William Nigh Movies

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) ... ...

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The Fire Brigade

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 »

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Thunder

"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 »

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Desert Nights

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.

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Beauty and the Bandit

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 »

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Mr. Wu

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

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South of Monterey

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 »

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The Mystery of Mr. Wong

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."

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Son of the Navy

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 »

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Lady From Chungking

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 »

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The Headline Woman

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 »

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Allotment Wives

Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action.

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Mr. Wong, Detective

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 »

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Streets of New York

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 »

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Mr. Wise Guy

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 »

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The Gay Cavalier

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 »

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Mr. Wong in Chinatown

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 »

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Riding the California Trail

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 »

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Fighting Thru

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.

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Boy of the Streets

Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.

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Without Honors

A gambler joins the Texas Rangers in hopes of finding the true perpetrators of the killings in which his brother is implicated.

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Female Fugitive

Insurance investigators go after a ring of truck hijackers.

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A Bride for Henry

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 »

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Doomed to Die

Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.

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Bill Cracks Down

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 »

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Hoosier Schoolboy

A schoolteacher comes to a new town and finds herself caught up in the town's problems and disputes.

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No Greater Sin

A local health official tries to stop the spread of VD in a town.

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The Strange Case of Dr. Rx

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.

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I Am a Criminal

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 »

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Lord Byron of Broadway

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 »

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Mutiny in the Big House

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 »

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Corregidor

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.

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City of Silent Men

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 »

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Monte Carlo Nights

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.

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Zis Boom Bah

"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.

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Secret Evidence

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 »

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Mystery Liner

Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.

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Mysterious Mr. Wong

Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.

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The Ghost and the Guest

A newlywed couple winds up spending their honeymoon night in an old, dark, spooky mansion.

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Black Dragons

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 »

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Four Walls

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 »

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The Law Commands

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The 13th Man

A columnist (Weldon Heyburn) and his secretary (Inez Courtney) solve the case of a poison-dart killer.

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The Fatal Hour

Master sleuth Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) and a newswoman (Marjorie Reynolds) help a police captain (Grant Withers) catch a killer.

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House of Mystery

To gain their inheritance, a group of people must spend a night in a house supposedly haunted by a sacred Hindu ape.

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The Underdog

Bullies pick on a farm couple's (Barton MacLane, Jan Wiley) son (Bobby Larson) as he and his dog adjust to the city.

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