List of the best Ricardo Cortez movies: Torrent(1926), The Phantom of Crestwood(1932), Shadow of Doubt(1935), Girl in 313(1940), I Killed That Man(1942), Postal Inspector(1936), Tomorrow We Live(1942), The Case of the Black Cat(1936), Midnight Mary(1933), Mockery(1927), Mandalay(1934), Ten Cents a Dance(1931) ... ...
Drama
USA
1926
68 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Greta Garbo Gertrude Olmsted Edward Connelly Lucien Littlefield Martha Mattox Lucy Beaumont Tully Marshall Mack Swain Arthur Edmund Carewe Lillian Leighton
peasant landlord politician mother bleak disheartening emotional spain paris countryside romantic dilemma class conflict flooding rejection opera forbidden love temptation unknown era
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
77 Minutes
Gary Curtis
Ricardo Cortez Karen Morley H.B. Warner Anita Louise Pauline Frederick Sam Hardy Skeets Gallagher Tom Douglas
banker gold digger sister ex-lover aunt thief intricate fascinating creepy gripping los angeles seaside mansion murder blackmail investigation suspicion family honor mystery revenge
Jenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
71 Minutes
Sim
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 »
Drama
USA
1940
54 Minutes
Director
Florence Rice Kent Taylor Lionel Atwill Kay Aldridge Mary Treen Jack Carson
A police agent infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves and on the way to finding who the evildoers are, falls in love with a thief.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
72 Minutes
Roger Phillips
Ricardo Cortez Joan Woodbury Iris Adrian George Pembroke Herbert Rawlinson Pat Gleason Ralf Harolde Jack Mulhall Vince Barnett Gavin Gordon John Hamilton
Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1936
58 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Patricia Ellis Bela Lugosi Michael Loring David Oliver Wallis Clark Arthur Loft Guy Usher Spencer Charters Billy Burrud Harry Beresford
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Ricardo Cortez Jean Parker Emmett Lynn Roseanne Stevens Ray Miller
daughter father gangster lieutenant waitress cafe owner spirited offbeat gripping arizona small town café desert nightclub crime syndicate blackmail father/daughter relationship manipulation gang war reunion
Julie Bronson (Jean Parker), whose father, "Pop" Bronson (Emmett Lynn) operates a desert café, is attracting the unwanted attention of a half-crazed gangster known as The Ghost (Ricardo ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Perry Mason
Ricardo Cortez June Travis Jane Bryan Craig Reynolds Carlyle Moore Jr. Bill Elliott Nedda Harrigan Garry Owen Harry Davenport
millionaire perry mason granddaughter grandson caretaker cat engaging intricate suspenseful house office shed mansion basement apartment family feud inheritance deception murder investigation
Perry Mason (Ricardo Cortez) explains in court what happened to a millionaire who changed his last will.
Crime, Drama
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Leo Darcy
Loretta Young Ricardo Cortez Franchot Tone Andy Devine Una Merkel Warren Hymer Ivan F. Simpson Harold Huber
young woman criminal lawyer socialite friend clerk melodramatic gutsy gripping tense courtroom reform school jail gambling house law office apartment murder case poverty bad luck crime
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Drama
USA
1927
66 Minutes
Lon Chaney Ricardo Cortez Barbara Bedford Mack Swain Emily Fitzroy Charles Puffy Kai Schmidt
russian peasant countess bolshevik revolutionary cossack melodramatic gripping tense siberia cottage palace russia friendship political unrest bolshevic revolution class conflict loyalty aristocracy rescue
During the Russian Revolution, a mentally challenged peasant saves then obsesses over a beautiful countess.
Drama
USA
1934
65 Minutes
Tony Evans
Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez Lyle Talbot Warner Oland Ruth Donnelly Reginald Owen Hobart Cavanaugh David Torrence Rafaela Ottiano Halliwell Hobbes Etienne Girardot
political refugee surgeon gunrunner pimp prostitute beautiful woman tense melodramatic sultry mandalay, myanmar rangoon, myanmar brothel boat city poverty prostitution organized crime blackmail secret past new life
Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.
