The best John Maxwell’s movies

John Maxwell

John Maxwell

11/03/1918- 18/07/1982
Today we present the best John Maxwell’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best John Maxwell’s movies.
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Batman

Batman
6.1/10
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds
7/10
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 12/05/1950
  • Character: Dr. Swanson
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 29/04/1943
  • Character: Reporter at Train (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.

The Paleface

The Paleface
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 17/12/1948
  • Character: Village gossip
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib
7.4/10
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.

Backlash

Backlash
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 11/04/1956
  • Character: Col. Welnick
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk
6.6/10
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 16/09/1950
  • Character: Simmons (uncredited)
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 14/11/1942
  • Character: Stockbroker (uncredited)
As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

The Prowler

The Prowler
7.2/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 25/05/1951
  • Character: Bud Crocker
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.

The Bigamist

The Bigamist
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/12/1953
  • Character: Judge
A woman discovers her husband has another family in another city.

The Male Animal

The Male Animal
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/03/1942
  • Character: Editor (uncredited)
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, the football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the homecoming weekend. He takes Ellen out dancing after the football rally, causing Tommy to worry that he will lose her to Joe.

Three Guys Named Mike

Three Guys Named Mike
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/03/1951
  • Character: Dr. Matthew Hardy
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.

Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 22/11/1951
  • Character: Detective (uncredited)
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.

Mystery Street

Mystery Street
7.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 23/06/1950
  • Character: Detective Kilrain (uncredited)
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

Time Table

Time Table
6.6/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 08/02/1956
  • Character: Train Conductor
An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.

Seven Sweethearts

Seven Sweethearts
6.5/10
  • Genre: MusicRomance
  • Release: 13/11/1942
  • Character: City Editor (uncredited)
Little Deft Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
6.2/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/01/1942
  • Character: Rancher
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.

Young at Heart

Young at Heart
6.7/10
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

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