List of the best Preston Foster movies: Guadalcanal Diary(1943), Cafe Hostess(1939), The Last Days of Pompeii(1935), Strange Triangle(1946), The Last Mile(1932), The Time Travelers(1964), Two Seconds(1932), Annie Oakley(1935), My Friend Flicka(1943), Hoopla(1933), Thunderhead: Son of Flicka(1945), Love Before Breakfast(1936) ... ...
War
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Richard Conte Anthony Quinn Richard Jaeckel Roy Roberts Minor Watson Ralph Byrd Lionel Stander Reed Hadley
soldier combat pilot chaplain cab driver teenager mexican-american confident patriotic washington, d.c. south pacific solomon islands world war ii battle horrors of war friendship rescue sacrifice 1940s
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Dan Walters
Jo (Ann Dvorak), a "percentage girl" at the notorious Club 46, is in despair. She can see no way out of the dreary and sordid routine of entertaining customers - called drinking and dancing... See full summary »
Drama, History
USA
1935
96 Minutes
Marcus
Preston Foster Alan Hale Basil Rathbone John Wood Louis Calhern David Holt Dorothy Wilson Wyrley Birch Gloria Shea Frank Conroy William V. Mong
slave trader blacksmith son fortuneteller gladiator pontius pilate touching intense inspiring spectacular volcano jerusalem africa italy redemption city regret corruption painful memories crucifixion
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Sam Crane
A bank district supervisor relates how he has been accused of a murder involving the bank's vice-president's brother and his mysterious wife, who has long police record, and to which he intends to plead guilty.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
John "Killer" Mears
Preston Foster Howard Phillips George E. Stone Noel Madison Albert Roscoe Paul Fix Al Hill Daniel L. Haynes Frank Sheridan Alec B. Francis Edward Van Sloan
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.
Sci-Fi
USA
1964
82 Minutes
Dr. Erik von Steiner
Preston Foster Philip Carey Merry Anders John Hoyt Dennis Patrick Joan Woodbury Delores Wells Steve Franken Gloria Leslie Peter Strudwick Margaret Seldeen
In 1964, a group of scientists create a portal that takes them to a barren, mutant inhabited, Earth in the year 2071.
Drama
USA
1932
68 Minutes
Bud Clark
murderer warden best friend wife judge doctor bleak confident intense prison construction site dance hall speakeasy apartment deception friendship murder prohibition execution construction
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.
Western
USA
1935
88 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Preston Foster Melvyn Douglas Moroni Olsen Pert Kelton Andy Clyde Chief Thundercloud Margaret Armstrong Delmar Watson Philo McCullough Eddie Dunn
sharpshooter cowboy buffalo bill chief promoter annie oakley spirited amusing engaging new york city cincinnati europe ambition show business contest guns native americans rivalry pursuit love
A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
89 Minutes
Roddy McDowall Preston Foster Rita Johnson James Bell Jeff Corey Diana Hale Arthur Loft Jimmy Aubrey
boy father mother horse emotional touching farm barn school wyoming education responsibility family father/son relationship underdog growing up metamorphosis 1940s
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
85 Minutes
Nifty Miller
Clara Bow Preston Foster Richard Cromwell Herbert Mundin James Gleason Minna Gombell Florence Roberts Roger Imhof
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show's manager.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Roddy McDowall Preston Foster Rita Johnson James Bell Diana Hale Carleton Young Ralph Sanford Robert Filmer Alan Bridge
horse teenager father horse trainer daughter charming melodramatic moving ranch wyoming wilderness horse breaking horsemanship horse racing coming of age father/son relationship sacrifice discovery 1940s
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Scott Miller
Carole Lombard Preston Foster Cesar Romero Janet Beecher Betty Lawford Richard Carle Forrester Harvey Ed Barton Sam Tong Bob Thom
A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.
Western
USA
1963
57 Minutes
Judge Homer Black
Jeffrey Hunter Preston Foster James Coburn Joanna Moore Edward Andrews Kevin Hagen Martin West Ed Nelson Karl Swenson Grace Lee Whitney
lawyer ex-girlfriend extortionist wrongly accused murder suspect sheriff brooding tense suspenseful gripping melodramatic engaging galveston, texas wrongfully accused innocence murder investigation court decision protecting girlfriend murder accusation escape
In 1800s Texas, during the early days of circuit-courts, lawyers had to be handy with their guns as well as with their law books when facing lynch mobs bent on administering frontier justice.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
87 Minutes
Biff Elliot Preston Foster Peggie Castle Margaret Sheridan Alan Reed Frances Osborne Robert Cunningham Elisha Cook Jr. Paul Dubov Mary Anderson Tani Seitz
Dectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.
Drama
1936
78 Minutes
Jack Clitheroe
Based on the play by Sean O'Casey. An Irish rebel turns a deaf ear to the pleas of his wife to lay down his arms.
Drama
1951
75 Minutes
Andy La Main
A 17-year-old (John Barrymore Jr.) grabs a pistol and goes looking for the sportswriter who caned his father (Preston Foster).
