List of the best Samuel S. Hinds movies: Sequoia(1934), The Great Alaskan Mystery(1944), Jungle Woman(1944), It's a Date(1940), Test Pilot(1938), Ride 'em Cowboy(1942), Grand Central Murder(1942), Bed of Roses(1933), His Brother's Wife(1936), Man-Made Monster(1941), Dr. Kildare's Strange Case(1940), The Shepherd of the Hills(1941) ... ...
Adventure
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Jean Parker Samuel S. Hinds Russell Hardie Paul Hurst Ben Hall Willie Fung Harry Lowe Jr.
young woman father hunter ranger fawn puma heartwarming uplifting sierra nevada mountains forest household cliff pond park nature wild animals father/daughter relationship human-animal friendship death discovery
Toni lives with her father, writer Matthew Martin, in the Sequoia forests of California. While walking, she finds and brings home, a small puma which she calls 'Gato' and a young fawn, ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1944
223 Minutes
Herman Brock
Milburn Stone Lewis D. Collins Marjorie Weaver Edgar Kennedy Samuel S. Hinds Martin Kosleck Ralph Morgan Joseph Crehan Fuzzy Knight
An adventurer goes after Nazi spies who have a new death ray called the Paratron.
Horror
USA
1944
54 Minutes
Coroner
Acquanetta Evelyn Ankers J. Carrol Naish Samuel S. Hinds Lois Collier Milburn Stone Douglas Dumbrille Nana Bryant Pierre Watkin Christian Rub Alec Craig
Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish), also reverting to her true gorilla form ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
1940
103 Minutes
Sidney Simpson
Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon Samuel S. Hinds S.Z. Sakall Lewis Howard Cecilia Loftus Henry Stephenson Eugene Pallette Joe King Fritz Feld
actress singer theatrical producer love interest mother father airy lighthearted charming new york city honolulu backstage stage mother/daughter relationship theater love triangle failing career show business rivalry love
A Broadway star (Kay Francis) and her daughter (Deanna Durbin) become rivals for a role and a millionaire (Walter Pidgeon) in Hawaii.
Adventure
USA
1938
118 Minutes
General Ross
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Gloria Holden Louis Jean Heydt
pilot mechanic wife boss gripping melodramatic kansas farm airplane aviation friendship alcoholism bravery adventure sacrifice 1930s
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Sam Shaw
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Dick Foran Anne Gwynne Samuel S. Hinds Richard Lane Judd McMichael Ted McMichael Joe McMichael Mary Lou Cook Johnny Mack Brown
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
73 Minutes
Roger Furness
Van Heflin Patricia Dane Cecilia Parker Virginia Grey Samuel S. Hinds Sam Levene Connie Gilchrist Mark Daniels Stephen McNally Tom Conway Betty Wells
broadway star private investigator police detective ex-boyfriend father housekeeper suspenseful witty cheeky police station broadway theater grand central station train new york city murder investigation greed show business trains false accusations mystery
Classic whodunit mystery film about a gold-digging variety show actress who has many enemies and is found dead in her private railroad car at Grand Central Station in New York.
Drama
USA
1933
67 Minutes
Father Doran
Constance Bennett Pert Kelton Joel McCrea John Halliday Samuel S. Hinds Franklin Pangborn
A former prostitute, determined to reform upon leaving prison, falls in love with a cotton barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Dr. Claybourne
Barbara Stanwyck Robert Taylor Jean Hersholt Joseph Calleia Samuel S. Hinds Edith Atwater Jed Prouty Rafael Corio Sherry Hall John Eldredge
epidemiologist gambler gangster brother model father melodramatic uplifting engaging laboratory casino south america family home new york state jungle medicine gambling siblings love triangle debt
A vengeful woman (Barbara Stanwyck) marries the brother of a scientist (Robert Taylor) working on a cure for spotted fever.
Sci-Fi
1941
68 Minutes
Dr. John Lawrence
Lon Chaney Lionel Atwill Anne Nagel Frank Albertson Samuel S. Hinds William B. Davidson Ben Taggart Connie Bergen
A mad scientist (Lionel Atwill) makes an electric man (Lon Chaney Jr.) who glows and must wear a rubber suit.
