Cast: William Collier Jr.

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring William Collier Jr.. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Street Scene

1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction King Vidor

Cast Walter Miller · Sylvia Sidney · William Collier Jr. · Estelle Taylor

Plot Based on the pullitzer prize winning broadway play, Street scene is a study in the daily lives of people...

7.6

459 votes

7.6

459 votes

Little Caesar

1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Glenda Farrell · Stanley Fields

Plot The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Sooner he becomes the leader...

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

Cimarron

1931 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Wesley Ruggles

Cast Richard Dix · Irene Dunne · Estelle Taylor · William Collier Jr.

Plot The Best Picture of 1931 chronicles one family's experiences in the restless days of settling the American West. Adapted from Edna Ferber's sweeping novel, the story tracks the growth of...

6.5

828 votes

6.5

828 votes

The Story of Temple Drake

1933 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Roberts

Cast Miriam Hopkins · Jack La Rue · William Gargan · William Collier Jr.

Plot A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let...

6.4

55 votes

6.4

55 votes

Back Stage (S)

1919 · Movie · 24 min. · United States

Direction Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Cast Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle · Buster Keaton · Al St. John · Molly Malone

Plot Roscoe and Buster are working at a vaudeville house. When the crew attacks the strongman for bullying his assistant, the man goes out on strike so the crew puts on...

6.4

184 votes

6.4

184 votes

Rain or Shine

1930 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast Joe Cook · Louise Fazenda · Joan Peers · William Collier Jr.

Plot After her father's death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles. In one bit reminiscent of the Marx...

6.0

30 votes

6.0

30 votes

The Rainmaker

1926 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction Clarence G. Badger

Cast William Collier Jr. · Georgia Hale · Ernest Torrence · Brandon Hurst

Plot The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the...

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The Wanderer

1925 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

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Broadminded

1931 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Joe E. Brown · Ona Munson · Marjorie White · William Collier Jr.

Plot Jack's father is sending Jack away to keep him from the gambling, booze, girls and late nights. He has Ossie go as Jack's companion, not knowing that Ossie does the...

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The Big Gamble

1931 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Fred Niblo

Cast William Boyd · James Gleason · Warner Oland · Dorothy Sebastian

Plot Unable to repay a substantial gambling debt to mob boss North, Alan Beckwith concocts a last-ditch scheme. Allowing North to take out a $100,000 insurance policy on his life, Alan...

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Her Secret

1933 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Warren Millais

Cast Sari Maritza · William Collier Jr. · Alan Mowbray · Ivan Simpson

Plot n "Her Secret" (aka "The Girl from Georgia" in the UK in 1934 when shown there)Johnny, the son of a rich-man, is an idling, good-for-nothing loafer, who leads a wild-and-hectic...

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The Secret Witness

1931 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Thornton Freeland

Cast Una Merkel · William Collier Jr. · ZaSu Pitts · Purnell Pratt

Plot A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out...

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The Donovan Affair

1929 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Frank Capra

Cast Jack Holt · Dorothy Revier · Virginia Brown Faire · William Collier Jr.

Plot The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up, with his assistant Carney. In...

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The College Coquette

1929 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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Reducing

1931 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Charles Reisner

Cast Marie Dressler · Polly Moran · Anita Page · Lucien Littlefield

Plot A beauty parlor manager has her sister help her with interesting results.

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The Bachelor Girl

1929 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast William Collier Jr. · Jacqueline Logan · Edward Hearn · Thelma Todd

Plot Joyce (Jacqueline Logan), a beautiful and efficient secretary , does her best to take in hand and reform a shiftless stock clerk, Jimmy (William Colllier, Jr.) with whom she is...

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So This Is Love?

1928 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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Forgotten

1933 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Lee Kohlmar · June Clyde · William Collier Jr. · Leon Ames

Plot A kindly old man is neglected by his selfish and greedy sons.

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The People's Enemy

1935 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Crane Wilbur

Cast Preston Foster · Melvyn Douglas · Shirley Grey · Roscoe Ates

Plot Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most and he did lay hands on millions of dollars by fair means or (mostly) foul. But once he became rich what...

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Tide of Empire

1929 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Allan Dwan

Cast Renée Adorée · Tom Keene · George Fawcett · William Collier Jr.

Plot The discovery of gold in California in 1848 brings a tide of gold seekers to the area, disrupting the lives of the Guerrero family who have owned nearby Rancho Chico...

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