List of the best Raoul Walsh movies: White Heat(1949), The Thief of Bagdad(1924), Gentleman Jim(1942), High Sierra(1941), They Died With Their Boots On(1941), Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951), The Strawberry Blonde(1941), They Drive by Night(1940), Colorado Territory(1949), The Big Trail(1930), Sadie Thompson(1928), Uncertain Glory(1944) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
114 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Virginia Mayo Edmond O'Brien Margaret Wycherly Steve Cochran John Archer Wally Cassell Fred Clark Ford Rainey G. Pat Collins Paul Guilfoyle
gangster mother undercover agent fence convict dark intense prison train car hideout factory heist mother/son relationship prison break murder crime fall pursuit 1940s
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Adventure, Fantasy
USA
1924
155 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Snitz Edwards Charles Belcher Julanne Johnston Sojin Anna May Wong Brandon Hurst Tote Du Crow Noble Johnson
thief beautiful woman princess ruler amusing thrilling cheery spectacular lighthearted baghdad magic romance fantasy adventure rescue escape middle ages
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
Action
USA
1942
104 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Alexis Smith Jack Carson Alan Hale John Loder William Frawley Minor Watson Ward Bond Madeleine LeBeau Rhys Williams Arthur Shields
boxer girlfriend club owner friend rival amusing brash melodramatic san francisco boxing ring boxing romance social standing pride competition rise pursuit transformation 1890s
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Director
Humphrey Bogart Ida Lupino Alan Curtis Arthur Kennedy Joan Leslie Henry Hull Henry Travers Barton MacLane Jerome Cowan Cornel Wilde Donald MacBride
gangster ex-convict criminal girlfriend dark brooding cool california mountain sierra nevada mountains los angeles casino crime love murder heist escape fall love 1940s
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
Western
USA
1941
138 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Arthur Kennedy Charley Grapewin Gene Lockhart Anthony Quinn Stanley Ridges Sydney Greenstreet Regis Toomey Hattie McDaniel
general wife american indian chief father soldier thrilling spectacular confident patriotic battlefield military academy montana gen. george armstrong custer american civil war military life leadership indian wars sacrifice quest 1870s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Adventure
UK
1951
117 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Virginia Mayo Robert Beatty Terence Morgan Moultrie Kelsall James Kenney James Robertson Justice Richard Hearne Michael Dolan Stanley Baker Sam Kydd
captain rear admiral lady rebel enemy sailor spectacular thrilling england ship ocean central america captain horatio hornblower napoleonic wars naval warfare love triangle battle quest rescue 1800s
During the Napoleonic wars, a British Navy Captain has adventures in Central American waters.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Olivia de Havilland Rita Hayworth Alan Hale George Tobias Jack Carson Una O'Connor George Reeves Lucille Fairbanks Edward McNamara Herbert Heywood
dentist nurse sweetheart rival father love interest cheeky confident engaging amusing new york city dentist's office park office construction site courtship marriage duplicity bribery politics
Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.
Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
Director
George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Gale Page Alan Hale Roscoe Karns John Litel Henry O'Neill George Tobias Charles Halton
truck driver brother business owner wife girlfriend uneasy gritty suspenseful cool california courtroom false accusations murder mental breakdown brotherhood dangerous job affair forbidden love transformation 1940s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Western
USA
1949
94 Minutes
Director
Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo Dorothy Malone Henry Hull John Archer James Mitchell Morris Ankrum Basil Ruysdael Frank Puglia Ian Wolfe Harry Woods
cowboy outlaw sheriff dance hall girl native american love interest brash gutsy melodramatic colorado mexico ghost town outlaws heist land ownership betrayal escape love temptation 1870s
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight.
Western
USA
1930
126 Minutes
Director
fur trapper woman gambler villain henchman pioneer rousing emotional gutsy thrilling oregon trail american west wilderness river desert woods westward expansion frontier life survival vigilantism
Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
Drama
USA
1928
97 Minutes
Producer
Gloria Swanson Lionel Barrymore Raoul Walsh Blanche Frederici Charles Lane Florence Midgely James Marcus Sofia Ortega Will Stanton
prostitute missionary sailor governor wife gripping melodramatic south pacific island hotel pago pago, samoa love absolution catholicism punishment persecution prostitution love escape wretched excess
A prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.
War
USA
1944
102 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Paul Lukas Jean Sullivan Lucile Watson Faye Emerson James Flavin Douglas Dumbrille Dennis Hoey Sheldon Leonard Odette Myrtil Francis Pierlot
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Nazis.
