Cinematography: William Nobles

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by William Nobles. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Mysterious Doctor Satan

1940 · Movie · 267 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Eduardo Ciannelli · Robert Wilcox · William Newell · C. Montague Shaw

Plot A mad scientist plots the domination of America and only the masked hero, The Copperhead, can stop him.

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The Fighting Devil Dogs

1938 · Movie · 204 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Lee Powell · Bruce Bennett · Eleanor Stewart · Montagu Love

Plot The US marine corps must battle a would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.

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The Mystery Squadron (TV Miniseries)

1933 · Movie · 228 min. · United States

Direction Colbert Clark · David Howard

Cast Jack Mulhall · Bob Steele · Lucile Browne · Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Plot Hank Davis, foreman on a huge dam project, enlists the aid of his two flyer friends when a sinister figure known as The Black Ace leads his Mystery Squadron of...

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Drums of Fu Manchu

1943 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction William Witney · John English

Cast Henry Brandon · William Royle · Robert Kellard · Gloria Franklin

Plot Dr. Fu Manchu is trying to take over the world by using the scepter of Genghis Khan, who was hidden in his tomb. With this scepter Fu Manchu gets all...

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King of the Royal Mounted

1940 · Movie · 211 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Allan Lane · Robert Strange · Robert Kellard · Lita Conway

Plot Canadian Tom Merritt has discovered a substance, Compound X, that will cure infantile paralysis, which he extracts from a mine at Caribou, Canada. A country at war with Canada (unnamed...

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Zorro Rides Again

1937 · Movie · 212 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast John Carroll · Noah Beery · Richard Alexander · Reed Howes

Plot The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale; no one can prove their connection to...

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The Phantom Empire

1935 · Movie · 245 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower · B. Reeves Eason

Cast Gene Autry · Frankie Darro · Betsy King Ross · Dorothy Christy

Plot When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried...

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Beware of Ladies

1936 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Irving Pichel

Cast Donald Cook · Judith Allen · George Meeker · Goodee Montgomery

Plot A female reporter with marital problems is sent by her boss to cover the campaign of a young political neophyte who's running against the local crooked political boss.

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Little Men

1934 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Phil Rosen

Cast Ralph Morgan · Erin O'Brien-Moore · Junior Durkin · Cora Sue Collins

Plot The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the...

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In Old Cheyenne

1941 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

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Adventures of Red Ryder

1940 · Movie · 205 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Don 'Red' Barry · Noah Beery · Tommy Cook · Maude Allen

Plot Mesquite banker Calvin Drake plans to profit from the Santa Fe Railroad's acquisition of right-of-way by gaining control of the land in the territory. In the ensuing war of intimidation...

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The Lonely Trail

1936 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast John Wayne · Ann Rutherford · Cy Kendall · Bob Kortman

Plot Though he fought for the North in the Civil War, John is asked by the Governor of Texas to get rid of some troublesome carpetbaggers. He enlists the help of...

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Fighting with Kit Carson

1933 · Movie · 250 min. · United States

Direction Colbert Clark · Armand Schaefer

Cast Johnny Mack Brown · Betsy King Ross · Noah Beery · Noah Beery Jr.

Plot A pack train led by Kit Carson is attacked by Kraft and his Mystery Riders, who want a government shipment of gold carried by the wagons. Matt Fargo manages to...

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Sinister Hands

1932 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Armand Schaefer

Cast Jack Mulhall · Phyllis Barrington · Crauford Kent · Mischa Auer

Plot During a séance at an elderly millionaire's house, the millionaire is murdered. The detectives investigating the crime discover that everyone who was at the séance had a motive for killing...

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Under Texas Skies

1940 · Movie · 57 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Robert Livingston · Bob Steele · Rufe Davis · Lois Ranson

Plot Stony Brooke returns to his home town only the learn that his father, Sheriff Brooke, has been murdered and that his boyhood friend, Tucson Smith has been convicted and is...

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The Three Mesquiteers (TV Series)

1936 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor · Joseph Kane · Sam Newfield · Mack V. Wright

Cast Robert Livingston · John Wayne · Ralph Byrd · Tom Tyler

Plot The Three Mesquiteers is the umbrella title for a series of 51 B-Western movies released between 1936 and 1943. The name was a play on The Three Musketeers, and each...

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Undersea Kingdom

1936 · Movie · 226 min. · United States

Direction B. Reeves Eason · Joseph Kane

Cast Ray Corrigan · Lois Wilde · Monte Blue · William Farnum

Plot Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof....

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Jesse James at Bay

1941 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Kane

Cast Roy Rogers · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Sally Payne · Pierre Watkin

Plot Jesse James joins with Missouri settlers in their battle with rich, land-grabbing railroad tycoons.

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The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939 · Movie · 263 min. · United States

Direction John English · William Witney

Cast Robert Livingston · Chief Thundercloud · Silver Chief · Duncan Renaldo

Plot Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws...

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The Vigilantes Are Coming

1936 · Movie · 229 min. · United States

Direction Ray Taylor · Mack V. Wright

Cast Robert Livingston · Kay Hughes · Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams · Raymond Hatton

Plot A masked hero called "The Eagle" leads California ranchers in a struggle against Russian Cossacks who are plotting to take over California and turn it into a Russian colony.

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