By Vlad Zakh · August 17, 2026
Sam McDaniel, brother of Hattie McDaniel, built a prolific four-decade Hollywood career across musicals, dramas and horror films. Son of Dracula brings a count to the American South, Crack-Up has an art expert insisting a train wreck never happened, A Hole in the Head seeks a loan from a rich brother to save a hotel, and The Dragon Murder Case investigates a drowning in an eerie pool. Blondie Johnson and Hallelujah round out the list.
01 Sam McDaniel features in this comedy-drama about a struggling widowed hotel owner who seeks a loan from his disapproving wealthy brother.
Directed by Frank Capra · 2h 00m · Rated NR
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02 Sam McDaniel is in this noir about an art expert who struggles to prove that a train wreck he remembers surviving never actually happened.
Directed by Irving Reis · 1h 36m · Rated NR
03 Sam McDaniel is in this Universal horror about a mysterious European count who arrives in the American South, bringing a trail of death behind him.
Directed by Robert Siodmak · 1h 20m
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04 Sam McDaniel features in this Philo Vance mystery where the brilliant detective investigates a mysterious drowning at a wealthy family's eerie swimming pool.
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone · 1h 07m · Rated NR
05 Sam McDaniel is in this crime drama about a woman driven to poverty who schemes her way to the top of a ruthless criminal organisation.
Directed by Ray Enright · 1h 08m
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06 Sam McDaniel is in this King Vidor drama about a sharecropper's path to becoming a preacher that is derailed by his passion for a seductive dancer.
Directed by King Vidor · 1h 40m
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