The  Pat O'Brien Collection

Back in Circulation
    Starring: Pat O'Brien & Joan Blondell

Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.

Castle on the Hudson
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, John Garfield
                    & Burgess Meredith

Mobster Tommy Gordon isn't worried about being sentenced to Sing Sing prison because his political pals have promised him a quick parole. A troublesome prisoner, he finally concedes that his friends have deserted him, and he makes an effort to reform. When his girlfriend Kay is injured in an accident, Warden Long gives Tommy a pass to go see her. But trouble erupts when Tommy encounters the man responsible for his imprisonment.

China Clipper
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart
                    & Beverly Roberts

Inspired by Lindbergh's flight, Dave Logan sets out with a Washington-Philadelphia airline but suffers financial problems. With flying ace Hap Stuart he tries clipper ships on the Caribbean, then aims for the trans-Pacific route. His relentless ambition forces those closest to him to abandon him.

The Front Page
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou & Mary Brian

Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job. The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them. All are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from the inept Sheriff, Hildy seizes the opportunity by using his $260 honeymoon money to payoff an insider and get the scoop on the escape. However, Walter Burns, the Post's editor, is slow to repay Hildy back, hoping that he will stay on the story. Getting a major scoop looks possible when Hildy stumbles onto the bewildered escapee and hides him in a roll-top desk in the press room. Burns shows up to help. Can they keep Williams' whereabouts secret long enough to get the scoop, especially with the Sheriff and other reporters hovering around?

Gambling Lady
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Barbara Stanwyck & Joel McCrea

A business-like syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations.

I've Got Your Number
    Starring: Pat O'Brien & Joan Blondell

The adventures of wisecracking telephone repairmen Terry and Johnny are by turns comic, risqué, and heroic. Terry pursues Marie, a hotel switchboard operator, who loses her job when she innocently does a favor for gangster Nicky. Terry gets Marie a job with financier Schuyler; but Nicky has new plans for her.

The Irish in Us
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, James Cagney
                         & Olivia de Havilland

The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job, because most of his fighters end up in Polookaville and Pat wants to marry Lucille. This means that he will leave the family and Danny needs a income to help support Ma. But Danny believes he has the fighter named Carbarn who will bring him fortune and is going with that. But Lucille meets Danny on the road one day and it means trouble for the family as she does not love Pat, but loves Danny.

The Iron Major
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Ruth Warrick & Robert Ryan

The true saga of WW1 hero-cum-football coach Frank Cavanaugh,. Leaving home and hearth behind to serve his country in the Great War, Cavanaugh goes on to lead the Dartmouth, Boston College and Fordham football teams to victory. His credo throughout is "Love of God, Love of Country, Love of Family"-inspiriational words indeed in war-torn 1943. Based on the memoirs of Cavanaugh's wife Florence.

The People Against O'Hara
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Spencer Tracy, John Hodiak
                        & Diana Lynn

James Curtayne has retired from law but he returns to defend John O'Hara on a murder charge. Curtayne's drinking and rustiness result in O'Hara's being found guilty, but Curtayne makes further efforts to prove him innocent.

San Quentin
    Starring: Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan

Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.

Slim
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyman & Henry Fonda

Slim, is an apprentice high-voltage lineman working with the no-nonsense, but very experienced man named Red. Stringing up the high-tension electrical wires on tall metal towers is dangerous work, but from the moment he sees the linemen at work, farm boy Slim knows that this is the job for him. He convinces crew-boss Red Blayd of this and after heavy-duty training, and the overcoming of a few fears, he starts to work. Tensions arise when Slim falls in love with Blayd's gal Cally.

Twenty Million Sweethearts
    Starring: Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell & Ginger Rogers

Unscrupulous agent Pat O'Brien makes singing waiter Dick Powell a big radio star while Ginger Rogers, who has lost her own radio show, helps Powell.