Direction: George W. Hill

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by George W. Hill. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Big House

1930 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Chester Morris · Wallace Beery · Lewis Stone · Robert Montgomery

Plot Young Kent Marlowe, sent to prison for manslaughter, never learns the prison 'code of honor', planting a knife on his cellmate John Morgan, causing Morgan's parole, due to start the...

6.5

112 votes

6.5

112 votes

The Secret Six

1931 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Wallace Beery · Lewis Stone · Johnny Mack Brown · Jean Harlow

Plot Bootlegger/cafe owner Ralph Bellamy recruits crude working man Wallace Beery to join his gang which is masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Lewis Stone. Beery eventually takes over Bellamy's operation,...

6.2

38 votes

6.2

38 votes

Min and Bill

1930 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Marie Dressler · Wallace Beery · Dorothy Jordan · Marjorie Rambeau

Plot Min owns the waterfront hotel where Bill, the captain of a fishing boat, lives. Also living and working in the hotel is Nancy, whom Min took in some years ago...

5.8

51 votes

5.8

51 votes

Zander the Great

1925 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Marion Davies · Holbrook Blinn · Harrison Ford II · Harry Watson

Plot Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with...

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Tell It to the Marines

1926 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Lon Chaney · William Haines · Eleanor Boardman · Eddie Gribbon

Plot U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military...

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Clear All Wires!

1933 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Lee Tracy · Benita Hume · Una Merkel · James Gleason

Plot Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being...

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Hell Divers

1931 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Wallace Beery · Clark Gable · Conrad Nagel · Dorothy Jordan

Plot Story of rivalry between 2 Navy aircrewmen on and off duty.

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The Flying Fleet

1929 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill

Cast Ramon Novarro · Ralph Graves · Anita Page

Plot The story follows six midshipman after they graduate from Annapolis. Their goal is to become U.S. Navy pilots and three of them are eliminated at the San Diego Naval Base....

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The Cossacks

1928 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction George W. Hill · Clarence Brown

Cast John Gilbert · Renée Adorée · Ernest Torrence · Nils Asther

Plot Lukashka is the son of a fierce Cossack chief, but he would rather relax in the woods or flirt with his sweetheart Maryana than go to battle with the neighboring...

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Big House

1931 · Movie · 91 min. · France

Direction Pál Fejös · George W. Hill · Jacques Feyder

Cast Charles Boyer · André Berley · André Burgère · Rolla Norman

Plot French-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Charles Boyer in Chester Morris's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't...

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