List of the best Paul Muni movies: I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), Scarface(1932), The Good Earth(1937), We Are Not Alone(1939), Juarez(1939), Bordertown(1935), Hi, Nellie(1934), Angel on My Shoulder(1946), The Life of Emile Zola(1937), A Song to Remember(1945), The World Changes(1933), Dr. Socrates(1935) ... ...
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
gangster sister criminal fiery frenetic gripping thrilling chicago jealousy crime murder underdog wretched excess rivalry 1930s
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Drama
USA
1937
138 Minutes
Wang Lung
Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph Soo Yong Keye Luke Roland Lui Ching Wah Lee Harold Huber
farmer wife pretty woman son emotional melodramatic china farm farming family poverty aspirations marriage love triangle transformation love sacrifice 1930s
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
Drama
USA
1939
112 Minutes
Dr. David Newcome
doctor governess young boy wife bleak dark shocking solemn england theater house accident death gossip poison execution fall 1910s
A husband hires a lonely pretty young woman to work as a nanny for his son. His wife becomes instantly jealous and things take turn for the worst. In the background, World War II is in the air, and anti-German sentiment is on the rise.
Biography
USA
1939
132 Minutes
Paul Muni Bette Davis Brian Aherne Claude Rains John Garfield Gale Sondergaard Donald Crisp Gilbert Roland Louis Calhern Grant Mitchell
emperor empress president rebel soldier napoleon iii tense emotional mexico france government offices mansion democracy government power struggle breakdown benito juérez maximilian i quest fall
Louis Napoleon III takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximillian Hapsburg to add Mexico to his empire.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Johnny Ramirez
Paul Muni Bette Davis Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Soledad Jimenez Robert Barrat Gavin Gordon Henry O'Neill Arthur Stone Hobart Cavanaugh William B. Davidson
lawyer casino owner wife immigrant melodramatic tense california casino los angeles business mental illness murder unrequited love fall transformation 1930s
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Douglas Dumbrille Robert Barrat Hobart Cavanaugh Pat Wing Edward Ellis George Meeker Berton Churchill Sidney Miller
journalist lawyer governor editor young woman undertaker hilarious frenetic suspenseful newsroom funeral home graveyard advice column corruption romantic dilemma conspiracy framed missing persons mystery underdog
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
Fantasy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
Eddie Kagle, Judge Frederick Parker
Paul Muni Anne Baxter Claude Rains George Cleveland Onslow Stevens Hardie Albright James Flavin Erskine Sanford Marion Martin Jonathan Hale Murray Alper
gangsters devil judge fiancée amusing creepy frightening hell earth courtroom church fantasy death relationships romance revenge metamorphosis rivalry 1940s
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
Biography
USA
1937
116 Minutes
Paul Muni Joseph Schildkraut Gale Sondergaard Gloria Holden Donald Crisp Erin O'Brien-Moore John Litel Henry O'Neill Morris Carnovsky Louis Calhern Ralph Morgan
author paul cézanne victim soldier wife prostitute engaging gripping moving france paris prison england courtroom household emile zola court battles friendship journalism historical events
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Biography
USA
1945
113 Minutes
Prof. Joseph Elsner
Paul Muni Merle Oberon Cornel Wilde Stephen Bekassy Nina Foch George Coulouris Sig Arno Howard Freeman George Macready Claire DuBrey Frank Puglia
composer soldier musician doctor writer creative bleak fascinating poland paris war illness music political repression frédéric chopin affair love rise 1840s
Biography of Frederic Chopin.
Drama
USA
1933
90 Minutes
Paul Muni Mary Astor Aline MacMahon Donald Cook Alan Dinehart Guy Kibbee Margaret Lindsay Jean Muir Anna Q. Nilsson Patricia Ellis Douglas Dumbrille
An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
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.
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Biography
USA
1936
85 Minutes
Paul Muni Josephine Hutchinson Anita Louise Donald Woods Fritz Leiber Henry O'Neill Porter Hall Akim Tamiroff Walter Kingsford Iphigenie Castiglioni
scientist chemist doctor gutsy rousing endearing french countryside france louis pasteur science cure disease underdog quest rivalry 19th century
Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.
Drama
USA
1929
66 Minutes
James Dyke
Paul Muni Marguerite Churchill DeWitt Jennings Henry Kolker Edith Yorke Richard Carlyle Johnny Mack Brown Clifford Dempsey George C. Pearce Don Terry
After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law, under a false name intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his ... See full summary »
Drama
1953
82 Minutes
The Stranger With A Gun
Paul Muni Luisa Rossi Vittorio Manunta
A man (Paul Muni) on the run for an accidental murder teams up with a boy (Vittorio Manunta) on the run for stealing milk.