Roddy McDowall Filmography
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1. Murder in the Family (1938)
75 min | Crime, Drama
After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Barry Jones, Jessica Tandy, Evelyn Ankers, Donald Gray
Votes: 57
Peter Osborne
2. I See Ice! (1938)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Musical
George plays an aspiring news photographer that gets pictures by way of a spy camera in his bow tie. Comic confusion and chases arise from his inadvertently taking blackmail-able snaps of ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard
Votes: 152
Boy
3. John Halifax (1938)
69 min | Drama
Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.
Director: George King | Stars: John Warwick, Nancy Burne, Ralph Michael, D.J. Williams
Votes: 36
Boy
4. Scruffy (1938)
61 min | Drama, Family
Director: Randall Faye | Stars: Jack Melford, Billy Merson, Toni Edgar-Bruce, Michael Gainsborough
Votes: 14
Boy
5. Convict 99 (1938)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers
Votes: 542
Jimmy
6. Yellow Sands (1938)
68 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Marie Tempest, Belle Chrystall, Wilfrid Lawson, Robert Newton
Votes: 20
7. Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy, David Burns, Edmon Ryan
Votes: 244
Urchin on Dock
8. The Outsider (1939)
90 min | Drama, Romance
A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Mary Maguire, George Sanders, Barbara Blair, Peter Murray-Hill
Votes: 50
Boy
9. Poison Pen (1939)
66 min | Drama
A small, sedate British village is shocked when its residents begin receiving hate-filled diatribes, known as "poison pen letters".
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Flora Robson, Robert Newton, Ann Todd, Belle Chrystall
Votes: 245
Choirboy
10. Murder Will Out (1939)
65 min | Crime, Drama
Loder and Baxter become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for assistance in saving their skins, all their leads disappear, including the man who had given them the jade.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: John Loder, Jane Baxter, Jack Hawkins, Hartley Power
Votes: 18
11. His Brother's Keeper (1940)
70 min | Drama
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Clifford Evans, Tamara Desni, Una O'Connor, Peter Glenville
Boy
12. Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
70 min | Drama
An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old days" he had been a notorious criminal, and threatens to expose him unless he pays off.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Leslie Banks, Joan Marion, Geoffrey Atkins, Wilfrid Lawson
Votes: 34
Boy
13. Just William (1940)
72 min | Comedy
William Brown has a good-intentioned yet naughty nature that challenges his family's patience. He and his friends live various adventures weedening a garden, pursuing a secret agent, looking for a baby sister and deactivating a bomb.
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Richard Lupino, Fred Emney, Basil Radford, Amy Veness
Votes: 65
Ginger
14. Saloon Bar (1940)
76 min | Comedy, Thriller
Against a background of Christmas and the pending arrival of another baby for the landlord, a group of pub locals lead by bookie Joe Harris set out to prove that former customer Eddie ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan, Mervyn Johns, Joyce Barbour
Votes: 293
Boy
15. You Will Remember (1940)
86 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Biopic of Victorian songwriter Leslie Stuart who achieved fame and international success as a composer of Edwardian musical comedy, but with the coming of the Jazz Age sank back into poverty and obscurity.
Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams, Dorothy Hyson, Tom E. Finglass
Votes: 55
Young Bob Slater
16. Man Hunt (1941)
Passed | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine
Votes: 6,439
Vaner
17. This England (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, History, Romance
A visiting American woman is shown how the people of an English village responded to invasions and threats through four historical vignettes.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings, Frank Pettingell
Votes: 91
Hugo, Norman Boy
18. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Passed | 118 min | Drama, Family
At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp
Votes: 26,495
Huw
19. Confirm or Deny (1941)
74 min | Drama, War
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuff out of the country, dodge bombs during the blitz of London while falling in love.
