List of the best Olin Howland movies: Apache Rose(1947), The Blob(1958), Earthworm Tractors(1936), Last of the Wild Horses(1948), Ridin' Down the Canyon(1942), Little Tough Guy(1938), Zenobia(1939), Satan Met a Lady(1936), Wagon Wheels(1934), The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap(1947), The Girl of the Golden West(1938), Janice Meredith(1924) ... ...
Western
USA
1947
75 Minutes
Alkali Elkins
Roy Rogers Dale Evans Olin Howland George Meeker John Laurenz Russ Vincent Minerva Urecal Roy Mason Donna DeMario Terry Frost Conchita Lemus
Roy is an oil prospector. His efforts to get drilling rights on an old Spanish land grant are countered by gamblers from an off-shore gambling boat determined to control the land (and oil) themselves.
Sci-Fi
USA
1958
82 Minutes
Old man
Steve McQueen Aneta Corseaut Earl Rowe Olin Howland Stephen Chase John Benson Vincent Barbi Julie Cousins Diane Tabben
teen boy teen girl police officer old man friend doctor creepy thrilling small town police station movie theater alien landing killer substance survival generation gap teenage rebellion destruction discovery escape rescue
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
Comedy
USA
1936
69 Minutes
Mr. Blair
Joe E. Brown June Travis Guy Kibbee Dick Foran Carol Hughes Gene Lockhart Olin Howland
Alexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make a big sale of Earthworm tractors to grouchy lumberman Johnson. Since Botts doesn't ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1948
84 Minutes
Remedy Williams
Jimmy Ellison Mary Beth Hughes Jane Frazee Douglas Dumbrille James Millican Reed Hadley Olin Howland Grady Sutton William Haade Rory Mallinson Stanley Andrews
A cowboy must clear himself of a murder he did not commit.
Western
1942
55 Minutes
The Jailer
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Robert "Buzz" Henry Linda Hayes Addison Richards Adrian Booth Olin Howland James Seay Hal Taliaferro Forrest Taylor Roy Barcroft
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
83 Minutes
Baxter
Helen Parrish Marjorie Main Robert Wilcox Jackie Searle Peggy Stewart Helen MacKellar Edward Pawley Olin Howland Billy Halop Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Attorney Culpepper
Oliver Hardy Harry Langdon Billie Burke Alice Brady Jimmy Ellison Jean Parker June Lang Olin Howland J. Farrell MacDonald Stepin Fetchit Hattie McDaniel
doctor daughter snob son elephant professor lighthearted charming mississippi small town doctor's office carnival street courtroom animals small-town life snobbishness carnivals mother/son relationship trials
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Detective Dunhill
Bette Davis Warren William Alison Skipworth Arthur Treacher Marie Wilson Winifred Shaw Porter Hall Olin Howland Charles Wilson
private detective pretty woman client partner englishman secretary airy amusing intricate city office docks detective work murder search deception crime artifact quest temptation
A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn.
Western
USA
1934
56 Minutes
Bill O'Leary
Randolph Scott Gail Patrick Monte Blue Billy Lee Raymond Hatton Jan Duggan Leila Bennett Olin Howland
cowboy scout fur trapper widow son older woman engaging striking wagon plains missouri oregon rocky mountains westward expansion fresh start trapping travel mother/son relationship romance adventure
In 1844 scout Clint Belmet and his two sidekicks guide a wagon train to the newly opened Oregon territory despite hardships and Indian attack.
