William H. O'Brien Movies

An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.

The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the...

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who...

A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just...

After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.

Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in...

An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.

A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though...

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.

Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But...

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and...

Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her....

Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical....

A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.