Cast: Phillips Holmes

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


The Broken Lullaby

1932 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Nancy Carroll · Phillips Holmes · Louise Carter

Plot A young French soldier in World War I is overcome with guilt whenever he kills a German soldier who, like himself, is a musically gifted conscript, each having attended the...

8.0

2K votes

8.0

2K votes

The Criminal Code

1930 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Walter Huston · Phillips Holmes · Constance Cummings · Mary Doran

Plot A young man's birthday celebration at a local speakeasy turns into a nightmare when he kills a man in self-defense! Bob Graham (Phillips Holmes), just twenty years old, is then...

6.8

330 votes

6.8

330 votes

An American Tragedy

1931 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Josef von Sternberg

Cast Phillips Holmes · Sylvia Sidney · Frances Dee · Irving Pichel

Plot Though his parents are street evangelists, Clyde Griffiths (Phillips Holmes) grows up in squalor, but not without ambitions. He first works as a bellhop in Kansas City, but when he's...

6.6

125 votes

6.6

125 votes

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Youngson

Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant

Plot A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

Penthouse

1933 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Warner Baxter · Myrna Loy · Charles Butterworth · Mae Clarke

Plot Racketeer Tony Gazotti is thankful that lawyer Jackson Durant helps him beat a murder rap, but Durant just does it for the thrill of it and refuses payment. Durant's defense...

6.3

59 votes

6.3

59 votes

The Wild Party

1929 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner

Cast Clara Bow · Fredric March · Marceline Day · Shirley O'Hara

Plot Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in...

6.0

21 votes

6.0

21 votes

Nana

1934 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

5.6

26 votes

5.6

26 votes

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1929 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Basil Dean

Cast Clive Brook · H. Reeves-Smith · Betty Lawford · Charles Hay

Plot Doctor Watson's daughter(!) Mary is engaged to Roger Longmore, played by neurotic-looking effeminate actor Phillips Holmes, who can't act but certainly knows how to flare his nostrils. Roger is a...

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Two Kinds of Women

1932 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction William C. de Mille

Cast Miriam Hopkins · Phillips Holmes · Irving Pichel · Wynne Gibson

Plot The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up...

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Pointed Heels

1929 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

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Man to Man

1930 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Phillips Holmes · Grant Mitchell · Lucille Powers · Otis Harlan

Plot Eighteen years ago, John Bolton found the man who killed his brother Joe and shot it out. The man was killed and John went to prison. His son Mike is...

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Private Scandal

1934 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Murphy

Cast ZaSu Pitts · Phillips Holmes · Mary Brian · Ned Sparks

Plot Pitts is top-billed as Miss Coates, the fey secretary of hotshot young executive Cliff Barry (Philips Holmes). Accused of murdering his boss B. J. Somers (Lew Cody), Barry suspects that...

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Grumpy

1930 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

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Men Must Fight

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Edgar Selwyn

Cast Diana Wynyard · Lewis Stone · Phillips Holmes · May Robson

Plot Laura is a nurse at the Front in World War I. She meets and falls for a young flyer named Geoffrey. On his first mission, Geoffrey is shot down and...

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Her Man

1930 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast Helen Twelvetrees · Phillips Holmes · Marjorie Rambeau · James Gleason

Plot A prostitute/pickpocket falls in love with a sailor who takes her away from the brothel.

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General Spanky

1936 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Douglas · Fred C. Newmeyer

Cast George 'Spanky' McFarland · Phillips Holmes · Ralph Morgan · Irving Pichel

Plot A small boy is instrumental in a famous Civil War victory.

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The Secret of Madame Blanche

1933 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Charles Brabin

Cast Irene Dunne · Lionel Atwill · Phillips Holmes · Una Merkel

Plot Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following...

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Million Dollar Ransom

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Murray Roth

Cast Phillips Holmes · Edward Arnold · Mary Carlisle · Wini Shaw

Plot To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con help him fake his own kidnaping.

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The Big Brain

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast George E. Stone · Phillips Holmes · Fay Wray · Minna Gombell

Plot The story of a ruthless small time crook's rise from lowly barber shop backroom bookie to high stakes international swindler. Max Werner (Stone) goes from the gambling to crooked stocks...

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Beauty for Sale

1933 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Richard Boleslawski

Cast Madge Evans · Alice Brady · Otto Kruger · Una Merkel

Plot A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.

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