Pat O'Brien
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Filmography
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The Front Page
(1931)Hildy Johnson's current employer is full of reporters who invent stories as much as write about them. The paper's current story focuses on the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from jail, Hildy seizes upon the opportunity for a unique scoop.

San Quentin
(1937)A con man's troubles multiply when his sister falls for the prison guard captain.

Knute Rockne All American
(1940)The immigrant son of a Norwegian carriage builder becomes a star player for Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish and later makes history as head coach.

Riff-Raff
(1947)Private eye Dan Hammer gets his hands on a valuable map showing priceless oil concessions but finds himself up against a murderous cartel as well. Mixed up in the proceedings is nightclub singer Maxine Manning, a supposed ally he can't quite trust.

China Clipper
(1936)Less than a year after the inaugural flight of Pan American Airways' China Clipper captured the public's interest, Warner Bros. crafted a fictional version of the famed seaplane's feat and sent it winging into theaters. Pat O'Brien plays Dave Logan, an aviation visionary and taskmaster who puts his career ahead of his personal life as he launches a small aviation outfit and sees it grow to match his dream of trans-Pacific commercial flight. Ross Alexander, whose promising career would soon tragically end, portrays Logan's right-hand man. And Humphrey Bogart, in a departure from the typical criminal roles in his 1930s filmography, plays the ex-barnstormer and top-echelon pilot who guides the China Clipper's maiden journey. Newsreel footage of the hulking, four-engine "flying boat" augments this film.

The Boy with Green Hair
(1948)After learning he is an orphan, a young boy's hair mysteriously turns green, setting off a series of public reactions to his predicament.

Slightly Honorable
(1939)When the girlfriend of a corrupt politician is killed, her old flame, lawyer John Webb, is forced to clear his name when he’s framed for her murder.

Johnny One-Eye
(1950)While hiding out and planning his revenge, a wounded gangster is comforted by visits from a little girl and her tiny dog with one bad eye.

Marine Raiders
(1944)After surviving the Guadalcanal invasion, two marines are sent to Australia for some much needed R&R. Just as one discovers romance down under, he is ordered by his fellow officer back to California to train a new invasion force.

Okinawa
(1952)Story of USS Blake, and the gun crew stationed on the destroyer used during WWII to shell Okinawa before the army invasion. O Brien is the tough-as-nails commander, Mitchell is the loudmouth-with-a-heart-of-gold powderman, Williams the kindly-but-tough old man, Denning the well-liked, but equally tough lieutenant.

The World Gone Mad
(1933)With help from a reporter, a district attorney tries to find the killer of his predecessor who was murdered while uncovering a massive stock fraud.
The People Against O'Hara
(1951)James Curtayne (Spencer Tracy) was once a brilliant defense attorney, saving scores from prison-time and death row. But that was before a part of him crawled inside a bottle and never crawled out. He now practices civil law…it's safer that way. But when John O'Hara (James Arness), a kid from the neighborhood, gets hauled up on Murder One, he allows himself to get cajoled into returning to his former vocation. It's a mistake. The DA runs circles around the alcohol addled attorney, and O'Hara now faces execution. It's Jimmy's worst nightmare come true. The question is, what's he planning to do about it? A young John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven) teams up with seasoned cinema vet Tracy for this noir-tinged legal drama, and it proves a potent combo – a solid, by-the-numbers thriller rises above the machinations of plot to provide a compelling portrait of a very good, but very weak man in thrall to some very bad, very strong impulses.

The Fighting 69th
(1940)A braggart soldier learns the true meaning of heroism when he joins World War I's all-Irish unit.

Here Comes the Navy
(1934)James Cagney and Pat O’Brien hit the deck as well as each other in this rousing Oscar® nominee for Best Picture (1934).

Hell's House
(1932)A young man’s sentence to reform school after not implicating his bootlegger idol becomes a cause when he escapes to expose the system’s brutality.

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
(1959)A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Darby O’Gill and the Little People, starring Pat O’Brien and Walt Disney. Walt Disney really proves himself an actor in this show. He learns about Irish traditions and customs from O’Brien, then heads to Ireland where he meets King Brian of the Leprechauns and Darby O’Gill. He loves their stories so much, he invites them back to California to star in his movie.

Torrid Zone
(1940)Academy Award winner James Cagney stars as the manager of a Caribbean banana plantation who would do anything to get away from the tropics and his underhanded boss--until he meets a woman hot enough to keep him in the Torrid Zone.Torrid Zone: the region of the earth between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. Plantation owner Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) ruthlessly uses every lie, plo...

Ring of Fear
(1954)Mystery writer Mickey Spillane is asked to investigate when an unknown saboteur tries to destroy Clyde Beatty's circus.

Some Like It Hot
(1959)After witnessing a shooting, two Chicago musicians head south disguised as female jazz artists. Their cover seems perfect...until love comes along.

Ragtime
(1981)A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other historic events in early 1900s New York City.