Cast: William Janney
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Janney. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
The Dawn Patrol
1930 · Movie · 103 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Richard Barthelmess · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Neil Hamilton · William Janney
Plot The story revolves around the pilots and crew of an RFC airbase, who deal with the stress of combat primarily through nightly bouts of heavy drinking. The two aces of...
6.8
178 votes
6.8
178 votes
Two Seconds
1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Edward G. Robinson · Vivienne Osborne · Guy Kibbee · Preston Foster
Plot A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, flashes back over his life and the incidents that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.
6.7
77 votes
6.7
77 votes
Bonnie Scotland
1935 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction James W. Horne
Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · June Lang · William Janney
Plot Stan and Ollie mistakenly enlist in the army and find themselves posted to the Northwest Frontier in India on a dangerous mission.
6.0
88 votes
6.0
88 votes
Coquette
1929 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Sam Taylor
Cast Mary Pickford · Johnny Mack Brown · Matt Moore · John St. Polis
Plot A flirtatious southern belle is compromised with one of her beaus.
5.2
32 votes
5.2
32 votes
The Pay-Off
1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Lowell Sherman
Cast Lowell Sherman · Marian Nixon · Hugh Trevor · William Janney
Plot A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them...
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Under-Cover Man
1932 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
Direction James Flood
Cast George Raft · Nancy Carroll · Lew Cody · Roscoe Karns
Plot When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has...
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The World Changes
1933 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Mervyn LeRoy
Cast Paul Muni · Aline MacMahon · Mary Astor · Donald Cook
Plot An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.
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Sutter's Gold
1936 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
Direction James Cruze
Cast Edward Arnold · Lee Tracy · Binnie Barnes · Katharine Alexander
Plot Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Shooting Straight
1930 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction George Archainbaud
Cast Richard Dix · Mary Lawlor · James Neill · Matthew Betz
Plot Larry Sheldon is a gambler and during an argument he accidentally shoots a man. Fleeing he changes his identity, pretending to be a minister. Things are complicated when he meets...
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Salute
1929 · Movie · 84 min. · United States
Direction John Ford
Cast George O'Brien · Helen Chandler · William Janney · Stepin Fetchit
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A Successful Calamity
1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction John G. Adolfi
Cast George Arliss · Mary Astor · Evalyn Knapp · Grant Mitchell
Plot Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children (Peggy and Eddie). To test his family's...
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Born to Gamble
1935 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Phil Rosen
Cast Onslow Stevens · H.B. Warner · Maxine Doyle · Eric Linden
Plot A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
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Secret of the Blue Room
1933 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Kurt Neumann
Cast Lionel Atwill · Gloria Stuart · Paul Lukas · Edward Arnold
Plot Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to...
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Crooner
1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States
Direction Lloyd Bacon
Cast David Manners · Ann Dvorak · Ken Murray · J. Carrol Naish
Plot Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.
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The Crime of the Century
1933 · Movie · 73 min. · United States
Direction William Beaudine
Cast Jean Hersholt · Wynne Gibson · Stuart Erwin · Frances Dee
Plot A doctor who is also a "mentalist" confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he's confessed to hasn't happened yet--although dead bodies are now starting to...
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Mexicali Rose
1929 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Direction Erle C. Kenton
Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Sam Hardy · William Janney · Louis Natheaux
Plot In this drama, set in a bordertown gambling saloon, the owner falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out...
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A Modern Hero
1934 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Cast Richard Barthelmess · Jean Muir · Marjorie Rambeau · Verree Teasdale
Plot Pierre is a young and handsome circus rider whose mother has long tolerated his amorous adventures but becomes genuinely concerned when he actually falls in love. She reveals to him...
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A Successful Failure
1934 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Arthur Lubin
Cast William Collier Sr. · Lucile Gleason · Russell Hopton · George P. Breakston
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The Girl Said No
1930 · Movie · 33 min. · United States
Direction Sam Wood
Cast William Haines · Leila Hyams · Polly Moran · Marie Dressler
Plot A brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.
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Terror Aboard
1933 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction Paul Sloane
Cast John Halliday · Charles Ruggles · Shirley Grey · Neil Hamilton
Plot An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
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