List of the best Regis Toomey movies: Bars of Hate(1935), Wayne Murder Case(1938), Shopworn(1932), Picture Brides(1934), Shadows of the Orient(1937), Great God Gold(1935), I Was Framed(1942), Curfew Breakers(1957), The Phantom Creeps(1939), Street of Chance(1930), Under Eighteen(1932), Mysterious Intruder(1946) ... ...
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Ted Clark
Regis Toomey Sheila Terry Molly O'Day Snub Pollard Robert Warwick Fuzzy Knight Gordon Griffith Arthur Loft John Elliott John Cowell
Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its owner Ann Dawson. She is carrying a letter that proves her brother, who is on death row, is ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1938
61 Minutes
Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
Regis Toomey June Clyde Lucille LaVerne Jason Robards Sr. William V. Mong Eddie Phillips Dwight Frye Nadine Dore
Drama
USA
1932
72 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Regis Toomey ZaSu Pitts Lucien Littlefield Clara Blandick Oscar Apfel Albert Conti John Elliott Tom London
waitress wealthy man mother uncle aunt judge melodramatic mushy tender touching college town diner labor camp nightclub city unlikely romance false accusations class distinctions mother/son relationship broken engagement
A poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.
Adventure
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Dave
Dorothy Mackaill Regis Toomey Dorothy Libaire Alan Hale Fred Malatesta Mary Kornman Esther Muir Gladys Ahern Mae Busch
Four "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1937
70 Minutes
An immigration agent (Regis Toomey) and a judge's daughter (Esther Ralston) bust smugglers flying Chinese into the country.
Drama
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Phil Stuart
Sidney Blackmer Martha Sleeper Regis Toomey Gloria Shea Edwin Maxwell Ralf Harolde Maria Alba John T. Murray
Greed, ambition and hunger-for-power drive John Hart, a New-York-City stock-market broker, into crooked dealings and deception, but he doesn't realize that those he ruined will seek ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Bob Leeds
Michael Ames Jacqueline Wells Regis Toomey Patty Hale John Harmon Aldrich Bowker Roland Drew Oscar O'Shea Wade Boteler
innocent man cellmate pregnant wife corrupt businessman politician reporter crafty intricate suspenseful emotional prison california newsroom car small town house framed for murder wrongfully accused prison break corruption
A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn't commit. He and another prisoner attempt an escape, but although the newspaperman... See full summary »
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1957
83 Minutes
Coach Bettger
Paul Kelly Cathy Downs Regis Toomey Sheila Urban Byron Foulger Alexander J. Wells
Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. One kid dies from an overdose, two more kill a gas station attendant in an... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1939
75 Minutes
Lt. Jim Daly
Bela Lugosi Saul Goodkind Robert Kent Regis Toomey
A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
76 Minutes
"Babe" Marsden
William Powell Jean Arthur Kay Francis Regis Toomey Stanley Fields Brooks Benedict
husband wife gambler criminal thug brother melodramatic dark gripping new york city gambling house gambling crime redemption family brotherhood husband/wife relationship escape transformation sacrifice
A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Jimmie Slocum
Marian Marsh Warren William Anita Page Regis Toomey Norman Foster Joyce Compton J. Farrell MacDonald Claire Dodd
A poor seamstress girl sours on her engagement to a grocery deliveryman after seeing her sister's abusive marriage. Trying to help her sister pay for a divorce lawyer, she turns to a rich playboy she met at work.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
61 Minutes
James Summers
Richard Dix Barton MacLane Nina Vale Regis Toomey Helen Mowery Mike Mazurki Adele Pearce Charles Lane
Amid murders and kidnappings, a private detective is hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectible song recordings worth a lot of money.
Drama
USA
1945
87 Minutes
Dr. Martin Vincent
Jimmy Lydon Sally Eilers Warren William Regis Toomey Charles Arnt George H. Reed Jayne Hazard
Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death, has a strange, recurring dream in which his mother falls in love with a dangerous man (... See full summary »
Drama
1934
62 Minutes
Jack Berry
Buster Crabbe Isabel Jewell Sally Blane Regis Toomey Maidel Turner Fuzzy Knight
Tragedy strikes when a young woman (Isabel Jewell) meets the proprietor (Larry "Buster" Crabbe) of a restaurant.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
79 Minutes
Cobb
Dick Powell Rhonda Fleming Richard Erdman William Conrad Regis Toomey
ex-convict u.s. marine veteran wife police detective racketeer dark gripping suspenseful los angeles train station prison revenge robbery prison murder revenge discovery fall pursuit 1940s
Ex-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Det. Smiley North
Edna May Oliver James Gleason Bruce Cabot Gertrude Michael Regis Toomey Edgar Kennedy Tully Marshall Jackie Searle Frederick Vogeding Gustav von Seyffertitz Jed Prouty
A pretty young music teacher is bludgeoned to death in Hildegarde's school, where she's reunited with Oscar, but the autopsy report says she was dying from poison too.
