Movies123 - - Richard Thorpe Movie List

Tarzans Secret Treasure 1941 A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exits on Tarzans escarpment The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold Everyone is captured by wicked natives Tarzan and his elephants rush to the rescue

Fun in Acapulco (1963) Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a local hotel. Clashes abound when Mike runs into the rival lifeguard, who is the champion di

Jailhouse Rock (1957) Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Everett takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disi

Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus.

Athena (1954) Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents.

Thrill of a Romance (1945) Cynthia is swept off her feet and marries a rich and very successful business executive, but business affairs make him abandon her during their honeymoon. Cynthia is sad and while he's away, meets the charming war hero, Maj. Milvaine, who is on leave. Sparks fly. Will she

The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 English trout fisher Rudolf Rassendyll is about the only tourist not coming for the coronation of Central European King Rudolf V at Strelsau, but happens to be a distant relative and is approached on account of their canning resemblance to stand in for the drunken king, in

The Honeymoon Machine (1961) The crew aboard the USS Elmira are working on a project, code named Operation Honeymoon. At the operation's core is the testing of the Magnetic Analyzer Computing Synchrotron, or MACS for short, which is a smart computer designed to do among other things determine where

Follow the Boys (1963) Bonnie, Toni, Michele and Liz are on the Riviera to visit their respective husbands and boyfriends in the U.S. Navy. Bonnie tries to resume her canceled honeymoon, Liz wishes her newly-promoted husband would settle down, Frenchwoman Michele wants Lt. Langley to spend some time

The Truth About Spring (1964) Tommy Tyler a lazy Caribbean sailor and his tom-boy daughter, Spring are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer to help with the search. ...

Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off.

White Cargo (1942) In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from En

The Prodigal (1955) A young Hebrew named Micah, unsatisfied with his father's rural life, demands his inheritance so he can try his luck in the city. Once in the city he falls under the spell of a beautiful pagan priestess who induces him to squander his money and betray his faith. Only after many t

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.

The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) In 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom, for political reasons, the Duke of Burgundy intends she marry. A man of honour who may have sworn too many oaths, Durward finds he a

The Thin Man Goes Home 1944 Nick and Nora head to Nicks hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nicks choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general With Nicks arrival however the to

The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. T

That Funny Feeling (1965) Joan Howell, a young and pretty maid-for-hire, meets and begins dating wealthy New York City businessman Tom Milford. Embarrassed about bringing him back to her tiny apartment that she shares with her roommate Audrey, Joan brings Tom over to a fancy apartment that she clean

The Great Caruso (1951) Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to one, because he sings; to Dorothy's, because

The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) 1944. Hapless Second Lieutenant Merle Wye of the US army's intelligence service is dismayed that he has not seen any action - he imagining himself as a suave undercover agent, worming secrets out of exotic female spies - instead being confined to a desk job in Honolu

Tarzan Escapes 1936 Janes cousins Rita and Eric Parker arrive in Africa searching for her Their uncle has died and has left her half a million pounds provided she agrees to return to civilization A professional hunter, Captain Fry, quickly agrees to escort them to the escarpment where rumor has it t

Night Must Fall (1937) Crotchety old Mrs. Bransom hires a charming young man named Danny as a live-in companion. Less charmed by Danny is Mrs. Bransom's niece, Olivia, a repressed young woman who suspects Danny of foul play. When news of a local murder is revealed, Olivia suspects Danny. Although re

Tarzan Finds a Son 1939 A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars Jane agrees, against Tarzans will, to lead them to civilizat

The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) The film follows an American captain searching for sunken treasure who becomes entangled with criminals and is arrested by the Dutch police.

Three Little Words 1950 Song and dance man Bert Kalmar cant continue his stage career after an injury for a while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist Perchance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit Ruby gets Kalmar to marry is former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and J

Tip on a Dead Jockey 1957 An expatriate American living in Madrid, former Air Force pilot Lloyd Tredman Robert Taylor is haunted by his memories of the Korean War and refuses to fly So when he loses his last dollar on a horse race fixed by a smuggler, he forces himself to accept a 25,000 offer to tr

A Date with Judy 1948 The upper class Pringles and middle class Fosters are two Santa Barbara families Widowed businessman Lucien T Pringles Leon Ames interests, including a bank and a radio station, keep him absent from his childrens lives Melvin Colner Foster Wallace Beery owns and operates a seaf

The Scorpio Letters 1967 Joe Christopher, an American ex cop living in London, helps out British Intelligence following a suicide which sets him on the trail of a blackmailer known only as Scorpio