List of the best Warren William movies: Lady for a Day(1933), Employees' Entrance(1933), Three on a Match(1932), Skyscraper Souls(1932), The Mouthpiece(1932), The Dark Horse(1932), The Case of the Howling Dog(1934), The Match King(1932), The Case of the Curious Bride(1935), Counter-Espionage(1942), The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady(1940), The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance(1941) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Dave the Dude, Dave Manville
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
75 Minutes
Kurt Anderson
Warren William Loretta Young Wallace Ford Alice White Albert Gran Allen Jenkins Marjorie Gateson Hale Hamilton Ruth Donnelly Zita Moulton Frank Reicher
manager wife salesman owner board member model amusing melodramatic spirited department store new york city work-life balance secret marriage workplace romance money affair wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.
Drama
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Robert Kirkwood
Warren William Joan Blondell Ann Dvorak Bette Davis Lyle Talbot Humphrey Bogart Patricia Ellis Grant Mitchell Sheila Terry Glenda Farrell
mother lawyer actress secretary mobster husband melodramatic tense new york city school household kidnapping friendship marital problems drug addiction mafia fall temptation transformation love
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
100 Minutes
David 'Dave' Dwight
Warren William Maureen O'Sullivan Gregory Ratoff Anita Page Verree Teasdale Norman Foster Jean Hersholt Wallace Ford Hedda Hopper Helen Coburn Edward Brophy
bank president mistress banker secretary fiancée board member dark intense new york city skyscraper bank hotel office roof banking financial crisis deception devotion schemes construction
An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
90 Minutes
Vincent `'Vince'` Day
Warren William James Flood Sidney Fox Aline MacMahon Mae Madison John Wray
Prosecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.
Comedy
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Hal Samson Blake
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
75 Minutes
Perry Mason
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Paul Kroll
Warren William Lili Damita Glenda Farrell Harold Huber John Wray Hardie Albright
immigrant street sweeper entrepreneur actress girlfriend uncle melodramatic dark solemn chicago sweden europe factory small town illinois rags to riches business scheme arrogance success doomed romance
Unscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncle's small match factory. By expert manipulation ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Perry Mason
Warren William Margaret Lindsay Errol Flynn Claire Dodd Donald Woods Allen Jenkins Philip Reed Winifred Shaw Warren Hymer Olin Howland Henry Kolker
perry mason friend ex-husband husband detective attorney engaging suspenseful law office mortuary apartment police station dinner party house law bigamy blackmail murder investigation accidental death
Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Michael Lanyard
The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Warren William Eric Blore Jean Muir Warren Hull Thurston Hall Fred Kelsey Victor Jory Georgia Caine Marla Shelton Robert Emmett Keane William Forrest
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit. Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, and Jamison set out to find the real killer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Michael Lanyard
Warren William June Storey Henry Wilcoxon Eric Blore Thurston Hall Don Beddoe Evalyn Knapp Fred Kelsey William Forrest Walter Kingsford Lloyd Bridges
The Lone Wolf Michael Lanyard takes Inspector Crane's challenge that he can't keep out of trouble for 24 hours. No sooner accepted when Lanyard is sucked into a case of murder and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1943
72 Minutes
Michael Lanyard, The Lone Wolf
The Lone Wolf undercover to foil the Nazis stealing the plans!
Drama
USA
1938
75 Minutes
District Attorney Stowell
A prosecutor trying a case where a husband shot his adulterous wife begins to suspect that his own wife is having an affair, and starts to have his own thoughts about killing her.
Drama
1937
77 Minutes
Dr. Wendell Phillips, Phil Jones
Though a doctor is cleared of wrongdoing in a patient's death, the deceased person's family harasses him.
Drama
USA
1934
106 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Warren William Louise Beavers Rochelle Hudson Ned Sparks Alan Hale Henry Armetta Wyndham Standing
widow daughter housekeeper friend emotional touching atlantic city, n.j. family friendship abandonment race relations business mother/daughter relationship growing up transformation 1930s
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Marian Marsh Warren William Charles Butterworth Frederick Kerr Mary Doran Lilian Bond Polly Walters Robert Greig Yola d'Avril Barbara Leonard
An executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not divert him from his work, but she still becomes determined to win his heart.
Drama
USA
1932
80 Minutes
Raymond Harding
Marian Marsh Warren William Anita Page Regis Toomey Norman Foster Joyce Compton J. Farrell MacDonald Claire Dodd
A poor seamstress girl sours on her engagement to a grocery deliveryman after seeing her sister's abusive marriage. Trying to help her sister pay for a divorce lawyer, she turns to a rich playboy she met at work.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1939
74 Minutes
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Bette Davis Warren William Alison Skipworth Arthur Treacher Marie Wilson Winifred Shaw Porter Hall Olin Howland Charles Wilson
private detective pretty woman client partner englishman secretary airy amusing intricate city office docks detective work murder search deception crime artifact quest temptation
A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn.
Drama
USA
1931
45 Minutes
Captain Boris Barony
Bebe Daniels Warren William Alan Mowbray Blanche Frederici Frederick Kerr Dita Parlo Allan Lane Harry Cording Murray Kinnell C. Henry Gordon Alphonse Ethier
Honor of the Family is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film released by First National Pictures (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.), starring Bebe Daniels and Warren William. It was based on the ... See full summary »
Drama, History
1934
101 Minutes
Claudette Colbert Warren William Henry Wilcoxon Gertrude Michael Joseph Schildkraut C. Aubrey Smith Claudia Dell Robert Warwick
cleopatra julius caesar mark antony king herod slave soldier melodramatic spectacular alexandria, egypt royal palace barge love political intrigue wretched excess fall 1st century b.c.
