List of the best Victor McLaglen movies: The Informer(1935), The Big Guy(1939), While Paris Sleeps(1932), The Lost Patrol(1934), A Girl in Every Port(1928), South of Pago Pago(1940), Full Confession(1939), Broadway Limited(1941), The Black Watch(1929), Laughing at Life(1933), The River Pirate(1928), Hangman's House(1928) ... ...
Drama
USA
1935
91 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Heather Angel Preston Foster Margot Grahame Wallace Ford Una O'Connor Joe Sawyer
drunk soldier terrorist prostitute bleak disheartening intense dark ireland dublin friendship guilt alcoholism patriotism betrayal sacrifice pursuit 1920s
In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Warden Bill Whitlock
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
Drama
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Helen Mack William Bakewell Jack LaRue Rita La Roy Maurice Black Dot Farley Lucille LaVerne Paul Porcasi
To save his daughter Manon (Helen Mack) from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard (Victor McLaglen) escapes from jail.
War
USA
1934
74 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Boris Karloff Wallace Ford Reginald Denny J.M. Kerrigan Billy Bevan Alan Hale Brandon Hurst Douglas Walton Sammy Stein
sergeant commander enemy pilot soldier dark intense mesopotamia desert oasis horrors of war world war i battle lost daunting task survival rescue discovery 1910s
A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
Comedy
USA
1928
64 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Maria Casajuana Robert Armstrong Natalie Joyce Dorothy Mathews Elena Jurado Louise Brooks Sally Rand Phalba Morgan Felix Valle Natalie Kingston
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young women come between them?
Adventure
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Bucko Larson
The son of an island chieftain, young Kehane defiantly opposes the efforts by crooked pearl hunter Bucko Larson to invade his domain. Larson and his minions hope to dissuade our hero by introducing him to seductive Ruby.
Drama
USA
1939
73 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Sally Eilers Joseph Calleia Barry Fitzgerald Elisabeth Risdon Adele Pearce Bud McTaggart John Bliefer William Haade George Humbert
catholic priest innocent man murder suspect murderer cop night watchman suspenseful tense church prison store police station death row religious vows injustice wrongfully accused murder confession moral dilemma discovery
A Catholic priest by the name of Father Loma must convince a man to step forward to save an innocent man from being sent to the electric chair.
Comedy
USA
1941
75 Minutes
Mike
Victor McLaglen Marjorie Woodworth Dennis O'Keefe Patsy Kelly ZaSu Pitts Leonid Kinskey George E. Stone Gay Ellen Dakin
producer movie star secretary engineer childhood sweetheart stranger amusing madcap chicago train station train philadelphia new york city show business kidnapping publicity stunts train travel babies quest adventure
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited creates problems because of an unknown baby that was part of the stunt.
Adventure, Drama
USA
1929
93 Minutes
Victor McLaglen Myrna Loy David Torrence David Rollins Cyril Chadwick Lumsden Hare Roy D'Arcy Mitchell Lewis
Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1933
71 Minutes
Dennis P. McHale, Burke, Captain Hale
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe hopping escape leads him finally to South... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1928
77 Minutes
Sailor Fritz
Victor McLaglen Lois Moran Jack Stuart Earle Foxe Donald Crisp Bob Perry
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Romance
1928
87 Minutes
Victor McLaglen June Collyer Larry Kent Earle Foxe Hobart Bosworth Belle Stoddard Joseph Burke Eric Mayne
soldier of fortune villain judge daughter love interest horse owner gripping intense melodramatic army camp ireland village household racetrack meadow desertion family guilt dueling drinking
An exiled patriot (Victor McLaglen) returns to Ireland to kill the man who caused his sister to commit suicide.
