James Wong Howe Movies

  • 1931
    The Spider

    The Spider

    The Spider

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    Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an upscale theater, a murder...

    The Spider
  • 1945
    Danger Signal

    Danger Signal

    Danger Signal

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    After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los...

    Danger Signal
  • 1941
    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

    Navy Blues

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    On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having...

    Navy Blues
  • 1937
    Under the Red Robe

    Under the Red Robe

    Under the Red Robe

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    In 1620s France, dreaded swordsman Gil de Berault returns from carrying out a mission for Cardinal Richelieu, and finds the Cardinal worried about...

    Under the Red Robe
  • 1940
    Torrid Zone

    Torrid Zone

    Torrid Zone

    6.3891940HD

    A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.

    Torrid Zone
  • 1950
    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5.41950HD

    Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...

    The Eagle and the Hawk
  • 1926
    Mantrap

    Mantrap

    Mantrap

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    A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous...

    Mantrap
  • 1940
    City for Conquest

    City for Conquest

    City for Conquest

    6.81940HD

    The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York...

    City for Conquest
  • 2007
    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

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    Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and...

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
  • 1947
    Nora Prentiss

    Nora Prentiss

    Nora Prentiss

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    Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become...

    Nora Prentiss
  • 1938
    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

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    Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

    Comet Over Broadway
  • 1957
    Armored Attack!

    Armored Attack!

    Armored Attack!

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    A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of The North Star (1943), to remove positive...

    Armored Attack!
  • 1953
    Main Street to Broadway

    Main Street to Broadway

    Main Street to Broadway

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    In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for...

    Main Street to Broadway
  • 1931
    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

    The Criminal Code

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    After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10...

    The Criminal Code
  • 1959
    The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

    The Last Angry Man

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    Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be...

    The Last Angry Man
  • 1934
    Viva Villa!

    Viva Villa!

    Viva Villa!

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    In this fictionalized biography, young Pancho Villa takes to the hills after killing an overseer in revenge for his father's death.

    Viva Villa!
  • 1952
    The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

    The Lady Says No

    4.51952HD

    The feminist author of a national best-seller titled The Lady Says No meets a sexist magazine photographer and decides she'd rather say yes.

    The Lady Says No
  • 1952
    Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

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    A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

    Come Back, Little Sheba
  • 1930
    Today

    Today

    Today

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    A wealthy young society couple loses their fortune. When the husband is forced to take a job like everyone else, the wife cannot deal with the sudden...

    Today
  • 1927
    The Rough Riders

    The Rough Riders

    The Rough Riders

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    The story of the military unit organized by future U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt and its adventures in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898....

    The Rough Riders