6 Best Edward Gargan Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 25, 2026

Edward Gargan brought a genial, working-class presence to hundreds of Hollywood films and frequently played beat cops and dim-witted but likeable sidekicks. Bringing Up Baby turns a paleontologist’s life upside down with a heiress and a leopard, Another Thin Man investigates a murder in the family, The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse moonlights a doctor as a criminal, and It Happened on Fifth Avenue hides a vagrant in a wealthy mansion. My Man Godfrey and Queen Christina round out the list.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A homeless man secretly lives in a rich family's vacant mansion, taking in other strays.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth · 1h 56m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Another Thin Man (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Edward Gargan features in this mystery about a witty detective couple who investigate a murder tied to their own extended, dysfunctional family.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 43m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Curt Bois is in this Edward G. Robinson film about a respected physician who infiltrates a gang of jewel thieves to study the criminal mind, with dangerous results.

Directed by Anatole Litvak · 1h 27m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Bringing Up Baby (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A palaeontologist's life is thrown into chaos when a scatterbrained heiress and her pet leopard escape into the countryside.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 42m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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My Man Godfrey (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A rich family's scavenger-hunt discovery becomes their butler and exposes their absurd, spoiled lives.

Directed by Gregory La Cava · 1h 35m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Pure Flix, FlixFling, IndieFlix, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Queen Christina (1934)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Sweden's unconventional queen falls in love with a Spanish envoy, threatening to upend her kingdom.

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian · 1h 39m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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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.

6 Best Edward Gargan Movies

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Another Thin Man (1939)

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Queen Christina (1934)

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