Dick Purcell Movies

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

Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as...

Private Investigator Terry Moran, who is in love with Nora O'Brien the daughter of Police Detective Tim O'Brien, is hired by Mrs. Hamilton to solve...

To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.

Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a...

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

Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.

An ambitious but financially strapped taxi driver becomes involved with mobsters to obtain money to buy a gas station.

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.

Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...

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

Tod Weaver finds his career on the skids and feels frustrated playing small-time venues. Tod is romantically tied to Gale Starr, an assistant...

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto...

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.

A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.

Unable to sign boxer Joe Louis to movie contract, Republic Pictures had to make do with the losers of Louis' heavyweight championship bouts. One of...

When headstrong pilot Bill Kellogg disobeys orders and takes a plane to photograph potential landing fields in uncharted Latin American country, he...

Richard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a lightweight, high-speed torpedo boat (hence the...