Howard Bretherton — Director (24)
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Riders of the Badlands (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Riders of the Badlands
director: Howard Bretherton actor: Charles Starrett / Russell Hayden …
Officially a Charles Starrett western, Riders of the Badlands divides its running time fairly evenly between Starrett and second-billed Russell Hayden. The plot concerns a Texas Ranger named Collins and his lookalike, notorious outlaw Langdon. When his wife is killed by Langdon's minions, Barton vows to avenge her death.
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Easy to Get (1931) IMDb TMDB
Easy to Get
director: Howard Bretherton actor: June MacCloy / Marion Shilling …
In the third of Pathe's Gay Girls comedy series, Harry Myers is a married man who strings one of them along until his wife Isabel Withers, comes along. Later one of them gets a job as a co-respondent in a divorce suit, and Myers is the divorce-seeking husband.
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Call of the Prairie (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Call of the Prairie
director: Howard Bretherton actor: William Boyd / James Ellison …
Hoppy returns to find Johnny in trouble. Buck Peters has been shot by Porter who made it look like Johnny did it. When Johnny flees he runs into Linda. He takes a liking to her only to learn her father Shanghai is one of Porter's gang. Going after Shanghai, he gets captured by the gang and Porter now plans to kill him. But Hoppy is near by and Johnny will get unexpected help from Shanghai.
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The Prince of Thieves (1948) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Prince of Thieves
director: Howard Bretherton actor: Jon Hall / Patricia Morison …
other title: Robin Hoods große Liebe / Prince Des Voleurs …
After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England, Sir Allan Claire returns home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognizing a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is to be wed to another against her will in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
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Navy Secrets (1939) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Navy Secrets
director: Howard Bretherton actor: Fay Wray / Grant Withers …
After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investigation, his fiancee meets one of his fellow officers, becomes romantically interested in him, and joins him in trying to get an envelope, believed to contain rare stamps, to its intended recipient, only to end up in a web of intrigue involving foreign-accented men who are unusually interested in that simple envelope.
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In Old Colorado (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
In Old Colorado
director: Howard Bretherton actor: William Boyd / Andy Clyde …
other title: Banditenjagd in Colorado
Joe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have the ranchers do each other in then move in and take over. Hoppy and the good guys won't let this happen.
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On the Spot (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
On the Spot
director: Howard Bretherton actor: Frankie Darro / Mary Kornman …
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
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The Match King (1932) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Match King
director: Howard Bretherton / William Keighley actor: Warren William / Lili Damita …
other title: Le Roi des allumettes
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.