6 Best Paul Harvey Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 15, 2026

Drama intense

Paul Harvey was a prolific Hollywood character actor often cast as authority figures and businessmen, appearing in well over a hundred films in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Born to Be Bad has a bitter mother teaching her son to cheat, The Horn Blows at Midnight sends a trumpet player dreaming of ending the world, Three for the Show throws a widow’s remarriage into chaos, and Heldorado has Roy Rogers chasing counterfeiters. Arizona and The Tall Target round out the list.

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Born to Be Bad (1934)

TMDB ★ 5.8

A bitter young mother teaches her son to lie, steal and cheat so nobody can take advantage of him as they did her.

Directed by Lowell Sherman · 1h 02m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling · Rent or buy: FlixFling

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) 02

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Paul Harvey appears as a daydreaming trumpet player who imagines himself an angel tasked with ending the world.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 18m · Rated NR

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Three for the Show (1955)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Paul Harvey features in this comedy about a widow's new marriage that is thrown into chaos when her first husband, presumed dead, returns.

Directed by H. C. Potter · 1h 33m

Where to watch

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

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Heldorado (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Roy Rogers investigates a counterfeiting ring passing fake thousand-dollar bills at a Las Vegas hotel.

Directed by William Witney · 1h 10m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: IndieFlix, Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Arizona (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.5

A tough pioneer woman battles ruthless villains scheming to destroy her freight company while pining for the man who left her.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles · 2h 05m · 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 Tall Target (1951)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Paul Harvey features in this thriller about a determined detective racing to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln.

Directed by Anthony Mann · 1h 18m · Rated NR

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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.