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Del Davis
Priscilla Lane Betty Field Richard Whorf Lloyd Nolan Jack Carson Wallace Ford Howard da Silva Elia Kazan
convict jazz musician jazz singer femme fatale pianist dark quirky amusing st. louis new orleans new jersey roadhouse stage jazz ambition touring friendship scam crime rise
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1947
92 Minutes
Kink
Alan Ladd Dorothy Lamour Robert Preston Lloyd Nolan Richard Erdman Allen Jenkins
Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson. Joe's buddy Jim joins the crew with startup money. Farmer's niece Fay falls for Joe. He ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Sam "Polka Dot" McGee
Fred MacMurray Jack Oakie Jean Parker Lloyd Nolan Edward Ellis Bennie Bartlett Frank Shannon Frank Cordell
ranger friend bandit boy daughter orphan gripping confident texas range town ranch crime friendship texas rangers loyalty law and order moral dilemma transformation quest
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
Drama
USA
1961
116 Minutes
Roger Slade
Troy Donahue Connie Stevens Dorothy McGuire Lloyd Nolan Brian Aherne Grant Williams Natalie Schafer Kent Smith Bert Convy Guy Wilkerson
father wife daughter teenager mother suitor melodramatic emotional california house alaska chile hospital teen pregnancy death cover-up romantic dilemma relationships family forbidden love
Premarital sex, secrets, and society. At 17, shy Susan Slade is on her way to California after a ten-year stay at a remote Chilean mine where her father was chief engineer. Onboard ship, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Det. Sgt. Walsh
Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Douglas Fowley Lloyd Nolan Lester Matthews Robert McWade Ralf Harolde Russell Hicks Holmes Herbert
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
Drama
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Rob McLaughlin
Peggy Cummins Charles Coburn Bob Arthur Lloyd Nolan Burl Ives Geraldine Wall Robert Adler Will Wright Herbert Heywood Richard Garrick Charles Tannen
niece rancher son stallion mare heartwarming uplifting wyoming ranch racetrack young love horse racing human-animal friendship wild animals adventure love rivalry 1940s
In Wyoming, several ranchers have their prized mares stolen by a big wild white stallion and must recover them before the Governor's Stake trotting race day.
Adventure
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Attwater
Oscar Homolka Frances Farmer Ray Milland Lloyd Nolan Barry Fitzgerald David Torrence
Three shifty sailors commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic (Lloyd Nolan) who has set himself up as the local god.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Mickey Dwyer
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.
Drama
USA
1949
77 Minutes
Lenahan
Victor Mature Lucille Ball Lizabeth Scott Sonny Tufts Lloyd Nolan Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell Art Baker Gordon Jones Don Beddoe
Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year and the future looks rosy. His wife... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1968
85 Minutes
Gen. Amos Bailey
Lee Marvin Bradford Dillman Vera Miles Peter Graves Lloyd Nolan Murray Hamilton Norman Fell Walter Brooke Francis DeSales Don Marshall Charles Aidman
war hero army officer sergeant captain wife prosecutor tense fiery gutsy battlefield korea army base courtroom korean war court-martial adultery secret mission military trial quest
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and sentenced to death but his attorney believes Ryker's innocent and asks for a new trial.
Drama
USA
1966
103 Minutes
Barney Kelly
Stuart Whitman Janet Leigh Eleanor Parker Barry Sullivan Lloyd Nolan Murray Hamilton J.D. Cannon Susan Denberg Les Crane Warren Stevens Joe De Santis
talk show host wife gangster mistress father police detective dark tense apartment building police station nightclub love-hate relationship jealousy fugitives betrayal murder cover-up fall rivalry discovery
A TV talk-show host who may have killed his wife finds himself being pursued by both the police and a gang of hoods.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1986
106 Minutes
Evan
Woody Allen Mia Farrow Michael Caine Carrie Fisher Barbara Hershey Lloyd Nolan Maureen O'Sullivan Daniel Stern Max von Sydow Dianne Wiest J.T. Walsh
actress artist caterer writer husband boyfriend calm tender charming central park new york city apartment theater infidelity love triangle romance thanksgiving love transformation 1980s
Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
148 Minutes
Admiral Garvey
Rock Hudson Ernest Borgnine Patrick McGoohan Jim Brown Tony Bill Lloyd Nolan Alf Kjellin Gerald S. O'Loughlin Ted Hartley Murray Rose Ron Masak
commander admiral spy russian intelligence officer colonel confident crafty gripping arctic submarine espionage mission international conflict search adventure quest rivalry discovery cold war
USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.
Crime, Drama
1935
85 Minutes
Hugh Farrell
James Cagney Margaret Lindsay Ann Dvorak Robert Armstrong Barton MacLane Lloyd Nolan William Harrigan Russell Hopton Edward Pawley Noel Madison Monte Blue
lawyer gangster showgirl fbi agent sister brutal dark gritty washington, d.c. new york city nightclub cabin crime law and order friendship revenge sacrifice pursuit 1930s
A lawyer (James Cagney) joins the FBI and goes after henchmen of the gangster who put him through law school.
Comedy
USA
1965
105 Minutes
Mayor Crane
Paul Ford Connie Stevens Maureen O'Sullivan Jim Hutton Jane Wyatt Henry Jones Lloyd Nolan
wife husband daughter son-in-law townsperson endearing outlandish amusing small town household new england parenthood pregnancy aging family responsibility relationships discovery sacrifice love
Fifty-something Edith Lambert is thrilled to find out that she's going to have a baby. Her husband Harry, however, is less enthusiastic.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
1978
112 Minutes
Broderick Crawford Dan Dailey Jose Ferrer Michael Parks Ronee Blakley Rip Torn Celeste Holm Michael Sacks Raymond St. Jacques Andrew Duggan John Marley
fbi agent martin luther king jr. robert f. kennedy mobster lover suspenseful shocking raw fascinating washington, d.c. quantico virginia j. edgar hoover political intrigue organized crime secret life homosexuality blackmail rise mystery
The FBI director (Broderick Crawford) tracks the famous and the infamous for decades with his personal aide, Clyde Tolson (Dan Dailey).