Cinematography: Robert Kurrle

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


One Way Passage

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Tay Garnett

Cast William Powell · Kay Francis · Aline MacMahon · Frank McHugh

Plot Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. On board, Dan...

6.8

126 votes

6.8

126 votes

Sadie Thompson

1928 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Gloria Swanson · Lionel Barrymore · Raoul Walsh · Blanche Friderici

Plot Sadie Thompson arrives in Pago-Pago to start a new life, but when extremist missionary Davidson lashes out against her lifestyle and tries to force her back to San Francisco, she...

6.8

162 votes

6.8

162 votes

Smart Money

1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Edward G. Robinson · James Cagney · Margaret Livingston · Ralf Harolde

Plot Nick Venizelos, an immigrant Greek barber, has an uncommon affinity for poker and other sorts of wagering and a group of his friends bankroll him in a big game, where...

6.5

127 votes

6.5

127 votes

Jewel Robbery

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast William Powell · Kay Francis · Helen Vinson · Hardie Albright

Plot When a baroness is present during a robbery at a jewellers in Vienna, she finds the gang's debonair leader more attractive than either her husband or her lover.

6.5

45 votes

6.5

45 votes

6.3

33 votes

Illicit

1931 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Archie Mayo

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · James Rennie · Ricardo Cortez · Natalie Moorhead

Plot Ann, a young lady of scandalously "advanced" ideas, has been living in near-sin with blueblood lover Dick, due to her conviction that marriage will destroy their love. Finally, social pressure...

5.7

32 votes

5.7

32 votes

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

5.7

29 votes

5.7

29 votes

Lawyer Man

1932 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast William Powell · Joan Blondell · David Landau · Helen Vinson

Plot Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who...

5.4

22 votes

5.4

22 votes

Resurrection

1931 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Edwin Carewe

Cast John Boles · Lupe Velez · Nance O'Neil · William Keighley

Plot Katusha, a country girl, is seduced and abandoned by Prince Nekludov. Nekludov finds himself, years later, on a jury trying the same Katusha for a crime he now realizes his...

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Winner Take All

1932 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast James Cagney · Marian Nixon · Guy Kibbee · Dickie Moore

Plot A prize fighter tries to help an invalid and her baby.

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High Pressure

1932 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast William Powell · Evelyn Brent · George Sidney · John Wray

Plot Gar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber...

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God's Gift to Women

1931 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

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Maybe It's Love

1930 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William A. Wellman

Cast Joan Bennett · Joe E. Brown · James Hall · Laura Lee

Plot Maybe It's Love is one of the many college football musicals which bred like minks in the early talkie era. A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan...

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Moby Dick

1930 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast John Barrymore · Joan Bennett · Lloyd Hughes · Noble Johnson

Plot In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in...

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The Expert

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

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Her Majesty, Love

1931 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Marilyn Miller · Ben Lyon · W.C. Fields · Leon Errol

Plot The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes...

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Crooner

1932 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Lloyd Bacon

Cast David Manners · Ann Dvorak · Ken Murray · J. Carrol Naish

Plot Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.

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Evangeline

1929 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Edwin Carewe

Cast Dolores del Rio · Roland Drew · Alec B. Francis · Donald Reed

Plot In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and...

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Breakfast at Sunrise

1927 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

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The Road to Singapore

1931 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

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