Comedy
USA
1947
78 Minutes
Undertaker
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marjorie Main George Cleveland Audrey Young Gordon Jones William Ching Peter Thompson Olin Howland Bill Clauson Billy O'Leary
Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1938
120 Minutes
Trinidad Joe
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Walter Pidgeon Leo Carrillo Buddy Ebsen Leonard Penn Priscilla Lawson Bob Murphy Olin Howland Cliff Edwards Billy Bevan
singer bandit priest sheriff girlfriend saloon owner cheery amusing tender california mountain saloon stagecoach romance impersonation outlaws old west rivalry pursuit discovery
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Romance
USA
1924
153 Minutes
Philemon
Marion Davies Harrison Ford Macklyn Arbuckle Joseph Kilgour George Nash Tyrone Power Sr. May Vokes W.C. Fields Olin Howland Hattie Delaro
It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued by Charles Fownes, patriot and friend of... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1939
68 Minutes
Sergeant Entwhistle
Bonita Granville John Litel Frank Thomas Jr. Mary Lee Dickie Jones Larry Williams Betty Amann Thomas E. Jackson Olin Howland
nancy drew boyfriend boxer father child victim lighthearted charming city hotel newsroom river heights trial murder journalism father/daughter relationship set-up mystery pursuit escape
Lawyer's (John Litel) daughter Nancy (Bonita Granville) plays reporter, solves a murder and clears a scandal.
Drama
1943
67 Minutes
Homer Todds
Frank Morgan Richard Carlson Jean Rogers Porter Hall Robert Barrat Donald MacBride Walter Baldwin Andrew Tombes Olin Howland Chill Wills Irving Bacon
A Supreme Court justice on a duck-hunting foray becomes involved in serious trouble with the citizens in a small town.
Western
USA
1947
100 Minutes
Bradley - Town Telegrapher
John Wayne Gail Russell Harry Carey Irene Rich Bruce Cabot Lee Dixon Stephen Grant Tom Powers Paul Hurst Olin Howland John Halloran
cowboy woman outlaw lawman family doctor passionate suspenseful wild west saloon countryside bedroom guns young love deception showdown love rivalry 1800s
Quirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Coroner Wilbur Strong
Warren William Margaret Lindsay Errol Flynn Claire Dodd Donald Woods Allen Jenkins Philip Reed Winifred Shaw Warren Hymer Olin Howland Henry Kolker
perry mason friend ex-husband husband detective attorney engaging suspenseful law office mortuary apartment police station dinner party house law bigamy blackmail murder investigation accidental death
Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
Romance
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Bette Davis George Brent Mary Astor Lucile Watson Hattie McDaniel Grant Mitchell Jerome Cowan Sam McDaniel Thurston Hall Russell Hicks Olin Howland
sweetheart pianist pilot maid mother manager melodramatic cheeky gutsy new york city maryland country house arizona rivalry marriage divorce death adoption deception quest
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child.
Drama
USA
1932
83 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Hardie Albright Lionel Belmore Harry Beresford George Brent Bette Davis Noel Francis Blanche Frederici Alan Hale Harry Holman Olin Howland
Following the death of Selena's father, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.
Western
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Dick Powell Jane Greer Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives Tom Powers Gordon Oliver Steve Brodie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Burr Regis Toomey Olin Howland
secret agent captain mine owner financier lawyer partner gritty dark saloon outpost mine hotel stagecoach mill undercover operations theft gold murder business romance
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Horror
USA
1939
62 Minutes
Wayne Morris Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Dennis Morgan John Litel Lya Lys Huntz Hall Charles Wilson Vera Lewis Howard C. Hickman Olin Howland
news reporter actress mad scientist undertaker doctor campy creepy suspenseful united states city hotel newsroom laboratory murder science gone awry investigation reporting mystery discovery 1930s
A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.
Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
Ole Olsen Chic Johnson Lila Lee Joyce Compton Pierre Watkin Donald Kirke Ray Corrigan Sammy McKim Wade Boteler Ivan Miller Olin Howland
con artist secretary hotel owner deputy partner investor cheeky spirited playful amusing small town field hotel car chesterville oil kidnapping deception money crime
McAllister (Ole Olsen and Hamilton (Chic Johnson)are a couple of con-men who travel about the country selling worthless stock to small town citizens. They come to Chesterville where they ... See full summary »
Musical
1944
89 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Robert Paige Akim Tamiroff David Bruce Leonid Kinskey Ray Collins June Vincent Andrew Tombes Thomas Gomez Clara Blandick Olin Howland
senator daughter officer card sharp prince eastern european man airy winsome cheery washington, d.c. frontier trail missouri engagement father/daughter relationship deception frontier life california gold rush unlikely romance pursuit
A westbound U.S. senator's daughter (Deanna Durbin) falls in love with a pioneer (Robert Paige) by the time she reaches California.
