List of the best William Beaudine movies: The Old-Fashioned Way(1934), Sparrows(1926), Men in Her Life(1931), Little Annie Rooney(1925), Three Wise Girls(1932), Bowery Battalion(1951), Torchy Blane in Chinatown(1939), Ghost Chasers(1951), No Holds Barred(1952), Up in Smoke(1957), The Chinese Ring(1947), Spook Busters(1946) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Director
W.C. Fields Judith Allen Joe Morrison
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1926
88 Minutes
Director
Mary Pickford Gustav von Seyffertitz Roy Stewart Mary Louise Miller Charlotte Mineau Spec O'Donnell Lloyd Whitlock
orphan heroine headmaster wife abductee wealthy man creepy suspenseful heartwarming orphanage swamp boat american south compassion child abuse poverty kidnapping ransom running away escape
Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
60 Minutes
Director
Lois Moran Charles Bickford Victor Varconi Don Dillaway Luis Alberni Adrienne D'Ambricourt Barbara Weeks Wilson Benge Oscar Apfel Hooper Atchley
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancĂ© leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1925
95 Minutes
Director
Mary Pickford William Haines Walter James Gordon Griffith Carlo Schipa Spec O'Donnell Hugh Fay Vola Vale Joe Butterworth Eugene Jackson Oscar Rudolph
The tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood may be threatened by a dangerous street gang.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Director
Jean Harlow Mae Clarke Walter Byron Marie Prevost Andy Devine Natalie Moorhead Jameson Thomas Armand Kaliz
model friend roommate married man wife chauffeur cheeky small town new york city apartment department store love triangle divorce city vs. country affair deception great depression forbidden love adventure discovery
Cassie moves to New York and jumps from one job to another until she lands a modeling gig.
Comedy
USA
1951
69 Minutes
Director
In order to trap some spies, the Bowery Boys join the Army.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Director
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy Henry O'Neill Patric Knowles James Stephenson Janet Shaw
reporter police detective senator doctor captain henchman cheeky confident chinatown police station nightclub car apartment submarine protection theft investigation murder impersonation ransom
Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1951
69 Minutes
Director
Bowery Boys Lloyd Corrigan Jan Kayne
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
Comedy
USA
1952
65 Minutes
Director
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Marjorie Reynolds Leonard Penn Bernard Gorcey Henry Kulky David Gorcey Bennie Bartlett
Sach acquires super strenth through a magic spell, which the boys attempt to cash in on by turning him into a professional wrestler.
Comedy
USA
1957
64 Minutes
Director
Bowery Boys Judy Bamber Byron Foulger
In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1947
67 Minutes
Director
Roland Winters Warren Douglas Victor Sen Yung Mantan Moreland Philip Ahn Louise Currie Byron Foulger Thayer Roberts Jean Wong
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Comedy
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Director
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Douglas Dumbrille Bobby Jordan Gabriel Dell William Benedict David Gorcey Tanis Chandler Maurice Cass
exterminator friend young man wife mad scientist doctor madcap campy school mansion graveyard secret passageway living room new york city haunted houses science gone awry friendship gangs grave robbing extermination
The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
79 Minutes
Director
Dona Drake Robert Lowery Tim Ryan Irene Ryan Sidney Miller Jerry Cooper Robert Kent Harry Langdon Lloyd Ingram Cyril Ring Joan Curtis
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band. ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
63 Minutes
Director
Ralph Byrd Veda Ann Borg Stubby Kruger
Two sailors go on shore leave, get mixed up with gangsters and buried treasure.
Comedy
USA
1943
66 Minutes
Director
Noah Beery Lita Ward Rick Vallin Martha Wentworth J. Farrell MacDonald George DeNormand Jimmy Strand John Duncan Bernard Gorcey Gino Corrado
Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits the members of the gang to pose as his family--including ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
72 Minutes
Director
Sidney Blackmer Byron Foulger Rick Vallin Herbert Rawlinson Gerta Rozan Lynn Starr Barry Bernard John Ince Martin Ashe Thornton Edwards Walter James
The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
90 Minutes
Director
Fess Parker Kathleen Crowley Jeff York David Stollery Sebastian Cabot George Reeves Barbara Woodell John War Eagle
The adventures of a group of pioneers as their wagon train crosses the West.
Western
USA
1953
77 Minutes
Director
Chuck Courtney Donald Woods Bobbie Anderson Boyd Davis Leif Erickson Milton Kibbee Fred Kohler Jr. Dolores Prest Glenn Strange Lucille Thompson Dan White
When a young man agrees to race a wonderful quarter horse, a crooked, wife abusing, gambler has plans to sabotage the contest.
