William 'Stage' Boyd Movies

City Streets

72/100

Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.

The Locked Door

61/100

On her first anniversary Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character from her own past, and determines to intervene.

State's Attorney

68/100

Attorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented "mouthpiece" for Vanny Powers' mob. When Tom takes sweet June Perry as his mistress, she tries in vain to redeem him. But Powers decides Tom would ... See full summary »

Oliver Twist

49/100

An orphan boy in 1830's London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.

The Lost City

52/100

An evil scientist plots to take over the world from his base in Africa, where he has invented a machine that can cause earthquakes.

The Benson Murder Case

64/100

A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there; he decides to find out who killed him.

Murder by the Clock

65/100

An elderly woman installs a horn in her crypt in case she's buried alive.

The Midnight Warning

52/100

Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin air." The vanished man's relatives hire a detective, who goes to the hotel to investigate the disappearance.

The False Madonna

71/100

Laughing at Life

51/100

Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe hopping escape leads him finally to South... See full summary »

Sky Devils

57/100

Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes them into the war zone. While AWOL, the rivals for Mary's affections accidently destroy an ... See full summary »

The Spoilers

71/100

The Lost City

45/100

Second feature version of the 1935 serial of the same name, consisting of material from the first and last few episodes, omitting all material and references involving Ben Ali, Queen Rama, and the Spider People.

The Storm

57/100

Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin ... See full summary »

The Gang Buster

68/100

Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade. When Sylvia is kidnapped by Slade and his gang, 'Cyclone' ... See full summary »

Gun Smoke

65/100

Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there... See full summary »

Derelict

70/100

Those Who Dance

72/100

A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.

City of Lost Men

35/100

Third feature version of the 1935 serial The Lost City, including, unlike its predecessors, material involving Ben Ali, Queen Rama and the Spider People.

Blackbirds

Adventuress Leonie Sobatsky falls in love with a young man named Nevil Trask, and he with her. Trask doesn't know that Leonie is actually the head of an international smuggling ring--and ... See full summary »

The Painted Woman

64/100

After becoming involved in a killing, Kiddo gets on board Boyton's ship. When he learns what happened he dumps her on a South Sea island...

The Lost City

60/100

First of four feature versions of the same-title, same-year serial, consisting of the first three episodes, part of the fourth, and concluding footage not seen in the serial.

City of Lost Men

Fourth feature version of the 1935 serial "The Lost City", contrived by Sherman Krellberg by taking the first feature version and, at its end, splicing in most of the serial's final episode to expand the running time.