Lionel Atwill Movies

The Sphinx

59/100

A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The ... See full summary »

The Secret of Madame Blanche

67/100

Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »

The Solitaire Man

65/100

Oliver Lane is "The Solitaire Man," a renowned jewel thief who is ready to retire and marry Helen, his partner in crime and his one true love. Their plans are shattered when another member ... See full summary »

The Mad Doctor of Market Street

52/100

A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a tropical island, takes control and terrorizes the local populace. The survivor of a ... See full summary »

Lady in the Death House

53/100

A young woman is on death row for the murder of a man who was blackmailing her family, although she claims she was framed. Her fiance, a doctor who is conducting experiments on reviving the... See full summary »

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

53/100

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.

Genius at Work

52/100

Two actors who star in a radio detective show find themselves pitted against a villain calling himself the Cobra, who has an affinity for torture chambers.

Absolute Quiet

59/100

Businessman Gerald Axton goes to his ranch to rest, having had a near-heart-attack due to business worries. But while there (with his female assistant who makes his heart flutter as much as... See full summary »

The Wrong Road

52/100

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... See full summary »

The Firebird

62/100

Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »

Nana

62/100

Nana is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten...

Crime, Inc.

56/100

A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city.

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

71/100

A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials...

The High Command

64/100

A general of the old school, who believes strongly in his own honour and sense of duty, must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier, during the Irish War for Independence in 1921.

Beggars in Ermine

60/100

John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute...

Lost City of the Jungle

64/100

A new radioactive element is found that is a defense against the atomic bomb. Warmongers go to Pendrang as archaeologist but searching in secret for the element. The United Peace Foundation... See full summary »

Junior G-Men of the Air

63/100

A group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.

Raiders of Ghost City

65/100

During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, California... See full summary »

Till We Meet Again

70/100

In London, August 1914, Austrian star Elsa Duranyi (Gertrude Michael) and English matinee idol Alan Barclay (Herbert Marshall) are in love and plan an immediate marriage. But the War comes ... See full summary »

The Silent Witness

62/100

The Mad Empress

68/100

Secrets of Scotland Yard

64/100

Scotland Yard's Room 40 was instrumental in Allied victory during WW1, but has been compromised in the decades since, a killer in their midst.

Lady of Secrets

61/100

Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.

Eve's Daughter

Eve's Daughter is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by James Kirkwood and starred popular theatre star Billie Burke.

Girl in 313

63/100

A police agent infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves and on the way to finding who the evildoers are, falls in love with a thief.