List of the best William Nigh movies: The Fire Brigade(1926), Thunder(1929), Desert Nights(1929), Beauty and the Bandit(1946), Mr. Wu(1927), South of Monterey(1946), The Mystery of Mr. Wong(1939), Son of the Navy(1940), Lady From Chungking(1942), The Headline Woman(1935), Allotment Wives(1945), Mr. Wong, Detective(1938) ... ...
Drama
USA
1926
94 Minutes
Director
May McAvoy Charles Ray Tom O'Brien Eugenie Besserer Warner Richmond Bert Woodruff Vivia Ogden DeWitt Jennings Dan Mason Erwin Connelly
Terry O'Neill is the youngest of a family of Irish firefighters. He falls in love with Helen Corwin, but complications ensue when Terry learns that her father, a wealthy contractor, has cut... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1929
85 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Phyllis Haver James Murray Tom Keene Frances Morris Wally Albright
"Grumpy" Anderson is an old railroad engineer that is obsessed with keeping his train on schedule, no matter the cost. His two sons are also rail men, but don't share his single mindedness,... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1929
72 Minutes
Director
A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.
Western
USA
1946
77 Minutes
Director
Gilbert Roland Martin Garralaga Ramsay Ames Frank Yaconelli Vida Aldana Glenn Strange
In Old California, a young Frenchman transporting a chest full of silver travels by stagecoach to San Marino, to complete a complex business deal. The stagecoach is ambushed by a band of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1927
80 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Louise Dresser Renée Adorée Holmes Herbert Ralph Forbes Gertrude Olmsted Mrs. Wong Wing Claude King Anna May Wong Sonny Loy
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Western
USA
1946
63 Minutes
Director
The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) hears of a land-swindling scheme devised by the police Commandante (Martin Garralaga) and the tax collector (Harry Woods) in a small western town. Cisco's ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
68 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Dorothy Tree Craig Reynolds Lotus Long Morgan Wallace Holmes Herbert Ivan Lebedeff Hooper Atchley Chester Gan
detective art collector secretary wife russian lawyer dark suspenseful china san francisco household estate office jewelry theft murder investigation false accusations romantic dilemma mystery rivalry
Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daugther of The Moon."
Drama
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Director
James Dunn Jean Parker Martin Spellman Selmer Jackson William Royle Sarah Padden Craig Reynolds Dave O'Brien Gene Morgan Charles King
Actually, the sailor wants nothing to do with the boy, who we eventually find out is an orphan who ran away from the orphanage, trying to find a new Mom and Dad. The sailor, not knowing ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Director
Anna May Wong Harold Huber Mae Clarke Rick Vallin Paul Bryar Ted Hecht Ludwig Donath Jimmy Leong Archie Got Walter Soo Hoo
Two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the "jackpot" when they win the clothes, car and chauffeur of a rich man in a game of dice. They wind up in a sanitarium that's being used as an ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1935
74 Minutes
Director
murder suspect fugitive reporter newspaper owner heiress thug emotional gripping newsroom city hideout murder hiding wrongfully accused journalism romance investigation quest pursuit mystery
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1945
80 Minutes
Director
Kay Francis Paul Kelly Otto Kruger Gertrude Michael Teala Loring Bernard Nedell
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
69 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Evelyn Brent Maxine Jennings Lucien Prival William Gould John Hamilton Lee Tung Foo John St. Polis Hooper Atchley Frank Bruno
private detective police officer factory owner scientist secretary murder victim suspenseful gripping san francisco chinatown office police station mansion investigation corporate espionage inventions murder mystery 1930s
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
72 Minutes
Director
Jackie Cooper Martin Spellman Sidney Miller Buddy Pepper David Durand George Cleveland Robert E. O'Connor Dick Purcell George Irving Marjorie Reynolds
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
70 Minutes
Director
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Joan Barclay Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Billy Gilbert Warren Hymer Gabriel Dell Douglas Fowley David Gorcey Bobby Stone
Mr. Wise Guy (the eighth in the East Side Kids series) finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins (Douglas Fowley), ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Director
