The Kennel Murder Case (1933), Manhattan Melodrama (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936), Song of the Thin Man (1947), Libeled Lady (1936), Mister Roberts (1955), Love Crazy (1941), Jewel Robbery (1932) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best William Powell movies.
Storyline: Detective Philo Vance sifts through clues and comes up with seven possible suspects in the murder of a sportsman.
Plot Keywords: murder mystery, detective story, classic film, 1930s, film noir, crime investigation, whodunit ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A district attorney (William Powell) condemns his boyhood buddy, a racketeer (Clark Gable) whose crime saves his bid for governor.
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, film noir, gangster, romance, friendship, betrayal ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict, and ends by hiring him as family butler. He finds the Bullocks to be the epitome of idle rich, and nutty as the proverbial fruitcake. Soon, the dramatizing Irene is in love with her 'protege'...who feels strongly that a romance between servant and employer is out of place, regardless of that servant's mysterious past...
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, 1930s, usa, black and white, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tommy Drake (Philip Reed), a musician aboard a gambling ship, is shot and killed while trying to break into a safe. Later, amateur sleuths Nick (William Powell) and Norah (Myrna Loy) receive a visit from Phil Brant, Drake's former boss and the the main suspect in his murder. After they give Brant up to the authorities, they start digging around for clues. The pair question Brant's wife and one of Drake's musician colleagues until they start to piece together the intricate puzzle.
Plot Keywords: film noir, detective, comedy, mystery, crime, new york, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Warren Haggerty is the chief editor of the New York Evening Star. He keeps on delaying his marriage with Gladys because of problems his newspapers must face. When a 5 million dollar lawsuit is filed by Connie Allenbury for falsely printing she is a marriage-breaker, he plans a marriage in words only between Gladys and the Don Juan Bill Chandler. The goal is to catch Connie alone with a married man.—Yepok
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, black and white, 1930s, american film, misunderstanding ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. He'd do anything to leave the quiet of the ship to join in the "action". Trouble is, the captain of the ship, is a bit of a tyrant, and isn't willing to sign Roberts' transfer requests. Also on board is Ensign Pulver, who avoids work as best he can, whilst living off the riches of his buying and selling. Roberts and the crew are in constant battle, even over the smallest of disagreements.
Plot Keywords: war, comedy, drama, navy, world war ii, black and white, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date. When Susan's meddling mother interrupts and injures herself. Steve is left to take care of her and when he meets an old flame in the elevator--Susan's mother takes the opportunity to break-up their marriage. She convinces Susan that Steve is cheating on her-Susan files for divorce. Steve has one solution to save his marriage...Pretend he is insane.—Kelly
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, farce, classic, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When a baroness is present during a robbery at a jewellers in Vienna, she finds the gang's debonair leader more attractive than either her husband or her lover.—Ian Harries <ih@doc.ic.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: crime, comedy, romance, thriller, 1930s, black comedy, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In late-19th-century New York City, a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife. His children are also stretching their wings, discovering girls, and making money selling patent medicines. When it comes to light that he has never been baptized and everyone urges him to remedy this, it gets to be too much.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: family, comedy, classic, american, 1940s, black and white, father-son relationship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Illegal immigrant and showgirl Johnny Jones is due to be deported from the USA, her only hope is to get married, but her rich publisher boyfriend Barton Kendrick is already married! She meets down-on-his-luck author, Bill Smith, and proposes a marriage of convenience in order to remain in the country, but Bill has more ambitious ideas.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, drama, marriage, usa, 1940s, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced because Brad hated being dragged into murder mysteries, to which mystery writer Paula is addicted. But through horse trainer Mike North, Brad is embroiled in the case of a jockey who died of "heart failure" during a race. As they pursue clues, Paula pursues Brad for remarriage, and assorted hoods pursue the Bradfords.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: mystery, comedy, crime, detective, marriage, murder, investigation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Waldo and Irene have been living with Margit for the four years that they have been engaged. Margit has planned the wedding and the honeymoon - in fact, Margit plans everything down to what they will have for breakfast every day. The only problem is that Waldo is a milquetoast and Irene does not want to be married to a milquetoast. So she says she is in love with Charlie, a bohemian artist/producer who lives in a trailer behind Spike's Place. When Margit confronts Charlie about giving up Irene, Charlie sees that she is the one for him. To make everyone happy, Charlie will have to help Waldo get a backbone.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, marriage, misunderstanding, romantic, classic, hollywood ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Evelyn Prentice is the respected wife of a high-profile New York attorney. Despite the prestige and status she enjoys, she feels neglected and out of boredom becomes involved with an unscrupulous womanizing poet, who gives her the attention she craves. She eventually finds herself a victim of blackmail and becomes involved in his murder. When another woman is accused of the crime, she begs her husband to defend her.—duke1029
Plot Keywords: crime, drama, courtroom, mystery, film noir, lawyer, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On election day, Count Albert Sandor, the Prime Minister of Hungary, is surprised to learn that his faithful servant, Johann Porok, has been elected to parliament. Despite their opposing political views, Johann and Sandor amicably agree to continue their butler and master relationship. Sandor's daughter, Baroness Katrina Marissey, however, is appalled to see the eloquent butler opposing her father in parliament.—L. Hamre
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, 1930s, aristocracy, class conflict, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A businessman (William Powell) snaps out of 9-year amnesia, reverts to con man and falls in love with his wife (Myrna Loy).
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, black comedy, marriage, amnesia, con ...
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