Jack Wise Movies

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's...

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution....

A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.

Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead....

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical obsession with movie stars. But then the elderly...

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

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign...

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...

The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been...

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film...

A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who...

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the...

A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.

A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.

Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.