List of the best Robert E. O'Connor movies: The Noose(1928), Boy of the Streets(1937), Blonde Venus(1932), Four Walls(1928), Picture Snatcher(1933), Mysterious Mr. Wong(1935), Streets of New York(1939), Shooting Straight(1930), The Kid From Spain(1932), Paid(1931), The Dark Horse(1932), Our Blushing Brides(1930) ... ...
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Montagu Love Robert E. O'Connor Jay Eaton Lina Basquette Thelma Todd Ed Brady Fred Warren William B. Davidson Alice Joyce William Walling
blackmailer governor wife mother son father melodramatic shocking tense suspenseful death row city cabaret prison murder capital punishment blackmail father/son relationship crime family
A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.
Drama
USA
1937
76 Minutes
Jackie Cooper Maureen O'Connor Kathleen Burke Robert E. O'Connor Marjorie Main Guy Usher Matty Fain George Cleveland Bill Elliott Don Latorre
teen boy doctor neighbor orphan mother police officer melodramatic powerful spirited new york city slum apartment tenement house nightclub gangs street life racketeering moral dilemma political corruption going straight
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
Drama
USA
1932
94 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Herbert Marshall Cary Grant Dickie Moore Robert E. O'Connor Gene Morgan Rita La Roy Sidney Toler Morgan Wallace Francis Sayles Gertrude Short
A cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely ill husband's operation.
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
65 Minutes
John Gilbert Joan Crawford Vera Gordon Carmel Myers Robert E. O'Connor Louis Natheaux John Byron
ex-convict ex-girlfriend love interest mechanic gang leader detective confident tense prison new york city garage party rehabilitation murder romance family gangsters transformation quest 1920s
While Benny is in jail his old henchman Monk takes over the gang and Benny's girl Frieda. Once out Benny wants nothing to do with either. He has reformed and is beloved of his god-fearing ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
76 Minutes
James Cagney Patricia Ellis Alice White Ralph Bellamy Ralf Harolde Robert E. O'Connor Robert Barrat G. Pat Collins Tom Wilson Barbara Rogers Renee Whitney
photographer editor student reporter police officer criminal charming spirited witty brash new york city newsroom new life photography romantic dilemma controversy tabloid journalism pursuit transformation 1930s
Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Arline Judge E. Alyn Warren Lotus Long Robert E. O'Connor Edward Piel Sr. Luke Chan
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Drama
USA
1939
72 Minutes
Jackie Cooper Martin Spellman Sidney Miller Buddy Pepper David Durand George Cleveland Robert E. O'Connor Dick Purcell George Irving Marjorie Reynolds
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
72 Minutes
Richard Dix Mary Lawlor James Neill Matthew Betz George Cooper William Janney Robert E. O'Connor Clarence Wertz Eddie Sturgis Dick Curtis
Larry Sheldon is a gambler and during an argument he accidentally shoots a man. Fleeing he changes his identity, pretending to be a minister. Things are complicated when he meets a real preacher and falls in love with his daughter Doris.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
96 Minutes
Eddie Cantor Lyda Roberti Robert Young Ruth Hall John Miljan Noah Beery J. Carrol Naish Robert E. O'Connor Stanley Fields
college student bank robber detective girlfriend madcap airy charming dorm college car border bullring mistaken identity bullfighting college robbery jealousy friendship adventure escape
An innocent man accused of robbing banks masquerades as a bullfighter to escape the police.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
80 Minutes
Joan Crawford Robert Armstrong Marie Prevost Kent Douglas John Miljan Purnell Pratt Hale Hamilton Polly Moran Robert E. O'Connor Tyrrell Davis William Bakewell
Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Warren William Bette Davis Guy Kibbee Vivienne Osborne Frank McHugh Sam Hardy Robert Warwick Harry Holman Charles Sellon Robert E. O'Connor Berton Churchill
political candidate political consultant inmate opponent ex-wife secretary amusing endearing madcap city political rally polling place jail stage office election campaigning romance unlikely allies politics
Jailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.
Drama
USA
1930
74 Minutes
Joan Crawford Anita Page Dorothy Sebastian Robert Montgomery Raymond Hackett John Miljan Hedda Hopper Albert Conti Edward Brophy Robert E. O'Connor Martha Sleeper
shopgirl shop owner wealthy man criminal married man mistress melodramatic engaging tender passionate new york city store apartment small town farm new town husband hunting romance marriage of convenience affair
Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Jerry is the sensible one,... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
87 Minutes
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Jean Rogers Rags Ragland Ray Collins Henry O'Neill William Frawley Sam Levene Arthur Space Robert E. O'Connor Steven Geray
radio personality fiancée inspector reporter murderer publicist spirited campy new york city police station crime scene radio station house baseball field crime radio impersonation gangsters publicity stunts serial murders
An amateur criminologist finds himself in hot water with the police, a murderer and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
James Stewart Rosalind Russell Genevieve Tobin Charles Ruggles Louise Beavers Allyn Joslyn Clarence Kolb Robert Greig J.M. Kerrigan Lawrence Grossmith Robert E. O'Connor
playwright actress socialite ex-husband director charming amusing emotional small town new york city party theater love triangle writing success regret broadway love rise rivalry
Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Comedy, Drama
1933
83 Minutes
Richard Dix Wera Engels Edna May Oliver Florence Eldridge Walter Walker David Durand Bruce Line James Bush Bruce Cabot Betty Furness Dorothy Gray
An amorous Irish motorman (Richard Dix) inherits a palm reader's (Edna May Oliver) business in Atlantic City.
Comedy
1943
67 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Edgar Kennedy Jacqueline White Stephen McNally Russell Hicks Nella Walker Howard Freeman Donald Meek Henry O'Neill Paul Stanton
stan & ollie air raid warden nazi spy townspeople hysterical playful small town store factory espionage nazism business sabotage deception world war ii quest underdog rescue 1940s
Rejected by the military, a pair of bumblers volunteers their questionable services to an unsuspecting homefront.
Drama
USA
1947
91 Minutes
Van Johnson June Allyson Thomas Mitchell Marilyn Maxwell Henry Hull Claude Jarman Jr. Cameron Mitchell Geraldine Wall Barbara Brown Chill Wills Paul Harvey
Van Johnson is a navy pilot in WWII, who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors of the mission and are lost at sea. As they ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1945
104 Minutes
Van Johnson Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Frances Gifford Henry Travers Spring Byington Carleton G. Young Helene Stanley Donald Curtis Billy House Ethel Griffies
swimming instructor businessman war hero opera singer hotel manager husband lighthearted charming sierra nevada mountains resort wilderness los angeles swimming pool love triangle marrying for money honeymoon newlyweds romance forbidden love adventure
A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Esther Williams Akim Tamiroff Ricardo Montalban John Carroll Mary Astor Cyd Charisse Fortunio Bonanova Hugo Haas Jean Van Joey Preston Frank Puglia
bullfighter sister brother father mother composer amusing engaging mexico bullring household bullfighting brother/sister relationship deception disguise aspirations family quest transformation 1940s
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
99 Minutes
Robert Taylor Audrey Totter Herbert Marshall Dorothy Patrick H.B. Warner Warner Anderson Moroni Olsen John Ridgely Morris Ankrum Elisabeth Risdon Vince Barnett
veteran doctor lawyer nurse mental patient dark suspenseful mental institution innocence love murder amnesia pursuit rise 1940s
After a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.