Robert McWade Movies

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the...

American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress...

The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in...

A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow...

Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his...

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her...

A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the...

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of...

Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk....

An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.

A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his...

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with...

A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transportation is faster.

A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has...