Jack Wise Movies

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly...

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.

A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets...

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

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

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

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

Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his...

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

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 aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.

Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?

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