Movie Database

Movies by Actor - Dick Powell (58 [Missing: 4])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Blessed EventAl Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets into a little difficulty with a hood named Goebel who sends Frankie to talk to Alvin. But Al has 1932Roy Del RuthComedy,Drama,Romance7.0 (661 votes)8020220414
Too Busy to WorkA depression-era tramp named Jubilo goes looking for the wife that left him. While on his journey, he meets an assortment of characters.1932John G. BlystoneDrama6.8 (116 votes)7620211228
College CoachCoach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.1933William A. WellmanDrama,Sport5.8 (521 votes)7620240530
Convention CityNA1933 Comedy,Music,Romance Not Available
Footlight ParadeChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.1933Lloyd BaconComedy,Musical,Romance7.6 (5.3K votes)10420211228
42nd StreetWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.1933Lloyd BaconComedy,Drama,Musical7.4 (11.6K votes)8920211228
Gold Diggers of 1933A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.1933Mervyn LeRoyComedy,Drama,Musical7.7 (8K votes)9720211228
King's Vacation, TheA king finds himself with no purpose in his reign, abdicates his throne to return to the wife and child he left many years ago when he was called to duty to be the king of his country.1933John G. AdolfiComedy,Mystery,Romance6.8 (220 votes)6120211228
DamesA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.1934Ray Enright, Busby BerkeleyComedy,Music,Musical7.1 (2.1K votes)9120211228
Flirtation WalkA Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when Powell's at West 1934Frank BorzageMusical5.7 (715 votes)9720211228
Happiness AheadSociety heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.1934Mervyn LeRoyComedy,Musical,Romance6.7 (289 votes)8620211228
Twenty Million SweetheartsUnscrupulous agent Rush makes singing waiter Clayton a big radio star while Peggy, who has lost her own radio show, helps Clayton.1934Ray EnrightComedy,Musical,Mystery6.4 (391 votes)8920211228
Wonder BarHarry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out, that Harry wa1934Lloyd BaconCrime,Drama,Musical6.6 (650 votes)8420211228
Broadway GondolierDick Purcell is an American taxi driver who wants to become a singer promoting cheese products. Oddly he thinks the way to do it is to become a gondolier from Venice. Along the way he sings and woos a sassy secretary Alice.1935Lloyd BaconComedy,Musical,Romance6.4 (265 votes)9920211228
Gold Diggers of 1935Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.1935Busby BerkeleyComedy,Musical,Romance6.9 (2.6K votes)9520211228
Midsummer's Night Dream, ATwo couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.1935William Dieterle, Max ReinhardtComedy,Fantasy,Romance6.9 (3.4K votes)13320211228
Page Miss GloryA chambermaid impersonates the fictional subject of a composite photo that won a beauty contest, with whom a famed aviator falls in love.1935Mervyn LeRoyComedy,Romance6.7 (1.3K votes)9320211228
Shipmates ForeverDick is watching the fleet come in when he sees June. Dick has no intention of joining the Navy, which is a family tradition, and June, having lost her father and brother in the Navy, does not want a Navy man. But Dick relents when h1935Frank BorzageDrama,Musical,Romance6.1 (322 votes)10920211228
Thanks a MillionEntertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be the candidate by backers he later exposes a1935Roy Del RuthComedy,Musical,Romance6.4 (226 votes)8720211228
ColleenThe Ames Company makes every effort to keep Uncle Cedric away from any decisions or work. This is in the best interests for him and the company. Trouble starts when he hires a schemer named Joe as his personal assistant and then a ga1936Alfred E. GreenComedy,Musical,Romance5.9 (358 votes)8920211228
Gold Diggers of 1937When two investors inform an opportunistic dancer that they can't fund an elderly stage producer's production, she suggests they get an insurance policy on the producer's life.1936Lloyd BaconComedy,Musical,Romance6.5 (1K votes)10120211228
Hearts DividedNapoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to the U.S. on a goodwill tour. At a Maryland H1936Frank BorzageDrama,Romance6.1 (837 votes)8720211228
Stage StruckBroadway dance director George Randall (Dick Powell) is stuck with staging a Broadway show starring Peggy Revere (Joan Blondell), a wealthy but untalented performer who is starring only because she is backing the show. Tempers flare 1936Busby BerkeleyComedy,Musical,Romance5.6 (312 votes)9120211228
Hollywood HotelRonny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band, has won a talent contest and a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star Mona Marshall to a movie premiere. But this la1937Busby BerkeleyComedy,Musical,Romance6.4 (727 votes)10920211228
On the AvenueBroadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with producer.1937Roy Del RuthComedy,Musical,Romance6.8 (590 votes)8920211228
Singing Marine, TheBob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance1937Ray EnrightComedy,Music,Mystery5.8 (249 votes)10520211228
Varsity ShowA former student, who is now a big Broadway show producer with three flops to his reputation, is invited back to direct the College's annual student's stage show.1937William KeighleyMusical,Romance6.2 (438 votes)12020211228
