Cast: Richard Barthelmess

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


Only Angels Have Wings

1939 · Movie · 121 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Cary Grant · Jean Arthur · Rita Hayworth · Thomas Mitchell

Plot While waiting for her boat, Bonnie Lee stops at a small airport in South America. The pilots there deliver mail over a dangerous and usually foggy mountain pass. Geoff Carter,...

7.7

5K votes

7.7

5K votes

Broken Blossoms

1919 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Lillian Gish · Richard Barthelmess · Donald Crisp · Arthur Howard

Plot Tragic and poetic D.W. Griffith drama about a young girl who leaves her abusive boxer father and finds friendship with a Chinese shopkeeper in London's Limehouse district.

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Way Down East

1920 · Movie · 165 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Lillian Gish · Richard Barthelmess · Lowell Sherman · Burr McIntosh

Plot Lillian Gish stars as a small-town girl who is seduced, impregnated, and cast aside by Lennox Sanderson, a wealthy playboy (Lowell Sherman). To escape the shame of having a fatherless...

7.4

554 votes

7.4

554 votes

Heroes for Sale

1933 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Aline MacMahon · Loretta Young · Gordon Westcott

Plot A war veteran (Richard Barthelmess) whose cowardly comrade (Gordon Westcott) has accepted all the glory for his heroism battles a morphine addiction, then starts life anew in Chicago, where he...

7.2

314 votes

7.2

314 votes

The Last Flight

1931 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Richard Barthelmess · David Manners · Johnny Mack Brown · Helen Chandler

Plot Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. Cary and Shep's plane is shot down, and they barely survive; they're released from the hospital on Armistice Day...

7.2

56 votes

7.2

56 votes

Tol'able David

1921 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

7.1

104 votes

7.1

104 votes

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

Four Hours to Kill!

1935 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Joe Morrison · Gertrude Michael · Helen Mack

Plot A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing.

6.3

45 votes

6.3

45 votes

The Spoilers

1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Marlene Dietrich · Randolph Scott · John Wayne · Margaret Lindsay

Plot In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.

6.2

394 votes

6.2

394 votes

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Dorothy Jordan · Bette Davis · Hardie Albright

Plot A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.

6.1

64 votes

6.1

64 votes

Snow White

1916 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction J. Searle Dawley

Cast Marguerite Clark · Dorothy Cumming · Creighton Hale · Lionel Braham

Plot This handsome version of the famous fairy tale is based on the 1912 Broadway play presented at New York's Little Theatre with great success. Supposedly disposed of by the Wicked...

6.0

49 votes

6.0

49 votes

Central Airport

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman · Alfred E. Green

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Sally Eilers · Tom Brown · Grant Mitchell

Plot Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.

6.0

24 votes

6.0

24 votes

The Stolen Jools (S)

1931 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction William McGann · John G. Adolfi · Victor Heerman · Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Buster Keaton · Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Wallace Beery

Plot Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft...

5.6

32 votes

5.6

32 votes

Shore Leave

1925 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction John S. Robertson

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Dorothy Mackaill · Ted McNamara · Nick Long

Plot While anchored down on a small New England port, on shore leave, Bilge Smith, a sailor, meets Connie Martin, the village dressmaker. Upon leaving, Bilge promises to return to Connie.

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The Fighting Blade

1923 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction John S. Robertson

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Dorothy Mackaill · Morgan Wallace · Bradley Barker

Plot In the war-like times of Oliver Cromwell, in and around 'olde Oxford towne', Dutchman Karl Van Kerstenbrook, Dutch soldier-of-fortune and sword-for-hire, stands ready to defend his lady-love, the fair Thomsine...

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Not rated

The Drop Kick

1927 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Millard Webb

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Barbara Kent · Dorothy Revier · Alberta Vaughn

Plot College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself.

Not rated

Not rated

The Man Who Talked Too Much

1940 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast George Brent · Virginia Bruce · Brenda Marshall · Richard Barthelmess

Plot Assistant District Attorney Stephen Forbes, an impressive orator with a long list of convictions, resigns when an innocent boy is convicted and the real murderer confesses too late. He opens...

Not rated

Not rated

Scarlet Days

1919 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Eugenie Besserer · Carol Dempster · Clarine Seymour

Plot A romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman.

Not rated

Not rated

The Seventh Day

1922 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Frank Losee · Leslie Stowe · Tammany Young

Plot A group of New York society folk on a yachting excursion are forced to put into a New England fishing village for repairs. The engaged couple Reggie and Patricia are...

Not rated

Not rated

The Idol Dancer

1920 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Richard Barthelmess · Clarine Seymour · Creighton Hale · George MacQuarrie

Plot A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize"...

Not rated

Not rated