Edward Brophy Movies

A detective tries to prove that a woman is killing her spouses with a spiked umbrella.

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.

An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical.

Jimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to get her back after she rejects him; and along...

A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub...

Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.

Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.

A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing crew will lose their upcoming race.

Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline

Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.

A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds her first case is defending a childhood friend...

Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he...

Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.

A gambler uses his winnings to help support an orphanage.

Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety...

A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930)...

After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed.

At the Club Habana, Henry Cabot, a bumbling busboy, is infatuated with the club's dancer, Conchita Montez. As Tiger Martin, the leader of a gang of...