Cowboy from BrooklynAn actor can only get a radio job if he can prove that he's an authentic cowboy.1938Lloyd BaconComedy,Musical,Romance5.7 (306 votes)7720211228
Going PlacesA sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.1938Ray EnrightComedy,Musical,Romance6.0 (374 votes)8420220414
Hard to GetWhen spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her1938Ray EnrightComedy,Romance6.7 (615 votes)8220211228
Naughty But NiceProfessor Hardwick teaches at Winfield College and detests the new swing music that is the craze. He has written a rhapsody which he takes to New York to be published. Staying with his Aunt Martha, he is surrounded by swing and after1939Ray EnrightComedy,Musical,Mystery6.1 (343 votes)8920211228
Christmas in JulyWhen the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?1940Preston SturgesComedy,Drama,Romance7.4 (3.8K votes)6720211228
I Want a DivorceComedy about newlyweds wondering if their marriage was a mistake.1940Ralph MurphyComedy,Drama6.0 (82 votes)9320211228
In The NavyRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a1941Arthur LubinComedy6.8 (3K votes)8620211228
Model WifeFred and Joan are a married couple working at the Benson's business. Mrs JJ Benson has a strict policy against married employees, so they keep it a secret while they save every penny as they wish to have a baby. Everything goes well 1941Leigh JasonComedy6.0 (89 votes)7820220414
Happy Go LuckyA gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodoo.1943Curtis BernhardtComedy,Musical,Romance6.1 (194 votes)8120211228
Riding HighIn order to help her father get his silver mine running, a burlesque queen returns home to Arizona and gets a job as an enterainer at a dude ranch and runs into a romantic mining engineer and a counterfeiter.1943George MarshallComedy5.1 (117 votes)8820211228
True to LifeA writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he b1943George MarshallComedy,Romance6.5 (118 votes)9420211228
It Happened TomorrowA young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.1944René ClairComedy,Fantasy,Romance7.1 (2.3K votes)8520211228
Meet the PeopleA idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.1944Charles ReisnerComedy,Musical5.7 (423 votes)10020211228
Murder My SweetAfter being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.1944Edward DmytrykCrime,Drama,Film-Noir7.6 (13K votes)9520211228
CorneredCanadian flyer Laurence Gerard finds that his wife has been murdered by a French collaborator. His quest for justice leads him to Switzerland and Argentina.1945Edward DmytrykDrama,Film-Noir,Thriller6.7 (2.2K votes)10220211228
Johnny O'ClockA high-class crook gets in trouble with the law.1947Robert RossenCrime,Drama,Film-Noir6.8 (2.2K votes)9620211228
PitfallMarried insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.1948André De TothCrime,Film-Noir,Thriller7.2 (3.6K votes)8620211228
Rogues' RegimentA post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.1948Robert FloreyAction,Adventure,Mystery6.5 (157 votes)8620211228
Station WestAfter two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.1948Sidney LanfieldWestern6.6 (1.2K votes)9720211228
To the Ends of the EarthAfter witnessing an incident on a foreign ship off California coast, a U.S. Treasury agent aboard a Coast Guard vessel decides to further investigate the matter by following a crime trail leading to China, Egypt, Lebanon and Cuba.1948Robert StevensonCrime,Film-Noir,Thriller6.9 (722 votes)10920211228
Mrs. MikeWhile visiting her uncle in Alberta, Boston-born Kathy O'Fallon meets Canadian Mountie Mike Flannigan. They fall in love, marry, and go north to Mike's new posting. Together, they face and deal with many hardships, including crude li1949Louis KingDrama6.3 (131 votes)9920211228
Reformer and the Redhead, TheHot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. In the midst of uncovering local political corruption and dealing with a li1950Melvin Frank, Norman PanamaComedy,Romance6.2 (372 votes)9020220414
Right CrossTwo boxing promoters compete to sign up Mexican-American prizefighter Johnny Monterez who, despite his talent, is ashamed of his heritage and boxes on borrowed time due to a permanent hand injury.1950John SturgesDrama,Sport6.0 (445 votes)9020211228
Cry DangerEx-con Rocky Mulloy seeks the real culprit in the crime for which he was framed in a night world of deceptive dames and double crosses.1951Robert Parrish, Dick PowellCrime,Drama,Film-Noir7.3 (2.4K votes)7920211228
Tall Target, TheA New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.1951Anthony MannAdventure,Crime,Drama7.2 (2K votes)7820211228
You Never Can TellAn ex-army dog inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner, and which is poisoned, asks the leader in the heaven for animals to send him back to Earth, as a human private investigator, to solve his own murder.1951Lou BreslowComedy,Crime,Fantasy7.1 (605 votes)7820211228
Bad and the Beautiful, TheAn unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.1952Vincente MinnelliDrama,Romance7.8 (14.5K votes)11820211228
Susan Slept HereA Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.1954Frank TashlinComedy,Drama,Romance6.5 (1.8K votes)9820211228
The Road Is Open AgainNA1933 Musical,Short Not Available
Just Around the CornerNA1933 Drama,Short Not Available
Sky SymphonyNA1933 Musical,Short Not Available