Writing

John Francis Larkin

Born — Died

1901-11-30 — 1965-01-06

Place of birth

New York, New York

Known for

Writing

Credits

14 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Castle in the Desert poster
7.1

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...

Castle in the Desert

1942

Secret Agent of Japan poster
5.5

World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.

Secret Agent of Japan

1942

The Man in the Trunk poster
9.0

The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.

The Man in the Trunk

1942

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady poster
6.4

A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a murder she didn't commit.

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

1940

Quiet Please, Murder poster
7.0

A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.

Quiet Please, Murder

1943

Quiet Please, Murder poster
7.0

A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.

Quiet Please, Murder

1943

Parachute Jumper poster
6.0

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Parachute Jumper

1933

The Dolly Sisters poster
5.7

Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

The Dolly Sisters

1945

News Is Made at Night poster
4.8

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

News Is Made at Night

1939

Accent on Love poster
7.5

A young man of privilege abandons his thankless job as a company vice-president, walks out on his spoiled wife, and joins the working classes, leading to his romance with a European immigrant.

Accent on Love

1941

The Mandarin Mystery poster
5.1

Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.

The Mandarin Mystery

1936

Murder Among Friends poster
7.0

A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.

Murder Among Friends

1941

Man at Large poster
6.5

FBI agent Bob Grayson works in collaboration with Max, a British agent posing as a fugitive German aviator. Meanwhile, fearless girl reporter Dallas Dayle is assigned by her editor to track down the enemy aviator and get an exclusive story. When she catches up with Grayson and Max, Dallas is under the impression that Grayson is a rival reporter and Max is the genuine fugitive.

Man at Large

1941

The Gay Caballero poster
6.0

The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have attempted to steal Susan Wetherby's land.

The Gay Caballero

1940