The best John Shelton’s drama movies

John Shelton

John Shelton

18/05/1915- 17/05/1972
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best John Shelton’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 John Shelton.
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/09/1940
  • Character: Dr. Davidson
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

We Who Are Young

We Who Are Young
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 19/07/1940
  • Character: William Brooks
A man violates company policy by getting married.

Navy Blue and Gold

Navy Blue and Gold
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/11/1937
  • Character: Cadet (uncredited)
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
6.2/10
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved. Written by Tony Fontana

Visage

Visage
7.1/10
Trying to live a normal life in Los Angeles, Christian Figo seeks to leave his past behind. Manipulated by his friend Marcus and Marcus's Uncle, Figo finds himself caught in a web of prostitution, drugs, murder, sex and deception.

Keeping Company

Keeping Company
5.9/10
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/02/1940
  • Character: Intern Steve (uncredited)
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.

The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home
5.9/10
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive. Director William Thiele's 1940 film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton, Harold Huber, Donald Meek, Nat Pendleton, Renie Riano, Frank Albertson, Reginald Owen, Ann Morriss and Richard Carle.

Talent Scout

Talent Scout
5.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMusicRomance
  • Release: 24/07/1937
  • Character: Location Manager (uncredited)
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 19/09/1948
  • Character: Greg Tanner
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.

The Big Fix

The Big Fix
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 19/04/1947
  • Character: Del Cassini
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players.

Betty Co-Ed

Betty Co-Ed
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 28/11/1946
  • Character: Mr. Leeds
The plot gets under way when Joanne, a carnival hootchy-kootchy dancer, is accepted into a snobbish college sorority when it is assumed that she hails from a blueblooded Virginia family.

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