War
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan Raymond Massey Nancy Coleman Alan Hale Arthur Kennedy Sig Ruman Patrick O'Moore Ronald Sinclair Louis Arco Charles Irwin
lieutenant enemy sergeant australian officer resistance fighter powerful patriotic suspenseful airplane germany prison camp factory small town world war ii escape air force impersonation sabotage bombing
When the crew of a downed British bomber escape from their Nazi captors with Top Secret intelligence, they make a desperate journey to get out of Germany alive.
Adventure
USA
1952
104 Minutes
Director
Gregory Peck Ann Blyth Anthony Quinn John McIntire Carl Esmond Andrea King Eugenie Leontovich Hans Conried Rhys Williams Sig Ruman Gregory Gaye
captain first mate pilot countess merchant prince gripping spirited melodramatic san francisco ship alaska sea island fur trade impersonation forced marriage romance wager seduction
In San Francisco in 1850, a Russian Countess runs away from an arranged marriage to a Russian Prince and falls into the arms of an American sea captain who occasionally poaches seals in Russian Alaska.
Western
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Director
Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo John Agar Walter Brennan Ray Teal Hugh Sanders Morris Ankrum James Anderson Charles Meredith
us marshal love interest deputy cattle rustler cattle baron son amusing charming cheeky gritty engaging outlandish patriotic wild wild west desert united states escape rescue lynching
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
Drama, Romance
USA
1928
103 Minutes
Director
Dolores del Río Charles Farrell Ivan Linow Dorothy Revier Andrés de Segurola Demetrius Alexis
Note: Contains Spoilers The story, set in Russia at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution, focuses on the relationship between three characters: Tasia (Dolores del Rio), a peasant girl; ... See full synopsis »
Drama
USA
1915
82 Minutes
Director
Rockliffe Fellowes Anna Q. Nilsson William A. Sheer Carl Harbaugh James Marcus Johnny McCann Maggie Weston Harry McCoy
gang leader socialite district attorney gangster alcoholic orphan rousing fascinating emotional new york city tenement house bar graveyard gangs redemption murder child abuse fire poverty love
A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.
Drama
USA
1946
96 Minutes
Director
Ida Lupino Robert Alda Herman Brix Andrea King Martha Vickers Alan Hale Dolores Moran John Ridgely Don McGuire Warren Douglas Craig Stevens
A homesick, no-nonsense, lounge singer decides to leave New York City to spend some time visiting her two sisters and brother on the West Coast, and eventually falling in love with down-and-out ex-jazz pianist.
Western
USA
1955
122 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Jane Russell Robert Ryan Cameron Mitchell Juan Garcia Harry Shannon Emile Meyer Mae Marsh
cowboy brother businessman beautiful woman native american rousing gritty texas wild west montana love triangle siblings journey frontier life quest love rivalry 1860s
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
Comedy
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Director
Jack Benny Alexis Smith Guy Kibbee Dolores Moran Allyn Joslyn Reginald Gardiner John Alexander Franklin Pangborn Margaret Dumont Robert Blake Ethel Griffies
musician angel thief campy cheeky hedonistic quirky earth new york city radio station restaurant dreams radio performers hedonism fall quest temptation transformation 1940s
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Drama
USA
1927
60 Minutes
Director
Olive Borden Don Alvarado Malcolm Waite Ted McNamara Jane Winton August Tollaire Jacques Lerner Raymond Hitchcock
A bankrupt circus act plans to revive its fortunes by disguising a diminutive acrobat as a talking chimpanzee. When the acrobat falls in love with a beautiful tight-rope walker, things go awry.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
77 Minutes
Director
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
Adventure
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Jacqueline Wells Helmut Dantine John Ridgely Gene Lockhart Tom Tully Bernard Nedell Monte Blue Alec Craig Tom Fadden Carl Harbaugh
A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot.
Drama
USA
1945
99 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Gail Russell William Demarest Bruce Cabot Stanley Clements Spring Byington Rex Williams Darryl Hickman Marjorie Woodworth
gambler gangster jockey trainer henchman schoolteacher suspenseful gritty fiery new orleans california racetrack horse racing organized crime theft double-cross debt quest revenge love
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must fake his identity to race. Johnny and ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1957
127 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Yvonne De Carlo Sidney Poitier Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Patric Knowles Rex Reason Torin Thatcher Andrea King Ray Teal
plantation owner slave trader daughter passionate fiery kentucky united states love racial issues father/daughter relationship discovery 19th century
Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged southern Belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers her mother was black.
