Direction: William K. Howard

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by William K. Howard. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Evelyn Prentice

1934 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast William Powell · Myrna Loy · Una Merkel · Rosalind Russell

Plot Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an...

6.6

31 votes

6.6

31 votes

The Power and the Glory

1933 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Spencer Tracy · Colleen Moore · Ralph Morgan · Helen Vinson

Plot A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime...

6.4

57 votes

6.4

57 votes

Fire Over England

1937 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Flora Robson · Laurence Olivier · Vivien Leigh · Leslie Banks

Plot In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. British sea raiders regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World with the support of Queen...

5.9

62 votes

5.9

62 votes

The Princess Comes Across

1936 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Carole Lombard · Fred MacMurray · Douglass Dumbrille · Alison Skipworth

Plot A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.

5.9

30 votes

5.9

30 votes

Over the Moon

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thornton Freeland · William K. Howard

Cast Merle Oberon · Rex Harrison · Ursula Jeans · Robert Douglas

Plot Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost...

5.5

32 votes

5.5

32 votes

The First Year

1932 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

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Christina

1929 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Janet Gaynor · Charles Morton · Rudolph Schildkraut · Harry Cording

Plot Christina lives with her father in a Dutch fishing village. A circus arrives and handsome Jan attracts all feminine interests. He and Christina fall in love, but Mrs. Bosman, the...

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Mary Burns, Fugitive

1935 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Sylvia Sidney · Melvyn Douglas · Alan Baxter · Pert Kelton

Plot A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster. The association results in her being tried and sentenced to...

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Good Intentions

1930 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Edmund Lowe · Marguerite Churchill · Regis Toomey · Earle Foxe

Plot Racketeer David Cresson's sudden passion for the straight-and-narrow life is due to his falling in love with Helen Rankin, a society débutante. However, his former associate and gang-members are more...

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Sin Town

1929 · Movie · min. · United States

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The Squeaker (Murder on Diamond Row)

1937 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Edmund Lowe · Sebastian Shaw · Ann Todd · Tamara Desni

Plot London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard,...

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East of Broadway

1924 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

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Don't Bet on Women

1931 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Edmund Lowe · Jeanette MacDonald · Roland Young · J.M. Kerrigan

Plot At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Herbert Drake....

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Back Door to Heaven

1939 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Wallace Ford · William Harrigan · Stuart Erwin · Jimmy Lydon

Plot The life of a young slum kid, who starts out stealing small things in order to fit in with the "crowd", winds up in reform school, and eventually spends much...

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A Ship Comes In

1928 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Louise Dresser · Rudolph Schildkraut · Milton Holmes · Linda Landi

Plot The saga of Hungarian immigrants coming to America. When the father is accused of placing a bomb in the court where he works, he never gives up his patriotism.

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Extra! Extra!

1922 · Movie · min. · United States

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Rendezvous

1935 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard · Sam Wood

Cast William Powell · Rosalind Russell · Binnie Barnes · Lionel Atwill

Plot In 1917 Lt. Bill Gordon is headed for France when he meets and becomes friendly with Joel Carter, niece of the Asst. Secretary of War. Finding out that he is...

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Money and the Woman

1940 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Jeffrey Lynn · Brenda Marshall · John Litel · Lee Patrick

Plot The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Charlie has greatly increased the amount of money in...

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The Light of Western Stars

1925 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction William K. Howard

Cast Jack Holt · Billie Dove · Noah Beery · Alma Bennett

Plot Cowhand Gene Stewart (Jack Holt) spends much of his time as a drunk and disorderly "two-gun rowdy", sinking to the depths among the Mexican riffraff (sleeping off a drinking spree...

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