6 Best Preston Foster Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 18, 2026

Preston Foster brought a rugged, dependable presence to Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s across dramas, crime pictures and Westerns. The Informer consumes a destitute Irish rebel with guilt, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang escapes a brutal chain gang, The Last Days of Pompeii threatens a blacksmith’s rise with a volcano, and Ladies They Talk About sends a bank robber to prison. The Last Mile and Doctor X round out the list.

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Preston Foster plays a blacksmith whose rise to wealth and power in ancient Pompeii is threatened by the volcano.

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack · 1h 36m · 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 Informer (1935)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Heather Angel appears as a desperate Irishman's betrayal of a friend to the police haunts him through one guilt-ridden night.

Directed by John Ford · 1h 31m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Ladies They Talk About (1933)

TMDB ★ 6.1

A woman imprisoned for a bank robbery navigates the harsh realities of women's prison.

Directed by Howard Bretherton & William Keighley · 1h 09m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A war veteran wrongly imprisoned on a brutal chain gang makes a desperate escape.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 1h 32m · 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 Last Mile (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Preston Foster appears as death row inmates stage a desperate uprising after the state refuses to commute one man's sentence.

Directed by Samuel Bischoff · 1h 15m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Doctor X (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.3

A newspaper reporter investigates a series of gruesome murders linked to a mysterious medical research facility.

Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 16m

Where to watch

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

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

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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 Preston Foster Movies

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

The Informer (1935)

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

The Last Mile (1932)

Doctor X (1932)

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