Soundtrack: Hans J. Salter

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Hans J. Salter. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


Hold That Ghost

1941 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Lubin

Cast Bud Abbott · Lou Costello · Mischa Auer · Richard Carlson

Plot Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted...

6.2

613 votes

6.2

613 votes

That's My Man

1947 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Don Ameche · Catherine McLeod · Roscoe Karns · John Ridgely

Plot A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of...

6.2

44 votes

6.2

44 votes

The Black Shield of Falworth

1954 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Tony Curtis · Janet Leigh · David Farrar · Barbara Rush

Plot In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one...

6.2

799 votes

6.2

799 votes

Naked Alibi

1954 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Jerry Hopper

Cast Sterling Hayden · Gloria Grahame · Gene Barry · Marcia Henderson

Plot Questioned by the police, a drunk Al Willis attacks his police questioners. He gets beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only...

6.2

85 votes

6.2

85 votes

Against All Flags

1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Errol Flynn · Maureen O'Hara · Anthony Quinn · Mildred Natwick

Plot In 1700, the pirates of Madagascar menace the India trade; British officer Brian Hawke has himself cashiered, flogged, and set adrift to infiltrate the pirate "republic." There, Hawke meets lovely...

6.2

847 votes

6.2

847 votes

Red Sundown

1956 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Jack Arnold

Cast Rory Calhoun · Martha Hyer · Dean Jagger · Robert Middleton

Plot When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding...

6.1

163 votes

6.1

163 votes

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

1943 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Roy William Neill

Cast Basil Rathbone · Nigel Bruce · Dennis Hoey · Halliwell Hobbes

Plot During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime...

6.1

368 votes

6.1

368 votes

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Earl McEvoy

Cast Evelyn Keyes · Charles Korvin · William Bishop · Dorothy Malone

Plot Sheila Bennett smuggles some diamonds, from Cuba, through the port of New York City but is unaware she is also bringing in a smallpox virus. Doctor can not diagnose the...

6.1

63 votes

6.1

63 votes

Pittsburgh

1942 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Marlene Dietrich · John Wayne · Randolph Scott · Frank Craven

Plot Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and...

6.1

104 votes

6.1

104 votes

The Black Cat

1941 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Albert S. Rogell

Cast Basil Rathbone · Hugh Herbert · Broderick Crawford · Bela Lugosi

Plot Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling cats, gun shots, screams in the night, hidden passages -- all the proper ingredients.

6.1

129 votes

6.1

129 votes

The Prince who was a Thief

1951 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Tony Curtis · Piper Laurie · Marvin Miller · Everett Sloane

Plot In 13th-century Tangiers, regent Mustapha hires master thief Yussef to murder the baby Prince Hussein so Mustapha can take the throne in the infant's place. Yussef, too kind-hearted to kill...

6.1

254 votes

6.1

254 votes

The Last of the Fast Guns

1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction George Sherman

Cast Jock Mahoney · Gilbert Roland · Linda Cristal · Eduard Franz

Plot On a mission to find a missing man in Mexico, gunfighter Brad Ellison learns that life is not as simple as it used to be.

6.1

138 votes

6.1

138 votes

The Midnight Story

1957 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Pevney

Cast Tony Curtis · Marisa Pavan · Gilbert Roland · Jay C. Flippen

Plot Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects...

6.1

110 votes

6.1

110 votes

Tower of London

1939 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Rowland V. Lee

Cast Basil Rathbone · Boris Karloff · Barbara O'Neil · Ian Hunter

Plot In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King...

6.1

284 votes

6.1

284 votes

The Rawhide Years

1956 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Tony Curtis · Colleen Miller · Arthur Kennedy · William Demarest

Plot Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galena's leading citizen is murdered on...

6.0

191 votes

6.0

191 votes

His Butler's Sister

1943 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Deanna Durbin · Franchot Tone · Pat O'Brien · Akim Tamiroff

Plot A young girl visits New York for two reasons: to see her half-brother, and to try to start a musical career.

6.0

37 votes

6.0

37 votes

The Rage of Paris

1938 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Danielle Darrieux · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Mischa Auer · Helen Broderick

Plot Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problem is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her...

6.0

155 votes

6.0

155 votes

Magnificent Doll

1946 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

6.0

145 votes

6.0

145 votes

The Far Horizons

1955 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Rudolph Maté

Cast Fred MacMurray · Charlton Heston · Donna Reed · Barbara Hale

Plot After the United States acquired Louisiana from France, explorers Meriwether Lewis (MacMurray) and William Clark (Heston) lead an expedition to survey the territory where no white man has ever gone...

6.0

529 votes

6.0

529 votes

First Love

1939 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Henry Koster

Cast Deanna Durbin · Robert Stack · Eugene Pallette · Helen Parrish

Plot In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She's hardly received with open arms, especially...

5.9

30 votes

5.9

30 votes