Drama
USA
1931
75 Minutes
Bradley Carlton
Barbara Stanwyck Ricardo Cortez Monroe Owsley Sally Blane Blanche Frederici Phyllis Crane Olive Hill Victor Potel Al Hill John Byron
dance hall girl neighbor patron husband mistress old friend moving melodramatic spirited dance hall apartment office new york city love triangle financial troubles gambling unhappy marriage jealousy second chance love
Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and plans to quit dancing. Before she does, she meets a handsome and rich gentleman.
Western
USA
1925
110 Minutes
Jack Weston
Betty Compson Ricardo Cortez Ernest Torrence Wallace Beery George Bancroft Frank Lackteen Johnny Fox William H. Turner Al Hart Charles Gerson
Traitorous California Senator tries to use the newly founded Pony Express to further his plans for a California Republic, but Unionist Frisco Jack will try to stop him.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1932
74 Minutes
Police Sergeant Barry Clive
Irene Dunne Ricardo Cortez Myrna Loy Jill Esmond Florence Eldridge Kay Johnson Julie Haydon Mary Duncan Peg Entwistle Elsie Prescott Wally Albright
young woman leader outcast detective son hypnotist eerie melodramatic suspenseful new york city circus train beverly hills, calif. police station murder racism hypnosis investigation mother/child relationship friendship
Ursula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Herman Brandt
Verree Teasdale Ricardo Cortez Lionel Atwill Anita Louise C. Aubrey Smith Dorothy Tree Hobart Cavanaugh Robert Barrat Russell Hicks Spencer Charters
husband wife daughter womanizer police detective servant melodramatic tense vienna apartment theater stage police station lechery family marriage investigation affair murder mystery
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1926
90 Minutes
Geoffrey Tempest
Adolphe Menjou Ricardo Cortez Lya De Putti Carol Dempster Ivan Lebedeff Marcia Harris Lawrence D'Orsay Nellie Savage
Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1932
65 Minutes
Johnny Silk
Mary Astor Ricardo Cortez John Halliday Ralph Ince Kitty Kelly James Donlan George Davis
Hoping to get even with gambler/bookie Johnny Silk, racetrack owners and partners Dorval and Farley convince down-and-out Martha Preston to pose as a rich, single French countess, whom Silk... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
74 Minutes
J. Ward Thomas
Her Husband Lies is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig and written by Wallace Smith and Eve Greene. The film stars Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Akim Tamiroff, Tom Brown, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1929
64 Minutes
Jack Curtis Ricardo Cortez Thomas Curran Grace Valentine Henry B. Walthall John Elliott
A man is blamed for a murder that was actually committed by his wife.
Comedy
1932
67 Minutes
Helen Twelvetrees Ricardo Cortez Robert Armstrong Jill Esmond Arline Judge Clarence Muse Sidney Toler Fletcher Norton
A muckraking journalist's belief that nothing and no one is sacred takes a toll on his personal and professional lives.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1939
71 Minutes
Peter Lorre Ricardo Cortez Virginia Field John Carradine George Sanders Robert Coote John Davidson
The Japanese detective (Peter Lorre) foils a spy's (Ricardo Cortez) Suez Canal plot to blow up the French fleet.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1936
66 Minutes
Nolan
Boris Karloff Ricardo Cortez Edmund Gwenn Marguerite Churchill Barton MacLane Warren Hull Henry O'Neill Joe King Addison Richards Paul Harvey Robert Strange
An executed convict returns from the grave to revenge himself against the gangsters who framed him for murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Carston
racketeer government agent accountant reporter district attorney love interest thrilling suspenseful tense washington, d.c. treasury department office tax evasion crime love undercover operations investigation kidnapping escape underdog
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Alexander Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
85 Minutes
Johnnie
Helen Twelvetrees Marjorie Rambeau Ricardo Cortez Phillips Holmes James Gleason Franklin Pangborn Harry Sweet Stanley Fields Mathew Betz Thelma Todd Mike Donlin
Havana bar girl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
64 Minutes
Dutch Barnes
Charles Farrell Bette Davis Ricardo Cortez Glenda Farrell Adrian Morris
Racketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
67 Minutes
Tony Weldon, Anthony Wells
Robert Sterling Joan Dixon Ricardo Cortez Douglas Fowley Elisabeth Risdon Marguerite Churchill John Kellogg
police sergeant criminal con artist psychic fortuneteller victim suspenseful spirited los angeles police station mansion hideout swindling mother/son relationship investigation psychic phenomena deception murder mystery pursuit
A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.
