John Harron Movies

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their...

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the...

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.

Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles...

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

"I hope people see me as an artist, not a blind artist." Tou suffered a severe eye injury in an accident at a young age. The journey into complete...

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's...

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big...

In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match...

A couple unwittingly both invite their fathers to visit on the same day. The problem is, the fathers-in-law detest each other. Hi-jinx ensue.

A famous international actress wants to marry the love of her life, a millionaire but is blocked by a renowned woman-hater who actually ants her for...

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie...

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector...

The plot, old-hat though it is, does provide an opportunity for that wonderfully seedy villain, David Dirby, to do his dirty work and more...

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides that he can round up some Hollywood actors that...

A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.