Cast: Esther Howard

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Esther Howard. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Detour

1945 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast Tom Neal · Ann Savage · Claudia Drake · Esther Howard

Plot Low budget director Edgar G. Ulmer cemented his reputation with this downbeat film noir masterpiece. It has since inspired countless filmmakers. The use of minimal sets and rear-screen projection gives...

7.4

4K votes

7.4

4K votes

Champion

1949 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Kirk Douglas · Marilyn Maxwell · Arthur Kennedy · Paul Stewart

Plot An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies....

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Eddie Bracken · Betty Hutton · Diana Lynn · William Demarest

Plot Preston Sturges directs THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, about Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) a party girl who wakes up one morning to find she's married and pregnant, but she cannot...

7.1

651 votes

7.1

651 votes

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner

Cast Sylvia Sidney · Fredric March · Adrianne Allen · Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Plot An aspiring playwright (Frederic March) with a drinking problem marries an heiress (Sylvia Sidney) whose father (George Irving) is skeptical of March’s intentions. When March carries on an affair with...

6.9

131 votes

6.9

131 votes

The Great Flamarion

1945 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Erich von Stroheim · Mary Beth Hughes · Dan Duryea · Steve Barclay

Plot Flamarion, expert marksman, is entertaining people in a show which features Connie, beautiful woman and her husband Al. Flamarion and Connie fall in love and decide to get rid of...

6.8

722 votes

6.8

722 votes

Born to Kill

1947 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Claire Trevor · Lawrence Tierney · Walter Slezak · Phillip Terry

Plot In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy. A woman whose divorce has just come through finds the bodies but says nothing to...

6.7

611 votes

6.7

611 votes

Winner Take All

1932 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast James Cagney · Marian Nixon · Guy Kibbee · Dickie Moore

Plot A prize fighter tries to help an invalid and her baby.

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Partners in Crime

1937 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction John Francis Dillon

Cast George Sidney · Charles Murray · Norman Foster · June Clyde

Plot Small town America: the Cohens own a movie theater; the Kellys own a diner. Kitty Kelly and Maurice Cohen are young lovers; Maurice sends Kitty's picture to a movie studio,...

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The Falcon's Alibi

1946 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Ray McCarey

Cast Tom Conway · Vince Barnett · Rita Corday · Jane Greer

Plot A wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen...

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Scandal Street

1938 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction James P. Hogan

Cast Lew Ayres · Louise Campbell · Roscoe Karns · Porter Hall

Plot Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she...

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A Fool's Advice (Meet the Mayor)

1932 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Ceder

Cast Frank Fay · Nat Pendleton · Edward J. Nugent · Ruth Hall

Plot An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.

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Ready for Love

1934 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Marion Gering

Cast Richard Arlen · Ida Lupino · Marjorie Rambeau · Junior Durkin

Plot Marigold Tate (Lupino) runs away from boarding school to stay with her retired aunt. She faces hostility from the locals, who display bigotry and snobbery towards her. During a witchcraft...

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Stars Over Broadway

1935 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Pat O'Brien · Jane Froman · James Melton · Jean Muir

Plot Al is a down on his luck promoter who is thinking of taking the final bow when he meets Jan, the singing porter. He sees something in Jan so he...

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The Vice Squad

1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction John Cromwell

Cast Paul Lukas · Kay Francis · Judith Wood · William B. Davidson

Plot A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

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Ladies of the Big House

1931 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Marion Gering

Cast Sylvia Sidney · Gene Raymond · Wynne Gibson · Earle Foxe

Plot On their Wedding day, Kathleen and Standish McNeil are followed home by Kid Athens, (a wanted murderer), and Policeman Martin French (sent to get Kathleen as a witness). Athens shoots...

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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas

Cast Morgan Conway · Anne Jeffreys · Lyle Latell · Rita Corday

Plot Expensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying...

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Hellfire

1949 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction R.G. Springsteen

Cast Bill Elliott · Marie Windsor · Forrest Tucker · Jim Davis

Plot A reformed gambler turned preacher, partners with a pretty, female fugitive outlaw, runs into an old pal who's also a marshal and they both fall for the same bad gal.

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Rhythm in the Clouds

1937 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction John H. Auer

Cast Patricia Ellis · Warren Hull · William Newell · Richard Carle

Plot Struggling songwriter Judy Walker talks her way into the apartment of a famous composer, and finds that he's on vacation. Homeless and without any money, she decides to stay at...

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My Favorite Blonde

1942 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Lanfield

Cast Bob Hope · Madeleine Carroll · Gale Sondergaard · George Zucco

Plot Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train bound for Los Angeles. Is Hollywood waiting for him with open arms? Not really as the one he signed a contract...

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