Cast: Porter Hall

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Porter Hall. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Double Indemnity

1944 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Fred MacMurray · Barbara Stanwyck · Edward G. Robinson · Tom Powers

Plot Unsuspecting Mr. Dietrichson becomes increasingly accident prone after his icily calculating wife (Barbara Stanwyck) encourages him to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by a smooth-talking insurance agent (Fred MacMurray)....

8.4

32K votes

8.4

32K votes

Make Way For Tomorrow

1937 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Victor Moore · Beulah Bondi · Fay Bainter · Thomas Mitchell

Plot An elderly couple has lived together for 50 years but they have just lost their home to a bank. Their five children are sorry to hear that, but they don't...

8.1

3K votes

8.1

3K votes

Ace in the Hole

1951 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast Kirk Douglas · Jan Sterling · Robert Arthur · Porter Hall

Plot A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to re-jump start his career, but the situation...

8.0

8K votes

8.0

8K votes

His Girl Friday

1940 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Cary Grant · Rosalind Russell · Ralph Bellamy · Gene Lockhart

Plot Hildy Johnson has divorced Walter Burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day...

8.0

11K votes

8.0

11K votes

Sullivan's Travels

1941 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Joel McCrea · Veronica Lake · Robert Warwick · William Demarest

Plot Sullivan is a successful, spoiled, and naive director of fluff films, with a heart-o-gold, who decides he wants to make a film about the troubles of the downtrodden poor. Much...

7.6

5K votes

7.6

5K votes

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Preston Sturges

Cast Eddie Bracken · Betty Hutton · Diana Lynn · William Demarest

Plot Preston Sturges directs THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK, about Trudy Kockenlocker (Betty Hutton) a party girl who wakes up one morning to find she's married and pregnant, but she cannot...

7.1

651 votes

7.1

651 votes

The Thin Man

1934 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Maureen O'Sullivan · Nat Pendleton

Plot After a four year absence, one time detective Nick Charles returns to New York with his new wife Nora and their dog, Asta. Nick re-connects with many of his old...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

The Petrified Forest

1936 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Leslie Howard · Bette Davis · Humphrey Bogart · Genevieve Tobin

Plot This heartfelt drama about a gangster on the run is the film for which Humphrey Bogart first received wide-scale recognition. Bogie and costar Leslie Howard were both brought on board...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

Intruder in the Dust

1949 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Clarence Brown

Cast David Brian · Claude Jarman Jr. · Juano Hernández · Porter Hall

Plot In 1940s Mississippi two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man of a murder charge.

6.9

210 votes

6.9

210 votes

Miracle on 34th Street

1947 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast Maureen O'Hara · John Payne · Edmund Gwenn · Gene Lockhart

Plot Six year old Susan has doubts childhood's most enduring miracle Santa Clause. Her mother told her the "secret" about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn't expect to receive...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

The Story of Louis Pasteur

1936 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Paul Muni · Josephine Hutchinson · Anita Louise · Donald Woods

Plot In 1860, having helped France solve the problem of sour wine, chemist Louis Pasteur turns to the dangers of childbirth: 20,000 Paris women were dying annually. His germ theory and...

6.7

259 votes

6.7

259 votes

Going My Way

1944 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Bing Crosby · Barry Fitzgerald · Rise Stevens · Gene Lockhart

Plot A new priest shows up at the parish of a crusty old priest named Father Fitzgibbon. The new man, Father O'Malley, must ingratiate himself with both the old man and...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Souls at Sea

1937 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Gary Cooper · George Raft · Frances Dee · Henry Wilcoxon

Plot Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.

6.6

391 votes

6.6

391 votes

The Plainsman

1936 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Gary Cooper · Jean Arthur · James Ellison · Charles Bickford

Plot With the end of the North American Civil War, the manufacturers of repeating rifles find a profitable means of making money selling the weapons to the North American Indians, using...

6.6

726 votes

6.6

726 votes

Vice Squad

1953 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Arnold Laven

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Paulette Goddard · K.T. Stevens · Porter Hall

Plot When a police officer is shot arresting a car thief, Captain Barnaby uses his skills and contacts to track down the culprits and uncovers a bank heist plan in the...

6.5

78 votes

6.5

78 votes

Singapore

1947 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction John Brahm

Cast Fred MacMurray · Ava Gardner · Roland Culver · Richard Haydn

Plot After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée...

6.4

79 votes

6.4

79 votes

Dark Command

1940 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast John Wayne · Claire Trevor · Walter Pidgeon · Roy Rogers

Plot Cowpoke Bob Seton becomes a rival for William Cantrell's girl and for the sheriff's job Cantrell covets. When Seton wins both, Cantrell forsakes his respected position as schoolteacher and leads...

6.4

420 votes

6.4

420 votes

Carbine Williams

1952 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast James Stewart · Jean Hagen · Wendell Corey · Carl Benton Reid

Plot This is the story of David Marshall 'Marsh' Williams, the real life inventor of the world famous M-1 Carbine automatic riffle used in WWII. It all started when Marsh, who...

6.3

100 votes

6.3

100 votes

They Shall Have Music

1939 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Joel McCrea · Gene Reynolds · Walter Brennan · Terry Kilburn

Plot Young Frankie (Gene Reynolds), a victim of a squalid life in the slums, fancies himself a tough guy until hearing a performance by violinist Jascha Heifetz (as himself). Inspired by...

6.3

21 votes

6.3

21 votes

The General Died at Dawn

1936 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Milestone

Cast Gary Cooper · Madeleine Carroll · William Frawley · Dudley Digges

Plot In revolution-torn China, American mercenary O'Hara is entrusted with a perilous mission, to get arms for the helpless authorities in a province ravaged by warlord General Yang. On the train...

6.1

213 votes

6.1

213 votes