List of the best Philip Ahn movies: Daughter of Shanghai(1937), Let's Get Tough(1942), China(1943), Japanese War Bride(1952), The Chinese Ring(1947), Scream in the Night(1935), Back to Bataan(1945), State Department: File 649(1949), I Was an American Spy(1951), Halls of Montezuma(1950), Submarine Raider(1942), Shock Corridor(1963) ... ...
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
63 Minutes
Kim Lee
Chinese-American woman tries to expose illegal alien smuggling ring.
Comedy
1942
62 Minutes
Joe Matsui
Florence Rice Robert Armstrong Gabriel Dell Philip Ahn Sam Bernard Jerry Bergen Pat Costello
War
1943
79 Minutes
Lin Cho
Loretta Young Alan Ladd William Bendix Philip Ahn Iris Wong Victor Sen Yung Marianne Quon Jessie Tai Sing Richard Loo Irene Tso Ching Wah Lee
A war profiteer (Alan Ladd) and his buddy (William Bendix) protect a U.S. teacher (Loretta Young), her Chinese schoolgirls and a baby from the Japanese.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1952
91 Minutes
Eitaro Shimizu
Shirley Yamaguchi Don Taylor Cameron Mitchell Marie Windsor Philip Ahn James Bell
Korean War veteran returns home to rural Salinas, California with his new Japanese wife, whom he met at a war hospital. The couple are forced to deal with the sometimes subtle, sometimes ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
67 Minutes
Captain Kong
Roland Winters Warren Douglas Victor Sen Yung Mantan Moreland Philip Ahn Louise Currie Byron Foulger Thayer Roberts Jean Wong
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Mystery & Thriller
1935
58 Minutes
Wu Ting
Lon Chaney Zara Tazil Sheila Terry Manuel López Philip Ahn Richard Cramer John Ince Merrill McCormick John Lester Johnson
6.7/10
War
USA
1945
97 Minutes
Col. Coroki
John Wayne Anthony Quinn Beulah Bondi Fely Franquelli Richard Loo Philip Ahn J. Alex Havier Lawrence Tierney Leonard Strong Paul Fix Abner Biberman
colonel soldier guerrilla fighter girlfriend tense spirited island philippines world war ii armed conflict rebellion battle courage prisoners of war underdog quest 1940s
In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
4.7/10
Drama
USA
1949
87 Minutes
Col. Aram
Virginia Bruce William Lundigan Jonathan Hale Frank Ferguson Richard Loo Philip Ahn Raymond Bond Milton Kibbee Victor Sen Yung Lora Lee Michel John Holland
U.S. Foreign Service officer matches wits with a Chinese warlord to try to save American citizens threatened with execution.
6.6/10
Drama, History, War
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Capt. Arito
Ann Dvorak Gene Evans Douglas Kennedy Richard Loo Leon Lontoc Chabing Philip Ahn Marya Marco Lisa Ferraday Howard Chuman Freddie Revelala
secret agent dancer spy soldier tense thrilling manila, philippines singapore nightclub prison claire phillips marriage world war ii torture loss espionage escape rescue sacrifice 1940s
During WW2, an American woman posing as an Italian cabaret owner spies on the Japanese in Manila but becomes the target of a suspicious Japanese intelligence officer.
6.6/10
War
USA
1950
113 Minutes
Nomura
Richard Widmark Jack Palance Robert Wagner Jack Webb Reginald Gardiner Karl Malden Philip Ahn
lieutenant soldier enemy doctor thrilling patriotic gripping rousing japan island world war ii invasion battle courage quest rescue sacrifice 1940s
A company of Marines races against the clock to find a Japanese rocket base.
