John Alton Movies

A sultan's lovely daughter finds herself courted by a handsome American.

A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

Drama set in San Quentin prison.

A lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.

Actress Carol Adams retires from the theater when she becomes engaged to businessman Gregory Davis, but is increasingly frustrated by Greg's...

A musical film with a performance by the group that was very fashionable at the time, El Cuarteto Aguilar. It was produced in 1936 but was never...

A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.

Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.

A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.

An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just...

The story follows Jaime Lara, a passenger whose ship makes a stop in Buenos Aires for one day. Lara elopes, leaving his wife on board, and walks...

A young woman travels with her uncle to the city, there she works with a singer who she will have to replace. Later, she goes blind.

A criminal tries to scam a horse racing fan using a seductive woman.

Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.

This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin's original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot,...

Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He...

A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own very successful advertising agency. Comedy.

Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter,...