Cast: Robert Armstrong

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


King Kong

1933 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Merian C. Cooper · Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast Fay Wray · Robert Armstrong · Bruce Cabot · Noble Johnson

Synopsis While shooting a jungle movie on the remote Skull Island, filmmaker Denham and his crew stumble upon a prehistoric world populated by dinosaurs and giant snakes. The most dangerous and magnificent of all the unusual and exotic creatures is "King...

7.3

30K votes

7.3

30K votes

Decoy

1946 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Jack Bernhard

Cast Jean Gillie · Edward Norris · Robert Armstrong · Herbert Rudley

Synopsis A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

6.9

127 votes

6.9

127 votes

The Most Dangerous Game

1932 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pichel · Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast Joel McCrea · Fay Wray · Leslie Banks · Robert Armstrong

Synopsis After a shipwreck, a big game hunter washes up on a remote island only to discover that its owner, also a hunter, has tired of tracking animals and has developed a taste for a new prey...humans. Co-Director Schoedsack performed the...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

'G' Men

1935 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · Margaret Lindsay · Ann Dvorak · Robert Armstrong

Synopsis It's the early days of the F.B.I. - federal agents working for the Department of Justice. Though they've got limited powers - they don't carry weapons and have to get local police approval for arrests - that doesn't stop fresh...

6.8

588 votes

6.8

588 votes

The Sea of Grass

1947 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Elia Kazan

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Robert Walker · Melvyn Douglas

Synopsis Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star as a husband and wife on America's frontier; cattlemen in a "sea of grass". The wife has an affair which produces a child, and she is ostracized from the community. Meanwhile, the farmers watch...

6.6

687 votes

6.6

687 votes

The Fugitive

1947 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Henry Fonda · Dolores del Rio · Pedro Armendáriz · Ward Bond

Synopsis Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes

Mighty Joe Young

1949 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast Terry Moore · Ben Johnson · Robert Armstrong · Frank McHugh

Synopsis A huge, 12-foot gorilla is discovered by a group on safari in Africa and brought back to Hollywood to be the special attraction at a glitzy new night club.

6.0

400 votes

6.0

400 votes

Dive Bomber

1941 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Errol Flynn · Fred MacMurray · Ralph Bellamy · Alexis Smith

Synopsis A new flight surgeon (Flynn) and a Navy pilot (MacMurray) overcome personal differences to work on solving the problem of Altitude Sickness which causes blackouts at high altitude. The real stars of the film are the pre-World War II navy...

5.9

204 votes

5.9

204 votes

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Roberts

Cast William Powell · Jean Arthur · James Gleason · Eric Blore

Synopsis Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. But through horse trainer Mike North, Brad is embroiled in the case...

5.9

41 votes

5.9

41 votes

5.8

26 votes

Penguin Pool Murder

1932 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction George Archainbaud

Cast Edna May Oliver · Robert Armstrong · James Gleason · Mae Clarke

Synopsis The body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium. Naturally, suspicion falls on his wife and her boyfriend, who were present. Inspector Piper investigates with the unsolicited aid of teacher Hildegard Withers, a...

5.7

46 votes

5.7

46 votes

Paid

1930 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Sam Wood

Cast Joan Crawford · Robert Armstrong · Marie Prevost · Douglass Montgomery

Synopsis Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" racket. After...

5.7

23 votes

5.7

23 votes

Blood on the Sun

1945 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast James Cagney · Sylvia Sidney · Wallace Ford · Rosemary DeCamp

Synopsis Cagney is a crusading newspaper editor in 1930s Japan who's come into possession of the "Tanaka Plan" for world domination. Amidst political intrigue and crossed loyalties, Cagney must now find a way to warn the outside world.

5.7

546 votes

5.7

546 votes

Criminal Court

1946 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Tom Conway · Martha O'Driscoll · June Clayworth · Robert Armstrong

Synopsis A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the...

5.7

169 votes

5.7

169 votes

Fast Workers

1933 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Tod Browning

Cast John Gilbert · Robert Armstrong · Mae Clarke · Muriel Kirkland

Synopsis Gunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not failed. But...

5.6

59 votes

5.6

59 votes

Return of the Bad Men

1948 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Ray Enright

Cast Randolph Scott · Robert Ryan · Anne Jeffreys · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis A farmer falls for the female leader of a band of notorious outlaws.

5.4

67 votes

5.4

67 votes

The Falcon in San Francisco

1945 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Joseph H. Lewis

Cast Tom Conway · Rita Corday · Edward Brophy · Sharyn Moffett

Synopsis On vacation, Tom Lawrence--The Falcon--and his Brooklyn-born sidekick 'Goldie' Locke meet cute with a little girl named Annie whose nurse has just been murdered. Accompanying Annie home, The Falcon is arrested for kidnapping, but bailed out of jail by a...

5.4

27 votes

5.4

27 votes

The Paleface

1948 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Norman Z. McLeod

Cast Bob Hope · Jane Russell · Robert Armstrong · Iris Adrian

Synopsis Bob Hope -in his finest role as Painless Potter- plays a nervous dentist who becomes a gritty gunfighter when he marries Calamity Jane (Jane Russell), a trouble-shooting woman, as a cover for her secret activities as a governmente agent.

5.3

204 votes

5.3

204 votes

Blind Adventure

1933 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast Robert Armstrong · Helen Mack · Roland Young · Ralph Bellamy

Synopsis King Kong co-star Robert Armstrong plays Richard Bruce, an American in London who stumbles into the lair of a kidnap-blackmail gang. Playing his cards close to his vest, Bruce manages to get his hands on the "secret papers" that are...

5.2

53 votes

5.2

53 votes