Directors: Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang | Stars: Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Roddy McDowall, John Loder
Votes: 311
Albert Perkins
20. Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Cheated out of his estate by his sadistic uncle, young Benjamin Blake goes to the South Seas to make his fortune so he can return to claim his birthright.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders, Frances Farmer
Votes: 1,831
Benjamin - as a Boy
21. On the Sunny Side (1942)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, War
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly accepts the English boy and is happy ... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 178
Hugh Aylesworth
22. The Pied Piper (1942)
87 min | Drama, War
While traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Otto Preminger
Votes: 737
Ronnie Cavanaugh
23. My Friend Flicka (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Drama, Family
Ken McLaughlin struggles to please his family in any way. He comes back from boarding school boasting poor grades and facing going through the fifth grade again, much to his fathers dismay.... See full summary »
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 1,052
Ken McLaughlin
24. Lassie Come Home (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Donald Crisp, May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 5,936
Joe Carraclough
25. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan
Votes: 1,805
John Ashwood II as a Boy
26. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,092
Francis Chisholm - as a Boy
27. Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Family
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 409
Ken McLaughlin
28. Molly and Me (1945)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Musical
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 585
Jimmy Graham
29. Holiday in Mexico (1946)
128 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The U.S. Ambassador's (Walter Pidgeon) daughter falls for a Mexican pianist (Jose Iturbi) old enough to be her grandfather.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ilona Massey, José Iturbi, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 523
Stanley Owen
30. Rocky (1948)
Approved | 76 min | Drama
Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Nita Hunter, Gale Sherwood
Votes: 53
Chris Hammond
31. Macbeth (1948)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 7,797
Malcolm
32. Kidnapped (1948)
Approved | 81 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Scotland in 1752, the 17-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy, Roland Winters
Votes: 269
David Balfour
33. Tuna Clipper (1949)
77 min | Drama
A young law student takes a tuna-fishing job so that he may pay a debt and gain the respect of his family.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Elena Verdugo, Roland Winters, Peter Mamakos
Votes: 35
Alec MacLennan
34. Black Midnight (1949)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western
Scott Jordan (Roddy McDowall) and his Uncle Bill (Damian O'Flynn) take time from their own ranch chores to welcome home Martha Baxter (Fay Baker and her Daughter Cindy (Lyn Thomas), gone ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Damian O'Flynn, Lyn Thomas, Kirby Grant
Votes: 99
Scott Jordan
35. Killer Shark (1950)
Approved | 76 min | Adventure
A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident in which his father and a crewman are ... See full summary »
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez, Roland Winters, Edward Norris
Votes: 260
Ted White
36. Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical
Dance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business. Several country-western stars come to his rescue by agreeing to appear on a TV special to be broadcast from his club.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Spade Cooley, Richard Lane, Barbara Wooddell, Ginny Jackson
Votes: 37
37. Big Timber (1950)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. But he proves himself ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jeff Donnell, Lyn Thomas, Gordon Jones
Votes: 69
Jimmy
38. The Steel Fist (1952)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
Director: Wesley Barry | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kristine Miller, Harry Lauter, Rand Brooks
Votes: 139
Eric Kardin
39. The Good Fairy (1956 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy
A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Harry Ellerbe, Maurice Evans, Florida Friebus, Julie Harris
Waiter
40. The Big Country (1958)
Passed | 166 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston
Votes: 21,137
Hannassey Watchman
41. The Tempest (1960 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the island.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Maurice Evans, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall, Tom Poston
Votes: 190
Ariel
42. The Subterraneans (1960)
89 min | Drama
A love story between two misunderstood new bohemians who don't even understand themselves.
Director: Ranald MacDougall | Stars: Leslie Caron, George Peppard, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 344
Yuri Gilgoric
43. Midnight Lace (1960)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In London, a recently-wed American woman's sanity comes into question after she claims to be the victim of a threatening stalker.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
Votes: 6,030 | Gross: $7.40M
Malcolm
44. The Power and the Glory (1961 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A cynical Catholic priest is sent to Mexico to preach. It's the 1930s and Mexican government sees the church as competition. They send a secret agent to assassinate the priest.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Julie Harris, George C. Scott, Martin Gabel
Votes: 92
Mestizo
45. The Longest Day (1962)
G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Votes: 59,087 | Gross: $39.10M
Pvt. Morris
46. Cleopatra (1963)
G | 192 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown
Votes: 37,431 | Gross: $57.78M
Octavian - Caesar Augustus
47. Shock Treatment (1964)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An actor hired to locate $1 million in stolen loot endures the rigors of an insane asylum.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 614
Martin Ashley
48. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
G | 260 min | Biography, Drama, History
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Directors: George Stevens, Jean Negulesco | Stars: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Michael Anderson Jr.
Votes: 11,943 | Gross: $15.47M
Matthew
49. The Third Day (1965)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
A man involved in a car crash and suffering from amnesia, appears he has killed his sleazy nymphomaniac mistress, and is treated hostilely and coldly by his wife and despised by her cousin.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: George Peppard, Elizabeth Ashley, Roddy McDowall, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 429
50. The Loved One (1965)
Approved | 122 min | Comedy
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Rod Steiger
Votes: 3,952
D.J. Jr.
51. Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 4,265
Walter Baines
52. That Darn Cat! (1965)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 7,917 | Gross: $28.06M
Gregory Benson
53. Lord Love a Duck (1966)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies.
Director: George Axelrod | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Tuesday Weld, Lola Albright, Martin West
Votes: 1,816
Alan Musgrave
54. The Defector (1966)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Thriller
An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a Soviet scientist interested in defecting to the West but the Stasi secret police's surveillance complicates matters.
