The Bad Man 1941  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, Chris-Pin Martin, Tom Conway, Chill Wills, Nydia Westman, Charles Stevens
A Mexican outlaw (Wallace Beery) risks his life when he comes to the aid of an old friend (Lionel Barrymore).
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Bride of the Gorilla 1951  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curt Siodmak
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Ray Corrigan, Paul Maxey, Carol Varga, Woody Strode, Martin Garralaga
This movie is bad enough to be fun to watch. Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) oversees a jungle plantation and falls under a native curse after killing his employer.
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Cat People 1942  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, Elizabeth Russell, Alec Craig, Bud Geary, Eddie Dew, Murdock MacQuarrie, Donald Kerr, Theresa Harris
Following their wedding, Oliver Reed (Kent Smith) learns that his wife Irena (Simone Simon) believes that she is a Cat Woman as a member of an ancient Serbian tribe and has a genetic tendency to turn into a panther when emotionally aroused. Oliver tries to help Irena by getting her psychiatric help from Dr. Louis Judd (Tom Conway), but Oliver runs into major problems. The marriage is failing, and Oliver becomes romantically interested in coworker Alice Moore (Jane Randolph). Now, a jealous Irena's stalking of Alice turns into a night of terror in a swimming pool.
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The Challenge 1948 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Tom Conway, June Vincent, John Newland, Eily Malyon, Terry Kilburn, Richard Stapley, Stanley Logan, Oliver Blake, Houseley Stevenson, Leyland Hodgson
Tom Conway is Bulldog Drummond for the second (and last) time in this weak episode. A sea captain, who is thought to know the location of a hidden treasure of gold, is murdered by greedy relatives. Bulldog Drummond is out to bring those responsible to justice.
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Death of a Scoundrel 1956 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Martin
Cast: George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, Coleen Gray, John Hoyt, Tom Conway, Morris Ankrum, Celia Lovsky
Low budget but interesting story of a man who comes to the U.S. and cons women to help him strike it rich.
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The Falcon and the Co-eds 1943 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Rita Corday, Lita Ward, Dorothy Malone, Isabel Jewell, Ian Wolfe, Cliff Clark, Edward Gargan, Olin Howland
A professor is murdered at his girls' school, and the Falcon (Tom Conway) is called in to solve the mystery. Look for Dorothy Malone amongst the students.
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The Falcon in Danger 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Tom Conway, Elaine Shepard, Cliff Clark, Clarence Kolb, Jean Brooks, Lita Ward, Edward Gargan, Richard Martin
This plot involves the disappearance of two industrialists, $100,000, and an airplane!
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The Falcon in Hollywood 1944  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Rita Corday, Jean Brooks, Veda Ann Borg, Konstantin Shayne, John Abbott, Emory Parnell, Frank Jenks, Sheldon Leonard
The Falcon (Tom Conway) investigates the murder of a Hollywood star.
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The Falcon in Mexico 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Berke
Cast: Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha Vickers, Nestor Paiva, Mary Currier, Cecilia Callejo, Emory Parnell, Joseph Vitale, Pedro de Cordoba, Bryant Washburn
When a Mexico City art gallery owner is killed after a painting by a "dead" artist shows up in his shop, the Falcon steps in to solve the mystery.
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The Falcon in San Francisco 1945 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Edward Brophy, Sharyn Moffett, Fay Helm, Robert Armstrong, George Holmes, Edmund Cobb, Myrna Dell, Esther Howard
The Falcon (Tom Conway) runs into silk smugglers while in pursuit of the murderer of Annie Marshall's (Sharyn Hoffett) nurse.
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The Falcon Strikes Back 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph, Edgar Kennedy, Cliff Edwards, Rita Corday, Frank Faylen, Cliff Clark, Richard Loo, Edward Gargan
A war-bond robbery plot and a murdered banker are investigated by our hero, the Falcon (Tom Conway).
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The Falcon's Alibi 1946  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett, Jane Greer, Jason Robards Sr., Elisha Cook Jr., Emory Parnell, Al Bridge, Jean Brooks, Myrna Dell
When jewelry is stolen, Joan (Rita Corday) calls on the Falcon (Tom Conway) to clear her name.
