Chester Morris Movies

The Phantom Thief

65/100

Blackie tricks a blackmailer-murderer into a confession. Story involves sinister seances and ghostly apparitions.

The Chance of a Lifetime

61/100

Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.

Tomorrow at Seven

56/100

People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."

Sinners in the Sun

61/100

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.

Playing Around

65/100

New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go. She gets involved with the playboy and never ... See full summary »

Flight from Glory

64/100

Pacific Liner

58/100

The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the ship's nurse. Chief Engineer 'Crusher" ... See full summary »

Corsair

60/100

A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.

Law of the Underworld

54/100

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution.

Sky Giant

65/100

Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the military to be his aide at the academy. ... See full summary »

Double Exposure

64/100

A news magazine hires an out-of-town photographer and the antics begin. Some comic relief.

Moonlight Murder

60/100

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

No Hands on the Clock

62/100

The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding ... See full summary »

Blind Spot

68/100

A mystery writer accused of murdering his publisher sets out to discover the real killer.

Unchained

65/100

A convict in a medium-security prison is torn between his need to finish his sentence and get back to his wife and family, and his desire to escape the confines of prison.

Pursuit

57/100

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico...

Thunder Afloat

65/100

The Marines Fly High

57/100

Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.

Gambler's Choice

64/100

The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley's main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon. McGlennon, now a ... See full summary »

The Miracle Man

70/100

A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader...

Smashing the Rackets

61/100

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office...

I Promise to Pay

67/100

Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »

Wrecking Crew

67/100

Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew in their lives away from the job and ... See full summary »

King for a Night

73/100

A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.

Frankie and Johnnie

66/100

The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.