William Pawley

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• Movie7.8

  Drama

  Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

  The Grapes of Wrath

  1940 · 1.1K votes

• Movie7.8

  Drama

  A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

  I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

  1932 · 234 votes

• Movie7.1

  CrimeDrama

  Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

  You Only Live Once

  1937 · 198 votes

• Movie7.5

  CrimeDrama

  After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

  The Roaring Twenties

  1939 · 276 votes

• Movie6.4

  Western

  Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

  The Return of Frank James

  1940 · 147 votes

• Movie6.7

  DramaWestern

  One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

  Union Pacific

  1939 · 82 votes

• Movie6.0

  RomanceDrama

  A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.

  Bad Girl

  1931 · 41 votes

• Movie6.7

  WarCrime

  With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

  They Gave Him a Gun

  1937 · 6 votes

• Movie5.8

  ComedyRomance

  Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.

  Careless Lady

  1932 · 5 votes

• Movie6.8

  DramaFantasy

  A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.

  Gabriel Over the White House

  1933 · 15 votes

• Movie10.0

  ActionCrime

  Air-race champions "Speed" Leslie and Branda Fowler combine to open a very profitable airplane service that flies patients to other cities for special treatment. Gangsters soon move in and offer to take over, without an invitation.

  Mercy Plane

  1939 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  CrimeDrama

  Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.

  The Trial of Vivienne Ware

  1932 · 1 votes

• Movie6.8

  DramaCrime

  Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.

  Johnny Apollo

  1940 · 22 votes

• Movie6.2

  CrimeDrama

  Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.

  East of the River

  1940 · 8 votes

• Movie10.0

  Comedy

  The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). After several reels of double-crossing one another, hero and heroine give in to the inevitable and fall in love. But as Martha waits at the altar in her wedding gown, McLane is off on another crusade, this time getting himself arrested to expose corruption within the prison system.

  The Daring Young Man

  1935 · 1 votes

• Movie4.9

  Comedy

  When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.

  Public Deb No. 1

  1940 · 5 votes

• Movie5.2

  Western

  Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.

  Rough Riders' Round-up

  1939 · 4 votes

• Movie5.7

  Crime

  A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

  Gambling on the High Seas

  1940 · 6 votes

• Movie6.6

  CrimeDrama

  After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.

  Bullets or Ballots

  1936 · 54 votes

• Movie6.8

  Comedy

  An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.

  The Great Profile

  1940 · 4 votes

• Movie6.2

  Drama

  In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty, and temptation: will that good day ever come?

  After Tomorrow

  1932 · 5 votes

• Movie9.0

  ActionCrime

  A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.

  Crime Takes a Holiday

  1938 · 1 votes

• Movie6.6

  ComedyRomance

  Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.

  Red-Headed Woman

  1932 · 57 votes

• Movie6.3

  Western

  Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

  Frontier Marshal

  1939 · 29 votes