Movies by Samuel S. Hinds

Follow the Band

Follow the Band

A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.

Tight Shoes

Tight Shoes

A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight from a salesman, then decides to use the store as a front for illegal gambling.

Career

Career

Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart when they woo the same woman.

The Singing Sheriff

The Singing Sheriff

In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled friend. While there, the performer finds himself forced into becoming the town sheriff. Mayhem ensues, but somehow, the crooner manages to round up a band of killers.

Secret Agent X-9

Secret Agent X-9

American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.

One Hour To Live

One Hour To Live

Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.

Rumba

Rumba

A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.

Ex-Champ

Ex-Champ

A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.

West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos

Richard Dix stars as Pecos Smith, a strong, silent Westerner suspected of cattle rustling.

Tropic Fury

Tropic Fury

An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.

Prescription for Romance

Prescription for Romance

In this romance, a detective teams up with a count and travels to Budapest in search of an embezzler. While there, the two get involved with a female physician in whose house the criminal is concealed (the doctor doesn't know this). Soon the detective and the doctor are involved.

Hers to Hold

Hers to Hold

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker). Developing a crush on much-older playboy Bill Morley (Joseph Cotton), Penelope stops at nothing to land the elusive Morley as her husband. Highlights include Durbin's renditions of "Begin the Beguine" and the "Seguidilla" from Carmen, and a captivating sequence that includes highlights from Durbin's earli...

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

In this low-budget musical, two sets of politically ambitious parents attempt to pair up their youngsters who unfortunately despise each other and only pretend to like each other to please their parents. On the nights they are to go out, they sneak out with their respective true loves. It all works well until the unwilling couple find themselves falling in love for real. songs include: "I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now", and "Got Romance".

Hawaiian Nights

Hawaiian Nights

Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.

Swing That Cheer

Swing That Cheer

Undeniably talented on the gridiron, Bob Potter is equally undeniably an arrogant pain in the posterior. So swell-headed does Potter become that he can never admit to himself that his blocking-back teammate Larry Royal is equally responsible for Bob's success. To teach his pal a lesson, Larry feigns an injury and pulls out of the Big Game, forcing Bob to have a go at it alone.

Road Agent

Road Agent

Summarily accused of murder, drifters Duke (Foran), Pancho (Carrillo) and Andy (Devine) are tossed into the hoosegow, only to be released when their alibi checks out. Far from offended by his ill treatment, Duke agrees to take the job of sheriff, retaining Pancho and Andy as his deputies. The gruesome threesome then sets about to solve a series of mysterious Wells Fargo robberies

Timothy's Quest

Timothy's Quest

Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by Vilda Cummins (Elizabeth Patterson, an old maid with a dislike for children. Timothy eventually wins her over, and also pushes along the romance for her niece, Martha (Eleanore Whitney), with David Masters (Tom Keene).

The Return of October

The Return of October

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.

Trail of the Vigilantes

Trail of the Vigilantes

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

Larceny with Music

Larceny with Music

A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.