Adventure
USA
1941
133 Minutes
Tim Griffin
Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Alexis Smith Regis Toomey Allen Jenkins Craig Stevens Herb Anderson Moroni Olsen Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt
pilot doctor best friend surgeon girlfriend intense fiery engaging airplane san diego hospital laboratory aviation medical experiments navy surgery research death discovery quest
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Western
USA
1955
73 Minutes
Jim O'Hara
Sterling Hayden William Bishop Karin Booth James Millican Regis Toomey Hugh Sanders John Dehner Rod Taylor
girlfriend gunslinger schemer townsperson outlaw engaging thrilling melodramatic wyoming church jail farm street frontier gunfight deception fidelity redemption family honor marriage
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
Western
USA
1956
88 Minutes
Minstrel
Linda Darnell Dale Robertson John Lund Ward Bond Regis Toomey Skip Homeier Irving Bacon John Doucette Whit Bissell William Fawcett Malcolm Atterbury
stationmaster cheyenne native american passenger singer outlaw brooding suspenseful tense gripping intense engaging north dakota survival native americans cheyenne indians stagecoach indian attacks fight to the death escape
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.
Crime, Drama
USA
1929
90 Minutes
Danny McGann
Chester Morris Harry Stubbs Mae Busch Irma Harrison Regis Toomey Al Hill James Bradbury Jr. Elmer Ballard Pat O'Malley DeWitt Jennings
mobster cop daughter detective undercover agent dark gritty melodramatic police station theater warehouse murder mob crime deception pursuit quest mystery 1920s
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1947
103 Minutes
Ed Weaver
James Stewart Jane Wyman Kent Smith Ned Sparks Wallace Ford Regis Toomey Ann Doran Donald Meek Ann Shoemaker Mickey Kuhn Howard Freeman
man editor mayor tourist young woman analyst emotional melodramatic heartwarming inspiring positive witty village editing room publishing house america opinion new romance corruption lie
An opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
72 Minutes
Inspector O'Haffey
Lee Tracy Don Castle Jacqueline Wells Anabel Shaw Douglas Walton Regis Toomey Francis Ford Anthony Warde
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... See full summary »
Western
USA
1953
68 Minutes
Col. Markham
Philip Carey Roberta Haynes Wallace Ford Maurice Jara Lee Van Cleef Regis Toomey Richard Webb Jay Silverheels Pat Hogan
scout native american colonel prisoner soldier ex-girlfriend suspenseful spectacular nebraska fort way station jail wrongfully accused jailbreak love triangle ambush trial pursuit escape 1860s
Trying to make peace with the Nebraska Sioux leads frontier scout Wade Harper through many perils.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Martha Vickers John Ridgely Louis Jean Heydt Elisha Cook Jr. Regis Toomey Sonia Darrin Bob Steele Tommy Rafferty Dorothy Malone
philip marlowe father daughter bookseller casino owner dense thrilling intricate gripping los angeles mansion casino bookstore murder mystery love blackmail vice mystery love
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Western
USA
1961
112 Minutes
Milton Wing
Rock Hudson Kirk Douglas Dorothy Malone Joseph Cotten Carol Lynley Neville Brand Regis Toomey Rad Fulton Adam Williams Jack Elam John Shay
outlaw sheriff rancher old flame daughter solemn intricate brutal mexico texas church wild west border town rio grande frontier justice love triangle friendship incest suicide cattle drives
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1942
87 Minutes
Frank Hatfield
Fred MacMurray Paulette Goddard Susan Hayward Lynne Overman Albert Van Dekker Eugene Pallette Regis Toomey Rod Cameron Clem Bevans James Brown Chester Clute
"Mark's Priory". the family seat of the Lebanons, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, secretary and niece of Lady Lebanon. The strange behavior of two sinister butlers, Gilder and Brooks, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Reed Ryan
Ricardo Cortez Virginia Bruce Constance Collier Isabel Jewell Arthur Byron Betty Furness Regis Toomey Bradley Page
Haworth is a show biz producer who has a number of ex-girlfriends that he has beaten over the years. He is now engaged to two girls- Lisa and Trenna. After drinking and starting a fight ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1952
104 Minutes
Mr. Hodges
Bing Crosby Jane Wyman Ethel Barrymore Bob Arthur Natalie Wood Cora Witherspoon Regis Toomey
songwriter star son daughter headmistress charming uplifting cheery new york city school family home upstate new york resort parenthood adolescence father/son relationship aspirations romantic dilemma infatuation love
The star (Jane Wyman) of a Broadway producer's (Bing Crosby) show helps him with his teenage children, who feel neglected.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Police Capt. Fields
Dennis O'Keefe Claire Trevor Marsha Hunt Raymond Burr John Ireland Curt Conway Chili Williams Regis Toomey Whit Bissell Cliff Clark
Joe Sullivan has taken the rap for Rick who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.
