Direction: Harry Lachman

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


Our Relations

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Alan Hale · Sidney Toler

Plot Unbeknownst to Stanley and Oliver, their long-lost twin brothers, sailors Alfie and Bert are in town on shore leave carrying a valuable pearl ring entrusted to them by their ship's...

6.7

306 votes

6.7

306 votes

Dante's Inferno

1935 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Spencer Tracy · Claire Trevor · Henry B. Walthall · Alan Dinehart

Plot Jim Carter moves in on the McWade's carnival concession which shows scenes from Dante's "Inferno". He makes it a going concern, marrying Betting along the way. An inspector calls the...

6.2

84 votes

6.2

84 votes

Charlie Chan at the Circus

1936 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Warner Oland · Francis Ford · George Brasno · Keye Luke

Plot While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.

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Dr. Renault's Secret

1942 · Movie · 58 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast J. Carrol Naish · Shepperd Strudwick · Lynne Roberts · George Zucco

Plot A young man visits his fiancée in a remote French villa where her scientist father (George Zucco) resides. There he meets Noel (J. Carrol Naish), Dr. Renault's mysterious assistant, who...

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I Like It That Way

1934 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Gloria Stuart · Roger Pryo · Marian Marsh · Shirley Grey

Plot A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.

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George White's Scandals

1934 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

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No Time to Marry

1938 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Richard Arlen · Mary Astor · Lionel Stander · Virginia Dale

Plot Two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop".

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Murder Over New York

1940 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Sidney Toler · Marjorie Weaver · Robert Lowery · Ricardo Cortez

Plot When Charlie attends a police convention in New York he learns of sabotage slowing down production in aircraft plants. He, of course, enters the case.

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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Linda Darnell · Shepperd Strudwick · Virginia Gilmore · Jane Darwell

Plot Edgar Allen Poe led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his...

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The Devil Is Driving

1937 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Richard Dix · Joan Perry · Nana Bryant · Ian Wolfe

Plot To regain the trust of his girlfriend, an unscrupulous lawyer decides to mend his ways and follow a straighter path.

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It Happened in Hollywood

1937 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Richard Dix · Fay Wray · Victor Kilian · Franklin Pangborn

Plot The arrival of sound wrecks the career of a leading western actor while his leading lady rises to new heights. While hospitalized young Billy meets his silent movie idol Tim...

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Dead Men Tell

1941 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Sidney Toler · Robert Weldon · Victor Sen Yung · Donald Douglas

Plot A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board...

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The Beautiful Sailor

1932 · Movie · 80 min. · France

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Paddy the Next Best Thing

1933 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Janet Gaynor · Warner Baxter · Walter Connolly · Harvey Stephens

Plot In Ireland, Major Adair's older daughter Eileen is about to marry Lawrence Blake for his money in order to pay off her father's debts, even though she really loves Jack...

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Nada más que una mujer

1934 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

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Castle in the Desert

1942 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Sidney Toler · Arleen Whelan · Richard Derr · Douglass Dumbrille

Plot Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.

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Baby, Take a Bow

1934 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Shirley Temple · James Dunn · Claire Trevor · Alan Dinehart

Plot Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry,...

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The Man Who Lived Twice

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Ralph Bellamy · Marian Marsh · Thurston Hall · Isabel Jewell

Plot A criminal has plastic surgery done to change his identity. However, during the operation, he loses his memory; when he comes to after the surgery, he has a change of...

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Charlie Chan in Rio

1941 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Sidney Toler · Mary Beth Hughes · Cobina Wright · Ted North

Plot On the trail of a singer who killed the man she loved in Honolulu, Charlie finds her stabbed to death when he ultimately catches up to her in Rio.

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Week-End Wives

1929 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Harry Lachman

Cast Monty Banks · Jameson Thomas · Estelle Brody · Annette Benson

Plot A lawyer spends the weekend with a married actress at the same hotel as his wife and her lover.

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