William H. O'Brien Movies

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of...

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a...

Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to...

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his...

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr....

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen,...

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity,...

While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of...

A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken...

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...

Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto...

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money...

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to...

Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.