Director: Raoul Lévy | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Hardy Krüger, Macha Méril, David Opatoshu
Votes: 813
Agent Adams
55. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man from Boston heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler sets out to find him and bring him home.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino
Votes: 1,310
Bullwhip Griffin
56. The Cool Ones (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy
A young, millionaire rock promoter decides to create a new boy/girl duo team for his teen TV dance show by teaming up an ambitious go-go dancer and a has-been pop star and presenting them to the public as a new romantic pair.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson, Phil Harris
Votes: 420
Tony Krum
57. It! (1967)
Unrated | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After one of their storehouses burns down, museum director Grove and his assistant Pimm find that everything, except for one statue, has been destroyed. Not long afterward, Grove is found ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert J. Leder | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell, Aubrey Richards
Votes: 1,541
Arthur Pimm
58. Saint Joan (1967 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
A television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play about the life, battles and subsequent trial of Joan of Arc, based on the kept records from her trial.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Roddy McDowall, Theodore Bikel, James Daly
Votes: 30
Charles, The Dauphin
59. Cricket on the Hearth (1967 TV Movie)
TV-G | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Ed Ames, Hans Conried
Votes: 828
Cricket Crocket
60. Planet of the Apes (1968)
G | 112 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
Votes: 193,495 | Gross: $33.40M
Cornelius
61. 5 Card Stud (1968)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 4,410
Nick Evers
62. Midas Run (1969)
M | 106 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A veteran Secret Service Agent from Britain hijacks a government shipment of fifteen million dollars of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Fred Astaire, Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 182
Wister
63. Hello Down There (1969)
G | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A marine scientist volunteers to have his family live in a prototype underwater home to prove it's practical.
Directors: Jack Arnold, Ricou Browning | Stars: Tony Randall, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowall, Jim Backus
Votes: 952
Nate Ashbury
64. Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
The homely daughter of a rich, vain woman gets mixed up with a kinky, menacing pop singer and his weird friends.
Director: Robert Thom | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Jordan Christopher, Holly Near, Lou Rawls
Votes: 533
Santoro
65. Journey to Murder (1971)
100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Consists of two episodes from the UK TV series Journey to the Unknown (1968): Journey to the Unknown: Do Me a Favor and Kill Me (1968) and Journey to the Unknown: The Killing Bottle (1969).
Directors: John Gibson, Gerry O'Hara | Stars: Joan Crawford, Joseph Cotten, Judy Parfitt, Douglas Wilmer
Votes: 174
Rollo Verdew
66. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
California State Police Captain Sam Surcher investigates a string of teenage-girl murders at Oceanfront High School.
Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson
Votes: 2,682
Proffer
67. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
G | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.
Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 39,285 | Gross: $12.30M
Cornelius
68. Terror in the Sky (1971 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama, Thriller
On a transcontinental flight, the flight crew suffer from food poisioning and become incapacitated. To save the aircraft, the cabin crew locate a passenger with flying experience. He is coached by an experienced pilot on the ground.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Leif Erickson, Doug McClure, Roddy McDowall, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 212
Dr. Ralph Baird
69. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
G | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Ward Kimball | Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 40,741 | Gross: $18.53M
Mr. Jelk
70. A Taste of Evil (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Parkins, Roddy McDowall, William Windom
Votes: 744
Dr. Michael Lomas
71. What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A working girl who is a dead ringer for a wealthy socialite is kidnapped by extortionists and forced to impersonate her.
Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Brenda Vaccaro, Jack Warden, Roddy McDowall, Jo Anne Worley
Votes: 84
Albert Soames
72. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
PG | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy
Votes: 35,991 | Gross: $9.81M
Caesar
73. The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs
Votes: 9,340 | Gross: $16.53M
Frank Gass
74. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons
Votes: 49,258 | Gross: $84.56M
Acres
75. Topper Returns (1973 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Cosmo Topper is bedeviled by two ghosts whom only he can see and hear. This pilot updated the 1937 film premise in that the ghosts died forty years earlier and haven't adjusted to the hip 1970s.
Director: Hy Averback | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Stefanie Powers, John Fink, Reginald Owen
Votes: 33
Cosmo Topper Jr.