Drama
1940
76 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Shepperd Strudwick Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger John Eldredge Nell Craig George H. Reed
doctor nurse mentor surgeon patient rival tense melodramatic hospital city car mentorship medical profession romance love triangle malpractice unlikely allies discovery rivalry 1940s
Kildare (Lew Ayres) tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), and faces a rival for nurse Lamont (Laraine Day).
Adventure
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Andy Beeler
John Wayne Betty Field Harry Carey James Barton Beulah Bondi Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Ward Bond Marc Lawrence John Qualen Fuzzy Knight
stranger moonshiner daughter son uncle aunt bleak melodramatic fascinating ozark mountains small town forest cabin family helping others rural life superstition suicide father/son relationship revenge
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
Biography
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Mr. Kahly
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Felix Bressart Marsha Hunt Fay Holden Samuel S. Hinds Kathleen Howard George Lessey William Henry Henry O'Neill John Eldredge
mother orphan doctor butler sister senator touching emotional orphanage wisconsin train household texas death social activism deception adoption religion relationships underdog
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lynne Carver Nat Pendleton Jo Ann Sayers Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Monty Woolley Phillip Terry Don "Red" Barry
doctor mentor mother father love interest politician emotional intense solemn connecticut bar house hospital new york city mentorship terminal illness depression medicine family growing up
Dr. James Kildare decides to take a position at a large New York hospital instead of joining his father's country practice but he finds himself in serious trouble when he saves a suicidal woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1935
91 Minutes
John Carter
William Powell Rosalind Russell Binnie Barnes Lionel Atwill Cesar Romero Samuel S. Hinds Henry Stephenson Frank Reicher Charley Grapewin Leonard Mudie Howard C. Hickman
reporter officer socialite spy girlfriend lieutenant melodramatic tense gripping hotel ocean military base restaurant espionage naval warfare deception secret codes jealousy romance quest
In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Finding out that he is an expert on codes, she gets ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
86 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Laraine Day Lana Turner Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Lynne Carver Emma Dunn Walter Kingsford Alma Kruger Harlan Briggs
intern physician nurse patient sister criminal melodramatic engaging new york city hospital basement apartment false accusations medical profession injury investigation framed for murder confidence discovery quest
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. Only Kildare gets called to take a bullet out of a suspected murderer, and when the cops collar him ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Steven Ranger
Boris Karloff Warren Hull Jean Rogers Alan Baxter Hobart Cavanaugh Samuel S. Hinds David Oliver Ward Bond Frank Reicher Edwin Maxwell
The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Henry L. Parker
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
1945
80 Minutes
Dr. Adams
George Sanders Geraldine Fitzgerald Ella Raines Sara Allgood Moyna Magill Samuel S. Hinds Harry von Zell Judy Clark
Mad Harry (George Sanders) poisons his bad sister's (Geraldine Fitzgerald) cocoa; his good sister drinks it.
Musical, Comedy, Romance
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Brewster
Allan Jones Kitty Carlisle Hart Leo Carrillo William Frawley Gus Schilling Lee Patrick Samuel S. Hinds Sig Arno Alvino Rey
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.
Comedy
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Mr. William Duncan Sr.
Danielle Darrieux Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Mischa Auer Louis Hayward Helen Broderick Charles Coleman Samuel S. Hinds Nella Walker
model advertising executive friend waiter millionaire butler cheery lighthearted new york city office apartment hotel opera house cottage gold digging friendship impersonation modeling jealousy mistaken identity
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Richard Gates Sr.
Robert Young James Stewart Florence Rice Lionel Barrymore Billie Burke Tom Brown Samuel S. Hinds Paul Kelly Frank Albertson Barnett Parker Minor Watson
cadet football player student roommate naval officer coach spirited patriotic rousing naval academy maryland football field football college navy family history secret sports quest rivalry
Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.
Romance
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Dr. Crane
Deanna Durbin Joseph Cotten Charles Winninger Ludwig Stossel Nella Walker Gus Schilling Samuel S. Hinds Evelyn Ankers Fay Helm Iris Adrian
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Judge Simmons
Lon Chaney Robert Paige Louise Allbritton Evelyn Ankers Frank Craven J. Edward Bromberg Samuel S. Hinds Adeline de Walt Reynolds Pat Moriarity Etta McDaniel George Irving
When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.
