Million Dollar Ransom
Million Dollar Ransom

Million Dollar Ransom

Watch Movie
1934
1h 10m
5.0(1 votes)
Drama

Overview

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Cast & Crew

35 members
Acting

Phillips Holmes

Stan Casserly

Phillips Holmes
Acting

Edward Arnold

Vincent Shelton

Edward Arnold
Acting

Mary Carlisle

Francesca Shelton

Mary Carlisle
Acting

Wini Shaw

Babe

Wini Shaw
Acting

Andy Devine

Careful

Andy Devine
Acting

Robert Gleckler

'Doc' Carson

Robert Gleckler
Acting

Marjorie Gateson

Elita Casserly

Marjorie Gateson
Acting

Edgar Norton

Meigs

Edgar Norton
Acting

Bradley Page

Easy

Bradley Page
Acting

Hughey White

Innocence

No Image
Acting

Alyce Ardell

Marie (Uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Spencer Charters

Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

Spencer Charters
Acting

Dorothy Christy

Gwen (Uncredited)

Dorothy Christy
Acting

Charles Coleman

Towers (Uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Acting

Joyce Compton

Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)

Joyce Compton
Acting

Richard Cramer

Gangster Gossip (Uncredited)

Richard Cramer
Acting

Jane Darwell

Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Jane Darwell
Acting

Gordon De Main

Gambling House Proprietor (Uncredited)

Gordon De Main
Acting

Sayre Dearing

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Sayre Dearing
Acting

Billy Dooley

Newspaper Reporter (Uncredited)

Billy Dooley
Acting

Knute Erickson

Doorman (Uncredited)

Knute Erickson
Acting

Pat Flaherty

Friend in Nightclub (Uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Acting

Jay C. Flippen

Singer (Uncredited)

Jay C. Flippen
Acting

Dick Gordon

Drunk (Uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Sam Hayes

Announcer (Uncredited)

Sam Hayes
Acting

Al Hill

Gangster (Uncredited)

Al Hill
Acting

Arthur Hoyt

Justice of the Peace (Uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt
Acting

Henry Kolker

Dr. Davis (Uncredited)

Henry Kolker
Acting

Wilbur Mack

Reporter (Uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Acting

Tom McGuire

Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

Tom McGuire
Acting

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

Harold Miller
Acting

Craig Reynolds

Eddie (Uncredited)

Craig Reynolds
Acting

Philip Sleeman

Gangster (Uncredited)

Philip Sleeman
Acting

Maidel Turner

Wife of Justice of the Peace (Uncredited)

Maidel Turner
Acting

Billie Van Every

Tough Blonde (Uncredited)

No Image

Similar Movies

Transition
8.0
2018

Transition

A drama centred on three people: Sarah is a barista who finds the love of her life in Mark. Her mother Barbara depends on Mark to keep her in Sarah's life while resenting her daughter's deep love for him. When severely traumatised by the sudden death of Mark Sarah's relationship with her mother finally cracks. Now faced with losing her struggle to cope Sarah feels Mark's presence return. Based on true events Transition is the story of a love that transcends this realm and the strength of human character in survival.

Movie
Scarlet Street
7.6
1945

Scarlet Street

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

Movie
Applause
5.8
2009

Applause

When the critically acclaimed, tough and coming of age actress Thea Barfoed ends her rehab, she confronts a hard choice. During her heavy drinking period she divorced and lost custody of her two boys. Now she wants them to be a part of her life again.

Movie
Nine Queens
7.8
2000

Nine Queens

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".

Movie
Twitches
6.7
2005

Twitches

Twins separated at birth, Camryn and Alex meet by chance for the first time on their 21st birthday and discover they're witches with the power to save their homeland of Coventry from the evil that threatens it. But when Camryn leaves Alex to face the darkness alone, will Coventry be doomed? Or will the sisters multiply their magic by standing together?

Movie
The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt
4.0
1912

The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt

A mother is waiting or her son, a railroad engineer, to return home. The night becomes stormy and she discovers that a broken railroad trestle lies atop the track. She must try to get word to him before his train reaches the trestle.

Movie
Mother Says
2023

Mother Says

The film follows different stages in the life of Sofía, a young girl born in Argentina of Chinese descent. From her childhood to her adulthood, she's conflicted by the clash and fusion of both her cultures, all while facing a strenuous relationship with her mother Jia, who places concerns and demands on her.

Movie
What Now Mama
2025

What Now Mama

A mother struggles to hold her family together as multiple crises threaten to destroy them.

Movie
Still Alice
7.5
2014

Still Alice

Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

Movie
After_Life
2020

After_Life

After_Life is a science fiction drama about Kurt, a young man who is trying to relive a failed relationship. After an accident, he will soon have to face the consequences of his failures and regrets, before it is too late.

Movie
Breakfast at Tiffany's
7.6
1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

Movie
Bentley's Will
2019

Bentley's Will

A mother and son are forced to confront a strained relationship and begin the slow journey of healing while searching for their missing dog.

Movie
Winner
6.5
2024

Winner

Chloe's dream trip to Borneo transforms into a waking nightmare when she realizes she's the target of a ruthless scam. With her private photos held hostage, she races to outwit the blackmailer before her secrets are exposed to the world.

Movie
The Piano Teacher
7.3
2001

The Piano Teacher

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Movie
Evening
5.8
2007

Evening

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.

Movie
The Confirmation
4.0
2019

The Confirmation

It's the big day of Mathias' confirmation, where he will confirm being a Christian and enter adulthood. Mathias is transgender and just wants to be a normal teenage boy. His mother does everything to protect him, but who is this day really about?

Movie
Spanglish
6.0
2004

Spanglish

Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.

Movie
Little Children
7.1
2006

Little Children

The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.

Movie
Hidden Identities
2024

Hidden Identities

When Wilfredo, an obsessive fan of HOUSE of VALENTINA's top talent Regina- finds a familiar wig on Alma's bag. Everyone finds out what Alma's been trying to hide.

Movie
Indecent Proposal
6.4
1993

Indecent Proposal

John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.

Movie

Recommended Movies

Sin Town
3.7
1942

Sin Town

Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.

Movie
Metropolis
8.1
1927

Metropolis

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

Movie
The Barbie Diaries
6.4
2006

The Barbie Diaries

Barbie is disheartened when Todd breaks her heart and goes back to his former girlfriend. But things change when she comes across a diary, which makes her wishes come true.

Movie
The Island
6.7
2005

The Island

In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

Movie
The Lives of Others
8.0
2006

The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

Movie
The Godfather Part III
7.4
1990

The Godfather Part III

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Movie
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7.3
1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Movie
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
7.2
1961

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Movie
The Good Dinosaur
6.7
2015

The Good Dinosaur

An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.

Movie
Pulp Fiction
8.5
1994

Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Movie
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.5
2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power – and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

Movie
The Expendables 2
6.3
2012

The Expendables 2

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Movie
The Call
6.8
2013

The Call

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Movie
1917
8.0
2019

1917

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

Movie
The Dark Knight
8.5
2008

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Movie
The Godfather
8.7
1972

The Godfather

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Movie
Moonrise Kingdom
7.7
2012

Moonrise Kingdom

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

Movie
The Internship
6.2
2013

The Internship

Two recently laid-off men in their 40s try to make it as interns at a successful Internet company where their managers are in their 20s.

Movie
Saving Private Ryan
8.2
1998

Saving Private Ryan

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.

Movie
Monster-in-Law
6.2
2005

Monster-in-Law

Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. Fearing she'll lose her son's affections forever, Viola decides to break up the happy couple by becoming the world's worst mother-in-law.

Movie