Don Downen Movies

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

A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve...

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of...

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld....

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger...

Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep...

Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer,...

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl...

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.

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.

A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.

A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a...

Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his...

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.

A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.