Cast: John St. Polis

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John St. Polis. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921 · Movie · 134 min. · United States

Direction Rex Ingram

Cast Pomeroy Cannon · Josef Swickard · Bridgetta Clark · Rudolph Valentino

Synopsis Madariaga is an Argentinian cattle baron with two daughters: one married a Frenchman, the other a German. Madariaga favors his French grandson, Julio, as his heir, but Julio is a wastrel and rake whose greatest achivement is tangoing well. When...

6.6

189 votes

6.6

189 votes

Symphony of Six Million

1932 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Gregory La Cava

Cast Ricardo Cortez · Irene Dunne · Anna Appel · Gregory Ratoff

Synopsis A brilliant young doctor (Cortez) grows away from his family and his community in his drive to succeed. When tragedy strikes his family, he sees where his obligations lie, but will it be too late?

6.6

237 votes

6.6

237 votes

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Grant Withers · Maxine Jennings · Evelyn Brent

Synopsis When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the...

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

Coquette

1929 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Sam Taylor

Cast Mary Pickford · Johnny Mack Brown · Matt Moore · John St. Polis

Synopsis A flirtatious southern belle is compromised with one of her beaus.

5.2

32 votes

5.2

32 votes

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The Shadow Strikes

1937 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Lynn Shores

Cast Rod La Rocque · Agnes Anderson · James Blakeley · Walter McGrail

Synopsis Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call...

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International Crime

1938 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Rod La Rocque · Astrid Allwyn · Thomas E. Jackson · Oscar O’Shea

Synopsis Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), amateur criminologist and detective, with a daily radio program, sponsored by the Daily Classic newspaper, has developed a friendly feud that sometimes passes the friendly stage with Police Commissioner Weston (Thomas E. Jackson). He complains...

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My Lady's Lips

1925 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction James P. Hogan

Cast Alyce Mills · William Powell · Clara Bow · Frank Keenan

Synopsis A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story falls in love with the gang's female leader, and when the two...

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The Lady in Scarlet

1935 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Charles Lamont

Cast Reginald Denny · Patricia Farr · Jameson Thomas · Dorothy Revier

Synopsis When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.

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Haunted House

1940 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Robert F. McGowan

Cast Jack Moran · Marcia Mae Jones · George Cleveland · Christian Rub

Synopsis Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.

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The Crusader

1932 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Frank R. Strayer

Cast Evelyn Brent · H.B. Warner · Lew Cody · Ned Sparks

Synopsis Gangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughter.

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Boys' Reformatory

1939 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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Shadows

1922 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Tom Forman

Cast Lon Chaney · Marguerite De La Motte · Harrison Ford II · John St. Polis

Synopsis A dying Chinese man converts to Christianity in order to stop a friend from being blackmailed.

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Heartbreak

1931 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

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Folly of Vanity

1924 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Maurice Elvey · Henry Otto

Cast Billie Dove · Jack Mulhall · Betty Blythe · John St. Polis

Synopsis A young husband and wife, Alice and Robert, attend an extravagant party given by one of Robert's wealthy clients, Ridgeway. At the party Alice accepts a gift of a pearl necklace from her wealthy host and in consequence has a...

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Men of the Sky

1931 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

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On the Spot

1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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Mademoiselle Midnight

1924 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Mae Murray · John St. Polis · Paul Weigel · Earl Schenck

Synopsis Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie's insistence to...

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