4.6/10
Adventure
USA
1942
65 Minutes
First Officer Kawakami
John Howard Marguerite Chapman Herman Brix Warren Ashe Eileen O'Hearn Nino Pipitone Philip Ahn Larry Parks Rudy Robles Roger Clark Forrest Tucker
On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiranamu", orders full steam ahead for Pearl Harbor. His ship encounters and sinks an American yacht and the single ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1963
101 Minutes
Dr. Fong
Peter Breck Constance Towers Gene Evans James Best Hari Rhodes Larry Tucker Bill Zuckert Philip Ahn Neyle Morrow John Matthews Chuck Roberson
reporter inmate psychiatrist girlfriend witness thrilling tense solemn insane asylum investigation murder deception insanity pulitzer prize journalism quest mystery transformation 1960s
Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Prince Chung
Peter Lorre Thomas Beck Pauline Frederick Sidney Blackmer Sig Ruman John Carradine Nedda Harrigan Philip Ahn Jayne Regan John Bleifer Jimmy Leong
Seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
80 Minutes
Itzumi
Robert Mitchum Jane Russell William Bendix Thomas Gomez Gloria Grahame Brad Dexter Edward Ashley Philip Ahn Vladimir Sokoloff Don Zelaya Emory Parnell
singer soldier gambler gangster girlfriend police chief suspenseful witty melodramatic macau casino docks police station boat travel gambling romance corruption undercover operations deception
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the handsome singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
6.6/10
Adventure
USA
1936
97 Minutes
Oxford
Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Akim Tamiroff Dudley Digges Porter Hall William Frawley J.M. Kerrigan Philip Ahn Lee Tung Foo
soldier of fortune war lord american woman general father gun runner tense brutal engaging thrilling china train shanghai war guns money father/daughter relationship love greed rivalry
Amid the anarchy of China, an American mercenary tangles with a ruthless warlord.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1948
120 Minutes
Ming Gow
Fred MacMurray Alida Valli Frank Sinatra Lee J. Cobb Charles Meredith Harold Vermilyea Jim Nolan Veronica Pataky Philip Ahn Frank Ferguson Frank Wilcox
young man actress priest tender charming inspiring heartwarming small town church united states america miracles kindness tuberculosis quest sacrifice rise love 1940s
Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film, back to her hometown for burial. To arouse public ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1967
138 Minutes
Tea
Julie Andrews Mary Tyler Moore Carol Channing James Fox Beatrice Lillie John Gavin Lisabeth Hush Jack Soo Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Philip Ahn Cavada Humphrey
secretary orphan salesman boss manager kidnapper madcap campy lighthearted new york city hotel long island, n.y. chinatown skyscraper love triangle employment kidnapping wealth transformation love
Millie Dillmount comes to town in the roaring twenties to encounter flappers, sexuality, and white slavers.
6.2/10
Adventure
USA
1953
92 Minutes
Sien Tang
Burt Lancaster Joan Rice Andre Morell Abraham Sofaer Archie Savage Benson Fong Teresa Prendergast Lloyd Berrell Charles Horvath Philip Ahn Guy Doleman
sea captain trader medicine man chief slave trader love interest confident spirited boat fiji island hong kong village yap, caroline islands david dean o'keefe ambition island life imperialism ritual slave trade
A Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1963
107 Minutes
Mr. Immacona
Charlton Heston Yvette Mimieux George Chakiris France Nuyen James Darren Aline MacMahon Elizabeth Allen Vaughn Taylor Marc Marno Philip Ahn Harold Fong
In 1950s Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native even though he himself has secretly impregnated a native woman.
5.9/10
Romance
USA
1950
82 Minutes
Dr. Lee
Elizabeth Taylor Van Johnson Percy Waram Fay Holden Leon Ames Edgar Buchanan Selena Royle Gene Lockhart Rosemary DeCamp Philip Ahn Gordon Richards
lawyer alcoholic psychoanalyst judge prosecutor tenant lighthearted charming new york city courtroom party alcoholism psychosomatic illness court battles eviction romance love transformation 1950s
A law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light.
5.9/10
War
USA
1959
124 Minutes
Nautaung
Frank Sinatra Gina Lollobrigida Peter Lawford Steve McQueen Richard Johnson Paul Henreid Brian Donlevy Dean Jones Charles Bronson Philip Ahn Robert Bray
captain rebel love interest intelligence officer gripping fiery burma china jungle world war ii uprising military life training quest revenge rivalry love 1940s
During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.
Crime, Drama
1949
111 Minutes
Ah Sing
Brian Donlevy Ella Raines Charles Coburn Helen Walker Anna May Wong Mae Marsh Tony Barrett William Wright Robert Warwick Philip Ahn Art Baker
A declared-dead man (Brian Donlevy) hides out with a widow (Ella Raines) after his wife and her lover botch his murder.