Western
USA
1952
85 Minutes
Dr. Carter
John Lund Jeff Chandler Susan Cabot Beverly Tyler Bruce Cowling John Hudson James Best Regis Toomey Richard Egan Hugh O'Brian Palmer Lee
american pioneer love interest native american native american chief soldier engaging gory gripping intense powerful tense united states new mexico territory battlefield ranch civil war territorial disputes fight to the death rivalry
When Cochise bands together with Geronimo and other Indian tribes, Major Colton abandons his fort, heading towards Fort Sheridan, through Apache Pass. The only thing in his way are the Indians he used to call his friends.
Drama
USA
1969
93 Minutes
Father Gibbons
Elvis Presley Mary Tyler Moore Barbara McNair Jane Elliot Leora Dana Ed Asner Doro Merande Regis Toomey
doctor nun priest gangster sick person police officer melodramatic amusing heartwarming sad new york city clinic church park medicine poverty religion disguise music outreach
An incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner city ghetto, with the pair growing closer as time goes on.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Tom Dean
Charley Grapewin Mary Carlisle Arthur Hohl Evalyn Knapp Wallace Ford Hedda Hopper Lucien Littlefield Regis Toomey Rafaela Ottiano Fred Kelsey Clarence Wilson
An eccentric millionaire, unable to locate his only granddaughter, decides to divide his estate among a group of people less close to him: his niece and nephew, his attorney, his doctor, ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Dr. Jamieson
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara Frankie Avalon Regis Toomey John Litel Howard McNear Henry Daniell
admiral psychiatrist lieutenant captain scientist congressman thrilling tense creative submarine deep sea arctic ocean pacific ocean mariana islands fire nuclear weapons race against time sabotage showdown global disaster
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Western
1940
122 Minutes
Grant Oury
Jean Arthur William Holden Warren William Porter Hall Paul Harvey George Chandler Byron Foulger Regis Toomey Paul Lopez Colin Tapley Uvaldo Varela
pioneer entrepreneur woman drifter love interest inspiring amusing gutsy tucson, ariz. business romance con game abandonment love underdog 1860s
A drifter (William Holden) and the cavalry help the first woman (Jean Arthur) in Tucson protect her freight line from Indians.
Western
USA
1941
138 Minutes
Fitzhugh Lee
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Detective Chewing Gum
Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis Aurora Miranda Thomas Gomez Fay Helm Elisha Cook Jr. Andrew Tombes Regis Toomey Joseph Crehan Doris Lloyd
husband friend secretary detective drummer stranger suspenseful gripping tense new york city bar office apartment nightclub murder false accusations investigation devotion mystery pursuit
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
150 Minutes
Arvide Abernathy
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra Vivian Blaine Robert Keith Stubby Kaye B.S. Pully Sheldon Leonard Regis Toomey Johnny Silver Dan Dayton
gambler fiancée sister friend intricate amusing lighthearted new york city mission street wager dating love daunting task quest transformation 1940s
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
Fantasy
USA
1949
94 Minutes
John Young
Terry Moore Ben Johnson Robert Armstrong Frank McHugh Douglas Fowley Denis Green Paul Guilfoyle Nestor Paiva Regis Toomey Lora Lee Michel James Flavin
producer young woman gorilla drunk pedestrian orphan touching rousing tanzania, africa hollywood, calif. nightclub wild animals captivity exploitation pets escape rescue 1940s
A young woman who has raised a giant gorilla from an infant brings him to Hollywood years later seeking her fortune.
