Jack Wise Movies

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes...

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

The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.

A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution....

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman...

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.

A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the...

The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been...

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the...

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half...

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.