List of the best William Halligan movies: Blonde Comet(1941), Foreign Agent(1942), Emergency Landing(1941), You Can't Fool Your Wife(1940), By Whose Hand?(1932), Double Cross(1941), Gangs, Inc.(1941), Moontide(1942), The Great Mike(1944), Pilot No. 5(1943), One Way Passage(1932), Third Finger, Left Hand(1940) ... ...
Drama, Romance
USA
1941
65 Minutes
Cannonball Blake
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 »
Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Bob Davis
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.
Adventure
USA
1941
67 Minutes
George B. Lambert
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.
Comedy
1940
68 Minutes
J.R. Gillespie, Sr.
Lucille Ball Jimmy Ellison Robert Coote Virginia Vale Emma Dunn Elaine Shepard William Halligan Oscar O'Shea Norman Mayes Patsy O'Byrne Dell Henderson
wife husband mother playboy seductress lighthearted amusing household nightclub apartment office party marriage separation seduction impersonation mistaken identity in-laws temptation rivalry
An outcast husband (James Ellison) flirts with another woman who turns out to be his wife (Lucille Ball).
Mystery & Thriller
1932
63 Minutes
Detective
Ben Lyon Barbara Weeks William V. Mong Ethel Kenyon Kenneth Thomson Tom Dugan William Halligan Helene Millard Dwight Frye Tom McGuire Nat Pendleton
Crime, Drama
1941
64 Minutes
Mayor
Kane Richmond Pauline Moore Wynne Gibson John Miljan Richard Beach Mary Gordon Robert Homans William Halligan Frank Moran Heinie Conklin Daisy Ford
Crime, Drama
1941
69 Minutes
Police Chief Flynn
Joan Woodbury Jack LaRue Linda Ware John Archer Vince Barnett Alan Ladd Gavin Gordon William Halligan George Pembroke Selmer Jackson Kenneth Harlan
After serving a jail sentence for a crime she didn't commit, a young woman plans a racketeering scheme to get revenge.
Drama
USA
1942
94 Minutes
Barman
Jean Gabin Ida Lupino Thomas Mitchell Claude Rains Helene Reynolds Ralph Byrd Chester Gan Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Hohl William Halligan Victor Sen Yung
longshoreman waitress friend doctor reverend bartender dark brooding gripping barge bar san pablo, calif. betrayal jealousy murder accident suicide attempt alcoholism mystery love
In California, Bobo and his mooching 'pal' Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1944
70 Minutes
Stuart Erwin Robert "Buzz" Henry Pierre Watkin Gwen Kenyon Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer Edythe Elliot Marion Martin Bob Meredith Lane Chandler Ed Cassidy William Halligan
Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck (Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer) and his best friend Jimmy (Rober "Buzz" Henry), together they have a paper route, on which ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
70 Minutes
Franchot Tone Marsha Hunt Gene Kelly Van Johnson Alan Baxter Dick Simmons Steven Geray Howard Freeman Frank Ferguson William Tannen Peter Lawford
In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.
Romance
USA
1932
69 Minutes
William Powell Kay Francis Frank McHugh Aline MacMahon Warren Hymer Frederick Burton Douglas Gerrard Herbert Mundin Wilson Mizner Mike Donlin Roscoe Karns
murderer sick person police chief con artist thief melodramatic campy amusing emotional ocean liner hong kong bar doomed romance deception travel crime illness love fall mystery
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Comedy
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Raymond Walburn Lee Bowman Bonita Granville Felix Bressart Donald Meek Sidney Blackmer Ernest Whitman Ann Morriss Edna Holland
editor artist boyfriend father sister law student witty melodramatic new york city niagara falls, n.y. train nightclub mansion opposites attract career vs. love love-hate relationship love triangle romantic dilemma rivalry love
A single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor.
Romance
1940
99 Minutes
Merle Oberon George Brent Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes Frank McHugh Eric Blore Henry O'Neill George Reeves Frank Wilcox Doris Lloyd
dying person convict police officer con artist countess melodramatic mushy sad cruise ship hong kong death dark secrets romance terminal illness execution forbidden love pursuit 1940s
A dying woman (Merle Oberon) and condemned man (George Brent) fall in love on a ship from Hong Kong to San Francisco.
Horror
USA
1943
65 Minutes
Dennis O'Keefe Margo Jean Brooks Isabel Jewell James Bell Margaret Landry Abner Biberman Richard Martin Tula Parma Ben Bard Ariel Heath
singer agent dancer native american young girl mother chilling frightful small town new mexico nightclub family home jail countryside wild animals murder show business investigation competition mystery
A seemingly tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy New Mexico town.
Horror
USA
1943
71 Minutes
Tom Conway Kim Hunter Jean Brooks Hugh Beaumont Erford Gage Isabel Jewell Marguerita Sylva Evelyn Brent Mary Newton Jamesson Shade Eve March
young woman sister psychiatrist husband cult member brooding eerie new york city greenwich village apartment investigation missing persons occult siblings murder satanism mystery quest fall escape
A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Alice Faye John Payne Jack Oakie Cesar Romero Four Ink Spots The Nicholas Brothers The Wiere Brothers James Newill Mary Beth Hughes Eula Morgan William Pawley
veteran electrician singer wealthy man friend cheery creative melodramatic airport new york city ohio boxing ring stage radio competition friendship romance marriage loyalty discovery
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring ... See full summary »