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

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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

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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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