Direction: Edwin L. Marin

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Edwin L. Marin. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


A Christmas Carol

1938 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Reginald Owen · Gene Lockhart · Kathleen Lockhart · Terry Kilburn

Synopsis On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to...

6.8

86 votes

6.8

86 votes

Race Street

1948 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast George Raft · William Bendix · Marilyn Maxwell · Frank Faylen

Synopsis Nice-guy bookie Dan Gannin plans to quit the racket; he's opening a new night club with his torch-singing sister as main attraction. But Dan's best friend Hal runs afoul of "protection" crooks, and Dan goes after them like a one-man...

6.4

54 votes

6.4

54 votes

Tall in the Saddle

1944 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast John Wayne · Ella Raines · Ward Bond · George 'Gabby' Hayes

Synopsis When a stranger arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who sent for him has been murdered. Further, most of the townsfolk seem to be at each other's throats, and the newcomer has soon run contrariwise to...

6.2

268 votes

6.2

268 votes

Nocturne

1946 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast George Raft · Lynn Bari · Virginia Huston · Joseph Pevney

Synopsis Police detective Joe Warner investigates the shooting of womanizing composer Keith Vincent. Evidence points to suicide and that is the official verdict, but Joe doesn't buy it and obsessively keeps looking, tracking down one discarded love after another, despite being...

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6.1

137 votes

6.1

137 votes

Fighting Man of the Plains

1949 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Randolph Scott · Bill Williams · Victor Jory · Dale Robertson

Synopsis Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element - with the help of his old pal, Jesse James.

6.0

48 votes

6.0

48 votes

Johnny Angel

1945 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast George Raft · Claire Trevor · Signe Hasso · Lowell Gilmore

Synopsis Johnny Angel sets out to learn who hijacked a gold shipment from his father's ship and killed his father, the captain. He is joined in the search by Paulette, whose own father has been killed by the hijackers.

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6.0

71 votes

6.0

71 votes

The Death Kiss

1932 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast David Manners · Adrienne Ames · Bela Lugosi · John Wray

Synopsis While filming the closing scene of "The Death Kiss", leading man Myles Brent is actually killed. Having played around with, or been married to, most of the women connected with the movie studio, there are lots of suspects. When leading...

5.6

94 votes

5.6

94 votes

A Study in Scarlet

1933 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Reginald Owen · Anna May Wong · Warburton Gamble · June Clyde

Synopsis In London, a secret society collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. When society members start dropping like flies, Sherlock Holmes is approached by a member's widow. The atmospheric doings involve...

5.2

30 votes

5.2

30 votes

The Cariboo Trail

1950 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Randolph Scott · George 'Gabby' Hayes · Victor Jory · Bill Williams

Synopsis While the gold fever is sweeping the Cariboo Region, extending from Kamloops to Prince George, of British Columbia in western Canada, a man heads up into the region with his herd of cattle, because he thinks he can make even...

5.2

129 votes

5.2

129 votes

Canadian Pacific

1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Randolph Scott · Jane Wyatt · J. Carrol Naish · Victor Jory

Synopsis After finding a vital pass through the Canadian Rockies for the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Tom Andrews (Randolph Scott) tells his boss Cornelius Van Horne (Robert Barrat) that he is resigning to marry the girl he loves, Cecille...

5.2

179 votes

5.2

179 votes

Abilene Town

1946 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Randolph Scott · Ann Dvorak · Rhonda Fleming · Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis In the years following the Civil War, the town of Abilene, Kansas is poised on the brink of an explosive confrontation. A line has been drawn down the center of the town where the homesteaders and the cattlemen have come...

5.2

106 votes

5.2

106 votes

Fort Worth

1951 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Randolph Scott · David Brian · Phyllis Thaxter · Helena Carter

Synopsis An ex-gunfighter who now runs his small town's newspaper fears that he might have to take up his guns again when a gang of outlaws rides into town, intent on taking over.

5.2

95 votes

5.2

95 votes

Invisible Agent

1942 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Ilona Massey · Jon Hall · Peter Lorre · Cedric Hardwicke

Synopsis Frank Raymond changed his name and took up a life as the owner of a printing shop in order to distance himself from his former identity: as the grandson of the man who invented the formula for invisibility but ended...

5.2

68 votes

5.2

68 votes

Colt. 45

1950 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Randolph Scott · Zachary Scott · Ruth Roman · Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis Randolph Scott stars as a gun salesman whose sample case of Colt 45's is stolen by an outlaw (Zachary Scott). Accused of being a member of the outlaw gang when they start using the Colts in their holdups, the salesman...

5.0

254 votes

5.0

254 votes

Everybody Sing

1938 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Allan Jones · Judy Garland · Fannie Brice · Reginald Owen

Synopsis Judy Bellaire, played by Judy Garland, is the center of trouble at her exclusive private and very conservative school. She is expelled when she starts singing in a Jazzy style in her music class. Mayhem ensues as she returns home...

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I'd Give My Life

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

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Show Business

1944 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Eddie Cantor · George Murphy · Joan Davis · Nancy Kelly

Synopsis A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.

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Miss Annie Rooney

1942 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Shirley Temple · William Gargan · Guy Kibbee · Dickie Moore

Synopsis A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get...

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Paris Interlude

1934 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Madge Evans · Otto Kruger · Robert Young · Una Merkel

Synopsis Julie has a star crossed romance with Sam, leaning on pal Cassie when unhappy. When Sam is believed dead Cassie urges Julie to take up with good guy Pat. When Sam returns Cassie tries to do the right thing by...

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The Avenger

1933 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Edwin L. Marin

Cast Ralph Forbes · Adrienne Ames · Arthur Vinton · Claude Gillingwater

Synopsis A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.

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