List of the best Oscar O'Shea movies: Wing and a Prayer(1944), Mannequin(1937), One Sunday Afternoon(1948), Rebellious Daughters(1938), Stablemates(1938), The Big City(1937), Captains Courageous(1937), Of Mice and Men(1939), Riders of the Purple Sage(1941), I Was Framed(1942), You Can't Fool Your Wife(1940), Stranger on the Third Floor(1940) ... ...
War
USA
1944
97 Minutes
Don Ameche Dana Andrews William Eythe Charles Bickford Cedric Hardwicke Oscar O'Shea Richard Jaeckel Harry Morgan Richard Crane Glenn Langan Renny McEvoy
naval officer pilot actor ensign captain lieutenant commander rousing frenetic inspiring pacific ocean aircraft carrier plane world war ii naval warfare duty patriotism adventure quest sacrifice 1940s
In WW2, an American aircraft carrier sails around the Pacific on a decoy mission until it joins the battle of Midway against the Japanese forces.
Drama
USA
1937
95 Minutes
`'Pa'` Cassidy
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 »
Musical
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Toby
Dennis Morgan Janis Paige Don DeFore Dorothy Malone Ben Blue Oscar O'Shea Alan Hale Jr. George N. Neise
Biff Grimes has spent the last ten years regretting that he hadn't married Virginia Brush, the girl of his dreams. Virginia ran off and married his best friend - breaking his heart. Virginia's best friend, Amy, consoles Biff.
Drama
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Dad Elliott
Marjorie Reynolds Verna Hillie Sheila Bromley George Douglas Denny Meadows Oscar O'Shea Irene Franklin Nick Lukats Monte Blue
Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up with dirty pictures and blackmail.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
89 Minutes
Pete Whalen
Wallace Beery Mickey Rooney Arthur Hohl Margaret Hamilton Minor Watson Marjorie Gateson Oscar O'Shea Frank Hagney Cliff Nazarro Johnnie Morris
A washed up, alcoholic Vet and a dreamer stable boy help nurse a sick race horse back to health.
Drama
USA
1937
80 Minutes
John C. Andrews
Spencer Tracy Luise Rainer Charley Grapewin Janet Beecher Eddie Quillan Victor Varconi Oscar O'Shea Helen Troy William Demarest John Arledge Irving Bacon
cab driver husband wife brother immigrant mobster melodramatic new york city garage taxi ship hideout gangsters mistaken identity corruption bombing taxicab business deportation pursuit rivalry
Julius Trent, the founder and president of Trent Mills objects to the plans of his manager, Walford Andrews, to manufacture a synthetic wool called Woolex. Finding Julius behind the times, ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Capt. Walt Cushman
Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Lionel Barrymore Melvyn Douglas Charley Grapewin Mickey Rooney John Carradine Oscar O'Shea Jack LaRue Walter Kingsford Sam McDaniel
young boy father fisherman captain friend sailor heartwarming uplifting ship boarding school gloucester, mass. ocean liner troubled youth accident sailors father/son relationship growing up transformation 1890s
A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
Drama
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Jackson
Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Betty Field Charles Bickford Roman Bohnen Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Oscar O'Shea Granville Bates Leigh Whipper Helen Lynd
mentally challenged migrant worker rancher wife emotional gutsy tender ranch countryside soledad, calif. friendship aspirations farming sacrifice quest 1930s
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Western
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Noah Judkins
George Montgomery Mary Howard Robert Barrat Lynne Roberts Kane Richmond Patsy Patterson Richard Lane Oscar O'Shea James Gillette Frank McGrath Roy Mason
Lassiter discovers the judge (Barrat) who cheated his neice of her inheritance leads a gang of badguys posing as vigilantes.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Cal Beamish
Michael Ames Jacqueline Wells Regis Toomey Patty Hale John Harmon Aldrich Bowker Roland Drew Oscar O'Shea Wade Boteler
innocent man cellmate pregnant wife corrupt businessman politician reporter crafty intricate suspenseful emotional prison california newsroom car small town house framed for murder wrongfully accused prison break corruption
A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn't commit. He and another prisoner attempt an escape, but although the newspaperman... See full summary »
Comedy
1940
68 Minutes
Dr. Emery
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Robert Coote Virginia Vale Emma Dunn Elaine Shepard William Halligan Oscar O'Shea Norman Mayes Patsy O'Byrne Dell Henderson
wife husband mother playboy seductress lighthearted amusing household nightclub apartment office party marriage separation seduction impersonation mistaken identity in-laws temptation rivalry
An outcast husband (James Ellison) flirts with another woman who turns out to be his wife (Lucille Ball).