Comedy
1934
92 Minutes
Junius P. Schulte
Victor McLaglen Helen Vinson John Gilbert Alison Skipworth Wynne Gibson Walter Connolly Fred Keating Tala Birell Leon Errol Walter Catlett Donald Meek
Drama
USA
1931
91 Minutes
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
103 Minutes
Sergeant MacDuff
Shirley Temple Victor McLaglen June Lang C. Aubrey Smith Michael Whalen Cesar Romero Constance Collier Douglas Scott
colonel girl rebel sergeant grandfather widow charming lighthearted amusing india military base conspiracy kidnapping journey military life childhood adventure love growing up 1930s
Priscilla Williams, a young girl living with her widowed mother and paternal grandfather at the post he commands in northern India, becomes enamored of military life and embroiled in brewing rebellion against the crown in the early 1900's.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Police Lt. Bill Murdock
Carl Brisson Victor McLaglen Jack Oakie Kitty Carlisle Hart Dorothy Stickney Gertrude Michael Jessie Ralph
A homicide detective with an eye for the ladies investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities allows the music review to continue during the investigation.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
80 Minutes
Bull Brackett
Mae West Victor McLaglen Philip Reed Helen Jerome Eddy Harry Beresford Harold Huber Lucile Gleason Conway Tearle Esther Howard Soo Yong
Carlton Rose, a girl known as "the Frisco Doll" escapes to Alaska after accidentally killing her guard.
Adventure
USA
1935
72 Minutes
Edmund Lowe Victor McLaglen Florence Rice Charles Bickford Marjorie Rambeau Sig Ruman Roger Imhof Warner Richmond Jack Wallace James Donlan
Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1958
97 Minutes
Captain Bellew
Stanley Baker Victor McLaglen Luciana Paluzzi Gregoire Aslan Francis De Wolff David Oxley George Murcell Percy Herbert Rupert Davies Robert Shaw Roger Delgado
Off the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
Comedy
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Jim Flagg
Comedy about a pair of ex-Marines who team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.
Comedy
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Brad Crowder (Chester Morris) is co-owner in the Crowder Salvage Company with Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers), who inherited her father's share of the business. She is in love with Brad, while he... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1955
79 Minutes
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by bellicose Bedouin bandits.
Comedy, Drama
1938
80 Minutes
A brawling British dreamer (Victor McLaglen) takes his son and singing wife (Gracie Fields) to the 1880s South Africa gold rush.
Adventure
USA
1939
117 Minutes
Sgt. "Mac" MacChesney
Cary Grant Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Victor McLaglen Joan Fontaine Sam Jaffe Edward Ciannelli Montagu Love Abner Biberman Robert Coote
soldier military officer native guru henchman pretty woman confident inspiring india military base temple abduction racism military escape pursuit underdog 1880s
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
99 Minutes
Jock Ramsay
Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Victor McLaglen Brian Donlevy John Carradine Douglas Fowley
naval officer gangster singer william mckinley theodore roosevelt suspenseful melodramatic white house baltimore jail midwest bank working undercover false accusations deception heist assassination romance underdog quest
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1944
75 Minutes
Fred Adamson
Edward G. Robinson Lynn Bari Victor McLaglen Robert Bailey Marc Lawrence E.J. Ballantine Mona Maris Tonio Selwart
During WW2, a female survivor of a German U-boat attack marries the skipper of the American merchant ship that saved her but is suspected of being a Nazi spy who sends secret data about Allied ship movements to the Nazis.
Musical
USA
1939
100 Minutes
Chris Mulligan
Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce Victor McLaglen Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Charles Butterworth H.B. Warner Raymond Walburn Dick Rich Trevor Bardette
tycoon rancher son love interest henchman spirited uplifting small town ranch newsroom office house railroad ethics impersonation deception ranchers land dispute quest adventure
Railroad owner Jim Knox uses everything to get the land he needs for his new railroad cheaply. Everybody hopes, that Steve Logan ends his regime, but he allies with Jim Knox. Nobody knows, ... See full summary »
Comedy, Western
USA
1955
92 Minutes
Cadmus Cherne
Robert Taylor Eleanor Parker Victor McLaglen James Arness Josephine Hutchinson Rosemary DeCamp
trapper frontiersman frontier woman father tomboy native american warrior amusing lighthearted spirited kentucky woods mountain river cabin unlikely romance courtship ambush marriage frontier life rescue
Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
Drama
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Grimald
Maureen O'Hara George Nader Victor McLaglen Torin Thatcher Robert Warwick Eduard Franz Leslie Bradley Rex Reason Arthur E. Gould-Porter Grant Withers Sim Iness
An 11th-century noblewoman opens her Saxon husband's eyes by riding bareback through town.