76. The Legend of Hell House (1973)
PG | 95 min | Horror
A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill
Votes: 14,044
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
77. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
G | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Ten years after a worldwide series of ape revolutions and a brutal nuclear war among humans, Caesar must protect survivors of both species from an insidious human cult and a militant ape faction alike.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden
Votes: 33,832 | Gross: $8.84M
Caesar / Cornelius
78. Arnold (1973)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Shani Wallis
Votes: 613
Robert
79. Miracle on 34th Street (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Sebastian Cabot, Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Suzanne Davidson
Votes: 691
Dr. Sawyer
80. The Elevator (1974 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
A claustrophobic armed robber, fleeing his latest job, is trapped along with group of people in a jammed elevator in a high-rise building.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: James Farentino, Roddy McDowall, Craig Stevens, Don Stroud
Votes: 244
Marvin Ellis
81. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Down-on-their-luck racers Larry and Deke steal from a supermarket manager to buy a car that will help them advance their racing chances. Their escape does not go as planned when Larry's one-night stand, Mary, tags along for the ride.
Director: John Hough | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 7,829 | Gross: $0.62M
George Stanton
82. Funny Lady (1975)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,960 | Gross: $40.06M
Bobby
83. Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Roddy McDowall, Stuart Whitman, Anthony Caruso
Votes: 544
Tony Da Vince
84. Embryo (1976)
PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist (Rock Hudson) doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days. All is not well though as the child begins to exhibit some horrific tendencies.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 1,726
Frank Riley
85. Flood (1976 TV Movie)
98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After several weeks of heavy rainfall, the dam above Brownsville is ready to burst. But the town's mayor refuses to open its gates - paving the way for disaster.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart
Votes: 538
Mr. Franklin
86. Sixth and Main (1977)
95 min | Drama
Monica Cord is planning to write a book about the homeless. She observes the men who attend a rescue mission and shelter in downtown Los Angeles. Monica becomes intrigued by one particular ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Beverly Garland, Roddy McDowall, Leo Penn
Votes: 60
Skateboard
87. Laserblast (1978)
PG | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A teenager stumbles upon an alien weapon, which transforms him into a grotesque killer.
Director: Michael Rae | Stars: Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, Gianni Russo, Ron Masak
Votes: 6,706
Doctor Mellon
88. Rabbit Test (1978)
PG | 84 min | Comedy
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Director: Joan Rivers | Stars: Billy Crystal, Alex Rocco, Joan Prather, Doris Roberts
Votes: 853
Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
89. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
G | 104 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Three scientists help an Alien feline, stranded on Earth, to repair its damaged spacecraft in order to return home but their efforts are hampered by inept army officials and foreign spies.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 6,101
Mr. Stallwood
90. Circle of Iron (1978)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young martial artist embarks on an adventure, encountering other martial artists in battle until one day he meets an aging blind man who will show him the true meaning of martial arts and life.
Director: Richard Moore | Stars: David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 2,606
White Robe
91. The Immigrants (1978 TV Movie)
240 min | Drama
A young Italian immigrant who loses everything in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake starts over again and builds up a shipping empire, but doesn't find the happiness he thought would come ... See full summary »
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Stephen Macht, Sharon Gless, Aimee Eccles, Richard Anderson
Votes: 73
Mark Levy
92. The Thief of Baghdad (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
A resourceful thief helps a handsome Prince fight an evil wizard, and win the hand of a beautiful Princess.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Kabir Bedi, Daniel Emilfork, Frank Finlay, Ian Holm
Votes: 487
Hasan
93. Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
G | 82 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy
Clara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.
Director: Takeo Nakamura | Stars: Michele Lee, Melissa Gilbert, Lurene Tuttle, Christopher Lee
Votes: 282
Franz / Fritz (voice)
94. The Black Hole (1979)
PG | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms
Votes: 28,009
V.I.N.CENT. (voice)
95. Scavenger Hunt (1979)
PG | 116 min | Comedy
To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items, but cannot be simply bought.
Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 2,964
Jenkins
96. The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980 TV Movie)
144 min | Drama
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a cruise ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Foxworth, Roddy McDowall, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 161
MacFarland
97. The Return of the King (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Orson Bean, John Huston, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad
Votes: 4,630
Samwise Gamgee
98. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery
Detective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. His clumsy grandson Lee, who's getting married, "helps" him. Is the Dragon Queen behind this?
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch
Votes: 1,430
Gillespie
99. The Million Dollar Face (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Chester Masteron owns a famous cosmetics company. For years, he has sought the perfect face to model his company's products. He finds it in Brett Devereaux and falls in love with her in this tale of greed and glamour.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: Tony Curtis, David Huffman, Herschel Bernardi, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 68
Derek Kenyon
100. Judgment Day (1981 TV Movie)
Drama
A deceased state governor is judged by her peers.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Victor Buono, Joseph Chapman, Beverly Garland, John Larch
Mr. Heller
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