Mystery & Thriller
1958
67 Minutes
Gene Barry Beverly Tyler Allison Hayes Noel Drayton Edward Kemmer Michael Pate W. Beal Wong Mel Prestige King Calder Philip Ahn Rico Alaniz
An undercover U.S. agent (Gene Barry) searches for an Arab ruler's son kidnapped by communists in Hong Kong.
6.4/10
War
USA
1957
108 Minutes
Rock Hudson Martha Hyer Dan Duryea Don DeFore Anna Kashfi Jock Mahoney Alan Hale Jr. Carl Benton Reid Richard Loo James Edwards Philip Ahn
reverend wife volunteer friend military officer orphan powerful solemn military base south korea korean war military life redemption orphanage refugees religion transformation sacrifice 1950s
A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.
5.6/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1966
91 Minutes
Elvis Presley Suzanna Leigh James Shigeta Donna Butterworth Mariana Hill Irene Tsu Linda Wong Julie Parrish Jan Shepard John Doucette Philip Ahn
pilot elvis presley friend love interest amusing airy witty cheery hawaii hawaiian culture flying fun romance adventure love 1960s
Rick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii -- along the way he makes some friends, including a young Hawaiian girl and her father, romances Judy Hudson, and sings a few songs.
6.7/10
Biography
USA
1944
140 Minutes
Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso Dennis O'Keefe Carol Thurston Carl Esmond Paul Kelly Elliott Reid Stanley Ridges Renny McEvoy Oliver Thorndike
doctor naval officer japanese soldier lieutenant sailor nurse brutal uplifting tense patriotic east indies jungle ship world war ii heroism navy disillusionment horrors of war corydon m. wassell escape
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
Mystery & Thriller
1938
67 Minutes
Sidney Toler Phyllis Brooks Victor Sen Yung Eddie Collins John "Dusty" King Claire Dodd George Zucco Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence Richard Lane Layne Tom Jr.
The Chinese detective (Sidney Toler) and his No. 2 son (Sen Yung) hold a ship in port to probe a shooting on board.
7.3/10
War
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Franchot Tone Anne Baxter Erich von Stroheim Akim Tamiroff Peter Van Eyck Fortunio Bonanova Konstantin Shayne Fred Nurney Miles Mander Leslie Denison Ian Keith
soldier innkeeper clerk field marshal erwin rommel tense thrilling engaging hotel desert cairo war espionage dangerous assignment world war ii adventure sacrifice pursuit 1940s
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
5.8/10
Adventure
USA
1952
92 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Vera Ralston Robert Douglas Victor McLaglen John Russell Buddy Baer Claude Jarman Jr. Grant Withers Howard Petrie Paul Fix Bill Murphy
sea captain mate woman pirate dancer treasure hunter gory suspenseful thrilling intense emotional raw sea boat pirate ship island indonesia treasure island diamonds treasure hunting
In 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.
War
1945
98 Minutes
James Cagney Sylvia Sidney Wallace Ford Rosemary DeCamp Robert Armstrong John Emery Leonard Strong Frank Puglia John Halloran Marvin Miller Rhys Williams
reporter colonel captain police officer politician beautiful woman tense thrilling tokyo newsroom ship on the run american embassy japan idealism murder corruption newspapers running away imperialism
The U.S. editor (James Cagney) of a Tokyo newspaper smuggles out a Japanese military plan several years before World War II.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1947
79 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Ava Gardner Roland Culver Richard Haydn Thomas Gomez Spring Byington Porter Hall George Lloyd Maylia Lal Chand Mehra H.T. Tsiang
After WW2, an American skipper returns to Singapore to retrieve his hidden stash of pearls and finds his lost fiancee who now has amnesia.
7.1/10
Biography
USA
1960
112 Minutes
Tony Curtis Edmond O'Brien Frank Gorshin Karl Malden Arthur O'Connell Gary Merrill Joan Blackman Raymond Massey Robert Middleton Jeanette Nolan Sue Ane Langdon
con artist soldier nurse doctor monk fbi agent confident intense amusing new england texas korea island monastery battleship identity theft crime con game schemes on the run
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
7.5/10
Drama
USA
1937
138 Minutes
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.
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