Victor McLaglen — Actor (13)
While Paris Sleeps (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
While Paris Sleeps
director: Allan Dwan actor: Victor McLaglen / Helen Mack
other title: Mientras París duerme
To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity from the girl, who has been raised to believe that Jacques died a hero in WWI.
Guilty as Hell (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Guilty as Hell
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Edmund Lowe / Victor McLaglen
Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence. We see the murder and the framing set-up at the beginning of the film, so there’s no mystery for the audience to solve. Just the pleasure of watching an intricate cat-and-mouse game, with the murderer one step ahead of his pursuers until the final, tense confrontation.
Wharf Angel (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Wharf Angel
On the wharfs of San Francisco, saloon girl Toy, also known as Mary, lives over Mother Bright's bar. When Como Murphy, a fugitive from the law, hides in her room, she falls in love with him. He explains that after he spoke out about the rights of man to a crowd, a riot ensued, during which a policeman was killed. Como took the gun from the killer, but is thought to be guilty of the crime himself. Como, who reciprocates Mary's love, spends the night with her, but leaves to keep her out of danger. He joins the crew of a ship sailing to China after he is befriended by Turk, a big lumbering sailor who is also in love with Mary. Each man is unaware that they love the same woman.
Powder Town (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Powder Town
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr., Marion Martin and Mary Gordon.
Whistle Stop (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Whistle Stop
director: Léonide Moguy actor: George Raft / Ava Gardner
other title: Sangue all'alba / Por Causa de uma Mulher
When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
Calendar Girl (1947) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Calendar Girl
director: Allan Dwan actor: Jane Frazee / William Marshall
other title: Musique aux étoiles
Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artist, go to New York City to make their fortune. They both fall in love with the same girl, Patricia O'Neill. The artist paints a picture of her which outrages her father's sensibilities; but, as a result of the picture, she wins a chance to star in a Broadway play. She soon learns that the artist is just a trifler; and she turns to the composer, who loves her sincerely
Rio (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Rio
director: John Brahm actor: Basil Rathbone / Victor McLaglen
other title: Inferno dei tropici / Noches en Río
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Roger Touhy, Gangster
other title: El último gangster
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
City of Shadows (1955) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
City of Shadows
director: William Witney actor: Victor McLaglen / John Baer
other title: El gran botín
After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.