Movies by Russell Hopton

Fast Companions

Fast Companions

A crooked jockey tries to reform.

Below the Deadline

Below the Deadline

After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.

Cheers of the Crowd

Cheers of the Crowd

To draw attention to a popular show, a publicity expert hires a former carnival character, not knowing that the man is on the run from the law.

The Circus Show-Up

The Circus Show-Up

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

Take the Stand

Take the Stand

A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.