Direction: James Cruze

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


If I Had a Million

1932 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Ernst Lubitsch · Norman Taurog · Norman Z. McLeod · William A. Seiter

Cast Gary Cooper · Charles Laughton · George Raft · Jack Oakie

Synopsis Buoyant, star-studded comedy about a dying steel tycoon (Richard Bennett) who randomly selects eight people from a phone book and gives them each a million dollars. Among the lucky recipients are a clumsy china salesman (Charles Ruggles), a working girl...

6.6

856 votes

6.6

856 votes

The Covered Wagon

1923 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Lois Wilson · J. Warren Kerrigan · Alan Hale · Tully Marshall

Synopsis Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle...

6.2

27 votes

6.2

27 votes

The Great Gabbo

1929 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Erich von Stroheim · James Cruze

Cast Erich von Stroheim · Betty Compson · Donald Douglas · Marjorie Kane

Synopsis An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.

6.0

120 votes

6.0

120 votes

I Cover the Waterfront

1933 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Ben Lyon · Claudette Colbert · Ernest Torrence · Hobart Cavanaugh

Synopsis Reporter Joe Miller is sure that fisherman Eli Kirk smuggles illegal Chinese immigrants into the country, but can't obtain enough evidence to satisfy his editor. Chance plays into his hands in the lovely form of Kirk's daughter, Julie, whom he...

5.4

81 votes

5.4

81 votes

Old Ironsides

1926 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Charles Farrell · Esther Ralston · Wallace Beery · George Bancroft

Synopsis Early in the 19th century, the USS Constitution is launched as part of an effort to stop piracy in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, a young man determined to go to sea is befriended by the bos'n of the merchant ship Esther,...

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The Valley of the Giants

1919 · Movie · 50 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Wallace Reid · Grace Darmond · William Brunton · Charles Ogle

Synopsis Rival logging companies battle for the Valley of the Giants (redwood trees) when a young engineer returns home to help his father by building a new rail line to transport the logs to the sawmill. A romance between the engineer...

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Sutter's Gold

1936 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Edward Arnold · Lee Tracy · Binnie Barnes · Katharine Alexander

Synopsis Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

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The Wrong Road

1937 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Richard Cromwell · Helen Mack · Lionel Atwill · Horace McMahon

Synopsis A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they...

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The Roaring Road

1919 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Wallace Reid · Ann Little · Theodore Roberts · Guy Oliver

Synopsis A young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing.

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David Harum

1934 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Will Rogers · Louise Dresser · Evelyn Venable · Kent Taylor

Synopsis Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller who places a winning $4,500 bet on a 10-1 harness racing horse,...

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Gangs of New York

1938 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Charles Bickford · Ann Dvorak · Alan Baxter · Wynne Gibson

Synopsis The undercover cop Rocky Thorpe infiltrates a crime syndicate being run by the incarcerated mob boss John Franklin. Franklin conducts his business via a short-wave radio concealed in his cell. One day Franklin is caught and placed in solitary confinement....

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The Fighting Coward

1924 · Movie · 66 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Ernest Torrence · Mary Astor · Noah Beery · Cullen Landis

Synopsis Tom Rumford was born in the South but raised by pacifist Quaker relatives in the North and taught not to fight. When he returns to the South as a young man, he is tormented by the local bullies for his...

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Salvation Nell

1931 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Ralph Graves · Helen Chandler · Sally O'Neil · Jason Robards Sr.

Synopsis Young Nell loses her job and home and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out bent on continuing his life of crime.

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The Enemy Sex

1924 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

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Hollywood

1923 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction James Cruze

Cast Hope Drown · Luke Cosgrave · George K. Arthur · Ruby Lafayette

Synopsis Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves Grandma, an aunt, her brother, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville.

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