Movies Starring William Powell
Welcome to our dedicated collection of films featuring William Powell. Here, you’ll find a diverse lineup of titles that showcase the actor’s range, talent, and unforgettable on-screen presence. Whether you’re a longtime admirer or discovering William powell’s performances for the first time, this selection offers something for every taste—encompassing both critically acclaimed roles and underrated gems waiting to be explored.
American Anarchist (2016)
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The story of one of the most infamous books ever written, "The Anarchist Cookbook," and the role it's played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.
Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell (1993)
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Actress Sharon Stone hosts this documentary about the life and career of 1930s sex symbol Jean Harlow. Included are clips from many of her films, photos and stories about her life before she became a movie star, and accounts of her troubled personal life, including a domineering mother, the failure of her three marriages and the suicide of her second husband.
Mister Roberts (1955)
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Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
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Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.
Take One False Step (1949)
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Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
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As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an uninhabited rock in the bay. Fishing in the vicinity, he catches...a mermaid. He takes her home and, though she has no spoken language, falls in love with her. Of course, his wife won't believe that the thing in the bathtub is anything but a large fish.
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
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Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.
Life with Father (1947)
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A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
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A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
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The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
The Heavenly Body (1944)
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The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
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On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Crossroads (1942)
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A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
Love Crazy (1941)
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Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
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High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
I Love You Again (1940)
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Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Another Thin Man (1939)
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Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
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Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.