Western
USA
1939
63 Minutes
George "Gabby" Hayes Don "Red" Barry Pauline Moore Harry Woods Arthur Loft Wade Boteler Ethel Wales Scotty Beckett Michael Worth Glenn Strange Olin Howland
Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
94 Minutes
James Whitmore Edmund Gwenn Joan Weldon James Arness Onslow Stevens Sean McClory Chris Drake Sandy Descher Mary Alan Hokanson Fess Parker William Schallert
police officer partner fbi agent entomologist general young girl frightening gripping outlandish creepy new mexico desert los angeles monsters radiation uncontrollable experiment animals attacking rescue quest 1950s
The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.
Adventure
USA
1941
98 Minutes
John Wayne Betty Field Harry Carey James Barton Beulah Bondi Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Ward Bond Marc Lawrence John Qualen Fuzzy Knight
stranger moonshiner daughter son uncle aunt bleak melodramatic fascinating ozark mountains small town forest cabin family helping others rural life superstition suicide father/son relationship revenge
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
Comedy
USA
1938
90 Minutes
Priscilla Lane Wayne Morris Ronald Reagan Johnnie Davis Jane Bryan Eddie Albert Jane Wyman Henry O'Neill Gordon Oliver Larry Williams William Tracy
cadet friend wife instructor hilarious witty virginia military institute lexington, va. pregnancy secret friendship marriage military quest love temptation 1930s
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Alan Ladd Veronica Lake Robert Preston Laird Cregar Tully Marshall Mikhail Rasumny Marc Lawrence Adele Pearce Harry Shannon Frank Ferguson Bernadene Hayes
hit man nightclub owner wealthy man beautiful woman police officer chemist dark brutal cool san francisco nightclub train los angeles hideout double-cross contract killing manhunt unlikely friendship reform revenge
When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Eddie Albert Gale Storm James Gleason Binnie Barnes Gilbert Roland Barton MacLane Douglas Fowley Tom Tyler Harry Hayden Chief Yowlachie Sarah Padden
Eastern gunsmith Daniel Bone goes out west to ply his trade, encounters a girl searching for the murderer of her father.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Paul Muni Ann Dvorak Barton MacLane Raymond Brown Ralph Remley Hal K. Dawson Grace Stafford Mayo Methot Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence
A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.
Musical
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Shirley Temple Jack Oakie Charlotte Greenwood Arleen Whelan George Montgomery Kathleen Howard Minor Watson Frank Swann Frank Sully Sarah Edwards Mae Marsh
child mother father townsperson performer teacher lighthearted spirited charming small town new england vaudeville show business hurricane prejudice acceptance transformation adventure discovery 1940s
Shirley's last film on her 20th Century Fox contract (aged 12). Her parents (Oakie, Greenwood) decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1954
176 Minutes
Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson Charles Bickford Tommy Noonan Lucy Marlow Amanda Blake Irving Bacon Hazel Shermet James Brown Lotus Robb
actor actress emotional engaging touching hollywood, calif. movie set aging actors love ambition alcoholism love sacrifice transformation 1950s
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Comedy
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Mary Boland Frank McHugh Hugh Herbert Carol Hughes Allen Jenkins Mischa Auer Alan Mowbray Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Arthur Aylesworth Irving Bacon
The offices of a great newspaper syndicate are presided over by John B. Radway, obviously a nut, and his sister Ollie Radway, obviously the brains in the family. David "Party" Partridge, ... See full summary »