The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) sets out on a double mission of rescuing a girl from forsaking her true love by marrying a supposedly wealthy suitor to save the old family hacienda, and he ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Marjorie Reynolds Grant Withers Peter George Lynn William Royle Huntley Gordon James Flavin Lotus Long Richard Loo Bessie Loo Angelo Rossitto
private detective princess captain reporter police captain bank president charming intricate suspenseful san francisco house chinatown docks ship murder investigation chinese-american culture political intrigue forgery swindling royalty
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper.... See full summary »
Western
USA
1947
60 Minutes
Director
Chasing women and staying one step ahead of the law, the Cisco Kid meets Raquel and then Dolores. He sees that Raoul is the boy friend of Raquel but engaged to Dolores. Learning that all ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1930
61 Minutes
Director
Ken Maynard Jeanette Loff Wallace MacDonald Carmelita Geraghty William L. Thorne Charles King Fred Burns Bill Nestell Tommy Bay John Fowler Charles Baldra
henchman niece miner bar owner barmaid gambler engaging rousing thrilling house stagecoach saloon mine wild west greed frame-up schemes justice murder swindling
Dan and Tennessee are successful gold miners. Ace Brady learns of their success and sends Fox to rob them. During the robbery Fox shoots Tennessee and Ace arrives to arrest Dan for the murder. Dan escapes but is now a wanted man.
Drama
USA
1937
76 Minutes
Director
Jackie Cooper Maureen O'Connor Kathleen Burke Robert E. O'Connor Marjorie Main Guy Usher Matty Fain George Cleveland Bill Elliott Don Latorre
teen boy doctor neighbor orphan mother police officer melodramatic powerful spirited new york city slum apartment tenement house nightclub gangs street life racketeering moral dilemma political corruption going straight
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
Western
USA
1932
62 Minutes
Director
Harry Carey Mae Busch Gibson Gowland Mary Jane Irving George "Gabby" Hayes Ed Brady Tom London Lafe McKee
A gambler joins the Texas Rangers in hopes of finding the true perpetrators of the killings in which his brother is implicated.
Drama
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Director
Evelyn Venable Craig Reynolds Reed Hadley John Kelly Charlotte Treadway Reginald Sheffield
Insurance investigators go after a ring of truck hijackers.
Romance
USA
1937
58 Minutes
Director
Anne Nagel Warren Hull Henry Mollison Claudia Dell Betty Ross Clark
On the day of her wedding a young woman's fiancé doesn't show up, sleeping off the results of the previous night's wild bachelor party. Miffed, the woman decides to go ahead with the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Director
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1937
61 Minutes
Director
Grant Withers Beatrice Roberts Ranny Weeks Judith Allen William Newell Pierre Watkin Roger Williams Georgia Caine Greta Meyer Edgar Norton
When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
68 Minutes
Director
Mickey Rooney Anne Nagel Frank Shields Edward Pawley William Gould Dorothy Vaughan Harry Hayden Bradley Metcalfe Anita Deniston
son schoolteacher veteran dairy owner bully father moving melodramatic indiana ainsley small town school dairy adolescence veterans alcoholism strike accidental death second chance underdog
A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.
Drama
USA
1941
85 Minutes
Director
Leon Ames Luana Walters Adele Pearce Bud McTaggart Guy Usher Bodil Rosing John Gallaudet Henry Roquemore Frank Jaquet Tristram Coffin Lee Shumway
A local health official tries to stop the spread of VD in a town.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Director
A mysterious vigilante known as "Dr. Rx" strikes again. Assigned to the case is private detective Jerry Church but the crimes are baffling and involve strangulation and a possible attempt to implant a gorilla's brain into a human body.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
74 Minutes
Director
Brad McArthur hires Clint Reynolds as his press agent when he is charged with manslaughter and wants to build himself up in the public's eye as a humanitarian. Clint has him adopt an orphan... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1930
66 Minutes
Director
Harry Beaumont Charles Kaley Ethelind Terry Marion Shilling Cliff Edwards Gwen Lee Benny Rubin Drew Demorest John Byron Rita Flynn Hazel Craven
A tunesmith, a user and an out-and-out heel, puts the stories of his broken romances into song, turning old love letters into lyrics, and capitalizing on the death of his best friend to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
83 Minutes
Director
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The prison chaplain, seeing that the new arrival is a good man who's had some bad ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
73 Minutes
Director
A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, injured and wounded as American and Filipino troops desperately try to beat back a ferocious Japanese attack.
