Direction: Harold S. Bucquet

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Harold S. Bucquet. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Dragon Seed

1944 · Movie · 147 min. · United States

Direction Jack Conway · Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Walter Huston · Aline MacMahon · Akim Tamiroff

Plot A heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese invaders. The use of caucasian actors and actresses in oriental roles significantly detracts from the film's...

6.5

380 votes

6.5

380 votes

Without Love

1945 · Movie · 111 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Spencer Tracy · Katharine Hepburn · Lucille Ball · Keenan Wynn

Plot A widow allows a scientist to set up a laboratory in her basement to conduct secret wartime experiments. Both are disillusioned with love and decide to marry for convenience.

6.2

380 votes

6.2

380 votes

The Stolen Jools (S)

1931 · Movie · 20 min. · United States

Direction William McGann · John G. Adolfi · Victor Heerman · Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Buster Keaton · Stan Laurel · Oliver Hardy · Wallace Beery

Plot Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft...

5.6

32 votes

5.6

32 votes

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940 · Movie · 77 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Lew Ayres · Lionel Barrymore · Laraine Day · Shepperd Strudwick

Plot Young Dr. Kildare tries to help an unlucky brain surgeon and his seemingly insane patient.

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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Lew Ayres · Lionel Barrymore · Laraine Day · Samuel S. Hinds

Plot Dr. James Kildare has just completed his internship at Blair General Hospital and is assigned to work with his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. But fearing for the health of his...

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Soak the Poor (S)

1937 · Movie · 16 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Leslie Fenton · Leon Ames · Ted Billings · John Butler

Plot Entry number 11 in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with racketeers shaking down small grocers and horning in on the relief tickets, forcing prices up with the consumers...

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Young Dr. Kildare

1938 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Lew Ayres · Lynne Carver · Nat Pendleton

Plot Fresh out of medical school, young Dr. James Kildare decides to leave his father's country practice and take up a position at a large New York hospital. There he meets...

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What Price Safety! (S)

1938 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

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Kathleen

1941 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Shirley Temple · Herbert Marshall · Laraine Day · Gail Patrick

Plot Kathleen is a 12 year old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time....

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On Borrowed Time

1939 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Lionel Barrymore · Cedric Hardwicke · Beulah Bondi · Una Merkel

Plot Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his cantankerous old grandfather become inseparable friends. But Gramps is concerned for his grandson's...

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Behind the Criminal (S)

1937 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

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The People vs. Dr. Kildare

1941 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Lew Ayres · Lionel Barrymore · Laraine Day · Bonita Granville

Plot Kildare saves the life of an ice skater who was in an auto accident. But even though her broken leg has knit, she can't walk, and she tries to sue...

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Edward Arnold · Fay Bainter · Richard Ney · Jean Rogers

Plot In this WW II propaganda piece a wealthy American society matron refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating...

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Torture Money (S)

1937 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Edwin Maxwell · George Lynn · Murray Alper · Mel Ruick

Plot Police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.

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It May Happen to You (S)

1937 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast J. Carrol Naish · King Baggot · William Bailey · Barbara Bedford

Plot From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" Series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.

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The Penalty

1941 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Edward Arnold · Lionel Barrymore · Marsha Hunt · Robert Sterling

Plot The son of a murderer is entangled in his father's crimes and is sentenced to a rehabilitive farm, where he learns a new way of life.

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Come Across (S)

1938 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Bernard Nedell · Bernadene Hayes · Rita La Roy · Donald Douglas

Plot A bank robber pulls off a heist and comes out with a good haul. However, he winds up being forced to give most of it to his gangland "friends" to...

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They're Always Caught (S)

1938 · Movie · 22 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Stanley Ridges · John Eldredge · Louis Jean Heydt · Charles Waldron

Plot Shows the role the crime laboratory plays in the solving of cases, and how even the smallest detail can become a major clue.

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The Adventures of Tartu / Sabotage Agent

1943 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Robert Donat · Glynis Johns · Phyllis Morris · Martin Miller

Plot Stevenson, a British soldier fluent in Rumanian and German, goes undercover to sabotage a German poison-gas factory. He turns himself into Jan Tartu, a member of the Rumanian Iron Guard....

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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

1941 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction Harold S. Bucquet

Cast Lew Ayres · Lionel Barrymore · Laraine Day · Red Skelton

Plot It is a week before Dr. Kildare's wedding to pretty Nurse Mary Lamont. The hospital is a-buzz with preparation for the big day. And good old Dr. Gillespie, despite fatigue,...

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