Adventure
USA
1935
77 Minutes
Paul Morra
James Cagney Margaret Lindsay Ricardo Cortez Lili Damita Fred Kohler George E. Stone Donald Woods
sailor saloon owner newspaper owner editor politician kidnapper brash melodramatic fiery ship san francisco saloon newsroom street ambition city life power struggle reform murder adventure
After a roustabout sailer avoids being shanghaied in 1852 San Francisco, his audacity helps him to arise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
Drama
USA
1934
61 Minutes
Ellinger
Two days before Marian and Ned are to be married, he is killed by the husband of a woman he was seeing on the side. Marian becomes withdrawn and they send her to the Canadian Rockies for ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1937
65 Minutes
Gordon Creed
Boris Karloff Beverly Roberts Ricardo Cortez Gordon Oliver Sheila Bromley Vladimir Sokoloff Richard Loo
Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.
Drama
1932
95 Minutes
Nicky
Wallace Beery Karen Morley Ricardo Cortez Jean Hersholt John Miljan Vince Barnett Herman Bing Greta Meyer Edward Brophy Ward Bond Nat Pendleton
wrestler criminal wife old flame manager promoter brooding thrilling tense gutsy wrestling ring germany beer garden new york city gym prison wrestling love triangle deception infidelity
A simple German wrestler (Wallace Beery) comes to America with his bride (Karen Morley), pregnant by another man (Ricardo Cortez).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
65 Minutes
George Kirby
Sidney Toler Marjorie Weaver Robert Lowery Ricardo Cortez Donald MacBride Melville Cooper Joan Valerie Kane Richmond
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Musical
USA
1934
85 Minutes
Harry
Al Jolson Kay Francis Dolores del Río Ricardo Cortez Hal LeRoy Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Louise Fazenda Fifi D'Orsay Robert Barrat
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
72 Minutes
Producer Ben Weston
Edward G. Robinson Mary Astor Louis Calhern Ricardo Cortez Mae Clarke John Eldredge Arthur Byron Henry O'Neill David Landau Emily Fitzroy Margaret Dale
A talented young actress seems to be under the spell of her unscrupulous, avaricious, and totally unprincipled husband.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
57 Minutes
Duke York
Adele Mara Warren Douglas William Frawley Ricardo Cortez Virginia Christine Ken Niles Will Wright Dorothy Adams Martha Montgomery
A private detective finds himself with a perfect new secretary. But after a notorious gossip columnist turns up murdered, she may prove too good to be true.
Musical
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Jeffrey "Jeff"Pelham
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Ricardo Cortez Benny Rubin Cliff Edwards Karl Dane Lloyd Ingram
A vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marriage.
Comedy
USA
1944
82 Minutes
Wilson
Jack Carson Jane Wyman Irene Manning Alan Hale George Tobias Robert Shayne Tala Birell Ricardo Cortez Marjorie Hoshelle Kurt Katch
manufacturer wife private investigator fiancée nazi spy witty madcap family estate office bedroom mistaken identity world war ii deception espionage pursuit transformation 1940s
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. The only way that ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1958
121 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Jeffrey Hunter James Gleason Dianne Foster Pat O'Brien Basil Rathbone Donald Crisp Edward Brophy John Carradine Willis Bouchey Basil Ruysdael
mayor political consultant politician nephew passionate spirited united states city city hall political campaign political corruption politics showdown aging competition underdog 1950s
Marshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang.