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

6.5

145 votes

6.5

145 votes

Stranded

1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

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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....

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

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.

Not rated

Not rated