Drama
USA
1942
64 Minutes
Director
Frank Albertson June Lang Jane Wiley
A business owner takes a shot on two convicts, but the town has prejudices they can't seem to get past. *Please be advised that this title has been transferred from source materials rescued... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
60 Minutes
Director
A man wrongfully convicted of murder escapes custody and goes in search of the real killer. The problem is that he only has one clue to go on.
Musical
USA
1941
62 Minutes
Director
Grace Hayes Peter Lind Hayes Mary Healy Huntz Hall Jan Wiley Frank Elliot Lois Landon Skeets Gallagher Benny Rubin Roland Dupree
"Hey, kids, let's get together and put on a show!" That's the idea behind this raucous spoof about a vaudeville performer who goes to college to spy on her bratty son.
Drama
USA
1941
68 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Reynolds Charles Quigley Bob White Budd Buster Donald Curtis Kenneth Harlan Boyd Irwin Bud McTaggart Charles R. Phipps Dorothy Vaughan Kitty McHugh
PRC - Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Ward McTaggart, Kenneth Harlan, Donald Curtis. When Reynolds becomes engaged to the local DA, played by Quigley, her former boyfriend gangster ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
62 Minutes
Director
ship captain doctor army major first mate professor secret agent intricate tense suspenseful ocean liner sanitarium cabin sea mysterious deaths mental breakdown secret mission technology espionage murder investigation mystery
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1935
60 Minutes
Director
Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Arline Judge E. Alyn Warren Lotus Long Robert E. O'Connor Edward Piel Sr. Luke Chan
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Comedy
USA
1943
59 Minutes
Director
James Dunn Florence Rice Mabel Todd Robert Dudley Sam McDaniel Jim Toney Eddy Chandler Robert Bice Renee Carson Anthony Warde
A newlywed couple winds up spending their honeymoon night in an old, dark, spooky mansion.
Horror
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Director
Bela Lugosi Joan Barclay Clayton Moore George Pembroke Robert Frazer Edward Piel Sr. Robert Fiske
federal agent doctor niece industrialist killer prisoner chilling fascinating thrilling washington, d.c. office embassy house prison tokyo murder cult espionage investigation world war ii
A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
65 Minutes
Director
John Gilbert Joan Crawford Vera Gordon Carmel Myers Robert E. O'Connor Louis Natheaux John Byron
ex-convict ex-girlfriend love interest mechanic gang leader detective confident tense prison new york city garage party rehabilitation murder romance family gangsters transformation quest 1920s
While Benny is in jail his old henchman Monk takes over the gang and Benny's girl Frieda. Once out Benny wants nothing to do with either. He has reformed and is beloved of his god-fearing ... See full summary »
Western, Action
1937
58 Minutes
Director
Tom Keene Lorraine Randall Budd Buster Mathew Betz John Merton Carl Stockdale David Sharpe Marie Stoddard
Mystery & Thriller
1937
71 Minutes
Director
A columnist (Weldon Heyburn) and his secretary (Inez Courtney) solve the case of a poison-dart killer.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
68 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Marjorie Reynolds Charles Trowbridge Frank Puglia Craig Reynolds Lita Chevret Harry Strang Hooper Atchley Jason Robards Sr. Richard Loo
Master sleuth Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) and a newswoman (Marjorie Reynolds) help a police captain (Grant Withers) catch a killer.
Mystery & Thriller
1934
62 Minutes
Director
Ed Lowry Verna Hillie John Sheehan
To gain their inheritance, a group of people must spend a night in a house supposedly haunted by a sacred Hindu ape.
Drama
1943
65 Minutes
Director
Bullies pick on a farm couple's (Barton MacLane, Jan Wiley) son (Bobby Larson) as he and his dog adjust to the city.