William J. O'Brien Movies

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a...

A husband and wife act are hoping to find success on Broadway.

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive...

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.

A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.

A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.

Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio...

A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water...

Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names...

After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law...

Hoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown rustlers. Brennan/Talbot are twin brothers (one a casino...

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival barker, and then falling for a young...

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.

Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The...

A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless...