John Dilson Movies

  • 1936
    The President's Mystery

    The President's Mystery

    The President's Mystery

    5.31936HD

    The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent...

    The President's Mystery
  • 1939
    Racketeers of the Range

    Racketeers of the Range

    Racketeers of the Range

    6.21939HD

    A large packing company is trying to obtain a monopoly by taking over the last small independent meat packer. Barney O'Dell, owner of the largest...

    Racketeers of the Range
  • 1939
    Drunk Driving

    Drunk Driving

    Drunk Driving

    5.3751939HD

    In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes...

    Drunk Driving
  • 1944
    Beautiful But Broke

    Beautiful But Broke

    Beautiful But Broke

    51944HD

    Theatrical agent Waldo Main is inducted into the army, and turns his now clientless agency over to his secretary Dottie Duncan. Dottie decides to...

    Beautiful But Broke
  • 1941
    Father Steps Out

    Father Steps Out

    Father Steps Out

    31941HD

    Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent on an R&R vacation by his doctor, falling off his...

    Father Steps Out
  • 1941
    Naval Academy

    Naval Academy

    Naval Academy

    01941HD

    Naval Academy
  • 1935
    Every Night at Eight

    Every Night at Eight

    Every Night at Eight

    7.51935HD

    Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their...

    Every Night at Eight
  • 1935
    Happiness C.O.D.

    Happiness C.O.D.

    Happiness C.O.D.

    61935HD

    A young man, hard-pressed to pay off his mortgage and support his family, decides that he'll get money any way he can--honestly or otherwise.

    Happiness C.O.D.
  • 1938
    Think It Over

    Think It Over

    Think It Over

    6.3331938HD

    A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.

    Think It Over
  • 1942
    Queen of Broadway

    Queen of Broadway

    Queen of Broadway

    51942HD

    There are no queens and very little Broadway (except for an opening establishing shot) in Queen of Broadway. Instead, this sentimental B-picture is...

    Queen of Broadway
  • 1939
    Here I Am a Stranger

    Here I Am a Stranger

    Here I Am a Stranger

    71939HD

    The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

    Here I Am a Stranger
  • 1941
    Cyclone on Horseback

    Cyclone on Horseback

    Cyclone on Horseback

    5.81941HD

    Whopper, Stan Bradford, and Smokey are delivering a herd of pack horses to telegraph lineman Jeff Corbin when intercepted by smooth-talking Cobb...

    Cyclone on Horseback
  • 1940
    Girls Under 21

    Girls Under 21

    Girls Under 21

    4.51940HD

    Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's...

    Girls Under 21
  • 1940
    The Leather Pushers

    The Leather Pushers

    The Leather Pushers

    01940HD

    A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle...

    The Leather Pushers
  • 1940
    Thundering Frontier

    Thundering Frontier

    Thundering Frontier

    01940HD

    After a handful of non-formula westerns, Charles Starrett returned to the mixture as before in Thundering Frontier. Starrett plays Jim Fillmore, kind...

    Thundering Frontier
  • 1940
    The Big Premiere

    The Big Premiere

    The Big Premiere

    61940HD

    It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a...

    The Big Premiere
  • 1939
    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

    61939HD

    Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

    Weather Wizards
  • 1938
    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    A Clean Sweep

    01938HD

    Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to...

    A Clean Sweep
  • 1935
    Twin Triplets

    Twin Triplets

    Twin Triplets

    01935HD

    Thelma and Patsy are reporters who investigate a hospital.

    Twin Triplets
  • 1940
    Five Little Peppers at Home

    Five Little Peppers at Home

    Five Little Peppers at Home

    6.31940HD

    The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner...

    Five Little Peppers at Home