List of the best Russell Hicks movies: The Flying Saucer(1950), Dark Alibi(1946), Hitler: Dead or Alive(1943), The Sea Spoilers(1936), Flame of Barbary Coast(1945), Air Raid Wardens(1943), The Bandit of Sherwood Forest(1946), Follow the Fleet(1936), What a Woman!(1943), Earthbound(1940), On Again, Off Again(1937), Living on Velvet(1935) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Hank Thorn
Mikel Conrad Pat Garrison Russell Hicks Hantz von Teuffen Lester Sharpe Frank Darien Denver Pyle Roy Engel Garry Owen Virginia Hewitt Philip Morris
Both the CIA and KGB investigate UFOs in Alaska: friend or foe?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1946
61 Minutes
Warden Cameron
Sidney Toler Mantan Moreland Ben Carter Benson Fong Russell Hicks Joyce Compton Edward Earle Teala Loring George Holmes Janet Shaw Edna Holland
A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.
Adventure
USA
1943
70 Minutes
Samuel Thornton
Ward Bond Warren Hymer Paul Fix Dorothy Tree Russell Hicks Felix Basch Bobby Watson
A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.
Adventure
1936
63 Minutes
Phil Morgan
John Wayne Nan Grey William Blakewell Fuzzy Knight Russell Hicks George Irving Lotus Long Harry Worth Ernest Hilliard George Humbert Ethan Laidlaw
Western
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Cyrus Danver
John Wayne Ann Dvorak Joseph Schildkraut William Frawley Virginia Grey Russell Hicks Jack Norton Paul Fix Manart Kippen Marc Lawrence Butterfly McQueen
man gambler gambling addict rancher cowboy thief thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal san francisco montana danger fear fighting criminal past adventure discovery rivalry
Duke falls for Flaxen in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Tito, goes home and PL: learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a ... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
67 Minutes
Maj. Scanlon
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.
Adventure
USA
1946
86 Minutes
Robin Hood, Earl of Huntington
Cornel Wilde Anita Louise Jill Esmond Edgar Buchanan Henry Daniell George Macready Russell Hicks John Abbott Lloyd Corrigan Eva Moore Ray Teal
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
110 Minutes
Jim Nolan
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Randolph Scott Harriet Hilliard Astrid Allwyn Harry Beresford Russell Hicks Brooks Benedict Ray Mayer Lucille Ball Addison Randall
sailor dancer girlfriend sister charming lighthearted winsome san francisco ship new york city romance dance friendship pursuit love 1930s
A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.
Comedy
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Sutton
Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Willard Parker Hobart Cavanaugh Frank Dawson Alan Dinehart Russell Hicks Ann Savage Grady Sutton Nella Walker
A literary agent is pursued by the charming writer of a popular magazine while she attempts to sway one of her clients, a handsome but innocent college professor, to star in an upcoming movie based on his best-selling novel The Whirlwind.
Fantasy
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Prosecutor
Warner Baxter Andrea Leeds Lynn Bari Charley Grapewin Henry Wilcoxon Elizabeth Patterson Russell Hicks Christian Rub Ian Wolfe Lester Sharpe Reginald Sheffield
ghost widow murder suspect lover religious person assistant engaging melodramatic switzerland paris apartment café park prison murder wrongfully accused redemption infidelity jealousy haunting
A murdered man (Baxter) helps his widow (Leeds) bring his killer (Bari) to justice.
Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
George Dilwig
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Marjorie Lord Patricia Wilder Esther Muir Paul Harvey Russell Hicks George Meeker Maxine Jennings Kitty McHugh Hal K. Dawson
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Major at Flying Field
Kay Francis George Brent Warren William Helene Lowell Henry O'Neill Samuel S. Hinds Russell Hicks Maude Turner Gordon Martha Merrill Edgar Kennedy Sam Hayes
pilot friend wife benefactor daredevil melodramatic mushy emotional tense long island, n.y. new york state airplane party friendship love triangle marriage tragic death guilt loyalty forbidden love
Terry Parker (George Brent) is shattered by the crash of his airplane which killed his parents and sister, and adopts a listless attitude toward life. But romance enters in the person of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
65 Minutes
Judge Graham
Claire Trevor Cesar Romero Douglas Fowley Lloyd Nolan Lester Matthews Robert McWade Ralf Harolde Russell Hicks Holmes Herbert
Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
Comedy
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Colton
Roger Pryor Wendy Barrie Claude Gillingwater Andrew Tombes Luis Alberni E.E. Clive John Sheehan Russell Hicks Theodore von Eltz Harry Woods Herbert Rawlinson
Janes Forbes (Barrie) decides to help amnesiac Jack Doe (Pryor) to find the details of his true identity. She doesn't tell anyone she is leaving, which causes her worried father to hire a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1943
67 Minutes
Texas Governor Shuville
Smiley Burnette Peggy Moran Gerald Mohr Dorothea Kent Lloyd Corrigan James Bush Russell Hicks Irving Bacon
governor undercover agent sidekick nazi cowboy campy patriotic thrilling texas government building warehouse desert parade track world war ii sabotage investigation pursuit discovery 1940s
Saboteurs are blowing up government warehouses (during World War II). Roy and his pals work undercover to put an end to their operations.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
86 Minutes
Captain
James Cagney Pat O'Brien Margaret Lindsay Frank McHugh Helene Lowell John Arledge Robert Barrat Russell Hicks William B. Davidson Ward Bond Bill Elliott
A talented but brash stunt pilot enters the Marine Corps and becomes more disciplined.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Mr. Beyer
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
1934
74 Minutes
Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
Guy Kibbee Aline MacMahon Claire Dodd Maxine Doyle Glen Boles Minna Gombell Alan Hale Berton Churchill Russell Hicks Nan Gray Arthur Aylesworth
husband father businessman wife child gripping somber profound united states small town business money morality family consumerism high society temptation wretched excess transformation 20th century
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a ... See full summary »
Action
USA
1935
69 Minutes
Bert Taylor
Norman Foster Evalyn Knapp Esther Ralston Eric Linden Purnell Pratt Irene Franklin Emma Dunn Gilbert Emery Russell Hicks Christian Rub Francis Macdonald
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Romance
USA
1937
73 Minutes
Mr. Hardwick
Joe E. Brown Helen Mack Paul Kelly Harry Davenport Halliwell Hobbes John Qualen Donald Briggs Frank Reicher Russell Hicks Charles Trowbridge
A newspaper reporter assigned to do a story on royalty and the antics begin. Some comic relief.
Romance
USA
1941
107 Minutes
Col. Harriston
Bette Davis George Brent Mary Astor Lucile Watson Hattie McDaniel Grant Mitchell Jerome Cowan Sam McDaniel Thurston Hall Russell Hicks Olin Howland
sweetheart pianist pilot maid mother manager melodramatic cheeky gutsy new york city maryland country house arizona rivalry marriage divorce death adoption deception quest
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child.
Romance
USA
1946
88 Minutes
John Llewelyn Dillon
Adolphe Menjou Gail Russell Ann Dvorak Claire Trevor Billie Burke Jane Wyatt Eugene List Damian O'Flynn John Whitney Russell Hicks Earle Hodgins
A semi-trifle with Adolphe Menjou as a department store floor walker who is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls---two-bordering-on-three of which were well beyond the "girl" stage-... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
121 Minutes
Armistead
Errol Flynn Miriam Hopkins Randolph Scott Humphrey Bogart Frank McHugh Alan Hale Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Moroni Olsen Russell Hicks Douglas Dumbrille
southerner commander intelligence officer bandit friend engaging gripping rousing prison wagon train virginia city, nev. trail american civil war theft escape prisoners of war robbery pursuit escape sacrifice
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy.
Drama
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Maj. Wilson
John Payne Maureen O'Hara Randolph Scott Minor Watson Nancy Kelly William Tracy Max Rosenbloom Harry Morgan Edmund MacDonald Russell Hicks Margaret Early
rich kid drill instructor nurse father girlfriend general patriotic melodramatic amusing military base mansion road military life legacy father/son relationship respect patriotism class conflict growing up love
Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Mystery & Thriller
1942
63 Minutes
Mr. Edgerton
Robert Young Marsha Hunt Darryl Hickman Harvey Stephens Jonathan Hale Noel Madison Don Costello Joseph Anthony William Forrest Russell Hicks Mark Daniels
Nazi spies kidnap an aircraft mechanic (Robert Young) and try to make him talk about a new bombsight.
Comedy
1940
74 Minutes
J. Frothingham Waterbury, Stock Speculator
W.C. Fields Cora Witherspoon Una Merkel Evelyn Del Rio Jessie Ralph Franklin Pangborn Shemp Howard Dick Purcell Grady Sutton Russell Hicks
guard bank teller inspector swindler daughter bank robber madcap hilarious lighthearted outlandish small town bank hotel car luck schemes embezzlement hero worship bank heist getaway
A man inadvertently foils a robbery and is awarded the job of bank guard, forcing him to face a real holdup.
