Cast: Cecil Cunningham

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


The Awful Truth

1937 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Leo McCarey

Cast Cary Grant · Irene Dunne · Ralph Bellamy · Alexander D'Arcy

Synopsis Jerry and Lucy Warriner lead madcap screwball high society lives in New York City. Despite being very happy, they start to doubt each other's fidelity. Finally they decide to divorce. Lucy wins custody of the dog but Jerry secures visitation...

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

Back Street

1941 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Robert Stevenson

Cast Charles Boyer · Margaret Sullavan · Richard Carlson · Frank McHugh

Synopsis Pretty Rae Smith and handsome Walter Saxel meet, fall in love and make plans to marry. Unfortunately, their marriage plans get sabotaged when a jealous beau makes Rae miss the ceremony. The two meet many years later in New York,...

7.1

154 votes

7.1

154 votes

Come and Get It

1936 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks · William Wyler

Cast Edward Arnold · Joel McCrea · Frances Farmer · Walter Brennan

Synopsis Wisconsin lumberman Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) makes his fortune by marrying his business associate's daughter to cinch a lucrative partnership, thereby sacrificing the one he truly loves, Lotta Morgan (Frances Farmer). Lotta marries Barney's close pal Swan Bostrom (Walter Brennan)...

6.8

441 votes

6.8

441 votes

Safe in Hell

1931 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Dorothy Mackaill · Donald Cook · Ralf Harolde · John Wray

Synopsis After killing an ex-boyfriend in New Orleans, a prostitute flees to a Caribbean island. There the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her, unaware that she is a fugitive.

6.6

128 votes

6.6

128 votes

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Swing High, Swing Low

1937 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Mitchell Leisen

Cast Carole Lombard · Fred MacMurray · Dorothy Lamour · Anthony Quinn

Synopsis In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to...

6.0

139 votes

6.0

139 votes

Love Is a Racket

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Ann Dvorak · Frances Dee · Lee Tracy

Synopsis A beautiful girl convinces a reporter to cover up her involvement in a murder.

5.6

36 votes

5.6

36 votes

Lady of the Tropics

1939 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway

Cast Robert Taylor · Hedy Lamarr · Joseph Schildkraut · Gloria Franklin

Synopsis A party of yachting jet-setters visit French Saigon, where they meet lovely Manon deVargnes, a second-class citizen not allowed to leave the country due to her part-Oriental ancestry. When the others leave, playboy Bill Carey stays behind to woo Manon;...

5.4

21 votes

5.4

21 votes

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Night Club Scandal

1937 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Murphy

Cast John Barrymore · Lynne Overman · Louise Campbell · Charles Bickford

Synopsis Dr. Ernest Tindal kills his wife and plants clues pointing to her lover, Frank Marsh. Vera, Frank's sister, enlists the aid or reporter Russell Kirk in proving the innocence of her brother. Detective McKinley thinks that gangster Jack Reed is...

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The Captain Is a Lady

1940 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Robert B. Sinclair

Cast Charles Coburn · Beulah Bondi · Virginia Grey · Helen Broderick

Synopsis Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their...

Not rated

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Daughter of Shanghai

1937 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey

Cast Anna May Wong · Charles Bickford · Buster Crabbe · Cecil Cunningham

Synopsis Chinese-American woman tries to expose illegal alien smuggling ring.

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The Hidden Hand

1942 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Benjamin Stoloff

Cast Craig Stevens · Elisabeth Fraser · Julie Bishop · Willie Best

Synopsis Peter Thorne is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing, who uses her insane brother, John Channing, to frighten her other relatives because they are after her money. Further complications arrive when another murderer arrives...

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Those We Love

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey

Cast Mary Astor · Kenneth MacKenna · Lilyan Tashman · Hale Hamilton

Synopsis A young author meets and marries the woman who bought the first copy of his new book. They live happily with their son, but some time later, as the husband is moving into the family's new home, a woman in...

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Girls' School

1938 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction John Brahm

Cast Anne Shirley · Nan Grey · Ralph Bellamy · Dorothy Moore

Synopsis The film revolves around wealthy high school teenagers who are send to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. One of the girls causes a scandal when she stays out all night, then announces on planning to elope with a...

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Scandal Street

1938 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction James P. Hogan

Cast Lew Ayres · Louise Campbell · Roscoe Karns · Porter Hall

Synopsis Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her...

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Not rated

Blond Cheat

1938 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Santley

Cast Joan Fontaine · Derrick De Marney · Cecil Kellaway · Cecil Cunningham

Synopsis Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, is the chief assistant to Rufus Trent, wealthy London loan broker. He has allowed himself to become engaged to the Rufus' daughter, Roberta, the match engineered primarily by socially-ambitious Mrs. Trent. As Michael is closing the...

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Cairo

1942 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction W.S. Van Dyke

Cast Jeanette MacDonald · Robert Young · Ethel Waters · Reginald Owen

Synopsis After the Cavity Rock, California Times Leader newspaper is chosen as America's typical small town newspaper, reporter Homer Smith gets to abroad and report on the war in a series of articles to be shared with other small-town newspapers. He...

Not rated

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College Swing

1938 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast George Burns · Gracie Allen · Martha Raye · Bob Hope

Synopsis Gracie Alden tries to graduate on college to get an inheritance.

Not rated

Not rated

People Will Talk

1935 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Santell

Cast Charles Ruggles · Mary Boland · Leila Hyams · Dean Jagger

Synopsis Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter,Peggy, and her husband, Bill Trask, have a squabble, Clarice has a plan to show the...

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Not rated

In Old Oklahoma

1943 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast John Wayne · Martha Scott · Albert Dekker · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.

Not rated

Not rated

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