James Kilgannon

Movies6

• Movie7.4

  AdventureDrama

  Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

  Captains Courageous

  1937 · 196 votes

• Movie6.8

  Drama

  In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

  Blonde Venus

  1932 · 152 votes

• Movie6.0

  DramaHistory

  A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

  Stand Up and Fight

  1939 · 5 votes

• Movie4.6

  Comedy

  A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

  The Housekeeper's Daughter

  1939 · 5 votes

• Movie8.0

  Drama

  "Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth. Attracted to Elizabeth (although he is engaged to a street girl named Annie), Bill confesses to a bank robbery, has a spiritual revelation, and decides to go straight. His cast-off sweetheart reports him to the police; then, contrite, she warns Bill of the impending danger. Bill is captured immediately, but he escapes and sacrifices his life to save Elizabeth and the Salvation Army nursery when the rest of the gang use them as a human barricade against the police.

  The Street of Sin

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie7.5

  Drama

  The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Escape to Glory. The story is given timeliness by placing the characters on a British merchant ship on the very day that World War II is declared. The ship is attacked by a Nazi U-Boat, resulting in a variety of reactions from the diverse passengers--one of whom (Erwin Kalser) is a German doctor. Constance Bennett is glamorous, Pat O'Brien is boozy, John Halliday is pensive, and everybody else (except for the German medico) is plain fearful.

  Escape to Glory

  1940 · 2 votes