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Tag Archives: William Nigh
Tough As They Come (1942) William Nigh, Billy Halop, Paul Kelly, Helen Parrish
This entry in Universal’s “Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys” series is minus “The Little Tough Guys” Read More »
Beauty and the Bandit (1946) William Nigh, Gilbert Roland, Martin Garralaga, Frank Yaconelli
In Old California, a young Frenchman transporting a chest full of silver travels by stagecoach to San Marino, to complete a complex business deal. Read More »
Mob Town (1941) William Nigh, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Billy Halop
A young street kid idolizes his brother, a gangster who was sent to death row for murder. Read More »
Stage Struck (1948) William Nigh, Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel
The police find the body of hostess Helen Howard (Wanda McKay), disposed of by petty racketeer Nick Mantee (Kane Richmond) Read More »
I Wouldnt Be in Your Shoes (1948) William Nigh, Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey
Tom (Don Castle) and Ann (Elyse Knox) are a down-and-out dance team, and while Don seeks engagements, Ann works as an instructor at a dance academy Read More »
Mr. Wu (1927) William Nigh, Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée
Raised by his grandfather to adhere to the ancient laws of China, Mandarin Wu is a strict authoritarian. Read More »
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) William Nigh, Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, Mystery
Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr. Wong Read More »
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. Read More »
Across to Singapore (1928) William Nigh, Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence, Drama, Romance
It’s the mid-nineteenth century. The neighboring Shore and Crowninshield families of the American east coast have a long tradition of seafaring. Read More »
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930) Harry Beaumont, William Nigh, Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry, Marion Shilling, Musical, Romance, Drama
A tunesmith, a user and an out-and-out heel, puts the stories of his broken romances into song Read More »
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Crime, Mystery
A fairly Chinese girl, looking for assistance from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed with a poisoned dart in his entrance hallway Read More »
I Am a Criminal (1938) William Nigh, John Carroll, Kay Linaker, Craig Reynolds, Crime, Drama
Divorce (1945) William Nigh, Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Drama
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend. Read More »
Allotment Wives (1945) William Nigh, Kay Francis, Paul Kelly, Otto Kruger, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers’ pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action. Read More »