List of the best Ralph Byrd movies: Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.(1939), Dick Tracy Returns(1938), Dick Tracy's G-Men(1939), Dick Tracy's Dilemma(1947), SOS Coast Guard(1937), Duke of the Navy(1942), Born to Be Wild(1938), Desperate Cargo(1941), Drums of the Desert(1940), Dick Tracy vs. the Spider(1937), Time to Kill(1942), Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome(1947) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Dick Tracy
William Witney Ralph Byrd Irving Pichel Ted Person
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
60 Minutes
Ralph Byrd Lyle Latell Jack Lambert Kay Christopher Ian Keith Bernadene Hayes Jimmy Conlin William B. Davidson Tony Barrett Tom Keene Harry Strang
dick tracy partner snitch insurance broker business owner wealthy woman suspenseful melodramatic thrilling store apartment junkyard morgue street police station investigation crime fashion serial murders police work
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
Adventure
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Lt. Terry Kent
A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
63 Minutes
Ralph Byrd Veda Ann Borg Stubby Kruger
Two sailors go on shore leave, get mixed up with gangsters and buried treasure.
Adventure
USA
1938
54 Minutes
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Ralph Byrd Carol Hughes Julie Duncan Jack Mulhall I. Stanford Jolley Kenneth Harlan Richard Clarke Johnstone White Paul Bryar Thornton Edwards Don Forrest
Gang of criminals hijacks a clipper ship with two girls on their way to the U.S.
Adventure
USA
1940
64 Minutes
On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1937
100 Minutes
Ralph Byrd Kay Hughes Smiley Burnette Fred Hamilton Lee Van Atta John Piccori Carleton Young
dick tracy partner assistant ringleader henchman brother spirited thrilling san francisco golden gate bridge airport secret headquarters government building crime ring police work teamwork investigation kidnapping torture quest
The ace detective sets out to stop the evil activities of the Spider Gang in this feature version of a 15-chapter serial.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
61 Minutes
A private detective is hired to retrieve a valuable antique coin that was stolen from its owner by her son, who used it to pay off a blackmailer. The private eye soon finds himself up to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
65 Minutes
Boris Karloff Ralph Byrd Anne Gwynne Edward Ashley June Clayworth Lyle Latell Tony Barrett Skelton Knaggs Jim Nolan Joseph Crehan Milton Parsons
detective bank robber doctor dick tracy escaped convict witness thrilling melodramatic bank doctor's office car hospital factory bank heist investigation missing persons crime race against time double-cross mystery
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
Comedy
USA
1941
65 Minutes
Bob Grant
shop owner wife mannequin friend police officer lawyer hilarious winsome madcap department store house jail party false accusations marriage misunderstanding anniversary jealousy scandal discovery
The owner of a department store is threatened with divorce by his wife, who has gotten reports that he's been seen in the arms of a beautiful blonde on the night of their 20th wedding anniversary. He has to find a way to convince her that the "beautiful blonde" in question was actually a store mannequin that he was taking in for repairs.
Mystery & Thriller
1937
70 Minutes
Herbert Rawlinson Ralph Byrd Joan Barclay Lloyd Hughes Dickie Jones Lucille Lund Jack Stuart Sam Flint
Sir James Blake (Herbert Rawlinson) is called onto the case after an experimental death ray is stolen.
Western
1937
60 Minutes
Larry Smith
The Three Mesquiteers (Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Ralph Byrd) and a Great Dane solve a cattle inspector's murder.
Drama
USA
1942
94 Minutes
Rev. Wilson
Jean Gabin Ida Lupino Thomas Mitchell Claude Rains Helene Reynolds Ralph Byrd Chester Gan Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Hohl William Halligan Victor Sen Yung
longshoreman waitress friend doctor reverend bartender dark brooding gripping barge bar san pablo, calif. betrayal jealousy murder accident suicide attempt alcoholism mystery love
In California, Bobo and his mooching 'pal' Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.
War
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Al Bennett
Tyrone Power Betty Grable John Sutton Reginald Gardiner Donald Stuart Ralph Byrd Richard Fraser Denis Green
pilot commander girlfriend friend engaging rousing england nightclub military base london world war ii patriotism air force duty romance love discovery transformation 1940s
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
Action
USA
1950
59 Minutes
Static
John Howard Adele Jergens Tom Neal Myrna Dell Sid Melton Ralph Byrd Pierre Watkin Robert Kent Tristram Coffin Riley Hill
G-men track stolen Uranium-238 shipment using new radar technology; they also recruit the girlfriend of a gang member as an informant. Radar helps, but it takes an undercover blonde to ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
82 Minutes
Officer Joe Gray
Scott Brady Jeff Corey Whit Bissell Stanley Clements Charles Russell DeForest Kelley Ralph Byrd
escaped convict prisoner hostage police officer warden brash gripping tense melodramatic canon city, colo. prison house prison break fugitives hostage situation crime escape transformation sacrifice rivalry
Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Adventure
USA
1942
109 Minutes
Durga
Sabu Joseph Calleia John Qualen Frank Puglia Rosemary DeCamp Noble Johnson Patricia O'Rourke Ralph Byrd John Mather
young boy father mother panther tiger young girl emotional heartwarming suspenseful tender jungle village forbidden city unusual friendship assimilation treasure greed young love adventure love
A boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
War
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Ned Rowman
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.
Adventure
1940
102 Minutes
William Gluck
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett George Sanders Florence Bates Lionel Royce Montagu Love Ian Wolfe Clayton Moore Ralph Byrd Georges Renavent Michael Visaroff
queen general son king guard brash crafty gutsy fictional country royal court royal palace europe royalty power struggle identity schemes adventure rivalry 1860s
A masked swordsman (Louis Hayward) poses as a French banker to save a grand duchess (Joan Bennett) from a dictator (George Sanders).
Adventure
USA
1942
105 Minutes
Maloney
George Montgomery Maureen O'Hara John Sutton Laird Cregar Shepperd Strudwick Victor Francen Harry Davenport Ward Bond Douglas Dumbrille Ralph Byrd Joe Brown Jr.
cadet major socialite congressman military officer fiancée gripping rousing melodramatic west point, n.y. military academy barracks congress military military school training patriotism honor love interest sacrifice
In the early 19th century, Congress mulls the idea of re-opening the West Point military training academy that formed officers for the American Revolutionary War.
Comedy
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Virginia Grey Helen Broderick Billie Burke Dan Dailey Helen Westley Marjorie Main Cecil Cunningham Clem Bevans Francis Pierlot
husband wife spinster elderly woman director endearing spirited cottage retirement home bedroom window ledge ship sea aging retirement attempted suicide infidelity insurance loneliness love
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
105 Minutes
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Victor Moore Helen Broderick Eric Blore Betty Furness George Metaxa Landers Stevens John Harrington Pierre Watkin Abe Reynolds
dance instructor dancer gambler father friend fiancée amusing lighthearted new york city stage dance gambling romance marriage money rise love 1930s
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.