J. Farrell MacDonald Movies

Peg o' My Heart

79/100

A young woman living in an Irish fishing village inherits her late grandfather's estate, but is forced to spend three years in England training to be a proper lady to collect the fortune.

The Thirteenth Guest

59/100

Murder of a woman sparks a search for a killer.

The Painted Desert

53/100

Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child resulting in lifelong rivalry.

Men Without Women

59/100

Navy divers clear the torpedo tube of a sunken submarine.

Murder on the Campus

58/100

A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and sets out to prove her innocence and catch the real killer.

The Phantom Express

54/100

A railway is threatened by mysterious wrecks, which turn out to be caused by criminals using a unique deception.

Sky High

59/100

A government agent investigates a ring that is smuggling Chinese aliens across the border from Mexico. His investigation takes him to the Grand Canyon. He finds a dazed girl wandering ... See full summary »

Bringing Up Father

74/100

The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter...

The Last Alarm

59/100

A veteran firefighter is forced to retire at age 65 by the Fire Department. However, when one of his friends dies in a blaze set by a serial arsonist, the now retired fireman teams up with ... See full summary »

One Thrilling Night

57/100

Horace Jackson (John Beal) and his bride, Millie ('Wanda McKay' qv)),check into a New York City hotel room for their one-night honeymoon before he reports for induction into the arm the ... See full summary »

River's End

55/100

Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out ... See full summary »

Private Snuffy Smith

50/100

Snuffy Smith, moonshining hillbilly, grows tired of dodging revenue agents, headed by Cooper, and decides to take the army up on their offer of free clothes, food and $21.00 a month. Once ... See full summary »

In Old Cheyenne

67/100

Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.

Heritage of the Desert

60/100

Nabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle. When Nabb refuses to sell, Holderness works an his son Snap who has run up gambling debts. ... See full summary »

Come on, Rangers!

63/100

Disbanded Texas Rangers are gathered together to help the U.S. Cavalry put an end to marauding outlaws.

East Side, West Side

70/100

Discarded Lovers

52/100

In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Eminent Studios. The suspects are numerous ... See full summary »

Shadows of the Orient

47/100

A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"

Prairie Law

68/100

Judge Curry is selling Austin's land to nesters and his men are rustling his cattle to provide beef. When the Sheriff accuses butcher Gore of possessing stolen beef, Gore kills him. Curry ... See full summary »

Hotel Continental

56/100

(1932, Tiffany) Peggy Shannon, Theodore Von Eltz, Alan Mowbray. A posh hotel is about to close its doors forever. A paroled convict comes back to the hotel to find stolen funds he hid there... See full summary »

The Cradle Snatchers

65/100

The Game That Kills

64/100

Tom Ferguson, star left wing of the Indians hockey team, is killed during a game in an "accident" with Dick Adams and Bill Drake, two of his own teammates. His brother, Alec Ferguson, is ... See full summary »

Marked Men

45/100

Flying Fists

55/100

A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is unknowingly set up for a fixed fight.

Little Orphan Annie

68/100

Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. ... See full summary »