The best William Gargan’s adventure movies

William Gargan

William Gargan

18/07/1905- 18/02/1979
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best William Gargan’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 William Gargan.

Headline Shooter

Headline Shooter
6.1/10
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.

Bombay Clipper

Bombay Clipper
6.1/10
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.

Double Alibi

Double Alibi
6.1/10
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

Women in the Wind

Women in the Wind
6/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 15/04/1939
  • Character: Ace Boreman
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

Alibi for Murder

Alibi for Murder
6/10
A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them do the detecting. This proves impossible when a famed scientist is murdered in Perry’s studio, right in the middle of the interview. All evidence points to Perry, and he sets out to clear his name before the Shadow-like villain roaming the hallways of the radio station gets away with murder.

Four Frightened People

Four Frightened People
6.2/10
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic plague breaks out. Four people are able to leave the ship in a tiny boat and make it to a desert island, where many adventures ensue and, of course, the two men fight over the beautiful young schoolteacher who is with them.

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

A Close Call for Ellery Queen
5.6/10
Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.

Isle Of Destiny

Isle Of Destiny
4.7/10
  • Genre: AdventureDrama
  • Release: 08/03/1940
  • Character: Stripes Thornton
A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.

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