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The Falcon's Brother 1942 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stanley Logan
Cast: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Don Barclay, Cliff Clark, Edward Gargan, Charlotte Wynters, Keye Luke, Eddie Dunn, Charles Arnt
This Falcon mystery is the last one with George Sanders in the title role. Guy Lawrence (Sanders) is investigating an espionage plot in South America when he is killed. His brother (Tom Conway) steps in as the new Falcon in this–and the next nine–Falcon films.
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I Walked with a Zombie 1943 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Bell, Theresa Harris, Christine Gordon, Jeni Le Gon, Sir Lancelot, Darby Jones
When a Canadian nurse Betsy Connell (Frances Dee) arrives on a Caribbean island to care for Jessica (Christine Gordon), the zombie-like wife of planter Paul Holland (Tom Conway), she discovers voodoo and black magic in this near-classic horror story.
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Lady Be Good 1941  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Dan Dailey, Virginia O'Brien, Tom Conway, Reginald Owen, Rose Hobart, Doris(2) Day, Phil Silvers, Edward Gargan, Connie Russell
Songwriters Dixie and Eddie (Ann Sothern and Robert Young) are in love with each other but have more than a few problems in their personal relationship. Despite their difficulties, they still manage to compose numbers for a new Broadway show–and, in the process, manage to reconcile their differences. Highlights are "Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm," and the Academy Award winner "The Last Time I Saw Paris."
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The Last Man to Hang 1956 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars, Eunice Gayson, Freda Jackson, Anthony Newley, Raymond Huntley, Thomas Heathcote, Ronald Simpson, Victor Maddern, Margaretta Scott
Following a fatal overdose by his "wife," Roderick (Tom Conway) is tried for her murder and acquitted, but then his wife, Daphne (Elizabeth Sellars), turns up alive in the hospital registered under an alias.
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Lost Honeymoon 1947 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Franchot Tone, Ann Richards, Tom Conway, Frances Rafferty, Clarence Kolb, Una O'Connor, Winston Severn, Adele Davenport, Sandra Rogers, John Wald
Realizing that he had amnesia while in England during the war, Johnny Gray (Franchot Tone) returns home and becomes a successful architect. Then one day, Amy (Ann Richards) shows up with two children in tow and claims she is his wife and the children are theirs. Not only does Johnny not remember a wife and children, he is not ready for the responsibility. And the fun begins.
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Mr. and Mrs. North 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart, Virginia Grey, Tom Conway, Felix Bressart, Stuart Crawford, Porter Hall, Millard Mitchell, Lucien Littlefield, Keye Luke
Daffy Pam (Gracie Allen) and husband Gerry (William Post Jr.) return home to their apartment and discover a corpse. When she learns that all the suspects match up with their socialite friends, Pam jumps into the fray using her off-beat logic to help solve the case.
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Mrs. Miniver 1942 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Reginald Owen, Miles Mander, Henry Wilcoxon, Rhys Williams, Mary Field, Brenda Forbes, Helmut Dantine, Tom Conway
Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) is the matriarch of a British family who holds things together as World War II closes in around them. While she tends to the children and her garden, her husband Clem (Walter Pigeon) takes part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, German bombs are dropping on their peaceful village, and the eldest son Vin (Richard Ney) falls in love with upper-crust Carol (Teresa Wright). The family seems able to face the tragedies of the war, but will the war take its toll on their young love? This film was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, Director (William Wyler), Actress (Garson), and Supporting Actress (Wright). It also won two more Oscars and was nominated for six others, including Best Actor (Pidgeon), Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), and Supporting Actress (Dame May Whitty).
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: 101 Dalmatians
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
Cast: Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth, Tom Conway, Ben Wright, Lisa Davis, Cate Bauer, Frederick Worlock, Tudor Owen, Lisa Daniels, George Pelling, Thurl Ravenscroft, David Frankham, Ramsay Hill
A male Dalmation, Pongo (voice of Rod Taylor), finds a way for his master, Roger (voice of Ben Wright), to meet Anita (voice of Lisa Davis) who has a pet female Dalmatian, Perdita (voice of Cate Bauer). Roger and Anita fall in love and marry. Pongo and Perdita are now together and produce a litter of 15 Dalmatian puppies. The evil Cruella de Vil (voice of Betty Lou Gerson) wants to buy Dalmatian puppies to provide fur coats for profit. When Roger refuses to sell them to her, she arranges to steal them. The police cannot find the puppies, but Pongo and Perdita use a system of dog signals to locate them, and–with help from dogs, geese, horses, and cows–the puppies are rescued.
