List of the best Matt McHugh movies: Street Scene(1931), Flight for Freedom(1943), The Devil's Brother(1933), Freaks(1932), Secret Command(1944), Deadline for Murder(1946), Murder on a Honeymoon(1935), Mannequin(1937), Ladies Crave Excitement(1935), Anything Goes(1936), The Prizefighter and the Lady(1933) ... ...
Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney William Collier Beulah Bondi Estelle Taylor Max Montor David Landau Matt McHugh Russell Hopton Greta Grandstedt Tom H. Manning Adele Watson
mother father daughter neighbor student bleak gritty new york city brownstone stoop poverty adultery aspirations gossip fall revenge transformation 1930s
Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interacts with each other during a summer heatwave.
Adventure
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Herbert Marshall Edward Ciannelli Walter Kingsford Damian O'Flynn Jack Carr Matt McHugh Richard Loo Charles Lung Bud McTaggart
The life of air pioneer Amelia Earhart is here given a fictionalized treatment, with a speculative conclusion.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
88 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Dennis King Thelma Todd James Finlayson Lucile Browne Arthur Pierson Henry Armetta Matt McHugh Lane Chandler Nena Quartero
thief lord lady bandit innkeeper bumbler amusing cheeky rousing carriage dance hall cellar italy inn robbery seduction impersonation deception unlikely criminal adventure
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
Horror
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Wallace Ford Olga Baclanova Leila Hyams Roscoe Ates Harry Earles Henry Victor Daisy Earles Rose Dione Edward Brophy Matt McHugh Olga Roderick
trapeze artist circus performer conjoined twins dwarf strong man creepy disturbing circus united states retribution deception friendship bigotry circus revenge fall 1930s
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Drama
USA
1944
81 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Carole Landis Chester Morris Ruth Warrick Barton MacLane Tom Tully Wallace Ford Howard Freeman Erik Rolf Matt McHugh Frank Sully
undercover agent brother spy ex-girlfriend nazi foreman melodramatic suspenseful los angeles shipyard house world war ii sabotage brother relationship suspicion jealousy romance adventure transformation love
A U.S. effort to root out Nazi saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II, sends an undercover intelligence officer to infiltrate as a construction worker and look for possible spies among the managers and employees.
Crime, Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Paul Kelly Kent Taylor Sheila Ryan Jerome Cowan Renee Carson Marion Martin Joan Blair Leslie Vincent Eddie Marr Matt McHugh Jody Gilbert
A murder is committed when documents, pertaining to and detailing information about oil-fields in Central Europe, are stolen. More murders follow the theft before the recovery through the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Lola Lane Chick Chandler George Meeker Dorothy Libaire Harry Ellerbe Spencer Charters DeWitt Jennings Leo G. Carroll Arthur Hoyt
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a sea-plane gets sick and dies.
Drama
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Joan Crawford Spencer Tracy Alan Curtis Ralph Morgan Mary Philips Oscar O'Shea Elisabeth Risdon Leo Gorcey George Chandler Bert Roach Marie Blake
showgirl husband tycoon best friend manager cheeky moving engaging brooklyn, n.y. apartment paris theater restaurant pier financial crisis marriage blackmail wealth divorce unemployment
Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money... See full summary »
Action
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Norman Foster Evalyn Knapp Esther Ralston Eric Linden Purnell Pratt Irene Franklin Emma Dunn Gilbert Emery Russell Hicks Christian Rub Francis Macdonald
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Musical
USA
1936
92 Minutes
Bing Crosby Ethel Merman Charles Ruggles Ida Lupino Grace Bradley Arthur Treacher Robert McWade Richard Carle Margaret Dumont Jerry Tucker Ed Gargan
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »
Comedy
1933
102 Minutes
Myrna Loy Max Baer Primo Carnera Jack Dempsey Walter Huston Otto Kruger Vince Barnett Muriel Evans Robert McWade Jean Howard Garry Owen
boxer moll alcoholic gangster henchman brash thrilling amusing boxing ring bar gym atlantic city, n.j. nightclub boxing marital problems alcoholism love triangle celebrity musical performance quest
Inspired by a gangster's girlfriend (Myrna Loy), a heavyweight contender (Max Baer) takes on the champ (Primo Carnera).