Cinematography: L. William O'Connell
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by L. William O'Connell. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Scarface
1932 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Paul Muni · Ann Dvorak · Karen Morley · Osgood Perkins
Plot Big Louis Costillo, last of the old-style gang leaders is slain, and his former bodyguard Tony Camonte is taken into custody. Since Costillo's body has never been found, the police...
7.9
13K votes
7.9
13K votes
Decoy
1946 · Movie · 76 min. · United States
Direction Jack Bernhard
Cast Jean Gillie · Edward Norris · Robert Armstrong · Herbert Rudley
Plot 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
Repeat Performance
1947 · Movie · 91 min. · United States
Direction Alfred L. Werker
Cast Louis Hayward · Joan Leslie · Virginia Field · Tom Conway
Plot Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don't know how or why. All we know is men are banging on her door...
6.4
28 votes
6.4
28 votes
4 Devils
1928 · Movie · 40 min. · United States
Direction F.W. Murnau
Cast Janet Gaynor · Anders Randolf · Nancy Drexel · Barry Norton
6.4
66 votes
6.4
66 votes
The Missing Juror
1944 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Direction Budd Boetticher
Cast Jim Bannon · Janis Carter · George Macready · Jean Stevens
Plot Jim Bannon, fresh from his radio success on I Love a Mystery, stars in this taut suspenser. The jurors of a celebrated murder case are being bumped off one by...
6.2
34 votes
6.2
34 votes
The Bells
1926 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction James Young
Cast Lionel Barrymore · Caroline Frances Cooke · Gustav von Seyffertitz · Lorimer Johnston
6.1
22 votes
6.1
22 votes
A Girl in Every Port
1928 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Victor McLaglen · Robert Armstrong · Louise Brooks · Natalie Joyce
6.1
130 votes
6.1
130 votes
The Return Of The Vampire
1943 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Bela Lugosi · Frieda Inescort · Nina Foch · Miles Mander
Plot When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart
5.6
82 votes
5.6
82 votes
Fazil
1928 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Howard Hawks
Cast Charles Farrell · Greta Nissen · John Boles · Mae Busch
5.4
27 votes
5.4
27 votes
Cry of the Werewolf
1944 · Movie · 63 min. · United States
Direction Henry Levin
Cast Nina Foch · Stephen Crane · Osa Massen · Blanche Yurka
Plot Young woman raised by gypsies is actually daughter of a werewolf. She starts killing those who know about her.
4.8
22 votes
4.8
22 votes
Heart of the North
1938 · Movie · 83 min. · United States
Direction Lewis Seiler
Cast Dick Foran · Gloria Dickson · Gale Page · Allen Jenkins
Plot Cpl. Jim of the R.C.M.P. is taking his daughter Julie to school in Edmonton on the Arctic Queen. Six men hold up the boat when they stop for wood and...
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Princess and the Plumber
1930 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction Alexander Korda
Cast Charles Farrell · Maureen O'Sullivan · H.B. Warner · Joseph Cawthorne
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Calling Philo Vance
1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction William Clemens
Cast James Stephenson · Margot Stevenson · Henry O'Neill · Edward Brophy
Plot Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is...
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943 · Movie · 65 min. · United States
Direction Lew Landers
Cast Chester Morris · Richard Lane · Ann Savage · George E. Stone
Plot Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
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Three Girls Lost
1931 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction Sidney Lanfield
Cast Loretta Young · Lew Cody · John Wayne · Joan Marsh
Plot Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartment house resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him. He and Joan's roommate Noreen become...
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On Trial
1939 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction Terry O. Morse
Cast Margaret Lindsay · John Litel · Edward Norris · Janet Chapman
Plot A husband is put on trial for murder and he is ready to take the rap, for he is trying to shield his wife from scandal, along with their six-year-old...
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Underground Agent
1942 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gordon
Cast Bruce Bennett · Leslie Brooks · Frank Albertson · Julian Rivero
Plot A government spy must keep enemy agents from spying upon a defense plant. His work is made easier by his newest invention, a word scrambler which makes it difficult for...
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Spring Tonic
1935 · Movie · 58 min. · United States
Direction Clyde Bruckman
Cast Lew Ayres · Claire Trevor · Walter Woolf King · Jack Haley
Plot Claire Trevor walks out on her fiance Lew Ayres in search of adventure. She gets more than she bargained for when she stumbles upon a gang of bootleggers.
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Smashing the Money Ring
1939 · Movie · 57 min. · United States
Direction Terry O. Morse
Cast Ronald Reagan · Margot Stevenson · Eddie Foy Jr. · Joe Downing
Plot T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
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One Dangerous Night
1943 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Direction Michael Gordon
Cast Warren William · Eric Blore · Marguerite Chapman · Tala Birell
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