Adventure
USA
1944
70 Minutes
Father Paul
Maria Montez Jon Hall Sabu Edgar Barrier Mary Nash Lois Collier Samuel S. Hinds Moroni Olsen Lon Chaney Robert Barron
A beautiful woman is abducted from her peaceful South Seas home and taken to Cobra Island, where her grandmother Queen wants her to displace her evil twin sister and vengeance against her priest and corrupt advisor.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Paul Sycamore
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Maj. Gen. Emerson
Bud Abbott Lou Costello The Andrews Sisters Lee Bowman Alan Curtis Jane Frazee Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Harry Strang Nella Walker Leonard Elliott
salesman soldier drill instructor hostess playboy valet hilarious witty boot camp theater united states military redemption love triangle father/son relationship escape rivalry transformation love 1940s
Two sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
Comedy
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Chief Kolua
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Virginia Bruce Robert Paige Lionel Atwill Leif Erickson William Demarest Samuel S. Hinds Four Ink Spots
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Felix Darren
Charles Boyer Margaret Sullavan Richard Carlson Frank McHugh Tim Holt Frank Jenks Esther Dale Samuel S. Hinds Peggy Stewart Nell O'Day Kitty O'Neil
shopgirl banker manufacturer mistress son wife melodramatic moving sad cincinnati shop train station boat new york city apartment affair unrequited love social ostracism father/son relationship business
Five years after meeting and falling in love with a banker, a willful shop girl decides to become his mistress upon learning he has since gotten married and had a son.
Western
USA
1942
87 Minutes
Judge Horace Stillman
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Margaret Lindsay Harry Carey Richard Barthelmess George Cleveland Samuel S. Hinds Russell Simpson William Farnum Marietta Canty
miner saloon girl commissioner judge love interest politician spirited thrilling melodramatic alaska mine saloon mining gold rush political corruption love triangle theft court battles love rivalry
In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Comedy, Western
USA
1940
78 Minutes
George Preston
Franchot Tone Broderick Crawford Warren William Andy Devine Mischa Auer Porter Hall Peggy Moran Samuel S. Hinds Charles Trowbridge Paul Fix Harry Cording
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Kildare
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Dr. H.L. Eastman
Walter Huston Arthur Byron Karen Morley Franchot Tone Dickie Moore C. Henry Gordon David Landau Samuel S. Hinds William Pawley Jean Parker Claire DuBrey
president chief of staff secret police secretary of state lover gangster creative dark incredible white house washington, d.c. politics dictatorship crime visions divine intervention great depression transformation quest rise
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
Drama
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Dr. Gordon
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Jean Hersholt Elizabeth Allan Otto Kruger Wallace Ford Henry B. Walthall Samuel S. Hinds
intern fiancée physician nurse doctor best friend melodramatic tense hospital dormitory apartment operating room duty romance medicine surgery ambition cheating quest sacrifice
An idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.
Comedy
1947
108 Minutes
Sheriff
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Marjorie Main Louise Allbritton Percy Kilbride Richard Long Donald MacBride Samuel S. Hinds
man wife neighbor pig divorcée friend madcap outlandish cheery countryside farm barn city farming rural life dance jealousy fire mother/daughter relationship adventure
A broker (Fred MacMurray) and his bride (Claudette Colbert) leave the city to fix up a chicken farm next door to Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa Kettle.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
1934
65 Minutes
Dr. Murray Reid
Donald Cook Genevieve Tobin Hardie Albright Edward Ellis Edwin Maxwell Vince Barnett Helen Flint Samuel S. Hinds Nella Walker Sidney Bracey
Eight strangers are invited to spend the night in a penthouse apartment. They are greeted, wined and dined, but a voice on the radio tells them they will be murdered unless they outwit Death.
Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Morgan Prestiss
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Frank Craven Louise Allbritton Shemp Howard Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel Samuel S. Hinds Paul Fix William Haade
coal miner boxer beautiful woman magnate rich girl tailor fiery melodramatic passionate patriotic pittsburgh factory boardroom office ambition ethics greed steel industry military industrial complex redemption
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
83 Minutes
Mr. Beaumont
Lee Tracy Madge Evans Frank Morgan Charles Butterworth John Miljan Virginia Cherrill David Landau Greta Meyer Herman Bing Samuel S. Hinds Syd Saylor
An ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.
