List of the best William Hopper movies: 20 Million Miles to Earth(1957), Over the Goal(1937), The Footloose Heiress(1937), Mystery House(1938), Goodbye, My Lady(1956), Conquest of Space(1955), Rebel Without a Cause(1955), Track of the Cat(1954), One Desire(1955), Adventurous Blonde(1937), The First Texan(1956), Lady Gangster(1942) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
82 Minutes
Col. Robert Calder
William Hopper Joan Taylor Frank Puglia John Zaremba Thomas B. Henry Tito Vuolo Jan Arvan Arthur Space Bart Braverman George Pelling George Khoury
alien zoologist medical student colonel major scientist campy rousing outlandish incredible mediterranean coast sicily colosseum rome tiber river alien invasion extraterrestrial life moral dilemma playing god monsters
The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
Drama
USA
1937
63 Minutes
football player football coach college sweetheart roommate lawyer police officer rousing suspenseful confident college campus stadium football field jail football college athletics friendship college life responsibility gambling sports
Injured Carlton College quarterback Ken Thomas makes a promise to his girlfriend that he won't play again. Then, when she relents, crooks hoping to make money from the big game, kidnap him.
Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Jack Pierson
Craig Reynolds Ann Sheridan Anne Nagel William Hopper Hugh O'Connell Teddy Hart Hal Neiman Frank Orth William Eberhardt Lois Cheaney
For the fifth time, this time on her eighteenth birthday, headstrong and defiant heiress Kay Allyn is determined to get married, this time to layabout Jack Pierson. While her father, J.C. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
56 Minutes
Lal Killian
Dick Purcell Ann Sheridan Anne Nagel William Hopper Anthony Averill Dennie Moore Hugh O'Connell Ben Welden Sheila Bromley Elspeth Dudgeon Trevor Bardette
Banker Hubert Kingery invites fellow officers to his hunting lodge only to announce that one of them has forged critical company documents. Later, he is found shot to death, apparently at ... See full summary »
Drama
1956
95 Minutes
Walden Grover
Walter Brennan Phil Harris Brandon de Wilde Sidney Poitier William Hopper Louise Beavers
A 14-year-old orphan (Brandon de Wilde) grows attached to a stray dog, then learns the animal's owner wants it back.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Dr. George Fenton
Walter Brooke Eric Fleming Mickey Shaughnessy Phil Foster William Redfield William Hopper Benson Fong Ross Martin
An American-led team of International astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Judy's Father
James Dean Natalie Wood Sal Mineo Jim Backus Ann Doran Corey Allen William Hopper Rochelle Hudson Virginia Brissac Nick Adams Jack Simmons
teenager girlfriend friend rival mother father dark emotional los angeles police station household abandoned building observatory teenage rebellion teen angst generation gap alienation family dysfunction accidental death growing up
A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
Adventure
USA
1954
103 Minutes
Arthur Bridges
Robert Mitchum Teresa Wright Tab Hunter Diana Lynn Beulah Bondi Philip Tonge William Hopper Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
mother alcoholic son father brother neighbor tense brooding dark northern california ranch mountain family home family dysfunction killer animals frontier life hunting love triangle rivalry quest
Around the turn of the 20th century, during a harsh northern California winter, members of a ranching family are squabbling among themselves while the two oldest sons go hunting for a panther that is killing their livestock.
Romance
USA
1955
94 Minutes
"Mac" MacBain
Anne Baxter Rock Hudson Julie Adams Natalie Wood Betty Garde Carl Benton Reid William Hopper Barry Curtis Adrienne Marden
In early 1900s, an Oklahoma gambler-casino dealer teams-up with a saloon dancer and together they seek a new life in a Colorado mining town where their relationship and respectability are tested.
Crime, Drama
1937
61 Minutes
Matt
Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Anne Nagel Tom Kennedy George E. Stone Natalie Moorhead William Hopper Leland Hodgson
reporter police detective rival actor mistress wife charming witty city apartment newsroom train murder investigation schemes journalism jealousy engagement teamwork mystery adventure
Reporter Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) solves a homicidal hoax for her policeman fiance (Barton MacLane).
Western
USA
1956
82 Minutes
William Barrett Travis
Joel McCrea Felicia Farr Jeff Morrow Wallace Ford Abraham Sofaer Jody McCrea Chubby Johnson William Hopper Dayton Lummis Roy Roberts David Silva
general president soldier mexican love interest brash inspiring patriotic texas mexico battlefield border independence revolution historical events territorial disputes war adventure quest rivalry
Eastern lawyer Sam Houston moves to Texas. At the request of President Jackson, he leads the Texan independence movement and wins the decisive battle against the Mexican army to gain Texas independence.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
62 Minutes
John
Faye Emerson Jacqueline Wells Frank Wilcox Roland Drew Jackie Gleason Ruth Ford Virginia Brissac Dorothy Vaughan Dorothy Adams William Hopper Vera Lewis
aspiring actress bank robber district attorney radio host inmate detective suspenseful fiery gritty prison bank hospital cell bank robbery prison life unlikely romance prison break betrayal injustice escape
Dot Burton (Faye Emerson) has acted as a decoy in a bank robbery and fails to get away. Her arrest attracts the attention of Ken Phillips (Frank Wilcox), a former childhood sweetheart who ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Robert Randall Grace Bradley Willard Robertson Pierre Watkin Granville Bates William Newell Byron Foulger Wilbur Mack Matty Fain Smiley Burnette Josephine Whittell
Dr. Lawrence Baxter, working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose a number of fraudulent patient medicines, with his bitterest attacks being aimed at ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Joel McCrea Brenda Marshall George Bancroft Jeffrey Lynn Stanley Ridges James Stephenson Howard C. Hickman Nana Bryant Rudolph Anders Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Addison Richards
diplomat spy wife husband patriotic melodramatic tangiers, morocco geneva washington, d.c. espionage national security romance war sacrifice pursuit 1930s
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Ronald Reagan Eddie Acuff Robert Barrat Raymond Hatton Willard Parker Spec O'Donnell Tommy Bupp Jack Mower June Travis Ben Welden Addison Richards
Andy McCaine is the ace crime reporter for a radio station. However, his exposĂ©s of corruption in high places gets him in trouble with the sponsor of his show, E.E. Nichols, who is in ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Geraldine Fitzgerald Thomas Mitchell Jeffrey Lynn Mona Maris James Stephenson Jonathan Hale David Bruce Thurston Hall Mary Gordon John Eldredge Hardie Albright
dying person husband wife gallery owner doctor professor dark gripping united states courtroom jail studio murder forgery morality wrongfully accused execution investigation fall wretched excess
An elderly professor, suffering from an aortic aneurism, confronts the problem of what to do knowing that he only has a few months to live.
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Jeffrey Lynn Jane Wyman Edward Everett Horton David Bruce Herb Anderson Marguerite Chapman Craig Stevens Willie Best Ivan F. Simpson Charles Halton Wade Boteler
young man fiancé young woman professor friend daughter lighthearted amusing endearing college family home mental institution operating room courtroom bachelor party race against time invisibility science practical jokes marrying for money
Comedy about an invisible man.
War
1940
90 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien George Brent Jeffrey Lynn Alan Hale Frank McHugh Dennis Morgan William Lundigan Dick Foran Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Henry O'Neill
private captain lieutenant soldier chaplain brash gripping rousing america germany war bravery fraternity rebellion world war i rise sacrifice growing up 1910s
A Brooklyn brawler (James Cagney) joins Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) and Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's (George Brent) Irish-American regiment in World War I.