Direction: Otto Brower

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


Stanley and Livingstone

1939 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Henry King · Otto Brower

Cast Spencer Tracy · Nancy Kelly · Richard Greene · Walter Brennan

Plot An American newspaper searches Africa for a lost explorer.

6.5

156 votes

6.5

156 votes

Fighting Caravans

1931 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower · David Burton

Cast Gary Cooper · Lili Damita · Ernest Torrence · Tully Marshall

Plot A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling...

5.4

210 votes

5.4

210 votes

Scarlet River

1933 · Movie · 54 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Tom Keene · Dorothy Wilson · Lon Chaney Jr. · Betty Furness

Plot Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been...

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The Hard Hombre

1931 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Hoot Gibson · Lina Basquette · Mathilde Comont · G. Raymond Nye

Plot When Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw the Hard Hombre. This enables him to force the ranchers to divide up...

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The Local Bad Man

1932 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Hoot Gibson · Sally Blane · Hooper Atchley · Edward Hearn

Plot The Murdock's bank is in trouble. So they ship money on the train and rob it to get back the money plus the insurance, Bonner and his two pals recover...

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Behind Green Lights

1946 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Carole Landis · William Gargan · Richard Crane · Mary Anderson

Plot Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters.

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Winner Take All

1939 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Tony Martin · Gloria Stuart · Henry Armetta · Slim Summerville

Plot When a waiter makes a lucky hit and wins a benefit prizefight, gamblers rig some fights for him; but a reporter arranges for a real boxer to put him in...

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Headline Shooter

1933 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast William Gargan · Frances Dee · Ralph Bellamy · Jack La Rue

Plot Roguish, cynical newsreel cameraman Bill Allen usually has a dame in one hand and a hip flask in the other, yet catches breaking stories and disasters of all sorts on...

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The Gay Caballero

1940 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Cesar Romero · Sheila Ryan · Robert Sterling · Chris-Pin Martin

Plot The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have attempted to...

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The Border Legion

1930 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower · Edwin H. Knopf

Cast Jack Holt · Fay Wray · Richard Arlen · Eugene Pallette

Plot Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho outlaws known as the Border Legion. But when the Legion takes...

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The Phantom Empire

1935 · Movie · 245 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower · B. Reeves Eason

Cast Gene Autry · Frankie Darro · Betsy King Ross · Dorothy Christy

Plot When the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried...

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Clearing the Range

1931 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Hoot Gibson · Sally Eilers · Hooper Atchley · Robert Homans

Plot Kildare kills Curt Fremont's brother Jim. When Curt arrives he poses as a coward in public but sneaks out unseen to become the daring El Capitan as he looks for...

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The Santa Fe Trail

1930 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower · Edwin H. Knopf

Cast Richard Arlen · Rosita Moreno · Eugene Pallette · Mitzi Green

Plot A sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses, the hero shows that a white crook is responsible.

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Postal Inspector

1936 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower

Cast Ricardo Cortez · Patricia Ellis · Michael Loring · Bela Lugosi

Plot Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.

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Paramount on Parade

1930 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Dorothy Arzner · Otto Brower · Edmund Goulding · Victor Heerman

Cast Maurice Chevalier · Richard Arlen · Jean Arthur · George Bancroft

Plot A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting...

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The Light of Western Stars

1930 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Otto Brower · Edwin H. Knopf

Cast Richard Arlen · Mary Brian · Harry Green · Regis Toomey

Plot A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick...

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