The queen of Egypt (Claudette Colbert) barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony (Henry Wilcoxon) and Julius Caesar (Warren William).
Adventure
USA
1939
110 Minutes
D'Artagnan
Louis Hayward Joan Bennett Warren William Joseph Schildkraut Alan Hale Walter Kingsford Miles Mander Bert Roach Marion Martin Montagu Love Doris Kenyon
d'artagnan porthos aramis athos princess twin rousing thrilling melodramatic paris bastille palace countryside prison king louis xiv deception rebellion love triangle secret imprisonment
Despotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
81 Minutes
Steve Emerson
Melvyn Douglas Virginia Bruce Warren William John Halliday Nat Pendleton Monty Woolley George Zucco E.E. Clive Rollo Lloyd Vladimir Sokoloff Tully Marshall
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Bernard Dexter
When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary, she applies for a job as secretary to a business rival.
Comedy, Western
USA
1940
78 Minutes
Mark Dawson , George Trent
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
1945
87 Minutes
Brett Curtis
Jimmy Lydon Sally Eilers Warren William Regis Toomey Charles Arnt George H. Reed Jayne Hazard
Paul, a young man whose father was once lieutenant Governor of California before his untimely death, has a strange, recurring dream in which his mother falls in love with a dangerous man (... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
73 Minutes
Harry Borden
Robert Montgomery Virginia Bruce Warren William Binnie Barnes Harry Davenport Nydia Westman Donald Briggs Jonathan Hale E.E. Clive Lee Bowman
career woman husband theater promoter lawyer judge sexy woman witty engaging melodramatic new york city apartment shipyard yacht new bedford, mass. marital problems gender roles career vs. love jealousy husband/wife relationship city life
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Walter "Gibraltar" Pritcham
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 »
Western
USA
1942
82 Minutes
Harry Farrel
Constance Bennett Bruce Cabot Warren William Betty Brewer Walter Catlett Ward Bond Howard da Silva Frank Wilcox
woman businessman criminal vigilante casino owner campy gutsy melodramatic spirited chicago montana casino illicit business vigilantism casinos justice revenge 1870s
In 1870s Montana, Wild Bill Hickok fights against injustices brought upon the settlers by a crooked land-developer aided by a dishonest sheriff and illegal land-grabbers.
Musical
1937
131 Minutes
Colonel de Rouchemont
Jeanette MacDonald Allan Jones Warren William Douglas Dumbrille Henry Daniell Leonard Penn Tom Rutherford Belle Mitchell
singer spy marquis colonel king love interest emotional amusing madrid france inn tavern stagecoach espionage napoleonic wars journey battle betrayal reunion love
A Spanish cabaret singer (Jeanette MacDonald) spying for King Ferdinand meets a Spanish aristocrat (Allan Jones) spying for Napoleon.
Western
1940
122 Minutes
Jefferson Carteret
Jean Arthur William Holden Warren William Porter Hall Paul Harvey George Chandler Byron Foulger Regis Toomey Paul Lopez Colin Tapley Uvaldo Varela
pioneer entrepreneur woman drifter love interest inspiring amusing gutsy tucson, ariz. business romance con game abandonment love underdog 1860s
A drifter (William Holden) and the cavalry help the first woman (Jean Arthur) in Tucson protect her freight line from Indians.
Horror
USA
1941
70 Minutes
Dr. Lloyd
Lon Chaney Claude Rains Ralph Bellamy Evelyn Ankers Warren William Patric Knowles Maria Ouspenskaya Bela Lugosi Fay Helm Forrester Harvey J.M. Kerrigan
heir father shopkeeper sheriff gypsy werewolf chilling dark eerie campy wales woods castle antique shop werewolves murder hunting metamorphosis 1940s
Larry Talbot returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where they meet a mysterious gypsy fortune teller.
Musical
USA
1940
127 Minutes
The Famous J.L.
Alice Faye Don Ameche Henry Fonda Edward Arnold Warren William Leo Carrillo Helen Westley Dorothy Peterson Ernest Truex Nigel Bruce Lynn Bari
opera singer political candidate mother husband composer spirited uplifting melodramatic new york city music hall iowa show business rags to riches love performance romance ambition transformation underdog love
Life story of the musical star from her discovery in 1890 by band leader Tony Pastor till her retirement in 1912 when she married newspaperman Alexander Moore.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
J. Lawrence Bradford
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Drama
USA
1947
112 Minutes
Laroche-Mathieu
George Sanders Angela Lansbury Ann Dvorak Frances Dee John Carradine Susan Douglas Rubes Hugo Haas Marie Wilson Albert Basserman Warren William Katherine Emery
womanizer widow daughter nobleman journalist wife crafty melodramatic hedonistic party france house newsroom social climbing dueling marriage frame-ups exploitation divorce wretched excess
Writer Georges Duroy (George Sanders) is one social-climbing S.O.B. who does most of his climbing over the warm (and cold) bodies of women. He begins with Rachel (Marie Wilson), a hanger-on... See full summary »