Drama
USA
1940
100 Minutes
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Robert Young Frank Morgan Robert Stack Bonita Granville Irene Rich William T. Orr Maria Ouspenskaya Gene Reynolds Russell Hicks
professor daughter soldier activist tense moving gutsy rousing germany austria family home world war ii nazism persecution fascism freedom escape transformation rescue 1930s
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Warren William Mary Astor Allen Jenkins Helen Trenholme Grant Mitchell Dorothy Tree Helene Lowell Gordon Westcott Harry Tyler Arthur Aylesworth Russell Hicks
perry mason neighbor lady dog killer lawyer crafty intricate suspenseful house office living room apartment courtroom disappearance inheritance investigation murder trial law and order
An agitated and desperate man spares no expense in insisting that Mason represent him against a neighbor's howling dog and act as executor of his will.
Western
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Richard Dix Margaret Callahan Erik Rhodes Owen Davis Jr. Ray Mayer Harry Jans Joe Sawyer J. Carrol Naish Sheila Terry J.M. Kerrigan Jed Prouty
Criminal lawyer Bill Fenwick goes undercover in Nevada to catch gold thieves when the gang kills his brother.
Western
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Henry Fonda Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek Eddie Collins George Barbier Ernest Whitman Charles Tannen
cowboy murderer news reporter young man woman tense confident missouri colorado wild west court search retribution murder robbery trial pursuit revenge 19th century
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Lew Ayres Laraine Day Basil Rathbone Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Charles D. Brown Cliff Clark James Flavin Russell Gleason William Tannen Mark Daniels
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Drama
USA
1943
80 Minutes
William Gargan Frank Craven Bobby Readick J. Carrol Naish Jay Ward Douglas Croft Bill Cartledge Irving Lee Selmer Jackson Allen Wood Jim Toney
jockey trainer bookie rival horse breeder retiree spirited heartwarming new york state racetrack stable office barn horse racing egoism maturing wager responsibility quest rivalry
Tom Harrigan raises orphaned Benny McNeil to be a first-rate jockey, but fails to bridle the lad's healthy ego. When Benny receives too many rebukes for unsportsman-like conduct from the ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
122 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Melvyn Douglas Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter Edgar Buchanan Harry Carey Ruth Nelson Wm. "Bill" Phillips Robert Armstrong James Bell
rancher wife lawyer homesteader melodramatic fiery new mexico territory colorado cattle marital problems infidelity forbidden love sacrifice 1860s
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Comedy
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Charles Trowbridge Ludwig Stossel Kane Richmond Mae Marsh Ethel Griffies Paul Harvey
wealthy man gardener chauffeur sergeant photographer aunt madcap cheery mansion training camp photography lab apartment guard house bridge military life wealth servitude impersonation war games romance
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Romance
USA
1950
82 Minutes
Elizabeth Taylor Van Johnson Percy Waram Fay Holden Leon Ames Edgar Buchanan Selena Royle Gene Lockhart Rosemary DeCamp Philip Ahn Gordon Richards
lawyer alcoholic psychoanalyst judge prosecutor tenant lighthearted charming new york city courtroom party alcoholism psychosomatic illness court battles eviction romance love transformation 1950s
A law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light.
Comedy
USA
1948
94 Minutes
Laraine Day Kirk Douglas Keenan Wynn Helen Walker Rudy Vallee Florence Bates Alan Mowbray Grady Sutton Irene Ryan Gale Robbins Virginia Hewitt
novelist secretary publisher neighbor wife husband cheeky playful apartment beach house las vegas nightclub writing romantic dilemma publishing unlikely romance love transformation discovery 1940s
A romance novelist appoints a would-be writer as his secretary. Although she is initially dismayed by his work ethic and playboy attitude, they begin to fall in love.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
92 Minutes
Paul Douglas Richard Basehart Barbara Bel Geddes Debra Paget Agnes Moorehead Robert Keith Howard da Silva Jeffrey Hunter Martin Gabel Grace Kelly Frank Faylen
young man cop psychiatrist girlfriend mother father gritty tense new york city skyscraper hotel office suicide dysfunction depression divorce family rescue fall 1950s
An unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours.
Musical
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy John Barrymore Herman Bing Tom Brown Lynne Carver Rafaela Ottiano Charles Judels Paul Porcasi Sig Ruman Walter Kingsford
opera singer teacher husband love interest melodramatic emotional passionate paris opera house new york city love triangle jealousy opera marriage infidelity forbidden love rivalry revenge 1930s
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.