Comedy
1937
82 Minutes
Stephen Wayne
Kay Francis Preston Foster Anita Louise Verree Teasdale Walter Connolly Victor Jory Louise Fazenda Marjorie Gateson Marjorie Rambeau Eric Stanley Henry O'Neill
wife politician rival secretary of state supreme court justice patriotic quirky witty washington, d.c. political intrigue divorce patriotism political campaign marriage rivalry 1930s
The secretary of state's (Preston Foster) Washington-wise wife (Kay Francis) wants him to be president.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Tim Foster
John Payne Coleen Gray Preston Foster Neville Brand Lee Van Cleef Jack Elam
bank robber ex-convict police officers daughter suspenseful crafty brooding kansas city, mo. mexico bank framed death heist love interest pursuit revenge love 1950s
An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico in order to unmask the real culprits.
Drama
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Dan Gallagher
Victor McLaglen Heather Angel Preston Foster Margot Grahame Wallace Ford Una O'Connor Joe Sawyer
drunk soldier terrorist prostitute bleak disheartening intense dark ireland dublin friendship guilt alcoholism patriotism betrayal sacrifice pursuit 1920s
In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
Adventure
USA
1940
76 Minutes
Bill Gordon
The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.
Romance
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Steve Duncan
Irene Dunne Robert Montgomery Preston Foster Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Esther Dale Walter Catlett Richard Davies Kathryn Adams Samuel S. Hinds June Clyde
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
77 Minutes
Lt. Tom Gaynor
Brian Donlevy Miriam Hopkins Preston Foster Harold Huber Philip Reed Gloria Holden Douglas Dumbrille Sharon Douglas William Henry Ralph Morgan Jack Mulhall
A greedy woman turns in her husband, a jewel thief, for the reward. Her husband's friend, a detective, adopts the couple's child and raises her as his own. Eighteen years later the husband,... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
73 Minutes
Marion Burns Cyril Chadwick Preston Foster Creighton Hale Juanita Hansen Arline Judge Harold Minjir Nella Walker Kenneth MacKenna Finis Barton
Dale Jordon is on her way to Panama with Trixie Snell and Her Hotcha Girls to be a cabaret singer at the Bull Ring Cafe. Traveling by ship, Dale meets and falls in love with Tom Baylor, who... See full synopsis »
Adventure
USA
1938
95 Minutes
Lt. John C. Drake
Richard Greene Nancy Kelly Preston Foster George Bancroft Slim Summerville J. Farrell MacDonald Warren Hymer Douglas Fowley Dick Hogan Elisha Cook Jr. George E. Stone
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser and with a motley crew.
Western
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Paxton Bryce
Richard Dix Leo Carrillo Preston Foster Frances Gifford Robert Barrat Jack LaRue Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Cliff Edwards Merrill Rodin Chris-Pin Martin Richard Webb
friend partner cattleman wife son sister gritty dense texas river boat ranch town house greed ranchers gunfight land claim accidental death new life
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Pete
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
Judge Sam Purvis
Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Preston Foster Virginia O'Brien Angela Lansbury Marjorie Main Chill Wills Kenny Baker Selena Royle Cyd Charisse
waitress restaurant manager saloon girl saloon owner cowboy uplifting charming playful new mexico saloon restaurant wild west love letters deception romance restaurant business train travel rivalry love 1880s
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Horror
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Dr. Wells
Lionel Atwill Fay Wray Lee Tracy Preston Foster Robert Warwick Mae Busch
doctor daughter reporter police officer serial killer dark creepy thrilling emotional laboratory long island, n.y. estate murder supernatural experiments journalism science mystery pursuit love
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Western
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Kurt Durling
Ronald Reagan Dorothy Malone Alex Nicol Preston Foster Ruth Hampton Russell Johnson Barry Kelley Chubby Johnson Jack Kelly Dennis Weaver Wally Cassell
marshal love interest outlaw rancher daughter tense rousing tombstone, ariz. small town jail ranch wild west stand-off lynching murder prison break retirement rivalry revenge quest
Frame Johnson already cleaned up Tombstone and hopes to settle down near Cottonwood. But a marshal's work is never done...
Western
USA
1947
94 Minutes
Frank Ivey
Veronica Lake Joel McCrea Donald Crisp Charles Ruggles Preston Foster Don DeFore Arleen Whelan Lloyd Bridges Nestor Paiva Ray Teal
rancher father cattleman overseer sheriff alcoholic gutsy brash tense ranch saloon dressing room range street range war ambition murder romantic dilemma deception gender roles
Violent feud between Connie Dickason, the owner of the Circle 66 ranch and rancher Frank Ivey, the self-proclaimed boss of an otherwise public grazing land.
Comedy
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Dave Walker
Joe E. Brown Patricia Ellis Claire Dodd Frank McHugh Preston Foster Russell Hopton Sterling Holloway Emma Dunn Charles Wilson Jessie Ralph Douglas Dumbrille
baseball player girlfriend manager gambler teammate amusing heartwarming chicago baseball field baseball love success rivalry underdog adventure 1930s
Country bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.
Drama
USA
1968
100 Minutes
Nick
Richard Egan Christopher Jones Susan Strasberg Ann Sothern Simon Oakland Audrey Totter Preston Foster Peter Whitney Ed Binns Joe De Santis Norman Alden
Twenty-year-old Chubasco chooses a difficult path of hard labor at sea aboard a fishing boat and learns about how to become a man in the process.