Search results for "John Payne"
Tripoli

Tripoli

Tripoli
IMDb: 5.7
95

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way
IMDb: 6.6
90

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Larceny

Larceny

Larceny
IMDb: 6.9
89

John Payne is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial….

Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential

Kansas City Confidential
IMDb: 7.3
99

A down-on-his-luck ex-GI finds himself framed for an armored car robbery. When he’s finally released for lack of evidence–after having been beaten up and tortured by the police–he sets out…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
99 River Street

99 River Street

99 River Street
IMDb: 7.4
83

A former boxer –now taxi driver– gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Razor’s Edge

The Razor’s Edge

The Razor’s Edge
IMDb: 7.3
145

An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to…

Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet
IMDb: 6.6
99

Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to “reform” politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol “Solly” Caspar, sees…

The Great American Broadcast

The Great American Broadcast

The Great American Broadcast
IMDb: 6.6
90

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…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
The Road to Denver

The Road to Denver

The Road to Denver
IMDb: 6.4
90

The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finally gives up on his…

Genre: Western
To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli
IMDb: 6
86

Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Color) Cinematography.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Raiders of the Seven Seas

Raiders of the Seven Seas

Raiders of the Seven Seas
IMDb: 5.7
88

After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida (Donna Reed), intending to trade her to her…

Genre: Adventure
Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy
IMDb: 6
89

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Crosswinds

Crosswinds

Crosswinds
IMDb: 6
95

A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he’s set up for a crime.

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Boss

The Boss

The Boss
IMDb: 6.4
89

A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.

Hidden Fear

Hidden Fear

Hidden Fear
IMDb: 5.4
80

A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Hello, Frisco, Hello
IMDb: 6.5
99

In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe’s star singer for a selfish…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
El Paso

El Paso

El Paso
IMDb: 5.7
103

Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends him on an errand to El Paso, Texas…

Genre: Western
Sentimental Journey

Sentimental Journey

Sentimental Journey
IMDb: 6.4
94

An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides…

Genre: Drama
Caribbean

Caribbean

Caribbean
IMDb: 5.7
91

Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid…

Genre: Adventure
Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street
IMDb: 7.9
96

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy’s following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies

Springtime in the Rockies
IMDb: 6.7
91

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan’s career…

Genre: Music
Wake Up and Dream

Wake Up and Dream

Wake Up and Dream
IMDb: 6.3
92

Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.

Genre: Drama
The Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters
IMDb: 6.2
114

Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Rebel in Town

Rebel in Town

Rebel in Town
IMDb: 6.7
78

Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious “click,” Wes Mason whirls and shoots dead a boy playing…

Genre: Western
Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie

Rails Into Laramie
IMDb: 6.1
81

A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.

Genre: Western
Tennessee’s Partner

Tennessee’s Partner

Tennessee’s Partner
IMDb: 6.4
87

A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no other friends at all. But he’s saved from…

Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Star Dust

Star Dust

Star Dust
IMDb: 6.6
90

When the studios reject her because she”s too young, a young actress sets out to build a career on her own.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Iceland

Iceland

Iceland
IMDb: 5.6
79

Marine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to Katina. Desperately wanting out, James…

Genre: Music, Romance
Remember the Day

Remember the Day

Remember the Day
IMDb: 7.2
86

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage

Santa Fe Passage
IMDb: 5.9
91

A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.

Genre: Western