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One Touch of Venus 1948 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Tom Conway, Sara Allgood, Arthur O'Connell, James Flavin, George Meeker, Olga San Juan, James Flavin, Hugh Herbert, Anne Nagel, Russ Conway, Eddie Parker
This musical comedy is taken from the Broadway show and involves a department store statue of Venus (Ava Gardner) coming to life after being kissed by employee Eddie Hatch (Robert Walker). Love becomes the order of the day, and Venus and Eddie dance in Central Park. The love affair continues for 24 hours until Venus returns to her pedestal and her immobile form.
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Paris Model 1953 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Eva Gabor, Tom Conway, Paulette Goddard, Leif Erickson, Marilyn Maxwell, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Bates, Barbara Lawrence, Laurette Luez, Aram Katcher
Four stories, all involving a Paris "original" gown provide good casts to show how four women use the gown for their own unique purposes.
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 Peter Pan 1953 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Tom Conway, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, Candy Candido, Roland Dupree, Don Barclay, June Foray, Robert Ellis, Thurl Ravenscroft, Margaret Kerry
Disney Studios brought to the screen this delightful children's story by James M. Barrie. It is the story of Peter, the boy who refuses to grow up. Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, and Tinker Bell are all there along with Wendy and her siblings.
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Prince Valiant 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen, Donald Crisp, Brian Aherne, Tom Conway, Neville Brand
This cartoon feature about King Arthur's Court is brought to the screen with the voice of Robert Wagner in the title role of Prince Valiant.
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Rio Rita 1942 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Barry Nelson, Patricia Dane, Arthur Space, Joan Valerie
This second remake of the Broadway musical features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as Doc and Wishy, the heroes who capture Nazis that are threats to peace as they send messages via radio waves.
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The Seventh Victim 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Tom Conway, Kim Hunter, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Hugh Beaumont, Evelyn Brent, Erford Gage, Ben Bard, Chef Milani, Marguerita Sylva, Mary Newton, Milton Kibbee
After nuns at her boarding school tell Mary (Kim Hunter) that her sister, Jacqueline (Jean Brooks), is missing, Mary heads for NYC's Greenwich Village to find answers, and, in the process, is drawn into a coven of witches who are also looking for Jacqueline.
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Tarzan and the She-Devil 1953 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Lex Barker, Joyce Mackenzie, Raymond Burr, Monique Van Vooren, Tom Conway, Michael Granger, Henry Brandon, Robert Bice, Michael Ross
In Lex Barker's last appearance as Tarzan, he has a run-in with ivory thieves who seek revenge when Tarzan refuses to help them capture a herd of elephants.
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn, Cordell Hickman, Johnny Eck, Martin Wilkins
Greedy members of a scientific expedition try to trick Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) as they have their eyes on gold in the jungle.
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Whistle Stop 1946 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leonide Moguy
Cast: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway, Jorja Curtright, Jane Nigh, Florence Bates, Charles Drake, Charles Judels, Carmel Myers, Jimmy Conlin, Jimmy Ames, Mack Gray, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Homans
Small-town girl Mary (Ava Gardner) returns home from Chicago and re-ignites her past romance with ne'er-do-well Kenny (George Raft)–until she becomes involved with a corrupt saloon owner, Lew (Tom Conway). Will Kenny clean-up his act and win Mary back?
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| 1. 13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
2. The Atomic Submarine (1959)
3. The Bad Man (1941)
4. Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
5. Cat People (1942)
6. The Challenge (1948)
7. Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
8. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
9. The Falcon in Danger (1943)
10. The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
11. The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
12. The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
13. The Falcon Out West (1944)
14. The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
15. The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
16. The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
17. The Falcon's Brother (1942)
18. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
19. Lady Be Good (1941)
20. The Last Man to Hang (1956)
21. Lost Honeymoon (1947)
22. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
23. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
24. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
aka: 101 Dalmatians
25. One Touch of Venus (1948)
26. Paris Model (1953)
27. Peter Pan (1953)
28. Prince Valiant (1954)
29. Rio Rita (1942)
30. The Seventh Victim (1943)
31. Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953)
32. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
33. Whistle Stop (1946)
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