6 Best Edward Earle Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 19, 2026

Drama intense

Edward Earle, a former silent-era leading man, moved into a long career of dependable supporting roles across five decades of Hollywood film. Ride the Pink Horse seeks revenge on a gangster in a New Mexico town, The She-Creature regresses a woman through hypnosis, Before I Hang unleashes a murderous side from an anti-ageing serum, and Tell Your Children has teenagers experimenting with a dangerous drug. Babes in Toyland and The Wind round out the list.

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The She-Creature (1956)

TMDB ★ 3.9

Edward Earle appears in this B-movie horror about a hypnotist who regresses a woman into her prehistoric past self, unleashing a monstrous creature to kill for him.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn · 1h 17m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, AMC, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Edward Earle appears in this noir about a war veteran seeking revenge against a gangster who becomes entangled in a small New Mexico town's fiesta.

Directed by Robert Montgomery · 1h 41m · Rated NR

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Before I Hang (1940)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Edward Earle features in this Boris Karloff horror about a scientist whose experimental serum designed to reverse ageing instead unleashes his murderous side.

Directed by Nick Grindé · 1h 02m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Tell Your Children (1938)

TMDB ★ 4.3

Edward Earle features in this exploitation drama, also known as Reefer Madness, about a group of teenagers who experiment with a dangerous new drug with tragic and violent consequences.

Directed by Louis J. Gasnier · 1h 06m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Philo, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, Night Flight Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Babes in Toyland (1934)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Edward Earle features in this Laurel and Hardy musical where two bumbling toymakers must save Toyland from a villainous landlord and his army of bogeymen.

Directed by Gus Meins & Charley Rogers · 1h 18m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Dove Amazon Channel, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Wind (1928)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Edward Earle is in this Lillian Gish silent about a fragile Virginia woman who is driven toward madness by the relentless, howling winds of the Texas prairie.

Directed by Victor Sjöström · 1h 16m

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.