J. Farrell MacDonald Movie Rankings
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 3.1479 out of 4 stars for Show Boat
3.1479
Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. ... more about Show Boat
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.9206 out of 4 stars for My Darling Clementine
2.9206
Wyatt Earp and his brothers move to Tombstone to live the lives of quiet farmers, but when a band of outlaws kills their youngest brother, Earp and his siblings acquire the sheriff's badge and promise to hold them accountable for their actions. All this leads up to the famous shootout at the O.K. ... more about My Darling Clementine
DVD from $4.86 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.8218 out of 4 stars for I Loved a Woman
2.8218
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals regarding worker happiness and meat purity. ... more about I Loved a Woman
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.8104 out of 4 stars for Iron Horse
2.8104
Springfield, Illinois. Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west, but Marsh, a contractor, is sceptical. Abraham Lincoln looks on as their children, Davy Brandon and Miriam Marsh, play together. ... more about Iron Horse
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.7570 out of 4 stars for Meet John Doe
2.7570
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe. ... more about Meet John Doe
DVD from $0.81 
(11 sellers)
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.6939 out of 4 stars for Star of Midnight
2.6939
Friend Tim Winthrop asks criminal lawyer and amateur detective Clay Dalzell to find his girl, Alice, who disappeared a year earlier without a trace. ... more about Star of Midnight
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.6757 out of 4 stars for Irish in Us
2.6757
The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job, because most of his fighters end up in Polookaville and Pat wants to marry Lucille. ... more about Irish in Us
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.5817 out of 4 stars for Bowery at Midnight
2.5817
Kindly soup kitchen operator and professor of criminology Bela Lugosi uses his soup kitchen as a front for a criminal gang who commit a series of daring robberies and murders. ... more about Bowery at Midnight
DVD from $3.88 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.5661 out of 4 stars for Millionaire
2.5661
Automaker James Alden is told to retire by his doctors and does so in deference to his wife Laura and daughter 'Babs.' He is not only bored after six months, but is told by a life insurance salesman that retired men are bad risks. ... more about Millionaire
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.5296 out of 4 stars for Arizonian
2.5296
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.5204 out of 4 stars for Our Little Girl
2.5204
Don Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to spend more time with Don's best friend and they become attracted to one another. ... more about Our Little Girl
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.4793 out of 4 stars for Reap the Wild Wind
2.4793
Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on the shoals of Key West in the 1840s. Salvaging the ships' cargos has become a lucrative business for two companies -- one headed by a feisty young woman. ... more about Reap the Wild Wind
DVD from $5.95 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.4748 out of 4 stars for Painted Desert
2.4748
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. ... more about Painted Desert
DVD from $0.79 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.4748 out of 4 stars for Slim
2.4748
Farmer slim joins a group of workers who are building power lines. Foreman Red teaches him all he needs and soon they become friends. ... more about Slim
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.4638 out of 4 stars for Maltese Falcon
2.4638
Adhering closely to Dashiel Hammett's story, sleazy detective Sam Spade seeks the whereabouts of a jewel encrusted statuette and his partner's cold-blooded killer, unaware the two quests may be related. ... more about Maltese Falcon
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.4200 out of 4 stars for My Dear Miss Aldrich
2.4200
When the owner of the New York Globe-Leader dies without making a will, the paper is inherited by his only living relative, an "old maid schoolteacher" from Nebraska. ... more about My Dear Miss Aldrich
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.4131 out of 4 stars for White Banners
2.4131
A homeless woman named Hannah (Fay Bainter) drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... ... more about White Banners
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.3013 out of 4 stars for Easiest Way
2.3013
Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation to move in with him. ... more about Easiest Way
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.2921 out of 4 stars for Crowd Roars
2.2921
A young boxer (Robert Taylor) gets caught between a no-good father (Frank Morgan) and a crime boss (Edward Arnold) when he starts dating the boss's daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan), although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living. ... more about Crowd Roars
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.2784 out of 4 stars for Maid of Salem
2.2784
