John Litel Movies

Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a...

A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.

An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.

Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal...

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

A female police detective enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity of the leader of a stolen goods racket.

Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary...

Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his...

A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try and track him down before the police get to him.

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political...

A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.

Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los...

Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes...

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business....

A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father.

Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.