Cast: John Wray
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John Wray. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Movie · 130 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Lew Ayres · Louis Wolheim · John Wray · Arnold Lucy
Plot A realistic anti-war epic based on the pacifist novel by Erich Maria Remarque. Seven German youths enthusiastically join the German army after a professor preaches the glories of war. The...
7.8
7K votes
7.8
7K votes
You Only Live Once
1937 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Fritz Lang
Cast Sylvia Sidney · Henry Fonda · Barton MacLane · Jean Dixon
Plot Archetypal depression-era stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney are felicitously teamed in Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once. Fonda plays an ex-convict who can't get a break on the "outside"....
7.6
4K votes
7.6
4K votes
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction William Keighley
Cast James Cagney · George Raft · Jane Bryan · George Bancroft
Plot Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets...
6.8
301 votes
6.8
301 votes
Quick Millions
1931 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Rowland Brown
Cast Spencer Tracy · Marguerite Churchill · Sally Eilers · Bob Burns
Plot Truck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he makes plans...
6.6
42 votes
6.6
42 votes
Safe in Hell
1931 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction William A. Wellman
Cast Dorothy Mackaill · Donald Cook · Ralf Harolde · John Wray
Plot After killing an ex-boyfriend in New Orleans, a prostitute flees to a Caribbean island. There the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her, unaware that she is a...
6.6
128 votes
6.6
128 votes
Spawn of the North
1938 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Henry Hathaway
Cast George Raft · Henry Fonda · Dorothy Lamour · Akim Tamiroff
6.5
145 votes
6.5
145 votes
Stranded
1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Frank Borzage
Cast Kay Francis · George Brent · Patricia Ellis · Donald Woods
6.2
30 votes
6.2
30 votes
Blackmail
1939 · Movie · 81 min. · United States
Direction H.C. Potter
Cast Edward G. Robinson · Ruth Hussey · Gene Lockhart · Bobs Watson
Plot John Ingram, successful oil-field firefighter, is really a chain-gang escapee. Someone out of his past finds him...
6.2
21 votes
6.2
21 votes
The Cat and the Canary
1939 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Elliott Nugent
Cast Bob Hope · Paulette Goddard · John Beal · Douglass Montgomery
Plot Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the...
6.0
76 votes
6.0
76 votes
Doctor X
1932 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Michael Curtiz
Cast Lionel Atwill · Fay Wray · Lee Tracy · Preston Foster
Plot A monster lurks as New York newspaperman Lee Taylor investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders, in which the victims are strangled, cannibalized and surgically incised under the light of...
5.9
160 votes
5.9
160 votes
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Alfred E. Green
Cast Ruth Chatterton · George Brent · Bette Davis · John Miljan
Plot The ten year marriage of of Caroline Van Dyke and Greg Grannard is falling apart. A young woman, Allison, plots to become his second wife. Caroline's friend, novelist Julian, has...
5.9
22 votes
5.9
22 votes
Swiss Family Robinson
1940 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Edward Ludwig
Cast Thomas Mitchell · Edna Best · Freddie Bartholomew · Terry Kilburn
Plot A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family members collaborate to create an idyllic home for themselves, only to...
5.6
62 votes
5.6
62 votes
The Death Kiss
1932 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Edwin L. Marin
Cast David Manners · Adrienne Ames · Bela Lugosi · John Wray
Plot While filming the closing scene of "The Death Kiss", leading man Myles Brent is actually killed. Having played around with, or been married to, most of the women connected with...
5.6
94 votes
5.6
94 votes
The Big Shakedown
1934 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction John Francis Dillon
Cast Charles Farrell · Bette Davis · Ricardo Cortez · Glenda Farrell
Plot Former bootlegger Nick Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate drugs. The money makes it possible for Jimmy to marry Norma Frank, a pharmacy clerk. Expecting a baby,...
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The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Milestone
Cast Victor McLaglen · Wynne Gibson · Alison Skipworth · John Gilbert
Plot Alcoholic newspaperman Steve Bramley boards the San Capador for a restful cruise, hoping to quit drinking and begin writing a book. Also on board are Steve's friend Schulte, a private...
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After Tonight
1933 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction George Archainbaud
Cast Constance Bennett · Gilbert Roland · Edward Ellis · Lucien Prival
Plot During the First World War, a Russian spy falls in love with an Austrian officer.
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A Man to Remember
1938 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Garson Kanin
Cast Anne Shirley · Edward Ellis · Lee Bowman · William Henry
Plot On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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Pacific Liner
1939 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Victor McLaglen · Chester Morris · Wendy Barrie · Alan Hale
Plot The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the ship's nurse....
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High Pressure
1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast William Powell · Evelyn Brent · George Sidney · John Wray
Plot Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber...
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Know Your Money (S)
1940 · Movie · 22 min. · United States
Direction Joseph M. Newman
Cast Noel Madison · Dennis Moore · Charles D. Brown · William Edmunds
Plot This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with the efforts of the Secret Service to detect counterfeit money and prosecute those responsible for such crimes.
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