List of the best William Gargan movies: Night Editor(1946), Headline Shooter(1933), Midnight Manhunt(1945), Harrigan's Kid(1943), Navy Born(1936), Isle of Destiny(1940), Dynamite(1949), Fury and the Woman(1936), Cheers for Miss Bishop(1941), Miss Annie Rooney(1942), Strange Impersonation(1946), Behind Green Lights(1946) ... ...
6.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story, and later became a television series... See full summary »
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1933
60 Minutes
William Gargan Frances Dee Ralph Bellamy Jack LaRue Gregory Ratoff Wallace Ford Hobart Cavanaugh June Brewster Robert Benchley Betty Furness Dorothy Burgess
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
5.4/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1945
63 Minutes
Pete Willis
William Gargan Ann Savage Leo Gorcey Don Beddoe Paul Hurst Charles Halton George Zucco George E. Stone
In a cheap hotel room in New York City Jelke shoots gangster Joe Wells, takes a package from his pocket and flees.Wells staggers into an alley. On her way to her apartment above a wax ... See full summary »
5.4/10
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 »
4.9/10
Drama
USA
1936
70 Minutes
Red Furness
William Gargan Claire Dodd Douglas Fowley George Irving Dorothy Tree William Newell Addison Randall Georgia Caine Claudia Coleman Douglas Wood
After the death of one of their fellow pilots, a squadron of Navy airmen plots to keep his newborn son away from their superiors, who have decreed that the baby should be given up for adoption.
4.7/10
Adventure
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Society glamor girl/aviatrix Virginia Allerton decides to alter her around-the-world flight by stopping off on the Pacific isle of Palo Pango where her brother, Lieutenant Allerton is ... See full summary »
Action
1949
68 Minutes
"Gunner" Peterson
William Gargan Virginia Welles Richard Crane Irving Bacon Mary Newton Frank Ferguson Douglas Dumbrille
Two dynamite blasters (William Gargan, Richard Crane) vie for the affections of a contractor's daughter (Virginia Welles).
Drama
1936
66 Minutes
Bruce Corrigan
William Gargan Molly Lamont James McGrath Reginald Hincks J.P. McGowan Libby Taylor Henry Hastings Ernie Impett
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1941
95 Minutes
Sam Peters
Martha Scott William Gargan Edmund Gwenn Sterling Holloway Sidney Blackmer Mary Anderson Dorothy Peterson
teacher suitor friend student emotional melodramatic small town college nebraska teaching romance friendship aspirations transformation love discovery sacrifice 1930s
Dedicated Midwestern teacher Ella Bishop is distressed when her fiancé runs off with her vixenish cousin Amy. After Amy dies in childbirth, Ella is left to care for Amy's daughter Hope.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
84 Minutes
Shirley Temple William Gargan Dickie Moore Guy Kibbee Peggy Ryan Roland Dupree Gloria Holden Jonathan Hale Mary Field George Lloyd
teen girl boyfriend teen boy father grandfather parent lighthearted charming new york city high school car party household adolescence class distinctions family dancing inventions party growing up
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by a woman she accidentally knocked down with her car; the woman wasn't hurt, but a scheming ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
64 Minutes
Lt. Sam Carson
Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters.
6.1/10
Drama
USA
1939
65 Minutes
Ace Boreman
Kay Francis William Gargan Victor Jory Max Rosenbloom Sheila Bromley Eve Arden Eddie Foy Jr. Charles Anthony Hughes
heroine pilot brother friend wife rousing gutsy california airplane cleveland aviation contest family sabotage divorce love triangle rivalry quest 1930s
A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Pat O'Connor
Joan Blondell Glenda Farrell William Gargan Hugh Herbert Grant Mitchell Ruth Donnelly Al Shean Johnny Arthur Mary Treen Joseph Crehan
Angela Twitchell is the daughter of a tooth-paste manufacturer, Rufus K. Twitchell, who has monopolized the business for many years that he has grown conservative, and his rivals have begin... See full summary »
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Slim Johnson
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Joe
immigrant foreman waitress emotional melodramatic village san fernando valley house infidelity love triangle underdog rivalry love 1930s
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
6.2/10
Drama, History
USA
1934
81 Minutes
Bob Medill
Kay Francis Leslie Howard William Gargan Philip Reed Irving Pichel Walter Byron Cesar Romero J. Carrol Naish Ivan F. Simpson Gregory Gaye Halliwell Hobbes
It's 1917. In Russia, the Communist revolution is in full swing. Stephen 'Steve' Locke is a British agent in Russia. The main task of Steve is to prevent the Bolsheviks, led by Joseph ... See full summary »
7.3/10
Other, Drama
USA
1945
126 Minutes
Joe Gallagher
Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Henry Travers William Gargan Ruth Donnelly Joan Carroll Martha Sleeper Rhys Williams
priest nun businessman child airy heartwarming tender mushy melodramatic new york city catholic school school catholic church resilience friendship confrontation rivalry transformation fall rescue
