Search results for "Melvyn Douglas"
The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass

The Sea of Grass
IMDb: 6.3
123

A St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild
IMDb: 7.1
94

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over ‘The Sinner,’ a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author ‘Caroline Adams’ is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town’s…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark

Woman in the Dark
IMDb: 5.8
68

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won’t get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never

Tonight or Never
IMDb: 6.6
80

A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing

We Were Dancing
IMDb: 6.1
95

A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becoming houseguests at the homes of wealthy American socialites.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
There’s That Woman Again

There’s That Woman Again

There’s That Woman Again
IMDb: 6
72

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill’s prying wife wants to…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law
IMDb: 7.6
82

Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.

Genre: Drama
Fast Company

Fast Company

Fast Company
IMDb: 6.6
75

Married book-dealers Joel and Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner

The Great Sinner
IMDb: 6.6
110

A young man succumbs to gambling fever.

Genre: Drama
Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand

Third Finger, Left Hand
IMDb: 6.9
96

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don’t go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the…

Genre: Comedy
The Toy Wife

The Toy Wife

The Toy Wife
IMDb: 5.9
96

A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.

Genre: Drama
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour
IMDb: 6.3
76

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Lone Wolf Returns

The Lone Wolf Returns

The Lone Wolf Returns
IMDb: 6.9
68

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the…

Genre: Mystery
And So They Were Married

And So They Were Married

And So They Were Married
IMDb: 6
74

A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy
IMDb: 5.6
103

It’s the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O’Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O’Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment…

Genre: Drama, History
There’s Always a Woman

There’s Always a Woman

There’s Always a Woman
IMDb: 6.7
81

An investigator for the District Attorney’s office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames
IMDb: 6.3
83

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

Genre: Drama
Ghost Story

Ghost Story

Ghost Story
IMDb: 6.3
110

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley’s twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins…

Being There

Being There

Being There
IMDb: 8
130

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Tenant

The Tenant

The Tenant
IMDb: 7.7
125

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in France where the previous tenant committed suicide, and begins to suspect his landlord and neighbors are trying to subtly change him…

Hud

Hud

Hud
IMDb: 7.8
112

Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the…

Genre: Drama, Western
The Americanization of Emily

The Americanization of Emily

The Americanization of Emily
IMDb: 7.3
115

American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House
IMDb: 7.1
72

Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange…

Genre: Comedy, Horror
The Changeling

The Changeling

The Changeling
IMDb: 7.2
103

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has…

Genre: Horror
Hotel

Hotel

Hotel
IMDb: 6.6
124

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A…

Genre: Drama
Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley
IMDb: 6.7
90

Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston Foster) in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.

Genre: Drama, Western
The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

The Seduction of Joe Tynan
IMDb: 6
108

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary…

Genre: Drama
Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear
IMDb: 5.9
97

Slapstick rules in this 1964 Civil War comedy about miltary misfits and their incompetent commanders. Directed by George Marshall, and starring Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Jim…

Genre: Comedy, War, Western
My Forbidden Past

My Forbidden Past

My Forbidden Past
IMDb: 6.2
70

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor’s love with her tainted family fortune.

Genre: Drama
Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Twilight’s Last Gleaming
IMDb: 6.8
146

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals…

Genre: Thriller
Rapture

Rapture

Rapture
IMDb: 7.3
105

Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her…

Genre: Drama
Billy Budd

Billy Budd

Billy Budd
IMDb: 7.9
119

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship’s sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Genre: Action, Drama
The Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat

The Vampire Bat
IMDb: 5.7
64

When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism. While police inspector Karl remains skeptical, scientist Dr. von Niemann cares for…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous

Captains Courageous
IMDb: 8
115

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to…

Ninotchka

Ninotchka

Ninotchka
IMDb: 7.9
110

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Candidate

The Candidate

The Candidate
IMDb: 7
110

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Angel

Angel

Angel
IMDb: 7.3
91

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Woman’s Face

A Woman’s Face

A Woman’s Face
IMDb: 7.2
106

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
IMDb: 7.3
94

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
That Certain Age

That Certain Age

That Certain Age
IMDb: 6.7
95

Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton…

Genre: Comedy, Music