Movies by William Keighley
As a director:
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The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Roger Livesey, Anthony Steel …
Directed by: William Keighley
In this romantic maritime adventure, Errol Flynn does swashbuckling to a "T" playing Scottish nobleman Jamie Durie, who rebels against his king but is forced to hide out on the open sea with…
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Rocky Mountain (1950)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes …
Directed by: William Keighley
Capt. Lafe Barstow (Errol Flynn) journeys to California in hopes of shoring up the flagging Confederate army. His mission is sidelined when he and his men rescue Johanna Carter (Patrice…
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The Street with No Name (1948)
Cast: Mark Stevens, Richard Widmark, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: William Keighley
A furious crime boss seeks revenge on an undercover FBI agent in this noir crime drama. Assigned to infiltrate a gang, Agent Cordell (Mark Stevens) gains the confidence of gang leader Stiles…
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
Cast: Bette Davis, Billie Burke, Monty Woolley …
Directed by: William Keighley
Arrogant lecturer Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) overstays his welcome in an Ohio family's home in this rollicking adaptation of the hit Broadway play. Whiteside slips on the ice on…
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The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin …
Directed by: William Keighley
Planning to elope with a bandleader (Jack Carson) she's known only four days, oil heiress Joan Winfield (Bette Davis) hires pilot Steve Collins (James Cagney) to fly them to Nevada. But…
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The Fighting 69th (1940)
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent …
Directed by: William Keighley
When streetwise Brooklyn boy Jerry Plunkett (James Cagney) joins the all-Irish 69th Regiment during World War I, his cocky attitude creates problems. Battling in France, his recklessness…
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The Torrid Zone (1940)
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien …
Directed by: William Keighley
Central American banana business mogul Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) will stop at nothing to keep his right-hand man, Nicky Butler (James Cagney), from jumping ship. But Butler has other…
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Cast: Willard Robertson, Alan Baxter, Paul Hurst …
Directed by: William Keighley
When his investigation into political graft leads to the DA, crusading journalist Frank Ross (James Cagney) finds himself framed for vehicular manslaughter and is sent to the slammer, where…
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone …
Directed by: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Errol Flynn stars as swashbuckling hero Robin Hood in this Oscar-nominated classic. When the greedy Prince John (Claude Rains) seizes the throne and raises taxes on the peasants, Robin…
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The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson …
Directed by: William Keighley, William Dieterle
After discontented Prince Edward (Bobby Mauch) trades places with penniless Tom Canty (Billy Mauch) -- a dead ringer for the young royal -- the pauper finds himself confused by court life,…
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Varsity Show (1937)
Cast: Dick Powell, Ted Healy, Rosemary Lane …
Directed by: William Keighley
When the students of Winfield College learn that their stuffy faculty adviser is attempting to censor their annual varsity show, they turn to alumnus and Broadway star Chuck Daly (Dick…
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The Green Pastures (1936)
Cast: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson …
Directed by: Marc Connelly, William Keighley
Featuring an all-black cast and moving the tales from the promised land to the Deep South, this landmark film retells some of the Old Testament's best-known stories as visualized in…
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Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Cast: Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Barton MacLane …
Directed by: William Keighley
Tough New York City cop Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) gets tossed off the force for punching out his boss. Delighted, mob kingpin Al Kruger (Barton MacLane) -- despite the suspicions of…
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G-Men (1935)
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: William Keighley
Perennial film tough guy James Cagney finds himself on the right side of the law in this fast-paced crime drama about a young attorney who joins the FBI after his friend gets snuffed in a…