Cast: Esther Howard
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Esther Howard. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 23
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
Direction Ralph Murphy
Cast Lynne Overman · Roscoe Karns · Muriel Hutchison · Anthony Quinn
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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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