Lionel Atwill — Actor (24)
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Crime, Inc. (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Crime, Inc.
director: Lew Landers actor: Leo Carrillo / Tom Neal …
other title: La bolsa del crimen
A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.
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The Wrong Road (1937) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Wrong Road
director: James Cruze actor: Richard Cromwell / Helen Mack …
other title: 走错路
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
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Stamboul Quest (1934) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Stamboul Quest
director: Sam Wood actor: Myrna Loy / George Brent …
other title: Jagd durch Istanbul / L'Espionne Fraulein Doktor …
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route, she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.
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Nana (1934) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Nana
director: 多萝西·艾玛·阿尔兹纳 actor: Анна Стэн / 莱昂内尔·阿特威尔 …
other title: 나나 / La reina del boulevard …
Young Parisian Nana wards off of a boozed-up military officer at a local restaurant, and fellow diner Gaston Greiner is so impressed with her pluck that he decides to make her a performer at his musical theater. Soon, Nana is a star, and the girlfriend of Greiner and two other men. But when he learns that she's been getting around, Greiner fires her. As she tries to reclaim her singing job while dodging yet another suitor, her treachery might get the better of her.
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The Mad Empress (1939) [Movie] Douban IMDb
The Mad Empress
director: Miguel Contreras Torres actor: Medea de Novara / Conrad Nagel …
The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez.
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The Gorilla (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
The Gorilla
director: Allan Dwan actor: Jimmy Ritz / Harry Ritz …
other title: 猩猩杀手 / El gorila …
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
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The Vampire Bat (1933) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Vampire Bat
director: Frank R. Strayer actor: 莱昂内尔·阿特威尔 / 菲伊·雷 …
other title: 吸血蝙蝠 / 뱀파이어 배트 …
When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism. While police inspector Karl remains skeptical, scientist Dr. von Niemann cares for the vampire's victims one by one, and suspicion falls on simple-minded Herman Gleib because of his fondness for bats. A blood-thirsty mob hounds Gleib to his death, but the vampire attacks don't stop.
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Murders in the Zoo (1933) [Movie] Douban
Murders in the Zoo
director: A. Edward Sutherland actor: Charles Ruggles / Lionel Atwill …
other title: 动物园凶杀案
Eric Gorman returns with his wife Evelyn from a trip to the Orient collecting zoo animals, having killed a member of his expedition who happened one day to kiss Mrs. Gorman. On board ship Evelyn meets Roger Hewitt, who falls in love with her. After delivering his animals to the zoo, Gorman plots a way to dispose of Hewitt using one of his latest specimens, then continues using the zoo's non-human residents to do his beastly work.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
7.8 (6 ratings) director: 罗伊·威廉姆·内尔 actor: 巴兹尔·拉思伯恩 / Nigel Bruce …
other title: 秘密武器 / 福尔摩斯与秘密武器 …
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.