Young lovers (Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray) fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. ... more about Maid of Salem
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.2739 out of 4 stars for Me and My Gal
2.2739
Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke. ... more about Me and My Gal
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.2465 out of 4 stars for Extortion
2.2465
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.2145 out of 4 stars for Dark Command
2.2145
Cowpoke Bob Seton becomes a rival for William Cantrell's girl and for the sheriff's job Cantrell covets. ... more about Dark Command
DVD from $7.43 
(8 sellers)
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.2099 out of 4 stars for Living Ghost
2.2099
Wise-cracking ex-detective Nick Trayne is called in to try to find the whereabouts of wealthy kidnap victim Walter Craig. Craig unexpectedly turns up alive but with apparent brain damage, leaving him in a zombified state. ... more about Living Ghost
DVD from $13.27 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.1597 out of 4 stars for Great Moment
2.1597
In the winter of 1868, Eben Frost (William Demarest) goes to a Boston pawnshop and redeems a silver medal, inscribed to "Dr. W.T.G. Morton, the Benefactor of Mankind, with the Gratitude of Humanity. ... more about Great Moment
DVD from $38.39 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.1415 out of 4 stars for No Man of Her Own
2.1415
Clark Gable plays a card cheat who has to go on the lam to avoid a pesky cop. He meets a lonely, but slightly wild, librarian, Carole Lombard, while he is hiding out. The two get married after Lombard wins a coin flip and they move back to the city. ... more about No Man of Her Own
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.1186 out of 4 stars for Working Man
2.1186
Shoe manufacturer John Reeves turns his business over to his conceited nephew when his rival dies. On vacation, he runs into his rivals heirs who are living it up on their dead father's money. ... more about Working Man
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.1095 out of 4 stars for Pillow of Death
2.1095
Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary are having an affair, so when Wayne's wife is found smothered to death, he becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigate the murder, a psychic with questionable motives tries to contact the deceased woman. ... more about Pillow of Death
DVD from $16.39 
(10 sellers)
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.0892 out of 4 stars for Superman and the Mole-Men
2.0892
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. ... more about Superman and the Mole-Men
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 2.0821 out of 4 stars for Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
2.0821
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way. ... more about Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.8944 out of 4 stars for Woman on the Run
1.8944
Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott), sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith), on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. ... more about Woman on the Run
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.8721 out of 4 stars for Thirteenth Guest
1.8721
13 years before the movie opens, there was a dinner party, at which the 13th guest failed to show up. The master of the manner has died, and left the bulk of his estate to this 13th guest, but nobody knows who that is. ... more about Thirteenth Guest
DVD from $5.92 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.8173 out of 4 stars for Prairie Law
1.8173
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. ... more about Prairie Law
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.7716 out of 4 stars for Phantom Killer
1.7716
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. ... more about Phantom Killer
DVD from $3.53 
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.7716 out of 4 stars for Power and the Glory
1.7716
A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was already too late. ... more about Power and the Glory
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.7442 out of 4 stars for Cat's-Paw
1.7442
Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning. ... more about Cat's-Paw
DVD from $16.18 
(10 sellers)
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.6529 out of 4 stars for Johnny Angel
1.6529
Johnny Angel sets out to learn who hijacked a gold shipment from his father's ship and killed his father, the captain. He is joined in the search by Paulette, whose own father has been killed by the hijackers. ... more about Johnny Angel
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.6164 out of 4 stars for Whispering Smith
1.6164
Smith as an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railraod and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa). ... more about Whispering Smith
DVD from $5.66 
(10 sellers)
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J. Farrell MacDonald scores a combined 1.5068 out of 4 stars for Slippery Pearls
1.5068
Star-packed promotional short subject intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanatarium, produced in association with a cigarette company! Plot involves the investigation of the reported theft of Norma Shearer's jewelry. ... more about Slippery Pearls
DVD from $4.99 
(2 sellers)