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
64 Minutes
The Judge
Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet Charles Waldron Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Halton Ethel Griffies Cliff Clark Oscar O'Shea Alec Craig Otto Hoffman
reporter girlfriend convict stranger lawyer neighbor eerie tense courtroom crime scene household false accusations investigation guilt murder dreams paranoia mystery quest discovery
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
Drama
USA
1938
76 Minutes
Charlie Collins
Joan Crawford Margaret Sullavan Robert Young Melvyn Douglas Fay Bainter Allyn Joslyn Hattie McDaniel Frank Albertson Oscar O'Shea Harry Barris Tony De Marco
dancer farmer brother sister wife passionate tense melodramatic new york city nightclub wisconsin farm love triangle marital problems marriage city vs. country betrayal love temptation transformation
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
74 Minutes
Gus
Myrna Loy Franchot Tone Rosalind Russell Walter Pidgeon Nana Bryant Leonard Penn John Miljan William Stack Oscar O'Shea Marie Blake May Beatty
young woman heiress playboy mother illustrator friend airy witty melodramatic mushy new york city wedding office boxing match unrequited love marrying for money love triangle infidelity mother/daughter relationship jealousy
Mimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
104 Minutes
June Haver Gordon MacRae Debbie Reynolds James Barton S.Z. Sakall Gene Nelson Sean McClory Marcia Mae Jones Jane Darwell Irene Seidner Oscar O'Shea
Patricia O'Grady is the daughter of Irish Vaudeville performer, Rosie O'Grady, and is being raised along with her sisters by her father who believes the Vaudeville life contributed to his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
65 Minutes
Edmund Gwenn Phyllis Thaxter Kathleen Lockhart Henry H. Daniels Jr. Addison Richards Francis Pierlot Sharon McManus Gladys Blake Will Wright Stephen McNally Oscar O'Shea
woman fiancé attorney doctor engaging thrilling creepy new york city court prison boat mental illness murder trial split personality love transformation rescue 1940s
A young woman has two distinct personalities, one of whom is evil and constantly gets her in trouble.
Western
USA
1940
82 Minutes
Wallace Beery Leo Carrillo Marjorie Rambeau Anne Baxter Douglas Fowley Noah Beery Jr. Berton Churchill Arthur Hohl Clem Bevans Charles Halton Minor Watson
mule-team driver saloon owner daughter clerk prospector friend engaging rousing death valley saloon bank desert rooming house office fugitives blackmail mining murder prospecting failing business
In California's Death Valley, in 1892, Borax ore miners scratch a hard living until a map pinpointing the location of high-grade Borax ore surfaces, sending prospectors and crooks alike into a gold-rush-like frenzy.
Horror
USA
1944
60 Minutes
Lon Chaney John Carradine Ramsay Ames Robert Lowery Barton MacLane Claire Whitney George Zucco Frank Reicher Harry Shannon Emmett Vogan Lester Sharpe
Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.
Musical
USA
1947
101 Minutes
Dennis Morgan Arlene Dahl Andrea King Alan Hale George Tobias George O'Brien Sara Allgood Ben Blue William Frawley Don McGuire Charles Irwin
broadway star singer-songwriter girlfriend singer cheery endearing inspiring new york city dinner party broadway theater rise to stardom fame songwriting singing relationships chancellor "chauncey" olcott pursuit love underdog transformation
The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his... See full summary »