Adventure
USA
1960
92 Minutes
Director
Brian Keith John Beal James Drury R. G. Armstrong Ben Johnson L.Q. Jones Dan Sheridan David Stollery Stan Jones David Frankham
Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.
Adventure
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Director
Ralph Byrd Carol Hughes Julie Duncan Jack Mulhall I. Stanford Jolley Kenneth Harlan Richard Clarke Johnstone White Paul Bryar Thornton Edwards Don Forrest
Gang of criminals hijacks a clipper ship with two girls on their way to the U.S.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Director
Billy Gilbert Frank Fay Bonnie Baker Billy Lenhradt Kenneth Brown Harry Langdon Iris Adrian Jimmy Hollywood Eddie Bartell Sydney Chatton James Bush
A down-on-his luck actor teams up with a singing barber to do a vaudeville act. Its success eventually leads them to Broadway, but things start to go awry.
Drama
USA
1944
67 Minutes
Director
Johnny Downs Wanda McKay Robert Kent Harry Holman Lillian Bronson Wheeler Oakman John Ince I. Stanford Jolley Jack Gardner
Henry Burrows, timid, white-collar worker for the firm of Rankin and Phillips, returns to his bachelor apartment to discover Joan Rankin, whom he does not know, hiding there. She feigns ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1952
73 Minutes
Director
Marshall Thompson Vera Miles Natalie Wood Richard Rober Keith Larsen Ann Doran James Dobson Jim Backus
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Director
Dick Purcell Joan Woodbury John Hamilton Warren Hymer Kenneth Harlan J. Farrell MacDonald Mantan Moreland Gayne Whitman George J. Lewis
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
59 Minutes
Director
Robert Lowery Marjorie Weaver Tim Ryan Adrian Booth Dorothy Christy Dewey Robinson Sally Yarnell Jack Norton Harry Depp Nell Craig Edward Keane
When a top fashion model is murdered, a stockboy is suspected of the crime. He and another model set out to clear his name and find the real killer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Director
Warren Douglas Ramsay Ames Jan Wiley Paul Maxey Philip Van Zandt John Harmon Bruce Edwards George Meeker
A veteran, Joe Hilton (Warren Douglas), returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton (George Meeker), a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1944
62 Minutes
Director
Dr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo rite and hypnotic suggestion, attempting to revive his beautiful, but long-dead, wife, by transferring the life essences of several hapless ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1941
65 Minutes
Director
shop owner wife mannequin friend police officer lawyer hilarious winsome madcap department store house jail party false accusations marriage misunderstanding anniversary jealousy scandal discovery
The owner of a department store is threatened with divorce by his wife, who has gotten reports that he's been seen in the arms of a beautiful blonde on the night of their 20th wedding anniversary. He has to find a way to convince her that the "beautiful blonde" in question was actually a store mannequin that he was taking in for repairs.
Drama
USA
1941
68 Minutes
Director
The grandparents, Daniel Mason(William Halligan) and Mrs. Mason (Laura Treadwell) of Danny Mason (Robert 'Buzz' Henry)), an orphaned boy, are trying to have him put into their custody ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1941
63 Minutes
Director
Spotting a man in Washington D.C. that he thinks looks like Otto Lieberman, a fugitive that caused a plane crash that killed eight people, government-agent James Madison manages to identify... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Director
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan Bela Lugosi Ava Gardner Rick Vallin Sammy Morrison William Benedict Minerva Urecal Wheeler Oakman
gang leader sister fiancé friend spy engineer madcap playful new york city church house secret passageway road gangs haunted houses friendship adolescence siblings wedding quest
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
Horror
USA
1946
70 Minutes
Director
John Carradine Claudia Drake Robert Shayne Maris Wrixon Willie Best Thomas E. Jackson Rosa Rey Neal Burns Donald Kerr Allan Ray
Dr. Randolph is so obsessed with reanimating the dead in his isolated old dark house and lab that he doesn't realize his wife is in love with his younger assistant.
Drama, Romance
USA
1941
65 Minutes
Director
Virginia Vale Robert Kent Vince Barnett William Halligan Joey Ray Red Knight Diana Hughes
Beverly Blake, the 'Blonde Comet," and the daughter of a tire-manufacturer, gets behind the wheel of a race-car, and is soon tearing up the tracks and winning races in Italy, France and ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Director
A crooked deputy warden at San Quentin Penitentiary tries to frame a sergeant of the guards, Jack Holden, for the killing of a guard and a prisoner during a jailbreak.
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Director
John Shelton Gale Storm Ivan Lebedeff Hans Schumm William Halligan George Travell Patsy Moran Lyle Latell Herbert Rawlinson Kenneth Harlan Jack Mulhall
actress boyfriend nazi spy fbi agent roommate patriotic suspenseful tense gripping hollywood, calif. hideout apartment office ship espionage inventions race against time terrorism nazis
Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure.
Horror
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Director
Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Louise Currie Minerva Urecal Henry Hall Ralph Littlefield J. Farrell MacDonald George Kirby Wheeler Oakman Emil Van Horn
A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
Horror
USA
1966
84 Minutes
Director
Chuck Courtney John Carradine Melinda Plowman Walter Janowitz Harry Carey Jr. Roy Barcroft Olive Carey Hannie Landman Marjorie Bennett William Forrest George Cisar
Dracula travels to the American West, intent on making a beautiful ranch owner his next victim. Her fiance, outlaw Billy the Kid, finds out about it and rushes to save her.
Comedy
USA
1952
74 Minutes
Director
Bela Lugosi Duke Mitchell Samuel Petrillo Charlita Muriel Landers Al Kikume Mickey Simpson Milton Newberger Martin Garralaga
performer chief native mad scientist gorilla tribesman witty amusing madcap hilarious engaging offbeat island life tribe weird science evolution experiments horror adventure discovery
Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.
Adventure
USA
1941
67 Minutes
Director
Forrest Tucker Carol Hughes Evelyn Brent Emmett Vogan William Halligan George Sherwood
A test pilot and his weather observer develop a "robot" control so airplanes can be flown without pilots, but enemy agents get wind of it and try to steal it or destroy it.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1942
60 Minutes
Director
Mantan Moreland Flournoy E. Miller Florence O'Brien Maceo B. Sheffield Arthur Ray Jessie Brooks Monte Hawley Henry Hastings Florence Field John Lester Johnson Edward Thompson
Two gambling buddies (Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller) win a casino that's haunted by the ghosts of the former owners.
Adventure
1964
103 Minutes
Director
Jon Provost June Lockhart Hugh Reilly Robert Howard Will J. White Richard Kiel Walter Stocker Walter Kelley Patrick Waltz Leo Needham
A boy and his dog are stranded in the Canadian wilderness after they are trapped in a runaway balloon.
Comedy
1936
85 Minutes
Director
Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Norma Varden Kenneth Warrington Dennis Wyndham Amy Veness
sailor gangster companion criminal intense brooding gory raw suspenseful boat bar sea extortion lie navigation insurance danger revenge rise fall
A storytelling sea captain (Will Hay) commandeers a boat for an unscrupulous shipping agent looking to collect insurance money.
Comedy
1935
75 Minutes
Director
Will Hay Gordon Harker Jimmy Hanley Davy Burnaby Norma Varden Claude Dampier Charles Farrell Percy Walsh
headmaster deputy student delinquent ex-convict colleague amusing witty engaging spirited playful madcap england all-boys school humor teaching crime nepotism childish mischief sabotage
Action, Crime, Adventure, Drama
1974
90 Minutes
Van Williams William Beaudine Bruce Lee Charles Bateman Walter Brooke Tom Drake Lloyd Gough Geoffrey Horne Mako Linda Gaye Scott
The crime fighter and sidekick Kato are the heroes of re-edited TV series episodes "The Hunters and the Hunted," "Invasion From Outer Space" and "The Preying Mantis."
Drama
USA
1923
60 Minutes
Director
Ben Alexander Rockliffe Fellowes Henry B. Walthall Irene Rich Dot Farley Lawrence Licalzi
A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes when neither Bill nor his mother can put up any more with the father's relentlessness and ... See full summary »
Drama
1941
66 Minutes
Director
Horror
1966
82 Minutes
Director
John Lupton Cal Bolder Narda Onyx Estelita Rodriguez Jim Davis Steven Geray Rayford Barnes William Fawcett
Maria Frankenstein (Narda Onyx) puts a monster's brain in the body of Jesse James' (John Lupton) sidekick (Cal Bolder).
Musical, Romance
1945
72 Minutes
Director
Jane Frazee Stanley Brown Harry Langdon Minna Gombell Lita Ward Tim Ryan Paul Harvey Wendell Niles
An unpaid songwriter (Jane Frazee) hounds a bandleader and finds herself a new partner (Brad Taylor).
Comedy
1936
80 Minutes
Director
Will Hay Peggy Simpson John Turnbull Davina Craig Norma Varden Gibb McLaughlin Gina Malo Hartley Power H.F. Maltby Sybil Brooke Hal Walters
thief american solicitor police captain airy amusing suspenseful thrilling charming law office united kingdom theft criminals christmas investigation adventure discovery pursuit quest rise
Mystery & Thriller
1943
60 Minutes
Director
Dick Purcell Helen Parrish Tim Ryan Frank Faylen John Duncan Jon Dawson Paul McVey Jacqueline Dalya Cyril Ring Addison Richards
A young woman opens her grandfather's will when she turns 21, and someone starts murdering the heirs.