Drama, Romance
USA
1922
80 Minutes
Director
Miriam Cooper Ralph Graves Lionel Belmore Eugenie Besserer Caroline Rankin Maryland Morne Elizabeth Waters William J. Ferguson
Western
USA
1948
110 Minutes
Director
Errol Flynn Ann Sheridan Thomas Mitchell Herman Brix Tom D'Andrea Barton MacLane Monte Blue Jonathan Hale Alan Bridge Arthur Space Art Baker
veteran best friend rival singer husband lawyer engaging confident tense missouri town riverboat nevada bank casino gambling finance mining new life independence
After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.
Drama
USA
1956
92 Minutes
Director
Jane Russell Richard Egan Joan Leslie Agnes Moorehead Jorja Curtright Michael Pate Richard Coogan Alan Reed Eddie Firestone Jean Willes Leon Lontoc
prostitute writer friend manager sailor emotional uneasy melodramatic san francisco boat hawaii nightclub prostitution new life romance affair real estate world war ii fall love
Set in the early '40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as the second World War has begun to intensify. Mamie settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life. Though ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Director
Charles Farrell Joan Bennett Ralph Bellamy Eugene Pallette Irving Pichel Minna Gombell Willard Robertson Sarah Padden
Bret Harte's story of Salomy Jane,a California mountain girl who is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City.She is affected when two criminals are pursued ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1932
78 Minutes
Director
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Marion Burns George Walsh J. Farrell MacDonald Noel Madison Henry B. Walthall Bert Hanlon
detective gangster ex-girlfriend sister henchman editor engaging tense manhattan, n.y. river bank diner hall house bank robbery sister relationship detective work hiding shoot-out wedding
Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.
Western
USA
1951
101 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Mari Aldon Richard Webb Ray Teal Arthur Hunnicutt Robert Barrat Clancy Cooper Dan White Mel Archer Angelita McCall Lee Roberts
american soldier native american native american chief settler enemy lieutenant brooding dense gripping intense engaging florida everglades battlefield territorial disputes native people land dispute battle rescue mission
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Director
Mae West Victor McLaglen Philip Reed Helen Jerome Eddy Harry Beresford Harold Huber Lucile Gleason Conway Tearle Esther Howard Soo Yong
Carlton Rose, a girl known as "the Frisco Doll" escapes to Alaska after accidentally killing her guard.
Western
USA
1964
117 Minutes
Director
Troy Donahue Suzanne Pleshette Diane McBain James Gregory William Reynolds Claude Akins Kent Smith Judson Pratt Bartlett Robinson Bobby Bare Larry Ward
lieutenant native american chief wife bureaucrat commanding officer native american gutsy rousing government building washington, d.c. apache lands mexico fort desert fight for justice injustice love triangle battle political corruption government
West Point graduate Lt. Hazard is posted to Fort Delivery, Arizona, where he has to deal with lax discipline, romantic complications, Apaches and his conflicting feelings toward the Indians.
Western
USA
1953
83 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Julie Adams John McIntire Hugh O'Brian Michael Ansara Dennis Weaver Mary Castle Forrest Lewis Lee Van Cleef Tom Fadden William Pullen
gunslinger preacher uncle dance hall girl son gambler emotional melodramatic texas small town family home gunfight redemption murder gambling father/son relationship family transformation rise 19th century
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Western
USA
1954
87 Minutes
Director
Alan Ladd Shelley Winters Robert Douglas Hugh O'Brian J. Carrol Naish George J. Lewis Richard Long Jay Silverheels Antonio Moreno Frank Chase Lowell Gilmore
mountie american indian beautiful woman marshal officer soldier gutsy engaging fiery emotional canada valley fort mountain train race relations running away wilderness war unrequited love
In 1877 Western Canada, a police inspector revolts against his inept commander, taking a safer route to the U.S. border in order to stop invading hostile Indians.
Drama
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Director
James Cagney Barbara Hale Anne Francis Warner Anderson John McIntire Jeanne Cagney Lon Chaney Frank McHugh Larry Keating Onslow Stevens James Millican
political candidate southerner schoolteacher lawyer farmer gangster melodramatic gutsy powerful american south rural community farm rise to power political corruption exploitation murder mob violence trial rise rivalry
A charismatic peddler from the bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Director
Jack Benny Ida Lupino Richard Arlen Gail Patrick Ben Blue Judy Canova Cecil Cunningham Donald Meek
ad executive girlfriend model business owner socialite chairman winsome lighthearted witty new york city office miami pool ballroom advertising beauty pageant business deal career vs. love big break love triangle
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1935
72 Minutes
Director
Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice Charles Bickford Marjorie Rambeau Sig Ruman Roger Imhof Warner Richmond Jack Wallace James Donlan
Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of ... See full summary »
War
USA
1948
96 Minutes
Director
Edmond O'Brien Robert Stack John Rodney Henry Hull Tom D'Andrea Walter Reed James Holden Shepperd Strudwick
captain colonel pilot major sergeant brash patriotic rousing england air force base friendship aviation air force world war ii rules and regulations adventure transformation 1940s
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
86 Minutes
Director
Gracie Alden tries to graduate on college to get an inheritance.
