Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

December 25, 1902 · 123 years old

Barton MacLane graduated from Wesleyan University, where he displayed a notable aptitude for sports, in particular football and basketball. Not surprisingly, his physical prowess led to an early role in The Quarterback (1926) with Richard Dix. MacLane once commented that, as an actor, he needed to h…

Known For

30 titles
1
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

7.9
2
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948 · 2h 6m · Movie

Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.

8.2
3
High Sierra

High Sierra

1941 · 1h 40m · Movie

After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.

7.5
4
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941 · 1h 53m · Movie

Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild after he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.

6.8
5
The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story

1954 · 1h 55m · Movie

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

7.3
6
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 · 2h 16m · Movie

New York bootlegger Dave the Dude and his girlfriend Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin try to turn boozy street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when Annie learns that her daughter Louise is marrying the son of a Spanish count.

7.1
7
You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

1937 · 1h 26m · Movie

The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.

7.2
8
All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942 · 1h 47m · Movie

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

7.1
9
'G' Men

'G' Men

1935 · 1h 25m · Movie

James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.

7.1
10
The Mummy's Ghost

The Mummy's Ghost

1944 · 1h 1m · Movie

Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.

5.5
11
Western Union

Western Union

1941 · 1h 35m · Movie

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite east with west, he hires a reformed Western outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor.

6.7
12
Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936 · 1h 22m · Movie

When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup. He fires NYPD Detective Blake, who punches him and joins the racket.

7.0
13
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

1936 · 1h 6m · Movie

After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.

6.6
14
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

1937 · 1h 58m · Movie

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

7.2
15
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950 · 1h 42m · Movie

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him.

7.1
16
Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

1941 · 1h 26m · Movie

Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.

7.0
17
The Geisha Boy

The Geisha Boy

1958 · 1h 38m · Movie

Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little orphan boy.

6.4
18
San Quentin

San Quentin

1937 · 1h 10m · Movie

An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.

6.5
19
Backlash

Backlash

1956 · 1h 24m · Movie

Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.

6.6
20
The Spanish Main

The Spanish Main

1945 · 1h 40m · Movie

After being wronged by the Caribbean authorities, a Dutch captain turns pirate to wage war.

6.3
21
Manpower

Manpower

1941 · 1h 44m · Movie

Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power, and trade punches over the same woman.

6.6
22
You and Me

You and Me

1938 · 1h 34m · Movie

An altruistic department-store owner hires ex-convicts in order to give them a second chance at life. Unfortunately, one of the convicts he hires recruits two of his fellow ex-convicts in a plan to rob the store.

6.8
23
Silver River

Silver River

1948 · 1h 50m · Movie

After Mike McComb is booted out of the cavalry, he becomes riverboat gambler and silver mine owner in Nevada.

6.5
24
Cry of the Werewolf

Cry of the Werewolf

1944 · 1h 3m · Movie

A young woman raised by gypsies hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to protect.

5.3
25
Bombardier

Bombardier

1943 · 1h 39m · Movie

Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.

6.0
26
Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific

1953 · 1h 13m · Movie

With the Civil War about to begin, Southern saboteurs attack frontier railroad construction.

5.8
27
Mysterious Intruder

Mysterious Intruder

1946 · 1h 1m · Movie

Amid murders and kidnappings, a private detective is hired to find a missing girl whose family inheritance contains two rare collectible song recordings worth a lot of money.

6.3
28
Stranded

Stranded

1935 · 1h 12m · Movie

A construction engineer with a heart of steel courts a social worker with a heart of gold, while fighting a protection racketeer that tries to derail the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.

6.5
29
Bugles in the Afternoon

Bugles in the Afternoon

1952 · 1h 25m · Movie

After violently attacking a fellow officer Lt. Edward Garnett, cavalry Captain Kern Shafter is court martialled. Later, he rejoins the army with Custer's regiment at Fort Lincoln, Dakota, becoming a sergeant, where he runs into hi...

6.0
30
Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937 · 1h 4m · Movie

Gamblers Jim Turner and Valarie part company in Chicago and agree to meet at Saratoga with Jim stopping off at Barrowville en route. There, Jim meets George Mayhew and Eight Ball, a barbershop bootblack, and replenishes his bankro...

5.5