Jack Gardner Movies

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin....

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking...

The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his father, finds himself down-on-his luck in a tiny...

During a test, a race car using an experimental oil fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed...

A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.

A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of...

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.

A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.

Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies, Three Russian Girls is a remake of Russia's The Girl...

Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.

The Land of Long Shadows is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Jack Gardner, Ruth King and Carl Stockdale. It...

The former gambler turned upholder of law and order after a run-in with a gang of stage robbers.

To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing...

Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita shows up in Manhattan, where she takes the...

A military school cadet runs away after failing to fit in at sports or school life. He's befriended by a newsboy and they tutor each other, but soon...

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.

A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people...