John Litel Trailers
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John Litel was an American stage, screen, and television actor. From 1919 to 1936 he performed in several plays on Broadway. In 1929 he began appearing in films and was in over 200 movies throughout his career. Litel often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops and district attorneys. He appeared in many television series. John Litel's acting career concluded in 1967.
Most Popular John Litel Trailers
Total trailers found: 170
11 February 1939
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
31 May 1946
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name.
25 February 1983
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
07 March 1947
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.
19 August 1939
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights.
10 June 1966
Nevada Smith is the alias of Max Sand, the son of an Indian mother and American father. When they are killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to avenge them.
02 April 1938
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
13 October 1937
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
27 June 1946
A young Czechoslovak orphan, Loddy Bicek, befriended by an American army sergeant, is brought into the United States as a stowaway by the soldier.
27 September 1945
A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders.
15 February 1930
At a small hotel, Judith Barrett and Norman Peck are eloping; John Litel and Addie MacPhail are quarreling because of his constant jealousy; and Eva Thacher and Al Thompson are tracking down their eloping daughter.
10 April 1937
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
11 December 1937
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
07 September 1946
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926.
22 July 1955
A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
30 April 1948
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
23 June 1943
Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal forbids the student band from playing swing music.
20 June 1942
The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans always working for freedom.
18 May 1940
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing.
30 April 1943
Teenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star. The sixth entry in the "Henry Aldrich" series of eleven films.
10 November 1943
Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house.
30 November 1945
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt.
24 June 1965
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.
05 March 1951
Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself.
03 November 1949
A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master in the final film of the Rusty series.
14 December 1940
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 the entrance exam.
05 June 1942
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands.
01 February 1946
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
12 September 1947
Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones. Hard-bitten gambling boss Brian Donlevy rules his frontier community with brawn and bullets.
01 April 1939
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
08 May 1952
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
06 January 1942
A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops stationed in the islands and sabotage the war effort under orders from an unknown leader.
11 November 1952
Oklahoma outlaw Belle Starr meets the Dalton gang when rescued from lynching by Bob Dalton, who falls for her.
06 March 1937
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
23 April 1942
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
12 July 1961
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
27 December 1929
This Vitaphone one-reel short, written by the author of "Show-Off", George Kelly
29 December 1929
The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their romantic affair.
08 April 1939
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
20 December 1961
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods.
12 February 1938
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands.
10 November 1957
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
05 October 1940
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
18 December 1961
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
16 July 1948
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
26 November 1938
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
27 August 1937
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy.
15 February 1941
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
09 September 1951
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.
12 February 1941
A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father.
09 September 1937
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Émile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
20 November 1941
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death.
09 September 1943
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.
28 August 1963
When his town-drunk father is killed by the Sully brothers, gunfighter Blaine Madden exacts his revenge but has to flee, aided by a young aspiring gunslinger, when the sheriff tries to arrest him.
17 April 1945
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy.
03 July 1942
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
04 March 1939
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
31 July 1942
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
23 November 1939
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds.
01 April 1943
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.