Drama
1947
117 Minutes
Capt. Mike Farrell
gambler aristocrat rival servant son melodramatic intense moving ireland new orleans ship plantation field graveyard ambition class conflict marriage accidental death drinking financial crisis
An Irish gambler (Rex Harrison) rises socially, marries an aristocrat (Maureen O'Hara) and builds a grand estate in 1820s New Orelans.
Drama
USA
1952
129 Minutes
Red Will Danaher, Squire Danaher
John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Barry Fitzgerald Victor McLaglen Mildred Natwick Arthur Shields Ward Bond Jack MacGowran
boxer brother love interest widow doctor emotional touching church ireland united states village small town deception love confrontation wedding gambling death escape forbidden love
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1925
69 Minutes
Hercules
Lon Chaney Mae Busch Matt Moore Victor McLaglen Harry Earles Matthew Betz Edward Connelly William Humphrey E. Alyn Warren Walter Perry John Merkyl
A sideshow ventriloquist, midget, and strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.
Adventure
USA
1952
92 Minutes
O'Brien
Fred MacMurray Vera Ralston Robert Douglas Victor McLaglen John Russell Buddy Baer Claude Jarman Jr. Grant Withers Howard Petrie Paul Fix Bill Murphy
sea captain mate woman pirate dancer treasure hunter gory suspenseful thrilling intense emotional raw sea boat pirate ship island indonesia treasure island diamonds treasure hunting
In 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.
Western
USA
1950
105 Minutes
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
John Wayne Maureen O'Hara Ben Johnson Harry Carey Jr. Victor McLaglen Claude Jarman Jr. Chill Wills J. Carrol Naish
military officer soldier son wife indian emotional thrilling texas military base river family redemption father/son relationship marriage transformation growing up love 1860s
A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
Comedy
USA
1944
94 Minutes
Captain Barrett, The Hook
Bob Hope Virginia Mayo Walter Brennan Walter Slezak Victor McLaglen Marc Lawrence Hugo Haas Maude Eburne Adia Kuznetzoff Brandon Hurst Tom Kennedy
actor princess pirate tattoo artist governor guard hilarious playful ship cabin palace dinghy rooming house dungeon treasure abduction impersonation cowardice corruption chases
A cowardly actor and a runaway princess are voyaging on a ship that is captured by a notorious pirate who recently buried his treasure on a secretly mapped island.
Musical
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Matthew O'Neill
Jane Frazee Gail Patrick William Marshall Kenny Baker Victor McLaglen Irene Rich
best friend artist composer girl next door intense amusing airy emotional charming touching boston greenwich village musicals romance love triangle secret forbidden love love rivalry underdog
A songwriter finds out that his beautiful girlfriend is going to be an artist's model.
Adventure
USA
1954
100 Minutes
Boltar
James Mason Robert Wagner Janet Leigh Sterling Hayden Debra Paget Victor McLaglen Donald Crisp Brian Aherne
prince king arthur knight viking princess villain spirited campy melodramatic camelot castle battlefield secret plans royalty sword battles training romance chivalry quest love
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
Adventure, Drama, History, War
USA
1926
129 Minutes
Hank
Robert Colman Neil Hamilton Ralph Forbes Alice Joyce Mary Brian Noah Beery Norman Trevor William Powell Victor McLaglen Donald Stuart
young man frenchman aunt brother soldier military officer dark frenetic somber africa military base england family home battle jewelry theft family honor military brotherhood french foreign legion sacrifice
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
170 Minutes
David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine Robert Newton Charles Boyer Joe E. Brown Martine Carol John Carradine Charles Coburn Ronald Colman Melville Cooper
explorer servant police officer princess airy charming playful london spain paris india japan san francisco expedition class distinctions culture clash theft adventure pursuit quest
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.