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Father Dolan
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Sergeant Benson
Charles Laughton Robert Young Margaret O'Brien William Gargan Reginald Owen Rags Ragland Una O'Connor Donald Stuart Elisabeth Risdon Frank Faylen
ghost soldier young girl father amusing winsome lighthearted playful england castle bravery cowardice family honor curse haunted houses quest rescue 1940s
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1940
83 Minutes
Joel Clare
Adolphe Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard William Gargan Verree Teasdale Mary Astor Georges Renavent
wife husband client co-worker genie advertising executive hilarious crafty quirky house advertising office doctor's office role reversal body swap husband/wife relationship pregnancy magic spell argument transformation discovery
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
6.2/10
Comedy
USA
1935
83 Minutes
Dan Wheeler
Joe E. Brown Ann Dvorak Patricia Ellis William Gargan Joseph Cawthorn Arthur Treacher Gordon Westcott Joseph Crehan William Demarest
Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troupe is a slightly eccentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Musical
USA
1944
80 Minutes
"Waltzy" Malone
Kay Kyser Marilyn Maxwell William Gargan Nat Pendleton Max Rosenbloom Curt Bois
Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary "evil eye" which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. He goes in search of a ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Musical
USA
1946
84 Minutes
Inspector Wilson
Vera Ralston Helen Walker Nancy Kelly William Gargan Ann Rutherford Jacqueline Wells Jerome Cowan Edward Norris Paul Hurst
Lila Leighton, the lovely ice ballerina, meets Carl Lang, former ice-show producer, at his New York City penthouse apartment. Lia refuses Lang's offer to star in his new Music Hall Ice Show... See full summary »
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
71 Minutes
Georgie
Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Norman Foster William Gargan Marian Nixon The Mills Brothers Eugene Pallette Minna Gombell Sterling Holloway Leila Bennett Franklin Pangborn
A struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.
Comedy
1942
75 Minutes
Police Lt. Lou Moran
Lou Costello Patric Knowles William Gargan Louise Allbritton Don Porter Jerome Cowan William Bendix Mary Wickes Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel
Aspiring radio writers pull off a convincing masquerade as detectives on the case of a murdered network president.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Jerry MacDonald
Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar William Gargan Alan Mowbray Allyn Joslyn Elisha Cook Jr.
promoter victim sister police detective murderer hotel desk clerk dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station restaurant murder obsessive love false accusations show business new love revenge love
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
6.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Craig Morrison
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye Carol Bruce William Gargan Dick Foran Truman Bradley Charles Lang William B. Davidson Frank Penny Loring Smith
When a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
85 Minutes
Dane Wharton
Linda Darnell John Payne Roland Young Charlotte Greenwood William Gargan Mary Beth Hughes Mary Healy Donald Meek Harry Green Jessie Ralph Walter Kingsford
actress teenager talent scout football player singer girl charming endearing emotional amusing arizona arkansas los angeles theater film set office aspirations film industry fame friendship
Carolyn Sayres gets a Hollywood contract from talent scout Brooke but is later rejected because she's too young. She falls in love with Bud Borden, another contractee who helps her to ... See full summary »
Drama
1938
92 Minutes
Johnny Martin
Robert Taylor Edward Arnold Maureen O'Sullivan Frank Morgan William Gargan Lionel Stander Jane Wyman Nat Pendleton Charles D. Brown Gene Reynolds Don "Red" Barry
boxer gambler alcoholic bookie childhood friend love interest brooding engaging gutsy boxing ring bar boxing guilt corruption accidental death redemption gambling underdog forbidden love quest
A boxer (Robert Taylor) promoted by his boozing father gains a killer reputation and falls for a bookie's (Edward Arnold) daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan).
Drama
1946
105 Minutes
Sgt. Gunny Watrous
Dorothy McGuire Guy Madison Robert Mitchum Bill Williams Tom Tully William Gargan Jean Porter
marine war widow college student mother father veteran melodramatic patriotic moving los angeles family home soda shop bar disillusionment veterans grief fresh start disability post-traumatic stress disorder love
Three servicemen return from World War II: one (Guy Madison) loves a war widow (Dorothy McGuire) ; another one (Robert Mitchum) drinks in pain.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Stephen Benbow
Oscar Apfel Clem Beauchamp Arthur Belasco John Carradine William Collier Jr. Frank Darien James Eagles Florence Eldridge William Gargan Henry Hall Miriam Hopkins
A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.
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