William Tannen Movies

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator...

Joe Branch, reputed to be the son of Jesse James, comes riding into Coffeyville Kansas, looking for proof one way or the other regarding the question...

Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and...

After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida...

A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal,...

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.

The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local...

A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton...

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US...

Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at...

Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.