Cast: Arthur Rankin

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


The Crime of Helen Stanley

1934 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction D. Ross Lederman

Cast Ralph Bellamy · Shirley Grey · Gail Patrick · Kane Richmond

Plot An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.

Not rated

Not rated

The Public Menace

1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Jean Arthur · Douglass Dumbrille · George Murphy · George McKay

Plot Non-citizen Arthur marries reporter Murphy for a bogus gangster's confession. A divorce is needed, and Murphy is fired. The gangster wants her to be his girlfriend, the police are outside,...

Not rated

Not rated

The Unwritten Law

1932 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Christy Cabanne · Wilfred Lucas

Cast Greta Nissen · Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher · Mary Brian · Lew Cody

Plot A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother was mistreated by him and his recently fired electrician.

Not rated

Not rated

The Thrill Hunter

1933 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

The Wolf of Wall Street

1929 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast George Bancroft · Olga Baclanova · Nancy Carroll · Paul Lukas

Plot A ruthless stockbroker sells short in the copper business and ruins the life of his friends by ruining their finances.

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

Ships of the Night

1928 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Duke Worne

Cast Jacqueline Logan · Sojin · Jack Mower · Andy Clyde

Plot In search of her fugitive brother, who wounded a man who was later murdered, Johanna Hearne encounters pirates, a Chinaman with a harem and criminals as slaves, and love on...

Not rated

Not rated

Enchantment

1921 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert G. Vignola

Cast Marion Davies · Forrest Stanley · Edith Shayne · Tom Lewis

Plot The frothy experiences of a vain little flapper. Her father induces an actor friend to become a gentlemanly cave man and the film becomes another variation of the 'Taming of...

Not rated

Not rated

Walking Back

1928 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Rupert Julian · Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Sue Carol · Richard Walling · Ivan Lebadeff · Robert Edeson

Plot After his father refuses to lend him his car, jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy to a dance. After a car-fight with a rival...

Not rated

Not rated

The Hidden Way

1926 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Joseph De Grasse

Cast Mary Carr · Gloria Grey · Tom Santschi · Arthur Rankin

Plot Two ex-jailbirds join up with a con man. After saving a farm girl's life, they are rewarded with lodging by her widowed mother. The older man and the con man...

Not rated

Not rated

The Volga Boatman

1926 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast William Boyd · Elinor Fair · Victor Varconi · Robert Edeson

Plot In tsarist Russia, the Volga boatmen live hard lives, trudging along the water's edge as they pull heavy cargoes up and down the river. One day, as Prince Dimitri and...

Not rated

Not rated

Say It with Sables

1928 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

The Love Gamble

1925 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

Little Miss Smiles

1922 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

Below the Deadline

1929 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction J.P. McGowan

Cast Frank Leigh · Barbara Worth · Arthur Rankin · Walter Merrill

Plot Beau Nash is a "gentleman crook" who headquarters his gang of jewel thieves in a run-down boardinghouse. When one of his gang, Mike, gets arrested, his sister Claire--aka "Lady Byron"--swears...

Not rated

Not rated

Sun-Up

1925 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

Submarine

1928 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast Jack Holt · Dorothy Revier · Ralph Graves · Clarence Burton

Plot Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change...

Not rated

Not rated

Brothers

1929 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Scott Pembroke

Cast Cornelius Keefe · Arthur Rankin · Barbara Bedford · Richard Carle

Plot Young orphaned brothers Tom and Bob are separated when Bob is taken to an orphan asylum by the authorities and Tom escapes. As time goes by Tom takes to a...

Not rated

Not rated

Code of the Air

1928 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Not rated

Not rated

Roaming Lady

1936 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast Fay Wray · Ralph Bellamy · Thurston Hall · Edward Gargan

Plot Millionaire E. J. Reid's daughter Joyce is in love with her handsome but penniless flying instructor, Dan Bailey, and makes a public announcement of her determination to secure his affection....

Not rated

Not rated