John Dilson Movies

Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders.

While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough...

Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not...

Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's...

The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter...

To draw attention to a popular show, a publicity expert hires a former carnival character, not knowing that the man is on the run from the law.

Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins...

A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.

A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.

Four flying G-Men protect America against enemy spies; one of the four assumes the identity of The Black Falcon, to befuddle the saboteurs even...

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the...

The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner...

During one blaze, Firefighters Tim and his partner Dave (Ward Bond) rescue pretty stenographer Judy (Evelyn Knapp). Falling in love with the girl,...

In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes...

The Royal Mounties are called in when one of the armored cars owned by Maxwell, containing a gold shipment, disappears with driver George Hill...

A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the...

A truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A drama of greed and society.