Drama
UK
1937
85 Minutes
Director
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Valerie Hobson Alan Hale Jack Melford Anthony Ireland Barbara Everest Edward Rigby Esme Percy Basil Radford Leo Genn Ian Fleming
A London cat burglar (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) falls for the girlfriend (Valerie Hobson) of a stockbroker (Alan Hale) who used to be his partner.
Drama
USA
1952
79 Minutes
Director
Ralph Meeker Leslie Caron Kurt Kaszner Gilbert Roland John McIntire Louis Armstrong Dan Seymour Larry Gates John Indrisano
boxer girlfriend father war hero dancer blind person inspiring gutsy patriotic new orleans boxing ring locker room korea bar doctor's office boxing korean war duty secret blindness
New Orleans newspaper columnist, about to retire, tells the story of a most unforgettable character, boxer Socks Barbarossa.
Comedy, Western
UK|USA
1958
103 Minutes
Director
Kenneth More Jayne Mansfield Henry Hull William Campbell Bruce Cabot Robert Morley Sidney James Charles Irwin
gunslinger sheriff bartender native american businessman englishman lighthearted amusing wild west small town saloon fractured jaw native americans law and order crime cowboys old west underdog transformation 1880s
After inadvertently stopping an Indian attack on his stagecoach while traveling in the American West, an English gentleman finds himself appointed sheriff of a nearby town.
Adventure
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Director
Robert Newton Linda Darnell William Bendix Keith Andes Torin Thatcher Irene Ryan Alan Mowbray Richard Egan Skelton Knaggs Richard Wessel Anthony Caruso
pirate surgeon first mate blackbeard damsel in distress hostage thrilling spirited atlantic ocean pirate ship island heroism pirates seafaring bravery secret identity pursuit rivalry rescue 1710s
Honest Edward Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
80 Minutes
Director
Marion Davies Bing Crosby Fifi D'Orsay Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Bobby Watson Ned Sparks
actor actress girlfriend singer roommate amusing spirited lighthearted new york city hollywood, calif. train hollywood acting romance jealousy determination rivalry forbidden love pursuit 1930s
A love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.
Comedy, Western
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Director
Clark Gable Eleanor Parker Jo Van Fleet Jean Willes Barbara Nichols Sara Shane Jay C. Flippen Arthur Shields Roy Roberts
cowboy widow mother bartender sheriff bandit playful amusing melodramatic intricate ghost town wild west ranch saloon scam treasure heist family dysfunction love triangle discovery
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.
Western
USA
1953
83 Minutes
Director
Rock Hudson Donna Reed Philip Carey Roberta Haynes Leo Gordon Lee Marvin Neville Brand Ray Thomas Bob Herron Phil Rawlins Forrest Lewis
confederate soldier rancher outlaw fiancée american indian mexican brutal gutsy spirited arizona territory stagecoach desert outdoors kidnapping rescue old west left for dead jealousy pursuit rescue
In Arizona, Frank Slayton's gang robs a stagecoach and kidnaps Ben Warren's fiancée, prompting Warren to pursue Slayton.
Musical
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Director
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.
Adventure
UK
1953
90 Minutes
Director
Yvonne De Carlo Rock Hudson Maxwell Reed Denis O'Dea Michael Goodliffe Bryan Forbes Jacques B. Brunius Ivor Barnard Arthur Wontner Gérard Oury Larry Taylor
Gilliat,a fisherman/smuggler is in jail, and is offered a pardon, if he undertakes a mission to sail to France to rescue Douchette, an English agent, whose cover has been blown,and who has now been jailed. Gilliat accepts the challenge.
Drama, History
Italy|USA
1960
109 Minutes
Director
Joan Collins Richard Egan Denis O'Dea Sergio Fantoni Rik Battaglia Renato Baldini Gabriele Tinti Rosalba Neri Robert Buchanan Daniela Rocca
king queen minister adviser jew general melodramatic passionate rousing gutsy persia kingdom palace village political intrigue conspiracy infidelity jewish people persecution wrongfully accused
Two decades before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington on Dynasty (1981), Dame Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting... See full summary »