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1. Splitting Heirs (1993)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime

A duke dies and leaves the title and wealth to his adult son. But who's the real son: the found baby raised in USA or the abandoned baby raised by a Hindi family in London? Comedy follows.

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 4,595 | Gross: $3.25M

2. Adventures of Tarzan (1921)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure

When Jane is abducted by Arab slave traders, Tarzan comes to her rescue, only to see her kidnapped again by Queen La of Opar. To save Jane, Tarzan must battle both the queen's minions and William Clayton, who seeks Tarzan's family title.

Directors: Robert F. Hill, Scott Sidney | Stars: Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine, Scott Pembroke, Frank Whitson

Votes: 172

3. Jimmy the Gent (1934)

Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 2,041

4. Lord Babs (1932)

77 min | Musical

A steward inherits the estate of an earl.To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Bobby Howes, Jean Colin, Pat Paterson, Alfred Drayton

Votes: 14

5. Stagecoach Days (1938)

Approved | 56 min | Western

When Tom Larkin is killed his stage line goes equally to cousins Breezy and Mary Larkin. Ringo is after the line but Breezy intercepts his impersonator Virg and reports to Ringo as Virg. ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Levering | Stars: Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods, Hal Taliaferro

Votes: 16

6. A Sailor on Horseback (1940)

105 min | Comedy

Two sailors, Lasse and Karl Gustav, float ashore after a shipwreck. Visiting a castle a baron ask them to help him lay his hands on an inheritance by Karl Gustav posing as the heir of the castle.

Director: Emil A. Lingheim | Stars: Edvard Persson, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Elvin Ottoson, Olga Andersson

Votes: 23

7. To Heir Is Human (1944)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Harry finds out he is the missing heir to an estate, and is summoned to an old, spooky mansion to collect his inheritance.

Director: Harold Godsoe | Stars: Una Merkel, Harry Langdon, Christine McIntyre, Eddie Gribbon

Votes: 26

8. Larceny with Music (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Music

A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle, Leo Carrillo, William Frawley

Votes: 35

9. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bishop Arthur Mallory searches for a young woman who may be the heiress to $1,000,000 from the Charles Burroughs estate. Carol Delaney fits the bill. Mallory is beaten by Wallace Lang and his henchman to persuade him to drop the case.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman

Votes: 344

10. Whiplash (1960–1961)
Episode: Dutchman's Reef (1961)

25 min | Western

Mrs. Culbert summons Cobb to request he search for her missing son 'Teddy Bear' Cobb is not interested till Mrs Culbert agrees to sign new transport contracts to her mines if Cobb finds the man.

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Peter Graves, Tony Wickert, Leonard Teale, Queenie Ashton

11. Covington Cross (1992)
Episode: Celebration (1992)

Adventure, History

While drinking in the local tavern with his brothers and sister, Armus has his purse stolen. He captures the thief and discovers the pickpocket is a little girl who lives with an old ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Nigel Terry, Cherie Lunghi, James Faulkner, Jonathan Firth

12. Duffy's Tavern (1954)
Episode: The Heir

30 min | Comedy

Archie tries to convince the executor of an estate that he's really the family's long-lost heir.

Stars: Ed Gardner, Kathryn Card, Pattee Chapman, Jimmy Conlin