John Alton Movies

A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

A criminal tries to scam a horse racing fan using a seductive woman.

A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.

A playboy is reformed by his daughter and fiancee.

Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter,...

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group...

Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, set out to track down the killer of a colleague, a...

On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military officer intent on sabotaging a local fort.

Drama set in San Quentin prison.

A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.

A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.

The story concentrated on a group of test pilots, busily experimenting with a revolutionary all-plastic airplane. Ace flyboy Brad Farrell (Richard...

A film star enjoys a romance with the daughter of a puppeteer, but his criminal past threatens to ruin it.

Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister District Attorney. James Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless...

A thief, after robbing a bank, meets by accident an aristocratic woman who asks for money to help an elderly asylum. They fall in love despite...

A reporter (Patricia Neal) suspects the "nice guy" image of a respected Congressman (Van Johnson) is all a facade and sets out to uncover the truth.

Actress Carol Adams retires from the theater when she becomes engaged to businessman Gregory Davis, but is increasingly frustrated by Greg's...

A musical film with a performance by the group that was very fashionable at the time, El Cuarteto Aguilar. It was produced in 1936 but was never...