Direction: William K. Howard
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by William K. Howard. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 54
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
Direction William K. Howard
Cast Janet Gaynor · Charles Farrell · Minna Gombell · Dudley Digges
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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
Direction J. Gordon Cooper · William K. Howard
Cast Elinor Fair · Ivan Lebadeff · Hugh Allan · Jack Oakie
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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
Direction William K. Howard
Cast Owen Moore · Marguerite De La Motte · Mary Carr · Eddie Gribbon
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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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Deserted at the Altar
1922 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction William K. Howard · Albert H. Kelley
Cast Tully Marshall · Bessie Love · William Scott · Barbara Tennant
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Extra! Extra!
1922 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction William K. Howard
Cast Edna Murphy · Johnnie Walker · Herschel Mayall · Clarence Wilson
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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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