Direction: William Keighley

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


The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Michael Curtiz · William Keighley

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Basil Rathbone · Claude Rains

Plot In Michael Curtiz's swashbuckling spectacle about the infamous outlaw and his band of merry men who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor," Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) fights...

7.2

28K votes

7.2

28K votes

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1942 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Bette Davis · Ann Sheridan · Monty Woolley · Elisabeth Fraser

Plot A pompous writer and critic forced to stay with a midwestern family during the winter thoroughly disrupts their well-ordered lives. Original play (1939) by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

6.9

830 votes

6.9

830 votes

The Street with No Name

1948 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Mark Stevens · Richard Widmark · Lloyd Nolan · Barbara Lawrence

Plot After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to...

6.8

518 votes

6.8

518 votes

Each Dawn I Die

1939 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · George Raft · Jane Bryan · George Bancroft

Plot Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his friends at the newspaper try to find out who framed him, Frank gets...

6.8

301 votes

6.8

301 votes

'G' Men

1935 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · Margaret Lindsay · Ann Dvorak · Robert Armstrong

Plot It's the early days of the F.B.I. - federal agents working for the Department of Justice. Though they've got limited powers - they don't carry weapons and have to get...

6.8

588 votes

6.8

588 votes

The Prince and the Pauper

1937 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Errol Flynn · Claude Rains · Henry Stephenson · Barton MacLane

Plot England, 19th Century. On the same day two boys are born: the pauper Tom and prince Edvard. As a kid, Tom sneaks into the palace garden and meet the prince....

6.6

714 votes

6.6

714 votes

Bullets or Ballots

1936 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Joan Blondell · Barton MacLane · Humphrey Bogart

Plot After he's thrown off the force for hitting his superior, ex-cop Edward G. Robinson is hired as an "advisor" by city crime boss Barton MacLane, but gunman Humphrey Bogart doesn't...

6.6

463 votes

6.6

463 votes

Rocky Mountain

1950 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Errol Flynn · Patrice Wymore · Scott Forbes · Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Plot A Confederate troop, led by Captain Lafe Barstow, is prowling the far ranges of California and Nevada in a last desperate attempt to build up an army in the West...

6.3

99 votes

6.3

99 votes

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · Bette Davis · Stuart Erwin · Eugene Pallette

Plot Charter pilot Steve Collins is able to stay one step ahead of girlfriends who want to marry him and the bill collector who wants to repossess his plane. His latest...

6.3

111 votes

6.3

111 votes

The Master of Ballantrae

1953 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction William Keighley

Cast Errol Flynn · Anthony Steel · Roger Livesey · Beatrice Campbell

Plot Buckle on your swashes for this swashbuckling adventure with a highlander who fought for Bonnie Prince Charlie who, after various escapades, becomes a pirate.

6.3

675 votes

6.3

675 votes

Torrid Zone

1940 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · Ann Sheridan · Pat O'Brien · Andy Devine

Plot Banana Company executive Steve Case on a Caribean plantation group tries to convince his former co-worker Nick Butler to take over the plantation No 7. But he is on his...

6.2

39 votes

6.2

39 votes

Close to My Heart

1951 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Ray Milland · Gene Tierney · Fay Bainter · Howard St. John

Plot A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.

6.2

91 votes

6.2

91 votes

Special Agent

1935 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Bette Davis · George Brent · Ricardo Cortez · Jack La Rue

Plot Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and...

6.2

58 votes

6.2

58 votes

Ladies They Talk About

1933 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Howard Bretherton · William Keighley

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Preston Foster · Lyle Talbot · Dorothy Burgess

Plot Gun moll Nan Taylor, caught after an otherwise successful bank robbery, falls for radio crusader David Slade and confides her guilt to him. Much to her surprise, he turns her...

6.0

75 votes

6.0

75 votes

The Fighting 69th

1940 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · Pat O'Brien · George Brent · Jeffrey Lynn

Plot "The Fighting 69th" is a First World War regiment of mostly New York-Irish soldiers. Amongst a cocky crew, perhaps the cockiest is Jerry Plunkett, a scrappy fellow who looks out...

5.6

75 votes

5.6

75 votes

Honeymoon

1947 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Shirley Temple · Franchot Tone · Guy Madison · Lina Romay

Plot Pretty but scatterbrained Barbara Olmstead arrives in Mexico City to marry her soldier fiance, learns he's been delayed, and runs off to find a place to stay. Meanwhile, fiance Phil...

5.4

22 votes

5.4

22 votes

Varsity Show

1937 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Dick Powell · Fred Waring · Ted Healy · Rosemary Lane

Plot Winfield College students who are trying to put together the annual varsity show come into conflict with their faculty adviser, a stodgy old professor whose ideas are hopelessly out of...

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Secrets of an Actress

1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William Keighley

Cast Kay Francis · George Brent · Ian Hunter · Gloria Dickson

Plot Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.

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Lux Video Theatre (TV Series)

1950 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Richard Goode · Fielder Cook · Buzz Kulik · Earl Eby

Cast Ken Carpenter · Jay Jackson · Otto Kruger · Gordon MacRae

Plot TV Series (1950-1959). 352 episodes. Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars. Initially, the show was a 30-minute weekly show but when it moved to NBC in August 1954, the show...

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Valley of the Giants

1938 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

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