The best Billy Gilbert’s action movies

Billy Gilbert

Billy Gilbert

12/09/1894- 23/09/1971
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Billy Gilbert’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Billy Gilbert.

Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights
6.1/10
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again
7.6/10
When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.

Sea Devils

Sea Devils
5.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 19/02/1937
  • Character: Billy
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash, Guardsman enters the picture. Dad hates the new guy, mostly because he is like himself.

Army Girl

Army Girl
5.7/10
  • Genre: ActionComedy
  • Release: 11/08/1938
  • Character: Canteen waiter
A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martial after his commanding officer, who's opposed to modern changes, is killed.

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon
5.7/10
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 01/01/1944
  • Character: (archive footage)
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.

Bulldog Edition

Bulldog Edition
5.6/10
  • Genre: ActionCrimeDrama
  • Release: 13/09/1936
  • Character: George Poppupoppalas (uncredited)
Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also complicating matters is that one newspaper's editor and circulation director are competing for the affections of a pretty blonde reporter.

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