Romance
USA
1941
96 Minutes
Uncle
Irene Dunne Robert Montgomery Preston Foster Eugene Pallette Dick Foran Esther Dale Walter Catlett Richard Davies Kathryn Adams Samuel S. Hinds June Clyde
Small town girl meets and falls for a playboy type on a train to New York. For him, the fling is over when they arrive, but she continues to carry a torch. She meets and marries his brother... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
94 Minutes
James Stewart Marlene Dietrich Mischa Auer Charles Winninger Brian Donlevy Allen Jenkins Warren Hymer Irene Hervey Una Merkel Billy Gilbert Samuel S. Hinds
sheriff boss drunk singer amusing lighthearted small town wild west corruption romance showdown adventure rise 19th century
Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
Drama
USA
1934
117 Minutes
George Breakston Jimmy Butler Jackie Searle Frankie Darro Donald Haines Rolf Ernest Julius Molnar Wesley Giraud Beaudine Anderson Bruce Line Samuel S. Hinds
gang leader gang member sick child rival mother father emotional powerful military hospital germany school street gang war fitting in respect illness making amends outsider adventure rivalry
Adapted from The Paul Street Boys, an autobiographical novel by Ferenc Molnar, GLORY is an unusually sensitive evocation of the pain of youth and the senselessness of war. Frail Nemecsek, a... See full summary »
Romance, Fantasy
USA
1933
87 Minutes
Leslie Howard Heather Angel Valerie Taylor Irene Browne Beryl Mercer Colin Keith-Johnston Alan Mowbray Juliette Compton Betty Lawford Ferdinand Gottschalk Samuel S. Hinds
wealthy man relative fiancée cousin suitor ambassador cheeky creative engaging england manor street garden household time travel family romance inheritance diary social customs
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
Drama
1933
72 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore May Robson Dorothy Jordan Joel McCrea Frances Dee David Landau James Bush Buster Phelps Oscar Apfel June Filmer Samuel S. Hinds
doctor widower son foster father husband daughter melodramatic moving new england small town rural community banquet hall medical profession car accident small-town life father/daughter relationship troubled marriage death of mother growing up sacrifice
A selfless doctor (Lionel Barrymore) dedicates his life to his patients and watches his son (Joel McCrea) follow in his footsteps.
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
83 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Dick Foran Erin O'Brien-Moore Ann Sheridan Robert Barrat Helen Flint Joe Sawyer Addison Richards Eddie Acuff Clifford Soubier Paul Harvey
factory director immigrant wife best friend factory worker disturbing disheartening intense midwest factory hate group xenophobia immigration lynching secret plans fall wretched excess revenge 1930s
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
86 Minutes
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.
Western
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Robert Stack Ann Rutherford Frances Farmer Richard Dix Broderick Crawford Hugh Herbert Andy Devine Lon Chaney Fuzzy Knight Addison Richards Bradley Page
sheriff young woman wild bill hickok calamity jane brash amusing confident fiery passionate rousing suspenseful deadwood, s.d. wild west riverboat frontier justice romance robbery pursuit rivalry love
Indian raids are being perpetrated by an outlaw gang in disguise.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
90 Minutes
Paul Muni Bette Davis Margaret Lindsay Eugene Pallette Soledad Jimenez Robert Barrat Gavin Gordon Henry O'Neill Arthur Stone Hobart Cavanaugh William B. Davidson
lawyer casino owner wife immigrant melodramatic tense california casino los angeles business mental illness murder unrequited love fall transformation 1930s
In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
Crime, Drama
1948
111 Minutes
James Stewart Richard Conte Lee J. Cobb Helen Walker Betty Garde Kasia Orzazewski Joanne de Bergh Howard Smith Moroni Olsen John McIntire Paul Harvey
prisoner mother wife editor reporter police officer thrilling engaging newsroom family home prison police station justice murder corruption pursuit mystery 1940s
A Chicago newsman (James Stewart) digs up the story of a scrubwoman's son (Richard Conte) framed for murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Paul Muni Ann Dvorak Barton MacLane Raymond Brown Ralph Remley Hal K. Dawson Grace Stafford Mayo Methot Henry O'Neill Robert Barrat Marc Lawrence
A small-town doctor gets roped into helping a notorious bank robber.