Drama
USA
1932
85 Minutes
Dick Wilbur
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Eric Linden Guy Kibbee Frank McHugh Charlotte Merriam Regis Toomey Leo Nomis
race car driver brother mistress best friend competitor confident gutsy melodramatic racetrack club car bar indianapolis racing family accident guilt friendship drinking transformation
After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
Western
USA
1960
91 Minutes
Sheriff Taylor
Alan Ladd Jeanne Crain Gilbert Roland Frankie Avalon Lyle Bettger Noah Beery Jr. Verna Felton Alana Ladd Regis Toomey Johnny Seven George Selk
Feud between ranchers and lumberjacks over the issue of environment protection versus profits.
Other, Comedy, Drama
1949
94 Minutes
Monsignor Talbot
Loretta Young Celeste Holm Hugh Marlowe Elsa Lanchester Thomas Gomez Dorothy Patrick Basil Ruysdael Dooley Wilson Regis Toomey Mike Mazurki Henri Letondal
nun bookie songwriter artist soldier heartwarming amusing positive new england new york city world war ii hospital postwar america religion culture clash quest transformation 1940s
Two French nuns (Loretta Young, Celeste Holm) in New England raise funds for a children's hospital in a town called Bethlehem.
Western
USA
1959
121 Minutes
Skinner
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Anthony Quinn Dorothy Malone Dolores Michaels Wallace Ford Tom Drake Richard Arlen DeForest Kelley Regis Toomey Vaughn Taylor
gunslinger sidekick townsperson sheriff outlaw old flame gritty suspenseful utah mining town saloon law enforcement showdown murder corruption redemption romance quest rivalry revenge
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Western
USA
1948
92 Minutes
Jim Goddard
Dick Powell Jane Greer Agnes Moorehead Burl Ives Tom Powers Gordon Oliver Steve Brodie Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Raymond Burr Regis Toomey Olin Howland
secret agent captain mine owner financier lawyer partner gritty dark saloon outpost mine hotel stagecoach mill undercover operations theft gold murder business romance
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Mayor Hull
Loretta Young John Forsythe Frank McHugh Edgar Buchanan Palmer Lee Harvey Grant Jimmy Conlin Jane Darwell Gladys George Regis Toomey Willard Waterman
pregnant wife husband reporter real estate agent farmer neighbor witty amusing new york city california small town newsroom moving culture clash newspapers small business small-town life publicity stunts love quest
A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1979
91 Minutes
Chief Patterson
Wesley Eure Valerie Bertinelli Conrad Bain Chuck McCann Red Buttons Larry Bishop Hermione Baddeley Jim Backus Robert Q. Lewis Regis Toomey
A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.
Comedy
1964
120 Minutes
Bagley
Rock Hudson Paula Prentiss Maria Perschy John McGiver Roscoe Karns Charlene Holt James Westerfield Norman Alden Forrest Lewis Regis Toomey Tyler McVey
fiancée salesman friend publicist fisherman boss madcap lighthearted amusing endearing san francisco department store outdoors lake deception competition fishing unlikely allies love triangle love
An all-talk tackle salesman (Rock Hudson) is forced by a PR woman (Paula Prentiss) to fish in a tournament.
Other, Fantasy
USA
1947
109 Minutes
Cary Grant Loretta Young David Niven Monty Woolley James Gleason Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Sara Haden Karolyn Grimes Tito Vuolo Regis Toomey
bishop wife angel wealthy woman historian cab driver engaging amusing heartwarming church office mansion street faith marriage jealousy values wealth heaven discovery
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Comedy
USA
1952
87 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Paul Douglas Marie Wilson William Ching Arleen Whelan Leif Erickson Charles Dingle Lurene Tuttle Hillary Brooke Frieda Inescort Regis Toomey
socialite senator army officer model ex-husband private amusing endearing positive washington, d.c. army base fort lee, va. military life deception romance female bonding culture clash transformation love 1950s
A shallow society matron is urged by her senator father to join the Women's Army Corps.
Action
USA
1939
88 Minutes
George Brent Olivia de Havilland John Payne Frank McHugh John Litel Victor Jory Henry O'Neill John Ridgely John Gallaudet Donald Briggs Edgar Edwards
Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
1935
85 Minutes
James Cagney Margaret Lindsay Ann Dvorak Robert Armstrong Barton MacLane Lloyd Nolan William Harrigan Russell Hopton Edward Pawley Noel Madison Monte Blue
lawyer gangster showgirl fbi agent sister brutal dark gritty washington, d.c. new york city nightclub cabin crime law and order friendship revenge sacrifice pursuit 1930s
A lawyer (James Cagney) joins the FBI and goes after henchmen of the gangster who put him through law school.