The best William Gould’s movies

William Gould

William Gould

02/05/1886- 15/05/1969
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The Spoilers

The Spoilers
6.7/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 11/06/1942
  • Character: New Marshal (uncredited)
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 29/04/1943
  • Character: Isolationist (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.

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeWestern
  • Release: 24/12/1948
  • Character: Banker (uncredited)
In 1867, a gang led by James "Stretch" Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sky and its only residents, a hostile young woman named Mike and her grandpa. The story is a Western adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest".

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/11/1941
  • Character: Fire Chief (uncredited)
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Four Mothers

Four Mothers
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 04/01/1941
  • Character: Tom (uncredited)
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers
6.8/10
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the craft and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the fight to overthrow Kane and with the help of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do and Earth is free of Kane's grip.

Buck Privates

Buck Privates
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 31/01/1941
  • Character: Recruiting Major (uncredited)
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

Texas

Texas
6.7/10
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.

Racket Busters

Racket Busters
6/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 16/07/1938
  • Character: Police Sergeant (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

Captive Wild Woman

Captive Wild Woman
5.4/10
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.

Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri
5.8/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 26/07/1941
  • Character: Sheriff Brennan
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.

'Til We Meet Again

'Til We Meet Again
6.7/10
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 20/04/1940
  • Character: Chief of Police (uncredited)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 06/05/1939
  • Character: FBI Agent (uncredited)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

King of the Cowboys

King of the Cowboys
5.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 09/04/1943
  • Character: Texas Sheriff
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.

Exile Express

Exile Express
5.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 27/05/1939
  • Character: Detective
A San Francisco reporter and a lab assistant foil spies on an East-bound deportation train.

Spring Parade

Spring Parade
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 27/09/1940
  • Character: Chief of Detectives
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.

Homicide

Homicide
6.3/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 02/04/1949
  • Character: Coroner
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up
6.9/10
A businessman's (Charles Winninger) youngest daughter (Deanna Durbin) helps her innocent sisters in love.

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
6.1/10
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

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

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