Johnstone White

Movies12

• Movie6.0

  ComedyRomance

  After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.

  All in a Night's Work

  1961 · 22 votes

• Movie6.7

  ComedyWestern

  Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

  Pardners

  1956 · 65 votes

• Movie5.3

  CrimeDrama

  An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

  The Scarlet Hour

  1956 · 24 votes

• Movie5.6

  DramaMusic

  A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.

  Serenade

  1956 · 22 votes

• Movie5.9

  MusicRomance

  He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only starring film, Sincerely Yours. In a poignant story scripted by Irving Wallace, Liberace plays a concert pianist threatened by deafness. Plunged into despair, he finds escape from personal sorrow by secretly involving himself in the problems of strangers. Liberace touches the heart and delights the ear with sparkling renditions of 31 selections from Chopin to Chopsticks. Along the way he romances Joanne Dru and Dorothy Malone, trades barbs with old pro William Demarest and in a warmly humorous nightclub scene, pokes fun at his own image as the 1950s matinee idol of the little-old-lady set. From beginning to end, Sincerely Yours perfectly captures the charisma and sheer musicality of the legendary Mr. Showmanship.

  Sincerely Yours

  1955 · 8 votes

• Movie6.7

  ActionComedy

  Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.

  Knock on Wood

  1954 · 34 votes

• Movie4.0

  CrimeDrama

  When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the course of the voyage, a band of thieves attempts to take over the ship and make off with its cash cargo. The heroic purser has other ideas and weighs in to save the day.

  Desperate Cargo

  1941 · 4 votes

• Movie5.1

  CrimeDrama

  A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.

  Shed No Tears

  1948 · 18 votes

• Movie8.0

  Mystery

  In this high-flying mystery set aboard a cross-country flight to New York, some of the passengers are kidnappers who are trying to locate a hidden cache of loot. Unfortunately, something goes wrong during the trip and the pilots must land the plane in the Arizona desert during a terrible storm. There all of the passengers and crew find cramped accommodations in a lonely farmhouse where murder, mystery and mayhem occur.

  Forced Landing

  1935 · 1 votes

• Movie4.0

  Drama

  Despite his older brother's objections, a young man vows to become a newsreel cameraman.

  Anything for a Thrill

  1937 · 3 votes

• Movie6.3

  Crime

  A young reporter's grandfather wins a sweepstakes, but it turns out that his ticket is phony. The reporter finds out that the police are looking for the criminal ring responsible for the phony-sweepstakes racket, so he and his young brother set out to track down the gang responsible and expose them.

  Tough to Handle

  1937 · 3 votes

• Movie4.3

  ActionCrime

  Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.

  Get That Man

  1935 · 6 votes