Phil Tead Movies

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangster.

A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.

Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.

A young boy living at a mountain lodge witnesses a murder, and is then targeted himself by the killer.

The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal...

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star...

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His...

"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was...

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

A young Frenchwoman is determined to get into and stay in show business, no matter what. Then she's determined to win a recently divorced man's...

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes prominent New York City political party boss John Gilmurry. Adam's...

An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leave him for a handsome singer.

An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to...